Cold medicines during pregnancy

Anyone know what OTC cold/cough medicines are ok during pregnancy? I
know Sudafed is ok, but is there anything else, especially anything
that can help a runny nose and cough? Thanks!

Bryna

benadryl is fine during pregnancy, and works on the runny nose. beware, it
will probably make you sleepy! My ob prescribed it for insomnia. For a
cough, robitussin is also fine, according to my ob. I had a cold last week
;-) Hope you feel better.

Betsy

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Anyone know what OTC cold/cough medicines are ok during pregnancy? I
know Sudafed is ok, but is there anything else, especially anything
that can help a runny nose and cough? Thanks!

Bryna

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"Bryna" wrote:

Anyone know what OTC cold/cough medicines are ok during pregnancy? I
know Sudafed is ok, but is there anything else, especially anything
that can help a runny nose and cough? Thanks!

Chicken soup
Tea
Honey and lemon
Eucalyptus inhalations
Rest and warmth

If you treat a cold, it will be gone in a week. If you don't, it will take
about 7 days.

--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
(Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)

"In Melbourne there is plenty of vigour and eagerness, but there is
nothing worth being eager or vigorous about."
Francis Adams, The Australians, 1893.

take two wrote:
benadryl is fine during pregnancy, and works on the runny nose.
beware, it
will probably make you sleepy! My ob prescribed it for insomnia.
For a
cough, robitussin is also fine, according to my ob. I had a cold
last week
;-) Hope you feel better.

Betsy


Thanks! Benadryl sounds pretty good right about now.

Bryna

Chookie wrote:
In article .com,
"Bryna" wrote:

Anyone know what OTC cold/cough medicines are ok during pregnancy?
I
know Sudafed is ok, but is there anything else, especially anything
that can help a runny nose and cough? Thanks!

Chicken soup
Tea
Honey and lemon
Eucalyptus inhalations
Rest and warmth

If you treat a cold, it will be gone in a week. If you don't, it
will take
about 7 days.

--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
(Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply)

"In Melbourne there is plenty of vigour and eagerness, but there is
nothing worth being eager or vigorous about."
Francis Adams, The Australians, 1893.

Thanks for the suggestions! I know colds drag on regardless (my kids'
colds seem to last about a month and a half each...) but I'm just happy
if I can kill some of the symptoms in the meantime. I *have* been
drinking lots of tea, though. Lapsong Souchong, yum.

Bryna

Okay, this is a tea recipe that I found out about right before I got
pregnant and really helped me during pregnancy. Fill a teapot with
boiling water. Take a piece of ginger about the size of your thumb and
grate it into the pot. Take a half a lemon and squeeze the juice into
the teapot. Let steep for 10 minutes, but longer is good too. Strain
and add honey to taste. Drink the entire pot.

Great for a sore throat and cough, clears the sinuses, really tastes
great. Also seemed to clear up my cold pretty fast.

don_tspamme wrote:
Okay, this is a tea recipe that I found out about right before I got
pregnant and really helped me during pregnancy. Fill a teapot with
boiling water. Take a piece of ginger about the size of your thumb
and
grate it into the pot. Take a half a lemon and squeeze the juice into
the teapot. Let steep for 10 minutes, but longer is good too. Strain
and add honey to taste. Drink the entire pot.

Great for a sore throat and cough, clears the sinuses, really tastes
great. Also seemed to clear up my cold pretty fast.

Oh, that sounds yummy! I bet it's also helpful for morning sickness,
with all that ginger in it. Thanks -- I'll try it.

Bryna

On Sun, 08 May 2005 20:30:07 +1000, Chookie wrote:

If you treat a cold, it will be gone in a week. If you don't, it will take
about 7 days.

LOL!! So true...

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--I
mommy to DS (July '02)
mommy to four tiny angels (Oct '03 - Oct '04)
guardian of DH (age classified)
expecting twins (boy/girl) in August