I'm 28w5d and have had a cold for almost a week now. It started off just a sore throat on Wednesday, was hoping that would go away but instead was hit with a stuffy nose, itchy ears, a cough that wouldn't go away, and body aches. A bad cold, but not flu, I don't think, since I don't have a fever or headache and it didn't hit suddenly. The sore throat was kind of the starting point.
I'm a lot better now, but still have a stuffy nose and my ears sometimes have a shooting pain, they're still really itchy and one is blocked. I have some ear drops from a previous ear infection a few weeks ago that I might try, but it's the stuffy nose getting to me. Every time I lie down to sleep, one nose always gets blocked up, sometimes both and I end up mouth breathing, but this just dries up my throat and brings the cough back. My throats already still a little sore, the cough has just (mostly) gone.
I've been off work since Friday because of this and was hoping to go back soon - I've been off a lot this pregnancy, especially the first trimester! But I think another day or two of rest wouldn't hurt, mostly because I just can't sleep. Does anyone have any experience? I haven't yet been to the GP or pharmacy with it being the weekend and I just didn't have the energy today to go to the pharmacy.