**HELP** any tips for morning sickness
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Topic: **HELP** any tips for morning sickness
Posted By: SharonG
Subject: **HELP** any tips for morning sickness
Date Posted: 07 January 2009 at 1:39pm
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Im now 7 weeks 3days and Im over the sickness!! Its lasting alllllllll day and alllllllo night Ive tried all the ginger thing, I am even wearing sea bands, tried plain crackers nothing is working!!!!!
Please help....any tips? 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 07 January 2009 at 1:44pm
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Go to the docs and ask about anti nausea meds if its nasty. There are safe meds they can prescribe.
Otherwise morningmed relief by naturopharm works a little. Other than that I just eat small meals and often. Like breakfast. half my lunch at 11, the other half at 1 and then dinner fairly early with a snack later on |
Posted By: lisa85
Date Posted: 07 January 2009 at 1:45pm
Sorry hun no great advice here  Just wanted to say I feel your pain. Multiple births alaways come with the WORST ms some days I was running to the toilet up to 5x a day!! Its not a nice feeling. This probably doesn't help much but I resigned myself to the fact that I would have to deal with it early on so would drink HUGE amounts of water all morning beacuse it was the easiest thing to bring up 
I do hope someone on this site has some good advice for you. Hang in there chic. The good thing about you feeling horrible is thats usually a really good sign bubbas doing well. My LMC told me the worse you feel the better bubs is doing  And who knows mayby it means double trouble lol!-------------  
TTC #3 since Jan 2010 - PCOS MC April 2010 |
Posted By: SharonG
Date Posted: 07 January 2009 at 1:51pm
| Thanks, im trying to eat but even putting food in my mouth makes me feel sick!!! and driniking hahaha I guess im gonna have to deal with it until then Im housebound!!!! |
Posted By: lisa85
Date Posted: 07 January 2009 at 1:53pm
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Is there any history of twins in your family?? -------------
TTC #3 since Jan 2010 - PCOS MC April 2010 |
Posted By: SharonG
Date Posted: 07 January 2009 at 1:55pm
| not on my side but on my husbands, I think his nana has twin brothers and his cousin has twins |
Posted By: Danaj
Date Posted: 07 January 2009 at 2:03pm
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oooo, will be watching to find out how many! (just teasing).
What about fruit smoothies with ginger? I found the smoothies from Tank (If you have Tank where you are) where great for settling my stomach. Aside from that chick, I'm sorry to say that you might just be stuck with it for a while. The funny thing is, my ms stopped for a while and I freaked out! Feeling sick becomes strangely reassuring.  ------------- http://www.TickerFactory.com/weight-loss/wyI1oWn/"> 
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Posted By: lisa85
Date Posted: 07 January 2009 at 2:11pm
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Haha fantatsic! Mayby we'll be seeing you in the twins or triplets thread soon lol! Although I think twins normally run on the Mums side. However I'm not one to talk as theres no history of it in my family exect some how my sister and I both ended up with twins
Anyhoo good luck with the ms hopefull it will get better soon. Oh I just remembered I used to stock up on Frujus in the freezer I found anything icy cold helped plus who doesn't love pigging out on frujus haha! -------------
TTC #3 since Jan 2010 - PCOS MC April 2010 |
Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 07 January 2009 at 2:23pm
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And fizzy drink can sometimes help... I had sipped on tonic and lime a lot, but sweeter drinks might work too if you're not tonic-inclined. ------------- Andie |
Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 07 January 2009 at 2:37pm
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I read a good tip somewhere (probably on here) to drink a huge glass of water in the morning. It will either make you feel a bit better OR it will at least give you something to bring up when you're being sick. Dry crackers didn't really work for me either, I ate LOADS of green apples in my first trimester and they really helped IF I ate them before I got too hungry or felt too
Once I felt rotten I generally stuck to hot boiled water (exciting eh) and cornflakes with ICY cold milk. Oh and ginger beer was good too - with lots of ice And I second the iceblock suggestion, I ended up buying moulds and making my own as I was eating about 4 a day at one point!
