Cant shake this cold ANY SUGGESTIONS PLSSSSSSSSS

Hi guys,

Im 24 weeks, ive had this cold for the last week and a half and i am really starting to suffer.. i have this really frog like cough to the point i am being sick, i practically cough all day and all night my hubby is ready to kick me out and its making my bladder very weak :shakehead:..
my abdomen is really starting to get painful too.. i am on antibiotics due to having a fever and im also taking benadryl and strepsils but my hubby feels like im over doing it on medication n im really ova it all now cause nothing is working.. PLS ANY SUGGESTIONS ARE APPRECIATED.. i cant take much more :wall:

what about putting a vaporiser in your room at night?

I had to take olive leaf extract for mine at 18weeks and all is still going well it cleared it over night... Theres nothing worse than a cold!!!

Get tested for whooping cough?

Thanks guys..

Miss K where do u get that from??

Ginger i was thinking that but my dr told me not to in case it puts fluid on my lungs..

Rumplelfed ive had whooping cough a while ago.. i really dont know wat to do... but thanks for the suggestions guys

If you're coughing because you have stuff in your chest, see your pharmacist about which mycolitic cough medicine you can use. Mycolitics (bisolvon, for eg) break up the phlegm so that instead of coughing 20 times, you cough twice and it comes out. But you will need to check it's suitable for use in pregnancy.

Good old hot drinks with lemon juice and honey will help, as will resting, keeping warm, and allowing your marvellous body to heal itself.

health food shop or some chemists but the only one that I use religiously is olive leaf extract australia its got a yellow label on it, I don't trust the other ones oh and get peppermint flavour as natural is a bit eeeeeeeeeew and the pepermint masks the taste lol

Vitamin C!!!!!!!!

Thanks guys im feeling betta now... thanks for the advise

I used to get bronchitis a lot as a kid, and I'm a reformed asthmatic (I quit ;) ) here's a tip for a lingering cough that simply won't go away:

Asthma preventer inhalers are absolute gold. I find that (if your doc will give you one) a puff of that twice a day for a few days completely knocks a lingering cough dead. Just like magic.

I used to get sick soooo often when I was underweight and I always ended up with a cough. Have still been sick since I gained weight but just ordinary colds and flus, nothing lingering or awful.

Yeah i found that i only really get sick when im pregnant.. bit of a bummer.. LOL my sons are all asthmatic i would love to make them quit.. but i heard they will grow out of it..

I will definently ask about the preventer im not sure if my sons have them.. but i will check it out

but thanks :)

I grew out of mine at about 28 - not as young as you're hoping I'd say I bet! It was when I gained weight, so hard to tell if I grew out or just needed the weight. I haven't had an asthma attack for over 5 years, it is great :)

Some people get overweight and their health suffers, some people go underweight and their health suffers. Can't just discriminate against bigger folks now, can we ...

Drink heaps of water, with a bit of lemon in it if it helps. But, yeah, just loads and loads of fluid.
Rest. A lot.
I also swear by dried cranberries, I dunno why, but they can't hurt, right?
Eat loads of vegetables. Fresh ones. Get someone to make you an enormous pot of vegie soup.

They all sound really simple, I know, but it's from a family who does this all the time and never gets sick. Well, we do, but the sickness never takes hold.