Cold and Flu in Pregnancy

[SussexRoyal]

i have been ill for over a week with this virus that’s doing the rounds. I would do anything for a lemsip but I know it’s not safe in pregnancy. Does anyone have any recommendations on what can be taken or natural remedies? Paracetamol not cutting it

I’ve mostly just suffered through it because everything kept saying no. Paracetamol never helped me in the past. I ate lots of oranges, drank lots of decaf tea, kept taking vitamin c and d daily. I’ve heard drinking lemon and honey can help, I just never made it to a shop to buy them. Also hot water in a bowl and use the steam to try and help clear the mucus. Steam from the shower didn’t help me, but the bowl helped a bit.

@Blue2020 Ahh thank you, it’s horrible isn’t it. I need to up the oranges and vitamin C, it’s hard as I’m back to not fancying much so eating quite badly which def doesn’t help!

I boil up 2 cut lemons and some ginger peeled and cut let that boil and infuse the water and then after 10 mins drain it add 2tsp of honey and it clears us right out. My kids have had this in the house for almost 3 weeks now. Really pissing me off 😭