Good luck, feeling like sh*te is no fun. But it WILL pass! And, yeah, when you stop feeling sick you will freak out LOL (but it's OK!) ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |
Posted By: Chickoin
Date Posted: 07 January 2009 at 3:29pm
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Oh you poor chicky! I HATED that part of pregnancy, it's worse than the actual birth!
I too ate millions of green apples. I drank a glass of watered down orange juice 30mins before I got up then vomited in the shower everymorning. Once I sorta got that juice drinking/shower vomit routine going I felt a teeny bit better. Apples and ice blocks were my staple diet for a few weeks. And lots of sleep. Just eat whatever you can as often as you can. Tinned peaches are nice too, although I could only handle half a piece at a time. I think lots of ice and also icey-cold things are good in this weather -------------   
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 07 January 2009 at 5:13pm
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I had that with my first baby(was definitly only one of him!)
I tried everyhting aswell! So i feel your pain, it sucks! There is a spray you can get from the chemist or health shop called MorningMed spay from that naturo pharm and Ive found it has kept my nausea at baby this time, but thsi time my MS isnt as bad...but it could be worth a shot. I find it takes the edge off enough to eat something. ------------- |
Posted By: Muzzie
Date Posted: 07 January 2009 at 9:51pm
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I can totally sympathise with you, I had terrible HG with my son born 2007.
I remember the Dr and MW giving me cut off dates for when it might end, but I was usually sick 3 or more times EVERYDAY! My teeth feared the worst the acid damage in all 4 rear teeth was terrible and needed fixing soon after baby was born. I agree, if you cant eat, drink, then at least when you are sick your not reaching and choking on nothing. there are also hydrolyte popsicles avail at the chemists now, and they are fine to suck on unless you have a sodium inbalance. But they make you feel so much better and have all of the electrolytes in them. Hopefully your m/s will subside, I am 23 weeks into my 2nd preg and I was only sick for the 1st tri this time...so at least the Dr is right when they say every preg is different, cause they sure werent on the money with their guesses of when the m/s would go with my 1st....I was still vomiting 2 hours post birth  but then after that it was all over.
good luck with yours hope you feel better soon. |
Posted By: pikelets
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 10:38am
 to you hun. I know how horrible it is. I had it for most of my pregnancy!
Nothing really worked for me to take it away completely but the following helped a bit. Chocolate and sweet things Popcorn (plain) - to soak up all the acidic juices in your stomach. I would even keep some by my bed for when I woke up feeling seedy in the night Gnger beer for a while I also went through stages where something would work for part of the pregnancy but not others. Hope it eases for you soon
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 10:53am
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This time I havr found chocolate milk has helped me feel better, it lines my tummy a bt and takes away that griping awul feeling.
With my son, salty and sour things helped, but this time that stuff makes me worse, this time I want anything thats sweet! Like..the choc milk, and cream buns...umm oh peanut butter on crackers also helps, my MW told me that peanut butter helpes ease that feeling of wanting to throw up, anythign with protein is meant to be good for nausea! ------------- |
Posted By: MonicaMouse
Date Posted: 09 January 2009 at 11:39am
Ohhh I've found Strawberry Wave has gone down ok for the last coulple of days. I spent New Years in Hospital stuck on an IV line - and was also hospitalised about the same time with DS. I'm also hoping that this pregnancy is different, as despite being 12 weeks today, 20 weeks (which is when it stopped for me last time) still seems so far away) I tried a whole lotta things last time - my poor DH cleaned out the fridge and found all these half fill bottles of all sorts of different things, as I would think I had dound something, and then - nope. Icy cold stuff seems to help - if it's juice based, it seems to take some of the acidity away - well that's what I found with pineapple juice - but only the golden circle stuff. Oh and watch out for mixing stuff - ie one drink before dinner, and a different after dinner - not always a good idea hang in there ------------- 
Blair 15/10/2007 Daniel 30/07/2009 |
Sheza wrote:Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 09 January 2009 at 12:31pm
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Its funny how things work with a second pregnancy that wouldnt have on the first one.
