Finally got BFP and full of cold :(

[LottieB30]

Hi
I am new here and just after some advice/help! We have been TTC for around 11 months and finally got a BFP on Friday 11 December. But this weekend I have been really run down and full of cold/cough/sore throat you name it I've had it! Just wondering what if anything I can take this early on? I would really like to be back to my normal self by Christmas, when we let the immediate family know.
Any advice will be much appreciated!!
Thanks in advance, xx

Paracetamol. Thats it really. congratulations on the BFP though.

Just paracetamol I'm afraid

Thanks both - what is safe amount of paracetamol to take this early on? X

Just as it says in the box. Hope you feel better soon and congratulations!

Normal adult dosage is fine. You are perfectly within your rights to feed your cold with colossal amounts of chocolate/pringles/cheese/your comfort food of choice though. Make the most of it before the morning sickness takes over

Thanks for the help - this is my first time pregnant. And yes I have spent the day in my PJs eating cheese on toast 😄 x

I hate to say it but one of my pregnancy symptoms is congestion and a coldy feeling - it may be the pregnancy rather than a virus!

Ginger and lemon tea with honey is soothing and keep a tissue with Olbas Oil nearby. You can steam and massage your sinuses too.

Cheese is a bad idea if you have a cold- avoid dairy until any mucous has cleared. Inhaling steam works really well, and have lots of fluids. Congratulations!

Cheese is fine, the dairy mucus thing is an old wife's tale. Congratulations

I'm 31 weeks and suffering with a cold. I've consulted my pharmacist and I think it's all helped as it's only lasted a week:

Suggestions include:

• lemon / berry (blackcurrant) diluted with boiled water, add a bit of honey (for your throat) and a couple of soluable paracetamol
• for the cough, you can take simple linctus / Glycerol & liquid sugar (eg Benylin Tickly Coughs, orange box)
• Lockets or Halls throat sweets as long as they don't contain any decongestants (check the label, Lockets Honey & Lemon with menthol and eucalyptus should be fine)
• And of course, Olbas Oil or Vicks on a tissue / in a bowl of steaming water!

Hope you feel better soon, you have my sympathies, it's rotten

xx

Thanks goodnightdarthvader1 that's a great help I will pop to the chemist tomorrow and stock up!

My pharmacist suggested menthol crystals to help with the congestion and it was a massive relief to be able to breathe again!! I got them from a tesco pharmacy so should be pretty easy to get hold of.

In a bowl of boiling water, then stick a tea towel over your head and breathe it in

I was told strepsils/halls were fine. I took those.

I had the flu when I found out I was having DS, it was awful