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Nose Block During Pregnancy |work| Today
Chapter 1 read time
8 mins
The real lesson came at her next prenatal checkup. Her doctor explained: “Nasal congestion in pregnancy is a sign your body is increasing blood volume by nearly 50%. That’s a good thing—it’s feeding your baby. The stuffiness is just a side effect of all that amazing work.”
One night, frustrated and tearful from exhaustion, she finally called her older sister, Jen, a mother of three.
Here’s a useful, relatable story for expectant mothers dealing with nasal congestion during pregnancy.
“It’s just a cold,” she told herself for the first two weeks. But the sneezes weren’t wet, there was no fever, and her energy was fine. She was simply… stuffed.
8 mins
The real lesson came at her next prenatal checkup. Her doctor explained: “Nasal congestion in pregnancy is a sign your body is increasing blood volume by nearly 50%. That’s a good thing—it’s feeding your baby. The stuffiness is just a side effect of all that amazing work.”
One night, frustrated and tearful from exhaustion, she finally called her older sister, Jen, a mother of three.
Here’s a useful, relatable story for expectant mothers dealing with nasal congestion during pregnancy.
“It’s just a cold,” she told herself for the first two weeks. But the sneezes weren’t wet, there was no fever, and her energy was fine. She was simply… stuffed.
