Ladies please tell me about your "morning sickness"

[Marshmelo]

When I had my "morning" sickness (never just in the morning!) Preggie Pop Drops helped some: http://www.drugstore.com/products/p...6064&aparam=preggie pops&scinit1=preggie pops

A friend of mine said her Dr. said to eat dry Cheerios and she claimed it helped.

Hang in there! It will get better!

 

[princessbride6205]

I feel so bad for you! I had horrible morning sickness for pretty much my entire 1st pregnany so I can relate. 1 thing that helped and was recommended by my OB was taking a half a tablet of Unisom and a B-6 tablet together. Also another thing he suggested was wearing Seabands. I did but idk if they really helped cuz I was taking the other regimen at the same time but I was willing to try anything! Good luck and I hope it gets better for you.

I began getting queasy around 6 weeks. Just felt a little nauseous if I didn't have something in my stomach. Then at about 8 or 9 weeks I turned into a mess. Got sick in the car, airplane, end of day, during the day. The severe nausea and vomiting subsided around week 14, but the queasiness only got better very slowly. And even then, if I did something to mess up my eating or drinking, I'd get sick. Keep trying to eat a few bites throughout the day at least.
The Unisom did help me and I know a friend who did the B-6. Midwife was against giving me an Rx for the nausea, even though I ended up in the ER because of possible dehydration. (Needless to say, I switched practices.)
This sounds silly for as awful as I felt, but I was so exhausted that I just couldn't remember to take daily all of the home remedies I had heard about. I took ginger pills for non-pregnancy nausea more recently and they worked really well. So that's something else to try.

Thanks everyone. Just hearing I'm not the only one makes me feel better.

My DH is a wonderful man usually, but for some reason he seems frustrated with me all the time now. He doesn't seem to understand just how bad I feel all the time.

This was my DH too. He would get really frustrated when I would ask him to bring me some food, but I would refuse to pick something. I get how that's annoying, but the thought of food was gross to me. I knew I had to eat, so I wanted him to just bring me something. I should have just made him a list of the foods I was willing to eat and stuck it to the fridge - he likes lists!

Foods I could stand: cheese, crackers, ice cream, cinnamon toast, pretzels
My mom swore by Alphabits cereal when she was pregnant with me.

Just do everything you can to take care of you! Hopefully you'll reach a point where it isn't so bad. The average is to be over morning sickness by week 13 or 14 (of course lots of people are exceptions to this as well - hope it's not you!).

 

[Christine]

Thanks everyone. Just hearing I'm not the only one makes me feel better.

Don't you just love it when you confide your morning sickness to friends and family and, at least most of them, tell you about how they never suffered one minute of nausea and they wear that like some badge of honor? I mean I don't think anyone should hide that they weren't sick as a dog; however, some people act like they are superior. Just doesn't help...so it's great to find all the women that suffered!

 

[AmericangirlinFrance]

I think that some women can have varying levels of pregnancy hormones. The more you have, the more the morning sickness. I don't know if the doctor was just trying to make me feel better or what but he did tell me that OB/GYNs like to see morning sickness because it is an indication that there are hormones surging that will support the pregnancy well.

So, I think some pregnancies can vary and some women's bodies just do the exact same thing each time. It also depends on how sensitive you are to the hormones. Being sick/nauseous while taking estrogen-type birth control should have been my first clue that I was headed for trouble...

OMG. I do not have any children yet, but when I first started taking BC... I was sick as a dog and had to try several low-dose kinds before I felt one that wouldn't make me sick. Sometimes I still feel a tiny bit queasy in the morning before I eat. Are you telling me I am going to be deathly ill when I am pregnant?!?! Maybe I should reconsider having children!!

 

[DMickey28]

Unisom/B6 Combo worked best for me. My nausea started around 1pm, peaked at dinner time and didn't go away until I fell asleep.

I took 1/2 Unisom and 50mg B6 vitamin first thing in the AM and at bedtime.

 

[Chelley00]

Just curious, but does it seem like pregnancies when having a girl is more common than with boys?.

No. I barfed more with the boys than with the daughter. I was hospitalized with 2 of the boys for dehydration.

OP, I feel so sorry for you. I had hyperemesis with 3 of my 4 kids, and it's not fun, especially when other people think you are making it up or just overplaying it. Try everything you read and see what works. I'd read how someone had great luck with something, and it worked with one pg and not with the other. The key is to try it and see what helps.

Things I've read or tried
Zofran (yes, take the stool softener!)
Peppermint or spearmint
Seabands for your wrist
Preggie pops never worked for me, but did for some
ginger ale
eat before you drink anything. Excess liquid/no food can make your stomach upset
Citrus candies like lemon drops
B6 will help if you can keep it down
Ginger, ginger ale
crackers or Cheerios
avoid sugary drinks or cereals
take prenatals at night after dinner, and try ones from the natural food store, they seem to digest easier.

 

[Christine]

OMG. I do not have any children yet, but when I first started taking BC... I was sick as a dog and had to try several low-dose kinds before I felt one that wouldn't make me sick. Sometimes I still feel a tiny bit queasy in the morning before I eat. Are you telling me I am going to be deathly ill when I am pregnant?!?! Maybe I should reconsider having children!!

