Can I use Vicks vaporub when pregnant?

[staryeyed]

I have a bloody awful cold and feel so stuffy. Is it safe to use Vicks?

Paracetamol only I'm afraid.

paracetamol does nothing. Hmmph.

I've got a cold too, sending you lots of sypathy. I've been to the chemist and they've given me vicky vaporub, and after carefully checking the ingredients some extra strong halls eucolyptus sweets (thought that was a bit OTT to be honest but better safe than sorry) some olbas oil and some buttercup syrup for my cough.

You're right about Paracetamol it does bugger all! I had a piriton last night to help me sleep and stop me sneezing. I've been told that its ok to take occaisonally and it really helped.

apparently according to nurse I saw this morning even paracetamol shouldnt be taken if can be avoided anymore

Pharmacist refused to sell me anything apart from paracetamol.

I got some cough syrup - a linctus that the pharmacist in Boots recommended. I also got some menthol crystals to put in hot water and inhale as I read they are safe.

It's fine to use in pregnancy.

How can you n ot use it??? WHat if someone opens it while you're on a bus and you inadvertantly smell it? Never understood how some smelly things are unsuitable for tiny babies either

i used those vicks stick things that you put up one nostril and inhale when my nose was blocked with a terrible cold last christmas (6 months pg). olbas oil make one too, both were effective. they're just menthol-based, i believe.

olbas oil - thats what I was trying to think of

never understood why you can't use this. or why babies can't have Karvol or vicks when young.
When ds2 was 3 months old he got a cold, so i put the karvol and vicks on me and whenever i fed him he got a good whiff before bed to calm his sniffles.

This was my craving with DD1. I was even eating it at the end (I know you are not surposed to)

vicks is very addictive . when i was a child i used to rub it on my chest so i could sniff it even when i didn't have a cold. i had a friend who used to sniff olbas oil on the bus

fortunately it wasn't the edge of the slippery slope and we are now very respectable mothers.

You ate Vicks Vaporub? Wow, that is some craving...

Fine to use in pregnancy. But for external use only

I used vicks vaporub recently as had stinking stinking cold and couldn't breathe. Can't see the problem with it to be honest...

Vicks is fine in pregnancy. it is an inhalant, like Olbas Oil. No serious meds allowed, obviously, but smelly stuff is fine.