Immune System sucks.

julianna88-2 · November 2016

My Immune System suck balls. I'm 32 weeks pregnant and I've been sick this whole pregnancy. It's been worst the last few days. I did find out that my Vitamin D level is at 14. I guess my question to you. Is what prenatal are you ladies taking and any addition vitamins that you ladies use. Plus, any home remedies.

cjs260 · November 2016

I've had a really, really bad cold for over a week now. I will suggest the neti pot for sinus/nose congestion. I just use the Up&Up prenatal gummies for my prenatal.

LastMango · November 2016

One more vote for the neti pot

canavara · November 2016

Neti pot is amazing for colds and sinus infections. Just make sure you're using distilled water with it if you do--it's pretty rare (like, extremely rare) but tap water can carry naegleria fowleri, which is a brain-eating amoeba. Boiling the water and letting it cool prior to use and cleaning the pot with hot water afterwards is enough to avoid that from ever being a concern though.

Also: eating fresh garlic. It has allicin in it which is a natural antiviral and antibacterial compound. Radiolab did a pretty cool episode on it a while back about how they found out that garlic was able to kill MRSA. Pretty cool. My uncle brought his grandson to a birthday party on Saturday with a freaking fever and then proceeded to hug me as he left... I was so annoyed and of course, the next morning my fiancee and I both woke up with scratchy throats. We both did a clove of garlic with honey shot and woke up this morning feeling pretty normal.

litzi-2 · November 2016

the neti pot (or similar) is great for congestion. i also use flonase. i take some generic prenatals. nothing extra.

ccarrozza1 · November 2016

Oh god I understand. I had colds on and off for 2 months straight and then last week I caught a stomach flu from my daughter and was throwing up every 45 minutes for 11 hours straight. I started having contractions so I called my dr and he sent me to the hospital for iv and meds.

For colds, I have been using humidfier, saline nasal spray, lots of citrus fruits, foods with garlic and tumeric. Lots of fluids. Sucks because we are already suffering with third trimester bs already so this is icing on the cake! hang in there!

Teach123 · November 2016

I am in the same boat. I've had 3 colds in a row and now the stomach virus hit today. It's been about 3 months of sickness, and I'm so over it.

colleenkevin · November 2016

I'm with you. My toddler gave me a cold that lasted 4 days for her and 2 weeks for me. I've been well for almost 2 weeks and she just gave me another cold.

hjmorgan-2 · November 2016

Caffeine-free tea with honey does wonders for a sore throat. My husband got sick a week before me, I got what he had but drank tea every day all day. I got over it before he did. Then he started drinking tea, guess what? He immediately started feeling better. Lol. As for other symptoms I'm taking echinacea, garlic pills, and vitamin C pills. Plus my prenatal is an organic whole food based pill.

momof2girls+? · November 2016

I take a prenatal with folic acid, plus 500mg vitamin c. When I had a cold I drank water almost constantly, I was at work so a lot of my sickness just got sweated out. I think it lasted 1 day, so I was really lucky.

MamaandNurse · November 2016

I was sick for what felt like the whole month of October. I have tons of congestion but that's just pregnancy-related rather than germs. My prenatal vitamin is just the CVS generic and I don't take anything extra.

ccarrozza1 · December 2016

Aaaaaand I am sick again. Caught another cold from my 18 month old and to boot, she was up all night throwing up so think she caught a stomach virus...AGAIN! Praying I don't get the stomach virus too since last time I ended up in the hospital....

julianna88-2 · December 2016

Oh No! @ccarrozza1 I hope you get better soon.

sweetyjenj · December 2016

I went 32 weeks with no illness. I usually have a very good immune system, but I had heard that when you're pregnant your immune system is weakened. I work around several kids and people were sick in waves all around me, but not me. I was surprised and proud of my body for being so strong. THEN: all hell broke loose. It was a 3 year old that brought me down initially. I kicked up my juicing to get extra vitamins, I took vC supplements, and I drank green V8. My cold started going away...then my OB gave me the flu shot (my first) and a few days later I got a fever and my cold symptoms came back with vengeance. Cough hasn't gone away yet and yesterday I got the stomach flu, and today found out my cough turned into bronchitis.
Wow.

momof2girls+? · December 2016

Yikes! @sweetyjenj hope you get better soon.

raquel87 · December 2016

It took me an entire month to get over a bad cold and cough. last wed was my first symptom free day! As fate would have it my eldest son came down with a bad virus on Friday that spread to all four boys! I have had FOUR sick boys home from school for a week! With all the trimmings, vomiting, diarrhea, fever and runny nose. At 36 weeks pregnant and already exhausted this has been a horrible horrible week!

momof2girls+? · December 2016

Omg! @raquel87 that sounds horrible, hope that all ends soon for you!

raquel87 · December 2016

@momof2girls+? Thank you! My three older boys are better now, but my 17 month is still sick with a fever. I pray tomorrow is better for my poor little guy!

johnnydro · December 2016

Feel better all!, wifey also caught a cold and is congested as well..

ccarrozza1 · December 2016

Oh yeah and I got the stomach flu after my daughter had it last week. I got through it though! Now just the end of a head cold. Really want to be in good health when i give birth so hoping this is it

Teach123 · December 2016

I've had three colds and that horrible stomach virus this pregnancy. I've been sickness free since Thanksgiving, but now my nose is getting stuffy again.

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