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xxshellsxx said:
Anyone have any natural remedies to help with a cold and sore throat? The lovely ladies and gents in my office have finally passed it to me and today has been awful. I've taken paracemetmol once today - and really don't want to have to take it if i can help it.

I've sat in the bathroom with the shower on hot but more than anything i need something for the sore throat before i start coughing - it's like sandpaper already! x
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I have severe allergies to most medicine, so when I have a sore throat I keep hydrated with tons of water. I also cannot have cough drops so I suck on gummy bears or marshmallows - they seem to help coat your throat. It isn't the best advice but something to try if you are desperate. I hope you can get some rest later today and feel better soon!
 
xxshellsxx said:
Anyone have any natural remedies to help with a cold and sore throat? The lovely ladies and gents in my office have finally passed it to me and today has been awful. I've taken paracemetmol once today - and really don't want to have to take it if i can help it.

I've sat in the bathroom with the shower on hot but more than anything i need something for the sore throat before i start coughing - it's like sandpaper already! x
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Hot lemon and honey, there are some lozenges that you can have, and you can take most simple linctus.

Oh and eat ice cream.

Xx
 
Same suggestion as Raspberry but add ginger. Either juice a small piece or grate some into hot water. Then once cooled add it to the lemon juice and honey. My doctor friend said normal potato crisps can help a sore throat? Worth a try. Goodluck and hope you feel better soon.
 
Captain: that was me! I subscribe to their beauty box and someone just told me about the baby box, so I just subbed to that too. LOL.

I haven't gotten either box yet, but a bunch of my friends got their beauty boxes and they had a value above the $5 they spent on it. So that's awesome!
 
MiniBump said:
Congrats on the girls savvy!!

Something freaky happened to me two nights ago and I'm wondering if anyone has had a similar experience! I was laid in bed and suddenly there was 'activity' in my abdomen (I thought it was wind) and my bump felt funny. I reached down and my stomach felt flat but along my pubic line, I could feel a baseball-like lump on the left with a fat sausage shape from there to my right side. I rubbed and it gradually went away. Is there any chance that this was a Braxton Hicks contraction because it really felt like a baby that had been shrink-wrapped?! I think it's too early and may have been my guts poking out or something but it was really bizarre and quite worrying! :wacko:
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Yes that was definitely a Braxton hicks! I have that same thing. Happens mostly at night multiple times. I had them a lot with my DD too. :)
 
Sorry shells, sounds miserable :( Hope you're better soon!
 
Congrats on twin girls!! How awesome!

I can't believe you girls are having BH's!! Holy cow. I don't even know what to expect with those, but it's crazy how fast this time is going by!!

So DH and I talked about names last night and we have drifted a little from Lucas for now, and now we're into the name Wesley. Wesley Michael flows much better and goes really well with our last name. Wes for a nickname. It's my sister's choice if she ever has a second boy but I'm hoping she can let me have it because she's not expecting to be pregnant again for a while, let alone with another boy. Sorry sis! My turn! lol

I got my pregnancy pillow today, I'll report if it's good or not after I try it out :)
 
Feronia said:
OMG, the "are they natural" questions would get to me, too! Whose business is that?! When someone asks me if I'm pregnant, I've really been meaning to say "no, I'm just fat" but the question always gets me off guard that I forget! I would never personally ask someone if they were pregnant... (Okay, maybe if I knew the person really, really well and we were close enough for a question like that... but not a random person I hardly know!)

How is the tech sure that they're fraternal? Isn't there a chance that di/di twins are identical if the egg split very early? Or is there another way the tech can tell that I'm not aware of?
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Sorry Feronia, I forgot to reply earlier.

I think it would be funny if you said "no, I'm just fat" :haha:

I think they say they are fraternal since they are in separate sacs with separate placentas. I think most people have no clue that there is a chance that the egg can split early resulting in di/di and that is probably too hard to explain to the patient so they just say fraternal. I will definitely get them tested to see if they are identical though!
 
Had a doctors appt today , hb went down to 150 and doctor said baby is really low. Anyway I have my anatomy scan text week and I'll be finding out the gender. Went baby shopping today (just about 5 items) picked up a few gender neutral pieces.
 
Ooooh dcm! Next week! Very exciting.

I don't think we will be testing to find out if they're identical if they're the same gender, we'll just see how alike they look as they grow up. :lol:

When my OB showed me the separate sacs and separate placentas, I asked if that meant they were fraternal, and she took the time to explain that they could be either - I would be annoyed if someone brushed me off by just saying they were fraternal because they couldn't be bothered explaining!
 
hey girls, not been here much been slammed at work and running a house of 8 people is taking up my spare time around work. but got time this morning to sit and catch up on stuff
 
Looking alike or not looking alike doesn't determine if they are identical. Marykate and ashley Olsen are fraternal and look exactly alike. They look more alike than my twin sis and I do and we are identical.
 
got some stretch marks on my boobs and some on my butt lol
but none on my belly yet
starting to use lotion whenever i think of it


5 months today!
yay half way!
 
swanxxsong said:
Captain: that was me! I subscribe to their beauty box and someone just told me about the baby box, so I just subbed to that too. LOL.

I haven't gotten either box yet, but a bunch of my friends got their beauty boxes and they had a value above the $5 they spent on it. So that's awesome!
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I tried subscribing but it looks like it's only available in the States! Booo!!! You'll have to post pics when it arrives!!
 
JM, how interesting! Ah well, maybe they'll never know then. If there was ever a medical reason we could find out then.

Bridget, bummer about the stretch marks! I think I have some starting in/around my belly button. :/
 
I have so many stretch marks from my DD, I wouldn't know if I had any new ones from DS.
 
They haven't faded, Mommy2missR? That's my only consolation at the moment, that they will at least fade with time!
 
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