PLEASE help me! We built our house just 12 months ago, and this has plagued me for almost as long, it is happening more so in pregnancy but was happening before too. I go to sleep and I wake up at some point between 12am-3am with dry itchy eyes, a scratchy throat I can't help but swallow to scratch, a dry cough, sneezing, runny nose and it keeps me awake for hours sometimes. It used to happen most nights which was bad enough but I could take antihistamines and somewhat cope but now I'm pregnant I can't and it's been months of happening every single night I sleep in that room. I move into the spare room sometimes but it's small with a day bed and not my lovely comfy bed and I don't want to never share a room with my husband again.
I know I'm sensitive to dust, but I wet dust most days and hoover every couple of days too. I change and hot wash our bedding twice a week. The bed is upholstered, could this be the problem? It's big and heavy and against the wall so there is dust build up behind it, it's also very low to the ground so can't hoover under, but this dust isn't being disturbed enough to cause this level of allergies surely?
What else could it be? The air? The mattress? The carpet? Do I just need an air purifier? Is there going to be mould hidden somewhere? I just don't understand and I'm SO fed up. I keep thinking I'll sell the bed, get a more wipe clean one, change the carpet to laminate etc but it's a lot of expense without actually knowing what the cause is
Someone solve the mystery please