Awful cold what can I take

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Hi everyone I’m 28 weeks pregnant and the past few days I’ve had a bad sore throat and now have a horrendous cold, I can’t get warm. I can’t breathe out my nose, which isn’t helping my asthma. I’ve started getting a chesty cough too . I have done a covid test yesterday and tested negative. It is causing me not to sleep at all at night and I have a toddler so can’t nap in the day either.

I had a scheduled Midwife appointment and asked what I could take to help this and she couldn’t suggest anything. I have so far taken honey and hot water( ran out of lemon) and paracetamol. Has anyone else heard of anything that we can take . Thanks in advance

Same here. 35 weeks and sticking to paracetamol, olbas oil, and vicks inhaler sticks. I think that's about all we can take, but following to see if there is anything else I'm missing!

I got a revolting cold right at the end of pregnancy, and took the suggestion on an old MN thread to grate fresh root ginger into the honey and lemon (and eat the ginger out of the mug at the end too). The spiciness of the ginger was the best congestion-reliever I found.

I had a horrific cold back in October and the only thing that helped me was hot water with sliced lemon & orange and a teaspoon of honey.
I usually stick cloves into the skin of the orange but I couldn't get any local. I had 2-3 per day and within 3 days I was back on my feet again thankfully.
Hope you are all feeling better soon xx