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Please let me whine!  So, I had a ton to get done @ work before my babymoon that starts TOMORROW.  It's been in the works forever, and we fly back on Monday.

Well, Friday I thought I was having allergies and by Sunday I knew it was definitely a virus.  I've tried nasal strips, nasal wash, saline spray, hot showers, breathing over boiling water, sudafed, rest, hot tea, gargling salt water, etc...NOT for lack of trying, I am still having some *gross stuff* coming out of my body now...

Normally I'd wait a day or 2 to see if I could flush it out w/o instantly asking for drugs, but please tell me it is OK to go beg for antibiotics before I fly.  I'm coughing up stuff, my ear has had that clogged feeling nonstop for a day, my throat hurts, and it's hard to sleep bc I can't breath.  (at no point yesterday could I breath through both nostrils)  :(

I'm just feeling sorry for myself right now, bc normally I use medicated nose spray when I have a cold, and I've been told it's NOT safe during pregnancy.  Just sucks that I spend my weekend and my trip sick, when I've been working SO hard lately, and this is my only real time off this year before my baby is due 8/30.

My family drives me crazy that they are constantly on antibiotics for sinus infections, but this makes sense to get the drugs, right?!  :-\

Edit:  I also found out yesterday I have (pregnancy-related) anemia, so I think that's why a simple cold is kicking my bootay.

Yes!! Get the drugs!!  As long as it's safe for baby there is no reason for you to put up with feeling like that.  Right before we went on vacation a year ago I got my second UTI in 3 months and I made the doctor give me a SHOT of antibiotics because there was no way I was going to spend my vacation feeling crappy!

I'm sorry you aren't feeling well!  I would call your doctors office and see what they suggest.  If it's bacteria that's causing the problem, antibiotics can help, but if it's viral or really related to allergies, antibiotics won't do any good.  

not to be TMI, but when it was just a pain and "clear", I wouldn't have gone to the Dr, but my ear is uncomfortable non-stop and we've moved to the "gross" colored "fluids" now  :(

I can't give you any advice about your illness, but I do have advice about your anemia. I have been using Solgar Gentle Iron supplements throughout pregnancy to pevent anemia and they are fantastic. They do not make me feel nauseas at all (which normal iron does). They also have more iron than most other iron supplements. There is the correct amount in 1 pil for the 1st and 2nd trimesters. In the 3rd trimester, you will need a bit more. You can get them at Whole Foods or they sell them amazon. Take it first thing in the morning on an empty stomach and take with citrus or apricot juice. If you also take vitamin C, take that then too. Just don't take with dairy, coffee, tea, or other multivitamins (they make it so your body can't absorb the iron).

cool, thanks for the advice..luckily I haven't been on antibiotics in YEARS, so I don't think I have too much built up tolerance to them...my parents are on them like at least 3x a year!  I think we just have the sort of sinuses that tend to get infected easily, even when we try to be proactive w/ nose spray, etc etc

That's good that you're not on antibiotics very often.  Unfortunately what can happen is bacteria develop resistance to specific antibiotics (even if you haven't been on them, someone else has and that's where the bacteria develop resistance, and then you pick up the bacteria somewhere).  

Here is an interesting website:

http://www.textbookofbacteriology.net/resantimicrobial.html

Yes! might be too late, but I was really sick last week and the antibiotics cleared it all up - I was literally feeling better within 12 hours.  If you have an infection that is not good for you/baby either!