Ready to pop and getting a horrible cold!! AGH!

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mamaScarlett

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<p><div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>Keepercjr</b></i> Don't take the power of suggestion too lightly. Tell your baby that you are not quite ready - that you need to feel better to get through labor. My midwife said that babies, when left to their own devices, know when they should be born. Tune into baby and let her (?) know. When I was heavily pregnant with Scarlett, I was just not ready to have her be born yet (not because I wasn't done being pregnant but I just wasn't "there" yet). But one day something clicked and when I was in the shower I told her that I was ready now. And I went into labor the next morning and had her after 4 hours of labor.</end quote>
<p>Yes, good point. I'm not 'there' yet either. If I went into labor now I'd be just filled with fear that I won't be able to do it bc of this cough. After having experienced natural childbirth myself and assisted natural birth so many times, I know its all about the fear. And about letting go! Stress will definitely hold back the bodys readiness to go into labor, even OBs will tell you that. Well, thanks for the boost. I'm fighting the cough with everything I can, now I just have to let go and relax. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
<p>Either way, there will be a baby here soon, right? I may as well go with it and not fight!
 
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mamaScarlett

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For general reference under the 'pregnant/about to deliver and you get a massive virus' topic...This is my arsenal: (btw, not that this works for every pregnant cfer! but take it or leave it)
Today I drank 4, 12oz glasses of airborne, brewed herbal tea with fresh mint and tons of honey and drank that (50 oz total). Juiced lemons, garlic, spinach, apples, strawberries and pineapple and drank that (30 oz). Took 3 doses of garlinase. Took 2 doses of ALJ, an herbal expectorant supplement (safe for pregnancy). Took Robitussin DM 2 doses, on my docs reccomendation-bc this is clearly viral, dripping from my sinuses and as long as I'm faithfully doing chest pt, theres no need for me be straining myself coughing this hard. (I've been coughing so hard it feels like my stomach muscles are <strong>ripping apart</strong>, due to the pregnancy.)
Did the neti pot 3x, a sinus wash with salt water. (I've since had green balls coming out my nose) 2 hot showers with lots of steam, plus to relax my aching belly muscles. Albuterol 3x, Hypertonic 3x and 90 mins of vest. Also added 500 mgs of Zithromax. Of course it won't treat cf bugs, but I notice it helps with sinus infection type things for me, and adds a bit of extra protection.
So we'll wait and see! Pray that I get to sleep tonight!
 
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mamaScarlett

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For general reference under the 'pregnant/about to deliver and you get a massive virus' topic...This is my arsenal: (btw, not that this works for every pregnant cfer! but take it or leave it)
Today I drank 4, 12oz glasses of airborne, brewed herbal tea with fresh mint and tons of honey and drank that (50 oz total). Juiced lemons, garlic, spinach, apples, strawberries and pineapple and drank that (30 oz). Took 3 doses of garlinase. Took 2 doses of ALJ, an herbal expectorant supplement (safe for pregnancy). Took Robitussin DM 2 doses, on my docs reccomendation-bc this is clearly viral, dripping from my sinuses and as long as I'm faithfully doing chest pt, theres no need for me be straining myself coughing this hard. (I've been coughing so hard it feels like my stomach muscles are <strong>ripping apart</strong>, due to the pregnancy.)
Did the neti pot 3x, a sinus wash with salt water. (I've since had green balls coming out my nose) 2 hot showers with lots of steam, plus to relax my aching belly muscles. Albuterol 3x, Hypertonic 3x and 90 mins of vest. Also added 500 mgs of Zithromax. Of course it won't treat cf bugs, but I notice it helps with sinus infection type things for me, and adds a bit of extra protection.
So we'll wait and see! Pray that I get to sleep tonight!
 
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mamaScarlett

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<p>For general reference under the 'pregnant/about to deliver and you get a massive virus' topic...This is my arsenal: (btw, not that this works for every pregnant cfer! but take it or leave it)
<p>Today I drank 4, 12oz glasses of airborne, brewed herbal tea with fresh mint and tons of honey and drank that (50 oz total). Juiced lemons, garlic, spinach, apples, strawberries and pineapple and drank that (30 oz). Took 3 doses of garlinase. Took 2 doses of ALJ, an herbal expectorant supplement (safe for pregnancy). Took Robitussin DM 2 doses, on my docs reccomendation-bc this is clearly viral, dripping from my sinuses and as long as I'm faithfully doing chest pt, theres no need for me be straining myself coughing this hard. (I've been coughing so hard it feels like my stomach muscles are <strong>ripping apart</strong>, due to the pregnancy.)
<p>Did the neti pot 3x, a sinus wash with salt water. (I've since had green balls coming out my nose) 2 hot showers with lots of steam, plus to relax my aching belly muscles. Albuterol 3x, Hypertonic 3x and 90 mins of vest. Also added 500 mgs of Zithromax. Of course it won't treat cf bugs, but I notice it helps with sinus infection type things for me, and adds a bit of extra protection.
<p>So we'll wait and see! Pray that I get to sleep tonight!
 
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cindylou

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Just a question... did your doctor put you on hypertonic 3x/day? I used to do that when I was sick and my doctor actually told me to stop. He said that at a certain point, hypertonic is too drying and that doing it more than 2x a day can actually do harm rather than good sometimes. I still felt like it helped though... so who knows! Just thought I'd throw that out there!
 
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cindylou

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Just a question... did your doctor put you on hypertonic 3x/day? I used to do that when I was sick and my doctor actually told me to stop. He said that at a certain point, hypertonic is too drying and that doing it more than 2x a day can actually do harm rather than good sometimes. I still felt like it helped though... so who knows! Just thought I'd throw that out there!
 
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cindylou

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Just a question... did your doctor put you on hypertonic 3x/day? I used to do that when I was sick and my doctor actually told me to stop. He said that at a certain point, hypertonic is too drying and that doing it more than 2x a day can actually do harm rather than good sometimes. I still felt like it helped though... so who knows! Just thought I'd throw that out there!
 
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