If you need relief to eat dinner, go for the hot sauce. Capsaicin thins mucus and forces it to drain. Just be ready for possible heartburn—pregnancy is full of trade-offs.
Lying flat on your back increases blood pressure in your head and nose. Propping your head up on an incline wedge pillow (or stacking two pillows) uses gravity to drain the mucus. congested nose pregnancy
: Be careful with sprays like Afrin (oxymetazoline); using them for more than 3 days can cause "rebound" congestion, making the problem worse. If you need relief to eat dinner, go for the hot sauce
If your congestion is accompanied by a high fever, yellow or green mucus, or facial pain, you may have a sinus infection that requires further treatment. Lying flat on your back increases blood pressure
Believe it or not, yes! It affects roughly of pregnant women. If you are in your second or third trimester and find yourself mouth-breathing like a marathon runner while sitting on the couch, you aren't alone.