Vicks vapour rub in pregnancy?

[Northernbeachbum]

Please tell me it's safe, I feel horrific and paracetamol is doing nothing, it's just a bad cold but I want get much needed sleep to recover as I can't breathe!!!

The packaging doesn't say you can't

Please give me good news

if it contains camphor (sp?) you shouldn't use it. check the leaflet.

Ok I'll check for that

It doesn't say you can't use it like day and night nurse do, but the pharmacist was very much along the "only paracetamol and steam inhalation" lines and refused to comment on anything else

Absolutely fine.

I sniffed it during both my pregnancies. Then tasted, lickred a bit and 'treated' myself to eating a little bit each day . Odd craving that one!

I used it nearly daily for the final 6 months of my pregnancy as was the only thing that helped my pregnancy related rhinitis! I had no problems at all and couldn’t find any evidence it was had to use during pregnancy!

It contains camphor and eucalyptus.As long as you don't eat it or put it on your mucous membranes I'm sure it will be fine. There is a whole lot of rubbish around chemicals in pregnancy. I can't find any RCT or retrospective studies online that say camphor is bad in pregnancy.

I don't know but oilbas oil dropped on a muslin hung near the bed helped me with a recent cold.

@thathatisnotmine that made me laugh a lot

Awesome thank you all for the good news, you've made my evening!!!

It's fine. I developed a serious craving for smelling Vicks when I was pregnant with my twins. I smelt it morning, noon and night and even took a pot in my bag when I went out! (I still enjoy sniffing it now - 4 years later!). Don't worry.

I used it due to constricted nasal airways. Dc are almost alright. Maybe. (Both alive, thriving and too bright for their own good).

I used it last week as had a horrendous cold - pharmacist said it was fine. However I now have a massive aversion to it and feel nauseous at the sight of the bottle 🤢

It’s safe

Chewing airwaves gum a couple of times a day really helped me with a recent cold

Saline nasal spray is really good for pregnancy rhinitis and when you have a cold. It's about £8 a canister from boots but it lasts ages X

I was advised by a pharmacist to only use vapour rub suitable for kids. I used the boots one, it was good.

Having just found the Olbas Oil for dd: Olbas Oil! It works well on a tissue near your bed or in a diffuser or oil burner.