One night, frustrated and tearful from exhaustion, she finally called her older sister, Jen, a mother of three.
“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. nose block during pregnancy
Maya was skeptical. “So I just suffer for two more months?” One night, frustrated and tearful from exhaustion, she
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.” frustrated and tearful from exhaustion