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What can I use to get rid of this stuffy nose??

happy2be1102happy2be1102
in April 2012 Moms
I'm pretty sure I have a cold and I cannot breathe out of my nose whatsoever. Do you ladies know for sure of any safe decongestants? I've read a little bit online, but I keep reading mixed answers. Have any of your OB's told you what's safe and what's not? Thanks so much!
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Re: What can I use to get rid of this stuffy nose??

  • mamabear0813mamabear0813 member
    Neti pot. It seems gross, but it is the most amazing thing ever. It's a sinus cleanse. You pour warm saline in one side of your nose and it flushes through your sinuses and comes out the other side and brings the yuck with it! I use it all the time, pregnant or not. I used to get sinus headaches once a month or so and they lasted a few days each time, now if I feel it coming on, I use my neti pot a couple of times in a day and it stops in its tracks!

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  • MikeAndStephJewellMikeAndStephJewell
    Sounds like a preg symptom to me :)
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  • dixee.deluxedixee.deluxe

    Neti Pot!  You'll thank me later.

    If it's really bad, you can use steriod nasal spray (per package directions because it's highly addictive).  I used it early in my last pregnancy.  My OB said I could only for very short times.  I thought it was a no-no but read in the Mayo Clinic book that it's OK.

    But that's only if it's bad bad bad.  If it's just a little bad, NETI POT! 

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  • jilld23jilld23 member
    I am experiencing congestion too. I need to use the netipot tonight! :) It's actually a new symptom for me - only got worse the last day or so.
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  • happy2be1102happy2be1102
    imagedixee.deluxe:

    Neti Pot!  You'll thank me later.

    If it's really bad, you can use steriod nasal spray (per package directions because it's highly addictive).  I used it early in my last pregnancy.  My OB said I could only for very short times.  I thought it was a no-no but read in the Mayo Clinic book that it's OK.

    But that's only if it's bad bad bad.  If it's just a little bad, NETI POT! 

    So do you think Afrin would be okay?

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  • WildcatPrincessWildcatPrincess member
    Plain old saline nasal spray, that's all I've been using since August 2009 - SUCKS!! But it will pass fast enough :)
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  • Lina1030Lina1030

    imagemamabear0813:
    Neti pot. It seems gross, but it is the most amazing thing ever. It's a sinus cleanse. You pour warm saline in one side of your nose and it flushes through your sinuses and comes out the other side and brings the yuck with it! I use it all the time, pregnant or not. I used to get sinus headaches once a month or so and they lasted a few days each time, now if I feel it coming on, I use my neti pot a couple of times in a day and it stops in its tracks!

    This! but make sure you use boiled or distilled water....recently a man caught an amoeba (brain eating deadly disease) and died from using a netipot w/tap water because the pest was in his water system.  But it sure does work and clears your sinuses!

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  • dixee.deluxedixee.deluxe
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    imagedixee.deluxe:

    Neti Pot!  You'll thank me later.

    If it's really bad, you can use steriod nasal spray (per package directions because it's highly addictive).  I used it early in my last pregnancy.  My OB said I could only for very short times.  I thought it was a no-no but read in the Mayo Clinic book that it's OK.

    But that's only if it's bad bad bad.  If it's just a little bad, NETI POT! 

    So do you think Afrin would be okay?

    My doc said it was.  But she had an "eh" look on her face.  I think the danger is the addiction, not the actual drug.   

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  • angiekay84angiekay84 member
    I'll have to try this Neti Pot.  I've noticed my congestion is worse in the evening, ick!
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  • Jazzyashes84Jazzyashes84 member
    I'm using Saline (non-medicated) spray. It's definitely helped. I'm taking it in the morning and at night right now. I diagnosed myself with Pregnancy Rhinitis (check it out) it's common for women to feel like they have a cold/cough. No fun, but no nausea yet for me!! (yet) praying for none! :)
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  • HeddarcHeddarc
    I have bad allergies and I'm usually stuffy but lately it is worse.  I've used the neti pots before and they are pretty great.  But you can also try this stuff called Simply Saline, it's a can of saline that you shoot up your nose, that works really good in a pinch.
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