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Due to the increase in circulating blood volume in your body during pregnancy, all mucous membrane covered areas become moist and puffy, are more fragile and are consequently more prone to bleeding. The most common complaint is a blocked nose.

More about it:

•This is very common due to the increased blood and fluid levels. It might seem like you have a head cold, an allergy or sinusitis, without this being the real problem.

•If your pregnancy diet has changed to include more dairy and grain products, this might be the cause as these foods often produce mucus.

Self-help tips:

✓Take a homeopathic mucus remedy or the tissue salts Nat mur and Nat sulph to help regulate fluid balance in body tissues and to relieve blocked nasal passages.

✓Use antihistamine sprays with caution as they are often not safe during pregnancy.

✓Substantially reduce dairy and grain products in your diet.

See your midwife or doctor:

•If you feel ill or have a fever.

•If the blocked nose is accompanied by severe or persistent nose bleeds, because cauterisation of a small blood vessel in your nose may be necessary.

•If you have a chronic or bad headache, because your blood pressure should to be checked.