While it feels like a never-ending cold, it isn't caused by a virus or allergies; it’s a direct result of the hormonal shifts happening in your body. Why Does Pregnancy Cause a Stuffy Nose?
“It’s not a cold,” she whispered, holding up the test. “It’s a baby.”
He looked up from his book. “Did you figure out the nose thing?”
“Allergies,” she muttered, reaching for the tissue box. It was April. The cherry blossoms were in full riot outside her window. Of course.
And on a cold December morning, after a long, roaring night of labor, she held her daughter—a red-faced, perfect-lunged little girl named June.
“Are you… okay?”
The pregnancy test sat on the bathroom counter for three minutes. Maya stared at it, still sniffling, her hand pressed to her chest.
His eyes went wide, then soft, then he burst out laughing. “Wait. So the stuffy nose…?”
While it feels like a never-ending cold, it isn't caused by a virus or allergies; it’s a direct result of the hormonal shifts happening in your body. Why Does Pregnancy Cause a Stuffy Nose?
“It’s not a cold,” she whispered, holding up the test. “It’s a baby.”
He looked up from his book. “Did you figure out the nose thing?”
“Allergies,” she muttered, reaching for the tissue box. It was April. The cherry blossoms were in full riot outside her window. Of course.
And on a cold December morning, after a long, roaring night of labor, she held her daughter—a red-faced, perfect-lunged little girl named June.
“Are you… okay?”
The pregnancy test sat on the bathroom counter for three minutes. Maya stared at it, still sniffling, her hand pressed to her chest.
His eyes went wide, then soft, then he burst out laughing. “Wait. So the stuffy nose…?”