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I love it, too! It saved me during my last pregnancy.

I love mine too!! It does wonders.

Uggh. I'm so creeped out by it, I have never used it!! My husband swears by it, though.

I had to look this up and this was one of the first hits. Do you have to put the whole tip into your nose? Won't it stretch it out? Lol, I've never heard of it before now.

neti pot is AMAZING!! I didn't use any cold meds when I was pregnant or breastfeeding but used my neti pot religiously, love it.

@LAGS: I use that one, too. I had a neti pot and for some reason I couldn't use it correctly so I switched to the bulb kind. Saved my sleep during my pregnancy.

@Leialou: Same here! I've heard good things but am too scared.

I love my neti pot but it's always such a production to use it that I end up suffering! lol

I have the same exact one as you and I tried using it the other night because one nostril was clogged up too. Guess I had too much gunk in there because water wasn't circulating through. Ha! However, the next day, I was able to breathe through both nostrils with head congestion. Hubby is a huge fan of the neti pot!

they are the best!!!

I know this is old, but I was just searching for congestion relief and it popped up. I'm so congested, but I tried it last night (I have the squeeze bottle kind) and I felt like I was drowning because I think there was no where for the water to go with the congestion. Is there a secret- breathing in, out, through your nose, or mouth?

@Pink Champagne: The kit I have came with a powder that you are supposed to mix in that makes it PH balanced or some such nonsense (it tastes like tears if it drips down the back of my throat). I use boiled and cooled water, but they say you can microwave it in the bottle, too.

I really want to try this but I'm terrified after seeing those news articles last year where people somewhere in the southeast (I think) got bacteria in their brains and died after using one. OF course it was some extreme situation where they used dirty water or something but still, freaked me out! If I get stuffed enough I may try it tho.

@Anagram: Yup, those stories are the reason I use boiled. I'm sure my tap water is probably clean enough, but why risk it. I boil enough for 4 or 5 uses at once and keep it in a clean jar so I don't have to boil it every time.

@chopsuey119: I was using cool, room temp water last night. Maybe that was the issue, I'll try warming it up first. Thanks! And will remember to breath through my mouth.