https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 18 May 2026 14:57:37 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-sick-while-pregnant#post-335786 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:21:36 +0000 Rescuemom10 335786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel ya!<br /> I just got over one. I was soooo sick for THREE weeks. I had that icky manly voice and everything. Went through a box ok Kleenix a day. It was horrible. Def missed being able to take the "good stuff". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-sick-while-pregnant#post-335768 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:14:11 +0000 kakimochi 335768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>awwww i know it's hard. being sick while pregnant is so sucky! i just got over one a few weeks ago. my go to medicine nyquil, i would stareat longingly and then sigh. i did take a benadryl allergy once when i was in the deep thick of it in th e middle of the night, and i just couldn't stop sneezing and a runny nose that wouldn't stop, and i broke down and took it. but other than that i stuck to lots of water, and tried to get as much rest as possible. even though the cold went away, it still took a few weeks to get rid of the cough. oh the things us mommies go through. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-sick-while-pregnant#post-335139 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:19:53 +0000 HLK208 335139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was so sick while pregnant! For exactly 9 weeks out of my pregnancy, I had a cold. At separate times. One of them was so bad I lost my sense of smell and taste for 2 weeks :(</p> <p>I took cough syrup (robatussin), amoxicillin, and drank a ton of liquids + used the vaporizer at night. It was rough! I hope you feel better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-sick-while-pregnant#post-335138 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:19:15 +0000 heartonastring 335138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was sick a couple weeks ago with a doozy of a cold. I totally blamed pregnancy, as I haven't been sick for 2.5 years and I work daily with sick university students. </p> <p>Anyhow, I spent a lot of time laying on the couch, sleeping, drinking tea, drinking hot water with lemon and ginger and...the biggest help...using a neti pot a few times a day to clear out my sinuses.</p> <p>It really sucks being sick while you're pregnant...I hope you feel better soon :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-sick-while-pregnant#post-335037 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:35:03 +0000 Sammyfab 335037@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh! I was super super sick with a cough and cold for my last 2 months of pregnancy. It was so awful that I burst into tears on many occasions! I used hydrasense (to clear my stuffy nose), took cough drops non-stop and drank hot water with lemon and honey. </p> <p>Hope you feel better soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-sick-while-pregnant#post-335015 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:23:59 +0000 wheres_c 335015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have been sick twice so far this pregnancy and feel like I'm coming down with a cold again.<br /> The first time, I was so sick (ear and sinus infection) that my doctor sent me to the ER.<br /> I was prescribed antibiotics both times but suffered through my sickness not taking anything, including the antibiotics. I was MISERABLE but felt like it was the right thing to do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-sick-while-pregnant#post-334873 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:31:39 +0000 mediagirl 334873@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so, so sorry. I was sick while pregnant (and now while breastfeeding) and it just sucks. Really, there is no other way around it. I think Rachiecakes said it best - OJ, tea, cough drops, warm washcloths and......hot baths...up to 100 degrees. :) Also, Tylenol is acceptable while pregnant. It's not as awesome as Ibuprofen but, it will do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-sick-while-pregnant#post-334867 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:28:50 +0000 Mrs. Tricycle 334867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hang in there! On an optimistic note, I think I have been much healthier during pregnancy than normal - I think my resistance really has improved during the last 8 months. I had 1 bad cold early on, and then felt great since. Maybe this is your one and only until those babies get here! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-sick-while-pregnant#post-334845 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:19:09 +0000 rachiecakes 334845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've got a cold right now and am nursing, same deal - no meds. Ugh!<br /> It's hell. I'm sorry. I hope you feel better soon!<br /> I've been using the neti pot, hot facecloth across my nose, cough drops, lots of orange juice and tea. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-sick-while-pregnant#post-334823 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:06:19 +0000 tororojo 334823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was sick with a cold this summer (first trimester) and had a cough for about a month! Blah. Got sick a couple of weeks ago and it went away much more quickly (I drank lots of OJ and Dr. Pepper, maybe that's the trick?). All I can say is I feel for you and hope you get better soon! Hot tea/water with lemon is supposed to be a great natural cure. I took Unisom at night to help me sleep (since Nyquil was out) and that REALLY helped me get some rest in--I would recommend that if you can't sleep through symptoms. For a virus, I wouldn't think antibiotics would be any help? