Sneezing around ovulation/TWW??

[TTCaWee1]

So I'm pretty sure I ovulated early (today) and sure enough I started sneezing and got a stuffy/runny nose today like I usually do during the TWW. I decided to google it and I found that there is such a thing as hormonal rhinitis from estrogen and progesterone. Totally makes sense now!

Anyone else sneeze a lot?

 

[TTCaWee1]

Hormonal rhinitis may occur in cases of physiologically increased levels of estrogen such as puberty, menstrual cycle and pregnancy or in case of receiving exogenous estrogen while on oral contraceptives [Dykewicz et al. 1998; King and Mabry, 1993]. Inhibiting acetylcholinesterase activity, estrogen leads to edema formation in the nasal mucosa while progesterone causes congestion through vasodilatation in capacitance vessels causing sneezing [Incaudo, 2004]. As a result of sympathetic hypoactivity in hypothyroidism, parasympathetic activity relatively increases leading to vasodilation in the nasal mucosa and an increase in secretion.

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/714420_5

 

[lindseypao]

I sneezed like there was no tomorrow on 5-6 dpo.