Ohhhh I need something. I've read antihistamines can dry up your supply, though. Dry up the nose, dry up the milk, I guess. Anyways, I'm miserable. Any suggestions would be much appreciated!!!
Ohhhh I need something. I've read antihistamines can dry up your supply, though. Dry up the nose, dry up the milk, I guess. Anyways, I'm miserable. Any suggestions would be much appreciated!!!
coconut / 8305 posts
I've started taking a much more homeopathic approach. For the cold we just got over I used Ibuprofen for my body aches (taking warms baths and such are a bit more time consuming than I have), honey & lemon for my throat, and a homemade "cough syrup" for my cough and nasal congestion.
I also got lavender and eucalyptus oils and used those in a vaporizer and steamy bathroom. The lavender oil helped TONS!
honeydew / 7488 posts
I didn't take anything but Advil or tylenol. Try a neti pot or saline spray?
nectarine / 2886 posts
I just drank a ton of lemon and honey tea and got lots and lots of sleep. Hope you feel better soon!
nectarine / 2797 posts
Ibuprofen, used a neti pot, and took sudafed for the worst of it (though it can affect milk supply, so I made sure it was a lower dose/spaced out doses/drank as much as possible to counteract).
GOLD / papaya / 10166 posts
Neti pot, Afrin (if it was really bad), Zicam (at first sign) and Advil.
Hope you feel better soon!
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
sames as others - I am sick too and drank a few cups of tea with honey and lemon in it.
My mom told me that setting up a humidifer with eucalyptus and tea tree oils are really helpful too.
pomegranate / 3983 posts
For me anything anti-inflammatory like ibuprofen made my supply tank. Tylenol was ok but mostly useless. Instead I ended up making a lot of lemon-ginger-honey tea (made fresh).
pomegranate / 3595 posts
I read on kellymom that taking things like actifed instead of sudafed had not been proven to affect your supply, so I tried that. But, it did seem to affect my supply so I quit it and ended up drinking lots of hot liquids, trying to steam things out in the shower, and suck it up until it was over. My supply bounced back after I stopped the meds and got over the cold though...
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