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-sick-while-pregnant#post-334742 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 08:23:24 +0000 blackbird 334742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hope you all feel better soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-sick-while-pregnant#post-334724 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 08:13:17 +0000 MamaBehr 334724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first pregnancy I got a nasty cold at least once. It was miserable. All I wanted was my NyQuil hahaha. My second pregnancy, I had a toddler in daycare. I got sick as frequently as she did! It. Was. Horrible. I got two stomach bugs and a million colds. She shared everything with me. (and almost NOTHING with my DH, I wanted to kill him) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-sick-while-pregnant#post-334713 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 08:09:26 +0000 LemonLong 334713@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just got over some horrible food poisoning. It was so awful- the cramping from the food poisoning was giving me worse contractions and I was just miserable. I ended up only sucking on ice chips for 24 hours while it all passed over me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-sick-while-pregnant#post-334700 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 08:02:15 +0000 Mrs. Blue 334700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds like I'm in good company! It's too bad the immune system doesn't amp up during pregnancy instead of get weaker. C'mon, we preggos need a break here and there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-sick-while-pregnant#post-334673 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 07:35:16 +0000 MrsLMA 334673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ughhh, I'm just getting over a bad cold but am still in the "sniffle sniffle, cough, cough, cough, etc" stage. HATE IT! I took Tylenol for the headaches/sore throat and had 4 mllion cough drops with VItamin C in them I also broke down and did nasal spray two nights when I couldn't breathe through my nose and my throat was on fire.</p> <p>@MrsTiz: I read online that Tylenol Cold medicine is usually OK as long as you don't take the "Multi-Symptom" kind. The article said to try and target what your worst sypmtom is and take the kind that addresses that. If your doctor said its OK I wouldn't worry about it though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-sick-while-pregnant#post-334666 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 07:22:35 +0000 Adira 334666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a terrible cold at 5 weeks. It knocked me out for 4-5 days and then lingered for a couple more weeks! It SUCKED. I just stayed on the couch all day drinking water and gingerale and eating crackers. I was so relieved when I finally started feeling better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-sick-while-pregnant#post-334665 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 07:21:25 +0000 MrsTiz 334665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have the cold from hell right now, and I called my OB and she said I can take Tylenol Cold medicine? Now i'm thinking I shouldn't be since no one else is... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-sick-while-pregnant#post-334648 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 07:05:29 +0000 Smurfette 334648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am so scared about getting a cold since there isn't a ton of medicine to take for it. </p> <p>Hope you feel better!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-sick-while-pregnant#post-334642 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 07:00:16 +0000 sslm 334642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a bad cold right now too!! Just drinking apple juice and lots of other fluids! I also bought hard lemon flavored candy, which seems to help the sore throat! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-sick-while-pregnant#post-334623 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 05:24:06 +0000 Beebug 334623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have pretty much been sick non-stop since the Labour Day weekend, can you guess I'm over it? Septmeber was mystery illness, basically like the flu, but I wanted to eat....but nothing stayed in! That tapered slightly as October began, but last Thursday I woke with a head cold, and it eased on the weekend, but kicking my butt as we speak.....I am 39+5 and would just love to catch a break right now!</p> <p>Have taken nothing for any of it, I wouldn't usually non-preggo, so just dealing....painfully! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-sick-while-pregnant#post-334612 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 03:33:55 +0000 Pink Champagne 334612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My coworker had strep while she was pregnant- she did have to go back to the doctor, and they were able to give her a different antibiotic after the first round didn't do anything. If you still feel crappy, I would go back.<br /> I'm sorry you're sick, hope you feel better soon! :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-sick-while-pregnant#post-334582 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 01:46:39 +0000 gracecat 334582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Had two rounds of food poisoning so far, but there wasn't any medication that would've helped anyway. But I think pregnancy lowered my immunity because I never get sick this frequently. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-sick-while-pregnant#post-334545 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:32:07 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 334545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm sick now and coughing up a lung as we speak!! :( I have been drinking a lot of tea, and drinking a lemon/honey/hot water concoction. I finally took some Robitussin tonight, which is considered safe for pregnancy and it helped my cough... and I'm eating some Halls cough drops. Hope this passes for you soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-sick-while-pregnant#post-334539 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:18:18 +0000 banana 334539@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got a bad cold/flu? while I was pregnant with my daughter and it was horrible! I couldn't really take any medicine for it so I just let it pass. I just made sure I was hydrated and got plenty of rest. Hope you feel better soon! I know how it feels so hang in there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/getting-sick-while-pregnant#post-334500 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:26:18 +0000 Mrs. Blue 334500@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have been fighting something off for over a week. It really sucks to not be able to take my plethora of over-the-counter meds! I went to the doctor last week b/c we were having company last weekend. Since I'm preggo, they gave me some pansy antibiotics, and after taking them for 7 days, I'm still coughing up a lung. Ugh! DH is insisting that I go back, but I'm pretty sure the doctor won't give me anything else since he seemed nervous about what to prescribe in the first place.</p> <p>Did you get sick while pregnant? How did you deal? I'm being a total baby about it. </p>