any tips for nausia?
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Topic: any tips for nausia?
Posted By: littlekiwis
Subject: any tips for nausia?
Date Posted: 12 January 2008 at 8:00pm
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I am 6 weeks and am feeling nausia almost all day. does any one have any ideas of lessoning it?
I have tried crackers, raro, eating in general, when I was in the 1-4 weeks eating made the nausia go away but now it is still hanging around. HELP please -------------  
 
Lydia |
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Posted By: EmDee
Date Posted: 12 January 2008 at 8:14pm
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Sorry, the only thing which really helped me was to make sure I ate little and often, oh and made sure I rested as much as I could.
Hope things get better for you soon  ------------- DS 8 DD 6 DS 4 DD 2 |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 12 January 2008 at 8:34pm
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Ginger. Ginger ale, beer, gingernuts ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: tishy
Date Posted: 12 January 2008 at 9:33pm
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for me eating worked too. Had to be stuff like fruit though cos things like chocolate and sweets would make me feel worse 10 minutes later.
Also miso soup saved me heaps. It was the salt content I think. |
Posted By: MonicaMouse
Date Posted: 12 January 2008 at 9:38pm
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Try everything everyone suggests until you find the one that works for you. Poor DH had something like 15 opened bottles of drink in the fridge to throw out at one stage whilst I was trying to find what worked for me/what I could tolerate ie trying to keep food and liquid down. ------------- 
Blair 15/10/2007 Daniel 30/07/2009 |
Posted By: LittleBug
Date Posted: 12 January 2008 at 9:48pm
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ginger and crackers etc. didn't help me at all.. in fact nothing really did. But I felt a bit less nauseous if I never let myself get overtired, or hungry. Often I would throw up as soon as I felt hungry, so eating an iceblock while I was getting myself some food would help.
Also drinking juice (or powerade cos its not as gross to throw up) instead of water helped me... I couldn't keep any water down. And I could only eat toast and potatoes, no fruit or veg... 
I think the iceblocks were probably the most helpful! Just having a little bit of sugar in your tummy helps a bit. ------------- Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years). |
Posted By: Redbedrock
Date Posted: 12 January 2008 at 10:05pm
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I really found those sea sickness bands worked for me, but nothing else.
also actually being sick stopped me feeling so nauseous IYKWIM It's really a case of working out what works for you and sticking with that. It does pass though, well most of the time ------------- http://www.babysfirstsite.com"> 
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Posted By: yummymummy
Date Posted: 12 January 2008 at 10:17pm
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There are some ms lilly pops that you can get - I'm sure someone who's tried them will be able to shed more light.
I found little meals often and a bag of sour lollies in my bag worked for me. And plain cold yoghurt when all else failed  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 12 January 2008 at 10:25pm
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I had all day sickness aswell and really the only thing that would stop me from throwing up was crackers, and my midwife said to put peanut butter on them because protein can help stop you from throwing up.
MS is the suckest part of being pregnant! Also try and drink lots of water, Ice cold water seemed to help me a lot somedays, and other days nothing worked and I just sat feeling sorry for myself lol ------------- |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 13 January 2008 at 5:18am
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I used the sea sickness bands and that worked really well for me.
Hope it gets better for you soon. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: littlekiwis
Date Posted: 13 January 2008 at 8:25am
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thanks for all the tips, will try them and see what happens. -------------
Lydia |
Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 13 January 2008 at 11:16am
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I too had nausea all day with number 1 from 6 weeks until 11 weeks. I'm afraid nothing really helped much other than resting, keeping cool (being in an air-conditioned office vertually halfed the nausea!) and eating small amounts regularly. I seemed to need to eat lots of starchy carbs to help keep my nausea down.
I think it is worse in hot weather so keeping cool helps ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 13 January 2008 at 11:24am
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Definitely keep eating little and often. I found keeping some almonds in my handbag helped, as well as barley sugars. And salty chips.