This time anything sweet helps, musli bars, choc milk.....biscuits. With Caden is was salty and sour stuff, but this time the thought of salty and sour stuff makes me feel worse! ------------- |
Posted By: pomikiwi
Date Posted: 09 January 2009 at 1:09pm
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I found eating every 2 hours helped. As well as ginger biscuits a little, lemonade and cheese an tomato sandwiches!
Hope you feel better soon or find something that works. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
DD-Carys Amelia 17.03.06 |
Posted By: Flutterby
Date Posted: 09 January 2009 at 8:31pm
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The only way I found to deal with it is to eat what I can when I can. I also wore sea bands all the time and used a homeopathic spray that I found at the pharmacy called nausmed relief. And used rescue remedy to try and stay relaxed. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Smurfling
Date Posted: 11 January 2009 at 11:36am
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Hi, I've been feeling awful for about a fortnight now, could I be further along than I think I am?? ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  Proud Mummy of Kaia (age 6), Ridley (age 5), and Charlie (age 14months). |
Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 11 January 2009 at 11:50am
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Nothing consistently worked for me either. I had about a 2 week period (10-12 weeks pg) where I couldn't even keep down water and was throwing up about 5 times a day, but the sickness didn't go away through the whole pregnancy (although it got better - I only threw up about once a week in the last trimester).
I found smoothies and custard went down ok and were what got me eating again after that horrible fortnight. After that I just had to eat constantly, I kept gingernuts by the bed and had to nibble on one before I got up for the day, I couldn't even sit up without needing to run to the loo to barf, had to nibble on a biscuit lying down first! I hated the days when I woke up really needing to pee
Sea bands didn't work at all, but really cold ginger beer seemed to help in the afternoons for a while. Smurfling, could be! And you can fix your ticker by using square brackets, so your signature code should look like this: [ URL = http://pregnancy.baby-gaga.com/ ][ IMG ] http://tickers.baby-gaga.com/p/dev241pf___.png [ / IMG ][ / URL ] (only without the spaces) ------------- 
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Posted By: Smurfling
Date Posted: 11 January 2009 at 12:52pm
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Thanks :-) ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> Proud Mummy of Kaia (age 6), Ridley (age 5), and Charlie (age 14months). |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 11 January 2009 at 4:31pm
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Lemonade iceblocks were the only thing I could stomach with all three pregnancies, it was worst with the gremlins but I threw up every day from 5 weeks till delivery with both the gremlins and lil miss and from 8-16 weeks with Maya.
I agree with the drinking water thing, I wouldn't have breakfast till I'd thrown up each day coz water was easier to bring up than toast .
With the gremlins I also drank gallons of Ribena and Mizone coz I couldn't stomach plain water. I tried Morningmed and all it did was make me throw up, and sea bands didn't make a difference. I did have IV fluids and antiemetics with all of them but I never found that the antiemetics made much difference. A cocktail of Maxalon, Zofran and Cyclazine stopped the vomitting but didn't do anything for the all day nausea which was the most horrible part. The best part was in delivery - the amazing sensation of feeling well for the first time in months! And awful as it was, once bub is out you really do forget it pretty quickly. -------------  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: minik8e
Date Posted: 30 January 2009 at 9:56am
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I'm just bumping this....
Is what you eat going to affect bubs in any way...as in, at the moment the only thing I can stomach is fresh bread (with or without Vegemite), hot chips with LOTS of chicken salt and mince pies (but not with cheese ). Oh, and cold mochas (NOT hot!!!) and Milos. Even I can see there's little to no nutritional value in any of that food - it's not going to be an issue is it?? I'm not throwing up, just nauseous 24/7 and eating what I can. Savoury and salty foods are my thing at the moment - I made a potato salad a few days ago and put so much mustard in DF nearly caught fire whereas I thought it was mild (the complete opposite to what I'm normally like).
