Has anyone else dealt with pregnancy rhinitis? I've had it a few months now. I realise I just have to deal with it, but it's doing my head in.
I have a constant post nasal drip, with mucous filling my sinuses and running down my throat. This leads to lots of coughing and spitting up phlegm. The coughing can become quite violent and often leads to vomiting. I even got tested for whooping cough because I was worried about it.
In addition, I have at least one nose bleed a day, which can lead to more coughing and vomiting if the blood gets in my throat.
Apart from being disgusting, it's affecting my sleep. Whenever I lower or raise myself in bed, the phlegm moves and sets off another coughing fit. The other night, I was coughing and vomiting from 3:30 to 5am. Which means I am so tired. My emotional state isn't great anyway and being constantly tired just makes it worse.
Ways I'm dealing with it include sniffing rhinocourt once a day, sucking on ventolin as needed, sleeping on a wedge pillow with a humidifier on at night, and stocking up on tissues.
I realise it's not a serious medical condition and I feel bad about whinging about it. It's just something I have to suck up. I was just wondering if anyone else has dealt with it and if so, when did it end?
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