I was! And like you, I could only find two BC pills that didn't make me sick. The first was Micronor (progesterone only). I got pregnant on that pill twice. Those were the only TWO side effects.

The second pill that didn't make me sick was Mircette. Everything else was awful.

 

[monkeybug]

I am almost 10 weeks pregnant and I am miserable. I am nauseus pretty much 24/7 and I am having a lot of trouble making myself eat anything.

I keep hoping it will get better but it just seems to be getting worse. Last night I laid in bed dry heaving for over an hour. I also vomit too, but only 3-5 times a week so far. It's mostly just constant, persistent nausea.

I was occasionally nauseus during my pregnancy with DS, but nothing like this.

When did your morning sickness peak? When did it let up? What helped you get through it?

Thanks for any info!

I haven't read the other responses yet, so I apologize if this is a repeat!
I am 8 weeks right now and also nauseous 24/7, it stinks!! I have two other kids, but this is the first time I've ever had this problem.
I have found that it gets much worse if I go too long before meals, so I try to eat little snacks through out the day instead of three meals. I also have found that ginger tea, and ginger chews (I think they have a lot of sugar though) are a little helpful.
We only have to make it to 12 weeks and than this is over right? Right? Someone please tell me this ends with the first trimester!!! Between it and feeling like I could really, really use a nap all day long I am not a very good mommy lately. Too many cartoons and not enough stories and crayons!

 

[SDFgirl]

Just curious, but does it seem like pregnancies when having a girl is more common than with boys?

Mom had all day sickness for all 9 months with me and none at all with any of my brothers (3 of them). Then, I had all boys and I had none at all. I just wondered if I had a girl, would I have been sick?

I have two girls and I didn't have any *serious* morning sickness...just mild nausea.

When I did feel a little queasy, sucking on Lay's potato chips helped. Not sure why.

 

[monkeybug]

This time, I'm just eating us out of house and home to keep the nausea away. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

Whats even worse is that I am craving lunchmeat, and I am TERRIFIED of listeria! (And it's not like we live in some one horse town that sells a pound of lunchmeat a week...lol)



*hugs*

I'm the same! I just snack all day long because even though it doesn't make it go away, it get's so much worse if my stomach is empty. I think I'll double my grocery bill if this doesn't stop soon! I don't usually buy snacky type food, but I don't have the energy to make it myself, so I've been loading up.
I've been living on those tiny little oranges called cuties, gingerale, cottage cheese, dried mangoes, almonds...and loft house cookies!!
I also wanted lunchmeat! (it's a quick protein that I don't have to thaw, marinate, and cook!) so I've been microwaving pastrami until it steams and then having it with red onions, mustard and swiss on rye bread. Yummy!
Seriously though I am only 8 weeks and soooo sick of dry heaving every time I see/smell something even remotely unappealing. The fabric softner that I've loved forever and could seriously wear as perfume? One whiff now and I gag!
After 2 extremely easy pregnancies I'm beginning to see why some woman don't enjoy the process!

 

[minnie1012]

When I was preganant with my first I was nauseous but now looking back it wasn't that bad. When I was pregnant with my second I was so sick, nauseous, vomitting, terrible. Eating actually would make me feel better but it usually wouldn't stay down. So if you can keep food down I would try to eat something. I ate alot of Cheerios, even some Rice Krispies, crackers, drinking lemondade seemed to help alittle. They have these preggie pops which would help for a short time span which was helpful. I remember being 6weeks right before Christmas time and I think I started to feel better around the end of January so I guess I was maybe 10 or 12 weeks then? I have 2 girls so no truth to the one makes you sicker than other.

good luck!

 

[3jsmommy]

I forgot to add, Special K waffles stayed down for some reason, I would nibble them dry..I don't know if can ever eat them again though!
I can't handle BC pills either, I get very nauseous & anxious.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I had it pretty bad all three of my pregnancies.

This time I actually developed hyperemisis. I knew I was hitting a new all-time-bad when I was continuously considering pleading with my husband to take me to the ER. I probably should have gone, but could always keep something down for long enough.

I really had no saving grace. None of the usual tricks that other mom's "swear by" NEVER worked for me. I was on meds this time--vomited those up. Tried every trick--including preggy pops. This time--I was hurling from the preggy pops.

I was stuck in bed for a coupel of weeks and was pretty much out of commission for a couple of months.

The key--this is the only time I lost a significant amount of weight. Other times I maintained or even gianed a modest amount.

I could dry heave like noone's business.

I lost 12 pounds despite my food of choice for a 2 week period being enteman's plain donuts. I had gotten to the point where doc blessed whatever food stay put. And I was concerned only about calories--I no lnoger cared what kind.

I'm not saying that worked for you--but sometimes it gets bad enough where you don't care WHAT you eat as long as it doesn't make you sick.

But I was extremely close to going to the ER. I cannot imagine it getting any worse. But it does for some women.

Try whatever moves you--but if something that someone suggests seems to gross you out--don't feel bad about not trying it. A lot of my success on what would stay down had to do with whether or not my brain and stomach could agree on the idea of consuming it.

