My first experience with a Neti Pot

While I am pregnant, I dont like using medications for really anything, unless I absolutely have to. This last week I came down with the Spring Cold that is going
around. Without taking medication, I have been trying everything to help ease the pain. The first 2 nights I slept with a Vicks Vaporizer by my bed, which helped a little bit.

I have been drinking lots of hot drinks to keep my throat feeling a little better, but nothing seemed to be REALLY working like a good pill would do.

Lyndon has done a Neti Pot before, and told me I should try it. I had a huge fear that I was going to drown or choke on the water. We put Alden down for the night and I boiled my water. I put it in the freezer so it would cool to luke warm faster. I put the saline stuff in the water and went to the sink.

My patient husband talked me through it and I panicked the first few attempts and couldn't do it. Then, I finally got the water up into my sinuses. I was so plugged up it took about 5 seconds for the water to break through the gunk and finally make it to the other side.

I actually slept decent last night.

Of course, it doesn't cure the extra stuff that has come today, but I am planning on doing it again tonight.

What a strange experience, but I would recommend it to anyone who likes more natural ways to ease the pain of a stuffed up head.