i don't like it. and i don't allow patients to use it but that would be up to your ob to decide. women and the last trimester of pregnancy can feel very congested or have a constant runny nose. normally they would take cold or allergy medicines but because they are pregnant they do not. many suffer so i know what you are experiencing. the problem with afrin is not that it will harm your or the baby the problem is with habituation. afrin is supposed to be used only for a few days (not three months! ) and used every 12-hours. when you use it often you will find it wearing off sooner and sooner. eventually you will be "hooked" and not be able to nasally breathe unless you are using it every few hours day after day. if you try and stop you will get a "rebound phenomena" where the nose becomes even more-stuffy than it was before you started the afrin. you will become a nose-spray junkie of sorts. don't start it. use something safer like saline nasal spray. put a cool mist humidifier in your bedroom (you may need one for the baby anyway so get it now). remember to drink plenty of water and get a good supply of facial tissues. soon you will have a beautiful baby and be way to busy to worry about your stuffy clogged nose. talk to your ob but many share the same stance against long-acting decongestant nasal sprays during pregnancy.
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