I've gotten progressively worse with each pregnancy (this is my 4th pregnancy that is successful). And what worked for one pregnancy didn't wokr for another.

I was also extremely sensitive to smells. There are some foods I couldn't stand to smell cook or eat and there were others I could eat as long as it wasn't cooked in my house. So for a time period--DH could only cook extremely benign smelling foods...and anything else--was bought already made.

So just do your best--but realizing the signs of hyperemisis may be helpful as well. That helps to guage whether what you are experiencing is more "normal" or if you have crossed the line to unsafe and requiring some degree of medical intervention.

I still get sick now--nowhere near to what I did in my first and early 2nd trimester. It's still morning sickness--but more normal and certainly not everyday.

 

[Pixie Dust for Me!]

I have one child...a son...and part of the reason why is that I was sick throughout my entire pregnancy....dropped about 40 pounds (that I was fortunate to have had to loose).

After my son was born I was HUNGRY! I ate like a lumberjack while I was breastfeeding, still lost weight...but then didn't stop eating like a lumberjack after I stopped breastfeeding and gained back the 40 I lost, plus another 30 !

Oh, and as to being irritated by the women who were never sick once their entire pregnancy....well don't worry about them. Just wait until you meet the ones who tell you horror stories about labor and delivery. Those are the ones I really wanted to smack! Talk about scaring the daylights out of a pregnant lady....sheesh!

K

 

[cassiez76]

i was nauseous a few days before i found out i was preggo and couldn't figure it out ...well i did have my face in a paint can all day trying to get our den done, i thought that was what was making me sick.

i had afternoon/evening/bedtime sickness. that was horrible! i'd be starving and then i'd get a wiff of dinner and UGH! things on the bones made it even worse...ribs, chicken, steak...blech! i had a lot of crackers on me all of the time and it would help, but not really. i also drank the fizzy flavored walmart brand of water, but it didn't help. sprite was the only thing that made my tummy better.

amazingly though, TMI....i only puked 3 times that 1st trimester and 1 was because of the post nasal drip. i also ended up losing about 15lbs up until my 7th month, then it was on like donkey kong with me and food. that was almost as bad as the need to pee!

i hope it gets better for you! it was kind of a "oh, i don't feel nauseous today" moment, then i had a few and realized it was over...i think it was about the beginning of 3 months.

 

[srferson]

Alrighty then. No babies for me. I hate hate hate nausea! Nature is really quite cruel and tricky. It's so much fun to MAKE the baby, but then carrying it and giving birth to it sounds like total torture!

 

[CircleofLife]

Ugh! You poor thing! I was having a boy and was sooo sick. I lost eight pounds in just the first 6 weeks from being so nauseated.

Sucking on hard candies (sour ones worked best) helped me, and so did Saltines, but not much else. I'm sorry I can't help you more, but I wanted to let you know that you're not alone and that you WILL find at least *one* thing that works for you, if only a little bit.

Best of luck!

 

[phragmipedium]

My experience was similar to many others here...intense, all-day nausea and vomiting, starting around 5 weeks. I lost about 10 pounds as well. For awhile Lay's potato chips, light gatorade, light limeade and canteloupe was all I could really keep down, and not much of any of it. It was truly awful. Ginger, ginger tea, crackers, soda, sea-bands, all of the home remedies - nothing helped whatsoever. My doctor put me on Phenergan at first, and it helped a little but made me terribly sleepy and just made me feel sort of bad in general. He ended up switching me to Reglan later which helped a lot more. I was able to stop taking it around 16-17 weeks. I've had a little nausea since then, but nothing like before. It's been replaced with heartburn for sure, though, and a lot of headaches.

 

[phragmipedium]

Wow, no sooner did I post that, and then have to run to bathroom because I was sick from such awful heartburn. Pregnancy is so joyous!

 

[NatashaDisneyCM]

I am almost 10 weeks pregnant and I am miserable. I am nauseus pretty much 24/7 and I am having a lot of trouble making myself eat anything.

I keep hoping it will get better but it just seems to be getting worse. Last night I laid in bed dry heaving for over an hour. I also vomit too, but only 3-5 times a week so far. It's mostly just constant, persistent nausea.

I was occasionally nauseus during my pregnancy with DS, but nothing like this.

When did your morning sickness peak? When did it let up? What helped you get through it?

Thanks for any info!

I was sick from day one. And I got to the point where I could not even tolerate water! For me it was bad, and just like that till........delivery! 24/7!! I was so sick, I was sick over getting sick! The only time I felt good again was a few minutes after delivery and that was a dinner time, and all my cravings went away!
but I never did have anymore kids, and it was the sickness that totally turned me off. I had a awful pregnancy.
oh and no crackers or anything helped me...I was just sick. (sorry) but I did not want to lie about it.


BUT I do have to say my delivery, a piece of cake...no contractions, did not have to do the "breathing" so I guess someone upstairs felt bad and gave me a break! In fact I did not know I was in labor! I went to the hospital on my due date, and I was dilated! did not even know it. so if that makes up for the sickness story!