Boil hot water and pour it into a mug with two huge tablespoons of honey (Manuka / Medihoney are best) and add some fresh squeezed lemon juice. It helps to sooth your throat and clears your head. I do that with my echinacea root infusion and it nips colds and illnesses in the bud. If I have a headache I do echinacea root and skullcap infusion.

You can get the dried herbs, put a handful each into a really large jar, fill up to the top with boiling water and put the lid on. Seep it like that for 4-6 hours, drain it with a sieve then warm up cups at a time on the stovetop (warm, dont re-boil). You can keep the drained infusion in the fridge for 3 days before it begins to lose potency.

It works. Very effectively, and its preferable to taking chemical drugs for me : )

I also take sodium ascorbate powder in apple or pear juice and before I go to bed at night I take a zinc tablet. Sleep lots, drink lots of fluids and stay home. You'll get through it if you take care of yourself! Your baby will be fine!