1. Nasal rinse - I use a product called sinoclear which is more concentrated than something like fess spray, but is still essentially salty water. It's pretty easy to use .

2. Chew gum - the movement of your jaw helps to clear the ear/sinus passages

3. Heat - a hot face washer might help with the pain factor.

4. You might also like to give oil pulling a go. (Google if you don't know what it is). It might help drain out the congestion & promote healing that way.

But - don't sit on it for too long. Your immune system is less strong during pregnancy than normally, so sometimes the safest thing is just to take the appropriate medication & get better as quickly as you can