Vicks?
Hi all
Im just over five weeks pregnant and suffering with a cold and sore throat, so put vicks vapour rub on my chest tot try and get rid of it but someone told me you shouldnt do that whilst pregnant and now im really worried does anyone know if thats true or if Vicks is fine to use during pregnancy?
Thanks
Rach xx
Im just over five weeks pregnant and suffering with a cold and sore throat, so put vicks vapour rub on my chest tot try and get rid of it but someone told me you shouldnt do that whilst pregnant and now im really worried does anyone know if thats true or if Vicks is fine to use during pregnancy?
Thanks
Rach xx
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[Modified by: vicky26 on January 06, 2009 08:36 PM]
hope that helps
[Modified by: vicky26 on January 06, 2009 08:33 PM]
Fascinated to find out though!
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you can also take boots cold and flu remedy (like lemsip) as the only things it contains are paracetamol and vitamin c!
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i think its ok as long as you are not having 20 packs of lockets a day for 9 months and smothering yourself from head to toe in vicks every night i'm sure whilst you get over the illness you will be ok....
apparently lemsip is to be avoided though - all the extra drugs in there are not good....
hope you feel better....!
ps natural to worry - i have been about everything.... you listen to sooo much..... I've been worried cos the toilets at work have air freshner on a timer and it keeps going off when i'm in there (apparently thats bad!) and then i was inadvertently eating crunchy nut cornflakes without realising they had peanuts in and finally hubbie bought a shower gel with essential oils in and a "well meaning" friend told me i ought to get every product like that checked out with the midwife.............. i freaked out for a while on most of those things..... so i went to my midwife freaking out about everything with really high blood pressure.... and she said to calm down and that there are certain things to avoid but a little bit of something wont harm bambino but stressing out could!! so i then decided the little one is kicking away and seems quite happy in there...... maybe i should just use my own instincts as well as following professional advice and avoiding scaremongeres!... i'm now trying to adopt a "dont freak out about everything" approach... as i dont want high blood pressure....!!