Sick and due any day :(

[Still_Learning]

So I'm going for a VBAC and due any day now. Woke up this morning with a terrible sore throat and wrecked sinuses.

I can't even express how emotional this has made me. I need to be healthy and strong for this labor!!!

[JD5351]

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Feel better!!!! Would a sinus rinse and a Benedryl help? And lots and lots of sleep.

If it makes you feel better, my best friend delivered her baby in February with a sinus infection and pink eye!

[toddlermama16]

Not in your DDC, but I'm so sorry! I had my youngest in March, and was diagnosed at 39w6d with full on Influenza with bronchitis. I understand the panic and frustration. My dh had it, too. I (thankfully) got antibiotics for the chest infection, and went on to have my dd at 40w1d, free of pain meds and completely natural. (That in and of itself is amazing since I am a total pain weenie...) You can do it, mama! Trust your body, it knows when to start labor.

And on a funny side-note, I was at 3 cm before getting sick. They checked me in L&D after my visit to the ER, because I was having so many contractions, and I had actually gone back down to fingertip. Had her two days later. I guess my body just knew that I wasn't able to have her while being so sick. Our bodies are amazing.

[Asher]

I hope it passes quickly and you feel better soon!

[Still_Learning]

Thank you so much mamas. It helps to hear your story toddlermama16!!

Loading up on Emergen-C and hoping for the best.

[j_p_i]

Oh no! I hope you feel better soon!

[trauerweidchen]

That doesn't sound like any fun at all; I'm sorry. I hope you make a full recovery very, very quickly!

[Sadie Lake]

I don't know if this is going to sound totally repulsive or not, but dh had some sinus issues this week and I got online for natural remedies because we were at his parent's house for Mother's Day and they were trying to shove OTC meds down his throat.

But, I read a few different websites that said to drink a couple of tablespoons of apple cider vinegar in a glass of water several times a day. I guess it thins mucus and allows the sinuses to drain so they don't get infected. They also said that normal otc meds clog the liver and can actually make mucus production worse (thicker and more of it) so if I were you I'd steer clear of that stuff.

Hope you feel better fast!

Sadie