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aaaargh! Hayfever when pregnant - can i do anything?

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desperatehousewife · 29/04/2006 15:28

Is there anything I can do or take for hayfever whilst pregnant? Am not sure how i'll survive the summer!

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robinpud · 29/04/2006 15:31

I actually found that I suffered less from hayfever whilst pregnant, so you might be lucky. I also didn't know I was pregnant with dd and took hayfever tablets. DD now aged 9 is gorgeous. No doctor will be able to say yes as there are no test results to draw on as no pregnant woman would want to chance it. Let's hope your body doesn't react as much as normal.

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desperatehousewife · 29/04/2006 15:33

no it already is - my eyes are streaming, nose is streaming whole face is itchy. It's a bloody nightmare. Look like crap toO!

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sAinTgEOrge · 29/04/2006 15:33

I suffered less too.

My GP said it is quite common for hayfever to reduce during pregnancy. The immune system sort of slows down, to prevent your body attacking the 'foreign body' you are carrying.

sAinTgEOrge · 29/04/2006 15:34

Oops. x posted.

Sympathy if you are suffering already. Unfortunately no advice either.

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desperatehousewife · 29/04/2006 15:34

it's as bad, if not worse!

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sAinTgEOrge · 29/04/2006 15:37

I think you need to see your GP. Pretty sure you can't take any of the over-the-counter remedies.

Heartmum2Jamie · 29/04/2006 23:21

I am also one who didn't get it so bad when pregnant, but am back to normal now, but because I still breastfeed, I STILL can't take over the vounter meds.....Grrrr!! I hope you can find something.

Tommy · 29/04/2006 23:34

I took those homeopathic things - can't rememeber what they're called but they come in a little tube and you have to take 4 at a time - they're really small and dissolve on your tongue. They seemed to do the job. Good luck

Beauregard · 29/04/2006 23:44

I used some homeopathic nasal spray from boots,cant remember name sorry but ask them im sure you will find it .Try honey for your throat if sore ,sniff water up nose to help clear it,and i found that sucking on ice /lollies helped -Dont know why?

Arabica · 30/04/2006 11:41

Desperatehw, my sympathies. Am 26+4, have been prescribed a nasal spray by my asthma nurse after a nasty flare-up of hayfever symptoms a few weeks ago. I just went to look what it's called but I can't find it! Luckily my symptoms are OK at the moment. I do know that it has to be prescribed, the over the counter ones aren't suitable.
Am also using homeopathy, could be another reason why the symptoms are reduced.

Wicker · 30/04/2006 19:55

I suffer badly from hayfever and when I was pregnant last year my midwife advised me to take these homeopathic tablets called New Era for Hayfever and Allergic Rhinitis. They worked wonders and this year I'm going to carry on using them!

ja9 · 30/04/2006 19:58

i found hayfever a nightmare when pregnant and didn't find anything to help.. it was a nightmare the next summer as well as i was still breastfeeding.

it really made me miserable. i sincerely hope you find something that works for you.

GarfieldsGirl · 30/04/2006 20:14

I took piriton while i was pregnant. If your gp's nice try and get a load to last you the summer on yuor mat exemption.

shrub · 30/04/2006 20:21

link{http://www.shopneti.co.uk\netipots} or if look too strange try nasopure. they have used these in india for over a thousand years and have been pregnant/breastfeeding for last 6 years and tried all alternatives and found this to work. also buy water spray bottle (garden centre/boots/superdrug) the kind with a spray nozzle you can fix onto a fine mist and spray it around the room, your clothes, your children, pets etc. its like creating a mini mild rain fall which washes all pollen away and vasaline up nose. also used quecertin during last pregnancy and bf and found really helpful together with luffa complex by bioforce.

PanicPants · 30/04/2006 20:25

I used becanase (Sp) nasel spray on prescription from dr at first through my pregnancy. ANd it's a steriod too. Dr said it was ok but as I was worried she changed it to flexinase instead as it is a lower steriod dose.

You can also get saline nasel drops which help a bit.

shrub · 30/04/2006 20:27

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also acupuncture worked but expensive

shrub · 30/04/2006 20:32

\link{http://www.justnaturalstuff.co.uk/sterimar-water-nasal-spray-o-2.html\sterimar} also good, spray very powerful (brings tears to the eyes) and does wash out all pollen, though basically its an expensive version of the neti system

Nonyummymummy · 30/04/2006 20:34

Hi there

Like Panic Pants, I used Beconese nasal spray while I was pregnant but sparingly, as my Doctor said it was ok "within reason". I decided to stick with a quarter of the normal dose i.e. 1 spray in each nostril once a day instead of 2 sprays twice a day I think. TBH otherwise I would have sneezed DD out!

PanicPants · 30/04/2006 20:36

Nonyummymummy, I changed straight back to beconase as soon as ds was born, it's the only thing that works!!!

threelittlebabies · 30/04/2006 20:56

How pg are you? If you are worried about taking things, could you speak to your consultant? Mine said I was fine to take Flixonase spray, and even zirtek tablets, but I forget from how many weeks. Boots eye drops were also fine- I used these a lot, but tried to limit spray and tablets to when I really really had to, and often suffered instead (over- cautious, me!) You have my sympathy- it's not much fun at all. If you don't take anything, you may find you aclimatise(sp?) to it in a few weeks and the symptoms lessen- hope so Smile

skerriesmum · 30/04/2006 21:16

Related point: one study linked mums taking Claritin to hypospadias (penis problem) in male babies.
I took a homeopathic thing called Pollenna; my allergies weren't as bad as usual though.

Arabica · 30/04/2006 22:05

My spray is called Nasonex. It contains steroid so has to be prescribed by GP or, in my case, my asthma clinic.

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