Ahh! The Common Cold
Okay…no one likes getting a cold. It always feels like you are never sick enough to miss work, but still feel horrible. Your head feels huge, your throat is sore from all the drainage, your congested and you don’t have a lot of energy. Now…to be pregnant and have a cold this is not very fun. First off…your tired already (and when on progesterone that even makes it worse) and you can’t take your typical meds that you normally take to releive the symptoms. I started feeling a little puny last weekend and it has progressively gotten worse and now I have a full blown cold. Normally, I don’t get sick…I have a crazy, awesome immune system…that comes from all the years of teaching…you build up a lot of immunities from being around an infestation of germs every day. But, I recently read online that when you get pregnant your immune system lessens in order to keep the baby and not reject it…so this opens the door of opportunity for those little viruses to sneak in. Now, thankfully my doctor said I could take Tylenol and Sudafed. Thank you Jesus! It helps a little but I am still trying to limit how much I take them just to be on the safe side…so here I am praying that this cold moves quickly through my system. I guess a cold is better than morning sickness…praise God I have not had that yet.