This cold is draining me ��

[TheMrs04]

Anyone have any home remedies for a cold! Since finding out I was pregnant I haven't taken any medication other than my folic acid! I need something to relieve the stuffy nose and sore throat ??

Poor you.

Grated root ginger in hot water with a good squeeze of lemon juice and a dollop of honey.

Sambucol - (elderberry extract and zinc)

Vitamin C - 1000mg x 3 per day.

Have as many very hot drinks as you can stand. Keep your nose and throat warm.

Spicy food - if you can tolerate it - such as curry and chilli is good.

Crunch a clove of raw garlic if you can stand to - will help your throat.

There are good multi-vit supplements for mums to be - probably better than just taking folic acid.

kiwi Fruit. More Vitamin C packed into one of those little buggers than a huge orange!

Thanks! I've munched on a ton on fruit! Feeling a little better! I'm blaming my sister in law! Lol! Shall try the ginger one! Can't stand garlic anymore! It's typical I've just got back from my holiday and I've gotten sick! Just my luck

I wouldn't recommend any multivitamin. There's weak independent evidence that they do much good, and actually some metadata studies indicate they do more harm than good unless you're particularly deficient in something. The vitamin pill industry is a multi billion pound enterprise so go figure.

Whilst pregnant you should be taking folic acid and vitamin D according to latest advice. Try to eat well.

Whilst ill with a cold (as now!) I make up a cup of hot water with a slice of lemon and a spoonful of honey.

At least one of the meta studies has been discredited.....

The food industry is also a multi-billion pound enterprise.....

The trick is to buy a good quality one.

You can have boots own lemsip, it hant got the other stuff in(beginning with L). The doctor was on this morning yesterday and he was talking about some crystals in a bowl. I can't remember what it was called but I am sure you can see it on catch up. Having a cold is the pits .

I'm starting to feel a little better! Just have a really bad chesty cough! I've done quite well not taking anything to help! Just plenty of rest and drinking loads of fluids!

I am the same at the minute. I feel terrible, just wish it would go now