It also helped being brought breakfast in bed before I got up - my usual was a glass of milk and a marmite sandwich on white bread with no crusts. There's also an anti-nausea spray you can get from Healtheries - if you go in and ask, they'll tell you what's best. I ended up with a combination of 2 different things. ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 13 January 2008 at 12:09pm
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For me one benefit of feeling nauseous all day was that I never acutally vomitted. I HATE vomitting so I thought that it was better to have low level nausea all day than vomitting once or twice a day.
I'm already feeling a bit nauseous this time around and it's only 4 weeks. Last time it kicked in at about 7weeks. Uh oh. ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: tishy
Date Posted: 13 January 2008 at 2:38pm
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Oh I used to have regular 'gagging sessions' after brushing my teeth in the mornings. Switching to the citrus toothpaste fixed this.
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Posted By: pikelets
Date Posted: 13 January 2008 at 3:29pm
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I had really bad nausea 24/7 for about 5 mths. I tried various things along the way.
I did find plain popcorn was good. I kept a container by my bed so if I woke up in the night I could have a handul or first thing in the morning. They are good because they help soak up the juices in your stomach that make you feel sick. Good luck - hope it doesnt last too long ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 13 January 2008 at 7:56pm
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Crackers, yoghurt, cheese, milk, small and regular eating all the time, sleep -------------  |
Posted By: Kicker
Date Posted: 13 January 2008 at 7:59pm
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Starchy things like white bread and pototoes helped me. Tried the sea bands also, i'm not sure that they helped that much. Ginger just made me sicker. -------------  
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Posted By: LittleBug
Date Posted: 13 January 2008 at 8:04pm
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Tried the sea bands too, didn't seem to help me at all... but it was pretty severe for me, throwing up 10 times a day for the first 5 months... only just stopped throwing up every day in the last few weeks, and I'm almost due!!
Dairy food and fruit/veg is awful to throw up so I stuck to starchy food and pregnancy vitamins. Having the hubby bring me toast in bed as soon as I woke up helped a bit in the mornings. Also forgot to say... peppermint tea and plain popcorn seemed to help a bit as well as the iceblocks. ------------- Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years). |
Posted By: Jay_R
Date Posted: 14 January 2008 at 9:43am
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I too suffered from all day nausea for my entire pregnancy. I actually didn't find anything that helped, apart from maxolon (anti-nausea drug) which was prescribed at 12 weeks. I did quite like frozen apple juice though - would go through a litre a day.
Good luck - hope it goes away soon. It's the pits 
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Posted By: CuriousG
Date Posted: 14 January 2008 at 12:44pm
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Seabands - they were awesome! Plus I recently heard of someone having pickled ginger, like what you get at the sushi place and they swore by it. I will try that with the next one! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MissAngel
Date Posted: 14 January 2008 at 2:47pm
| Oh you poor thing, I feel your anguish lol. I suffered from morning sickness from the moment we concieved just about (i know this cuz i NEVER feel sick any other time) and now at 20wks, its only just gone - which is great cuz i was about to go on a murderous rampage because of it :P Nothing worked for me - everything made me sick. I did find floating around in a pool settled things. Lets hope some of the girls remedies might help you! you've got a long way to go :D |
Posted By: The_Stuarts
Date Posted: 15 January 2008 at 8:09am
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Hey. Eating regularly was the best thing for me too.
I've never been able to stomach breakfast early but if I didn't get something in me I'd be so we went to moore wilsons and bought the calcitrim liquid breakie in bulk (could also use up&go or complan) and I'd sip that and hot blackcurrant every morning when I got up.