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Posted By: josephnia
Date Posted: 30 January 2009 at 10:06am
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I don't think it makes any difference, I never threw up but had days of feeling a bit off and in the first trimester all I wanted to eat was pizza, wedges, chips, pies - basically any takeaways and carbs so not exactly nutrition packed! Just eat what you can and hopefully by the 2nd tri you'll feel better and be able to eat a bit more healthy -------------  
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Posted By: Bexee
Date Posted: 30 January 2009 at 12:12pm
| My theory (and I'm by no means a medical expert) is that something is better than nothing - as long as it isn't one of the foods that you're not allowed. Just try to keep up fluids too, especially on these hot days. |
Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 30 January 2009 at 12:21pm
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Definitely true, Bec! And Kate, baby takes all the nutrition it needs first, so you have to be really badly malnourished before it starts affecting the baby (although it's really bad for you). If you don't get enough calcium, for example, you actually start losing bone density because the baby takes it out of your bones - I was worried I wasn't getting enough calcium and thought it might affect the baby's growth, but nope, baby's bones still grow strong even if you end up with osteoporosis! They really do act like a parasite... -------------
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Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 30 January 2009 at 12:37pm
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Nice Will my mw check those things at my appointments with her? I'm glad it shouldn't affect bubs though - with the amount of salty things I've had, I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out to be a fish LOL I am drinking a lot of water and Milo though.
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Posted By: rachelsea
Date Posted: 30 January 2009 at 2:03pm
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Hi, I'm not sure if this will help you, but in my first trimester I kept a bag of oddfellow lollies in my handbag and sucked on one of those whenever I was feeling nauseaus. It was instant relief and helped me get through the days at work! (mind you I never vomited at all, just horrible nausea all day everyday)
I also had a supply of ginger tea and had a drink of that every morning which made me feel better too, but as you say you've tried ginger that probably won't help. ------------- DD 4yrs DS 2yrs http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: JoJames
Date Posted: 30 January 2009 at 3:57pm
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Hi, I second the mints and basically eating all day, salt and vingar chips were great. And If you are taking pregnancy vitamins (blackmores are my favorite) because the baby is only tiny so only needs tiny amounts of vitamins and minerals so should get that from your supplement. I lost 9 kg in the first trimester due to ms and my son is very healthy. Good luck in your pregnancy ------------- http://www.alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: Leahsmummy
Date Posted: 30 January 2009 at 4:06pm
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Minik8e i had a lot of plain rice with LOTS of salt, and my bubba is nice & healthy -------------   
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Posted By: KitKat
Date Posted: 30 January 2009 at 8:36pm
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I founf that the multi vit was making me feel worse. My liver was getting totally overloaded.
And yeah- potato, chips, pies, pizza, pop tarts, butter.... all that stuff, go for it. Whatever you can keep down. things will change in a few weeks anyways, and baby wont be affected at all. ------------- 
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Posted By: Bexee
Date Posted: 31 January 2009 at 8:19am
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Some other stuff that's worked for me some days and might be worth a try are salt and vinegar chips, plain crackers and sultana bran. Sultana bran has the B1 in it that they prescribe in hospital to help cope with morning sickness...
Just eat whatever you can chick, follow your cravings and hopefully you'll be over this soon. |
Posted By: mum2Maia
Date Posted: 05 February 2009 at 11:48pm
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I am feeling your pain,literally!I am constantly queasy,day and night,but as someone said I think its a little reassuring in a way!
One of my friends mentioned that her sis is going to an accupunturist for m/s and getting great results,so I am going to make an appointment,never had it done before,I'm a chicken when it comes to needles!But anything to get rid of this constant sickness.Will let you know how it goes! I am finding sparkling water works for a while and iceblocks! |
Posted By: DJ
Date Posted: 06 February 2009 at 12:04pm
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Minik8e - congrats on the twinnies!
don't worry too much about the nutritional value of the food you can manage - just eat what your body wants and take a multi vit. I ate lots of porridge, mashed potato and crackers... (and jet plane lollies). I used to look at pregnant woman eating crap before I was preg myself, and think "how could they", but now I know it can be impossible to get anything else down. Just the idea of eating veges made me spew.... ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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