It is obvious that no one wants to get sick, but what if you suddenly get caught cold during pregnancy and term - 1 trimester? This is an excuse for worrying about the health of your baby for any future mother.
The fact is that the cold in the first trimester of pregnancy is fraught with complications and possible pathologies of the body that is formed at the time of onset of the disease. This is a very important stage in the development of your child. The cold even at the 10th week of pregnancy is not so terrible as at earlier dates, since the most critical period is already over. The main thing - do not panic. The lion's share of expectant mothers suffer a cold, and at the same time they give birth to a healthy full-fledged child. But you do not need to relax either - you now have a big responsibility and you need to approach this problem with all possible seriousness.
We hope, you do not doubt, that at cold in the first trimester of pregnancy it is necessary to consult with the doctor. He, and only him, can prescribe medication to a future mother, based on the period of her pregnancy, condition, the presence of chronic diseases and contraindications to medicines. Suffice it to mention that such a popular antipyretic agent as aspirin is for prospective mums under prohibition. Widely advertised antitussives Ambroxol and Ambrobene are also contraindicated for colds during pregnancy, and especially in the first trimester. Even the use of such drugs from the common cold as Galazolin and Naphthysin - and it is undesirable. What can we say about the uncontrolled use of antibiotics for colds in the first months of pregnancy?
What to do? Is everything so bad and there is nothing to relieve the unpleasant symptoms? Of course not. It's time to remember the good old remedies that surely were treated in your childhood! A cold in the first trimester of pregnancy is not a verdict at all! Cough is good inhalation with herbs that do not cause you allergies. With a cold, you can wash your nose with regular saline. Have you heard of such a drug as Aqua Maris? It's just sterile sea water, only in a convenient vial with a dispenser. Colds during pregnancy in 1 trimester are an ideal occasion to make sure the effectiveness of such a simple remedy as a weak aqueous solution of salt. All that we need from him and with what it perfectly manages, is the moistening of the nasal mucosa.
Be sure to ventilate the room, leaving it in the cold season, and moisten the air in it. This rule is valid not only for colds in the first months of pregnancy - watch it always!
To remove from the body harmful toxins that have arisen as a result of the insidious virus, will help abundant warm drink. These can be herbal teas with honey and lemon, warm, but not scalding milk with honey and butter, decoctions of dried fruits.
In the first trimester of pregnancy with a beginning cold, you can help and gargle with soda or salt.
Of course, it's easy to diagnose a "cold" for yourself - after all, it seems that we have known all about it a long time ago. And there are so many ways to be cured. But the cold in the first trimester of pregnancy is not a reason for presumptuous and bold experiments on the health of the long-awaited and desired baby. Do not neglect the advice of competent doctors and be healthy!