When I was feeling sick and not sure whether to puke or eat I just did both. ------------- http://lilypie.com">   http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mountaingoat
Date Posted: 15 January 2008 at 8:23am
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My nausea usually only kicks in after I eat breakfast - which means that eating more food or drinking like ginger ale or crackers is not really appealing! The thing that works every time *like a charm* is to go out for a walk and get fresh air. It helps that it is winter here and the air is cool and refreshing. I do recommend this, though. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: The_Stuarts
Date Posted: 15 January 2008 at 8:26am
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Oh yeah, I also avoided certain smells that set me off throughout the entire pregnancy. I hated the smell of cooking meat so poor DH had to cook his own dinners while I went outside to avoid the stench and he stopped drinking perc coffee too until after Michaela was born. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: MissAngel
Date Posted: 15 January 2008 at 10:07am
| Oh lol - When I fell pregnant, I tried to make my boyfriend cook - I just couldnt stand the smell of anything cooking. We ended up living on subway :P least I was getting veges hehe |
Posted By: The_Stuarts
Date Posted: 15 January 2008 at 10:27am
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I lived on cooked potatos and fresh fruit and veg for the first few months and then found a really easy risotto recipe which I constantly cooked.
For some reason I didn't like to mix my veges and couldn't stand salad dressing so whenever my DH had salad I had the veges split up into seperate portions on my plate. I also ate tonnes of cheese and mince meals because once the sauce was added I couldn't smell the meat anymore. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: The_Stuarts
Date Posted: 15 January 2008 at 10:29am
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p.s. the one thing that made me like nothing else was ginger which I normally love but had to avoid for the duration of my pregnancy. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: youngmum
Date Posted: 18 January 2008 at 2:59pm
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Hi, sorry to hear you're feeling sick! I have only just stopped feeling sick in the last week or so, i tried maxalon which didnt work so had to go onto something stronger once id got into my 2nd trimester.
people gave me so much advice, everything from sea bands (didnt work) to ginger (also didnt work!). I say just try EVERYTHING because everyone is different. Toast with vegemite in the morning was a lifesaver for me. Avoid supermarkets if possible, the mixture of smells is just terrible. Make sure you get plenty of rest and NEVER let your stomach get empty of food - just keep snacking during the day, it really doesnt matter what it is. Another important point is to eat anyway, even if you throw it up (which i know is totally yucky - avoid noodles and rice which look and feel horrible coming back up and try yogurt and chocolate which taste good both ways). This will keep your keytones down and therefore stop you from getting worse. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: youngmum
Date Posted: 18 January 2008 at 3:01pm
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oh and another thing is to try eating right after you've thrown up. sounds wierd and gross, but i found personally that if i waited until i felt 'settled' it was too late and i was running for the bucket again. fun fun!
also, if you can't stomach eating anything in the morning, try drinking a glass of juice watered down 50/50 with either water or lemonade. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: rosewood
Date Posted: 18 January 2008 at 8:08pm
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Eat, Eat, Eat! I just ate very small amounts but often.
Raw carrots, toast, bananas, crackers, ice lollys etc. I was in Hardy's yesterday and they have a natural remedy for moring sickness. Even the thought of anything with ginger in it makes me feel sick 4 years on! ------------- Gill http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 18 January 2008 at 10:21pm
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Lemonade iceblocks. They've gotten me thru 3 pregnancies.
Watered down juice like Youngmum suggested is good too, that's what they give you in hospital when you're in with hyperemesis (chronic morning sickness). Toast is good, yoghurt coz it goes down easily and doesn't hurt/burn if it comes up again. Agree with youngmum again on the no rice and noodles, and I'd even go so far as to say pasta either, they don't look good in reverse and worse, they get stuck half way up
The worst thing for me when I was preg with the gremlins was that Dominos brought out some awful pizza with cheese in the base, they advertised it on TV every five minutes and just the sight of it was enough to make me hurl, it was like torture, I felt like the TV was conspiring against me! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 18 January 2008 at 10:24pm
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PS. Seabands and Maxalon never worked for me, I ended up on a cocktail of Zofran and Cyclazine, NaturoPharm morning med (the homeopathic remedy) made me vomit more and I will never, ever drink MiZone sports water again after drinking litres of it during my preg with the gremlins to try and keep my hydration levels up and the ketones away.
Oh and I recently tried Preggy Pops, they didn't do much for the nausea but they tasted yummy ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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