https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 04:20:00 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-congestion#post-2856898 Thu, 15 Nov 2018 11:15:09 +0000 nwm 2856898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i had it the whole time both pregnancies and hated it. sometimes i would put tiger balm under my nose. it was super intense and made my eyes water, and wasn't great for my skin, but sometimes i would get desperate enough that just having my nose feel clear for 5 minutes was worth it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-congestion#post-2856883 Thu, 15 Nov 2018 10:33:08 +0000 hellobeeboston 2856883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yes, I had it both times :( No advice, just sympathy </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-congestion#post-2856847 Thu, 15 Nov 2018 08:51:03 +0000 Lahela017 2856847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used vicks last night and had DH run the humidifier and I felt much better than I had been! yay! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-congestion#post-2856843 Thu, 15 Nov 2018 08:43:33 +0000 Maysprout 2856843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a bad cold when I had I had my second. They wanted to give me Sudafed but that’s not supposed to be good for nursing. They ended up giving me guaifenesin. It’s the ingredient in mucinex, but I think mucinex has other stuff in it too. It worked well, didn’t make me sleepy or prevent sleeping so when I have a bad cold it’s my go to now, just finding it in the medicine aisle where it’s the sole active ingredient. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-congestion#post-2856739 Wed, 14 Nov 2018 16:51:23 +0000 MamaBear87 2856739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@annem1990: so glad I at least don't get bloody noses, at least not so far. There's so many crappy things they don't tell you about pregnancy 😂 </p> <p>@Foodnerd81: I'm hesitant to use the breathe right strips because I tend to be sensitive to adhesive. I think I'll take being stuffy over having a rash nose </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-congestion#post-2856653 Wed, 14 Nov 2018 14:10:09 +0000 Foodnerd81 2856653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Breath Right strips helped me too- I wasn’t snoring (usually, that I know of) but hey just helped open up my nose so I could breath. I also used a Neti pot type thing- My is a squeezey bottle that you gently squirt into your nose instead of the pot, same idea. And a humidifier at night will probably help. </p> <p>I couldn’t tell you the last time I had a bloody nose before the end of my first pregnancy. Then I got a horrific one a week before the baby was born, and ever since I get them occasionally in the winter. Like it just got cold here this week and I had a nose bleed while feeding my kids lunch today. Fun. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-congestion#post-2856651 Wed, 14 Nov 2018 14:04:57 +0000 annem1990 2856651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had congestion and a bloody nose THE ENTIRE TIME. I’d have to sleep with a towel over my pillow. Our bodies are so weird during pregnancy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-congestion#post-2856646 Wed, 14 Nov 2018 13:48:31 +0000 KT326 2856646@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaBear87: aw man. I'm so sorry you have to deal with it for so long. Thankfully I didn't have it with my second. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-congestion#post-2856645 Wed, 14 Nov 2018 13:46:54 +0000 MamaBear87 2856645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ajsmommy: Vicks might be worth trying. Thanks! And I hear you I have pretty manageable symptoms so try not to complain, but it's just so annoying! </p> <p>@LemonJack: neti pots freak me out 😂 </p> <p>@Lahela017: it's the worst! </p> <p>@lioneyes: weirdly it doesn't cause me to snore. It's just annoying </p> <p>@KT326: it's one of my first symptoms and I had it all the way through with my daughter so I feel you </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-congestion#post-2856643 Wed, 14 Nov 2018 13:37:51 +0000 KT326 2856643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Delivery was the only thing that helped. I had it with my first starting around 25 weeks. I was miserable. Nothing helped. As soon as he was born I could breathe again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-congestion#post-2856602 Wed, 14 Nov 2018 11:34:11 +0000 lioneyes 2856602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Breathe right strips helped with the snoring. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-congestion#post-2856591 Wed, 14 Nov 2018 11:07:08 +0000 Lahela017 2856591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm currently dealing with this. No great solutions yet, but I'm happy to hear I'm not alone! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-congestion#post-2856590 Wed, 14 Nov 2018 11:05:26 +0000 LemonJack 2856590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh, I’m sorry, I had it both times and disliked it. I ended up using a Neti pot often, which helped a bit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-congestion#post-2856587 Wed, 14 Nov 2018 11:03:58 +0000 Ajsmommy 2856587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OMG it was my least favorite part about being pregnant!! Every night I would go to bed and not be able to breathe!! I hated it.... and I felt like a jerk complaining about it when my friends were having morning or all day sickness... but not being able to breathe through my nose for 10 months was not fun....</p> <p>I used vicks vapo rub to help me at bedtime. But it still sucked.</p> <p>Good luck, hope it goes away for you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pregnancy-congestion#post-2856572 Wed, 14 Nov 2018 10:39:38 +0000 MamaBear87 2856572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Does anyone else get pregnancy congestion the whole time? Did you find anything that helps? </p> <p>Mine isn't too bad but I'm so sick of waking up every morning with a gross stuffy nose and winter in the desert is not helping at all! </p>