Blocked sinus

Hello, im 11weeks pregnant and have been suffering with really blocked sinus. Has anyone else suffered with this? Im miserable as i cant sleep and nothing seems to be clearing it!

Thanks

[LunaD]

I had this in early pregnancy too! So annoying, apparently the progesterone in your system makes your blood vessels more narrow or something? I ended up taking Amoxicillin but it didn't do anything, don't actually think I had an infection. It went away on it's own but only after a good while. It was worse in certain stuffy environments and I just popped paracetamol at work to get rid of the related headaches. There's so many meds you can't take for sinus issues when pregnant, it is really frustrating! I did find that inhaling menthol in hot water with a towel over my head helped a wee bit. Also, I had read about Nettie pots on Amazon and considered getting one of those....don't know if it would help but it could be worth a shot?

amazon.co.uk/Nosebuddy-Nose... bit weird but good reviews!

[Skyblueboston]

I had this so badly the best thing to do is:

Get a hot bowl of water, put some menthol vix into it, put a towel over your head and inhale.

Works brilliantly and is safe

[AmesHk]

I had this pregnancy rhinitis early on. It got quite painful and was hard to sleep. Agree inhaling steam vapour is best relief. It will go away

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Thank you for your replies! it's reassuring to know I'm not the only one going through it!

[kasik]

yes i am 36 weeks and my nose is blocked from day 1 i thing. Some days is really hard to sleep with my mouth open but i was told this is normal !

I was told if that will be getting worse clean nose with warm water with salt , but didnt try .

[Lucyloo]

I've had the same problem since day one, before I even found out but thought it was just the start of a cold. I'm 8 wks 5 days and still have it, tried all the above and found olbas sinus decongestant stick, that's helped. Sleeping is the worst, fingers crossed it passes soon.

[chartclinic]

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