Hayfever in Pregnancy

[LaDeeDa]

Hi All,

With spring upon us now I am starting to get the dreaded hayfever symptoms..
Sneezing, wheezing, itchy eyes etc

Does anyone have any suggestions of what I can do to make this bearable. Normally I would just dose up on antihistamines but thats a no no these days

TIA xoxox

[Kmn]

I used rhinocort nasal spray while I was pregnant (on the OK of my Doc and Ob).
Call the obstetric drug line at Monash - 03 9594 2361 and discuss your options.

[Devon]

I feel your pain, Dee!

I have shocking hayfever, usually as the first symptoms start to appear I start on the nasal sprays, antihistamines etc. But I just don't feel like I want to take anything when I'm pg. So I'm struggling on. It's not very nice.

Hope you can find some relief soon.

Devon
xxxx

[Jewel]

I had bad hayfever with my pg, so i just asked the pharmacist and my ob what i could take. I forget the name of the stuff I had. I only really took it if I really really needed to.

Good luck with your pg and i hope the hayfever settles down.

xoxo

[Sair]

I was going to say Benadryl Allergy is safe as I was taking that for my nausea and vomiting but it turns out it is a Category B drug. I googled allergy medicines in pregnancy and came up with a ninemsn health article that had this

Included in Category A "Drugs which have been taken by a large number of pregnant women and women of childbearing age without any proven increase in the frequency of malformations or other direct or indirect harmful effects on the foetus being observed" are the following antihistamines: brompheniramine, chlorpheniramine, clemastine, cyproheptadine, dexchlorpheniramine, diphenhydramine, diphenylamine, doxylamine, pheniramine, triprolidine, chlorcyclizine, cyclizine and hydroxyzine. However, these are antihistamines of the older type, which cause sedation. This is can be a problem with driving, operating machinery and simply being able to function optimally.

Maybe just google the drug name to find out the brand names or take the list to the chemist and make them do the work. Good luck, hayfever is not fun, luckily I don't suffer as much as I used to.

[LaDeeDa]

Ladies thanks so much for the advice.
I'm going down to my pharmacist on my lunch break to see what I can take.
But like you've said it seems like the only ones you can take are the ones which cause drowsiness.
Maybe avoid the eastern tonight ...lol