Allergies!

[guitarmama]

My allergies are driving me crazy and are just getting worse. Does anyone have any ideas for pregnancy safe allergy cures?

[charmedgirlies]

Go to the chiropractor and get regular adjustments!

[CyndiM]

My OB said it was ok to take some Claritan. I try to only take it when I'm totoally miserable, but it seems to be helping. I was in a vicious cycle of sneezing/stuffiness/sinus headache. Then When I'd sneeze, it would make my sinus head a million times worse. :-/

[AnyaK]

My allergies been pretty bad lately, too... I've read that during pregnancy, the respiratory tract lining receives more blood and as a result, it can be more congested... I wonder if this compounds the effect of already existing allergies. My ND/midwife told me that I could take cromolyn sodium (Nasalcrom) occasionally but to mix in a homeopathic nosespray. So far, I've mostly stayed away from both, but in the mornings, before I get up, I'm so stuffy that it wakes me up... so I might start giving in in the mornings. She also said to drink lots of water to keep things flowing, so the stuffiness doesn't create the warm/moist environment that yucky bacteria like to grow out of. Oh yeah, and NDs always talk about staying away from dairy... as it produces mucus.

I hope you start to feel better!

-Anya

[MamaMarlen]

don't know if you're in the northeast, but a few friends of mine and I were all just wiped out on Monday 9/12 with allergies. Mine subsided gradually on Tuesday---hope yours do too with changes in weather, etc.!

My dr said I can take Claritin too! so far this week though, since Mon., I haven't needed it. Prob. avoiding dairy and keeping the fluids flushing through you is good idea too...

Good luck and my real sympathies!!

[guitarmama]

Thanks, everybody for the suggestions. I'm in the midwest, and mold and ragweed have been high lately. I'm really funny about pharmacuticals even when I'm not preg, so I don't think I would take anything like claratin unless things were REALLY bad. I've been drinking lots of water, but I'm a dairy addict, so that's setting me back. The chiropractor was a great suggestion. I haven't been for way too long. Thanks again.