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Q: Morning Sickness

asked by: Mommie Dearest on October 7th, 2005

Experienced User

Hello to all, I am about 9 weeks pregnant and having a really rough time with my 'morning' sickness. A few weeks ago when I took the gravol I was sure that it was working but now this week it doesn't I seem to be so sick all the time. I remember with my daughter, now 11 , that I was sick for the whole 9 months and that was so rough on me. I have always been told that no two pregnancies are alike so I truily did not expect to be sick with this one either. Everyone keeps telling me that it wil settle down after the first 12 weeks but I am dying slowly in the mean time.
Is there anything that can help aleviate it as I am at my wits end. I want to eat, but everything I eat just seems to come back up. I have been reduced to ginger ale, nuts and biscuits, some fruit and yougurt, that's it!!!! Yesterday was really bad, and it left my throat & my stomach feeling really sore and raw. I just sleep becuz I feel so weak and life less and I don't go anywhere becuz I fear that I am going to just spill my jollies all over the place, even to drive in the car is a chore :(
i don't know what else to do at this point. I am living like a hermit and my stomach is just always so upset. I really need some help here. I am not enjoying this time at all.
My doctor tells me that I shud be happy, 'morning' sickness usually means that the placenta is developing properly and therefore securing an mormal pregnancy, and although that does make me feel gud to a point, becuz I had two miscarriages last year, the point is that I don't like feeling so sick all the time.
Help!!!!

Replies(14)

mia7

replied on October 7th, 2005

Experienced User

I know how you feel. I am 11 weeks and I have been having all this morning sickness, nausea and having a hard time keeping things down. Even though I get really hungry.

After taking my maternal vitamins I seem to get more nausea for some reason, so I started taking them at night.

Fruit, lots of fruit has really helped me, and chicken or beef soup, although I have a hard time eating the chicken and the beef, I usually just eat the veggies.

Keep resting if you feel tired and weak. Your body is asking for it since it's working so hard. Hopefully you don't have to put up with this through the whole pregnancy.

I have also heard of some type of bracelet or something that is supposed to help with nausea and I have also read something about listening to some tapes while you sleep to help you out with this but I don't know much about it. Maybe someone else here does.

Good luck!

annarella

replied on October 7th, 2005

Experienced User

Sorry to hear your having such a bad time, I had morning sickness from 6 weeks to about 13 weeks, only threw up a few times, but felt sick all day everyday, felt so bad, that I was wishing that I could just throw up and be done with it, but i've heard that thats just as bad!

I was told to eat ginger biscuits or anything with ginger in it, I ate the biscuits and it did help to callm my stomach, but obviously the affect won't last all day :?
Also heard flat coca cola helps, and I definatly felt worse on an empty stomach, so I think even if u manage fruit etc, just to keep u going, it should be ok.
The only thing that I found that really really helped was lemon!, strange I know, haven't read or heard anyone mention lemon when talking bout morning sickness, but it helped me alot, I used to boil some hot water, squeeze half a lemon into the cup (or however much u like), add a spoonful (or 2) of sugar and add the water. Even eating stuff with lemon like salad or fresh white fish etc helped me eat.
U can try it, dunno if it will work for u, but it really helped me.

Anyway hope you feel better soon, keeping fingers crossed that this pregnancy is better then your last!!
Xxxxxxxxx

mia7

replied on October 7th, 2005

Experienced User

When I was a little girl I remember being on a boat and I was sea sick. My mother told me to suck on a piece of lemon and it helped.

I have heard of warm water with drops of lemon in it and no sugar added, although, I heard that this was good for pregnant women who were having constipation.

Sammy001

replied on October 7th, 2005

Active User, very eHealthy

Hi..I didn't have one day or morning sixkness, and I had a boy. They say you get super bad sixkness's with girls, so many your having another!

Who knows!..Just a wives tale though!

lil_blaze2004

replied on October 7th, 2005

Moderator

I was so sick at the begining and started losing too much weight that I was put on diclectin. It helped. And I had a boy too sam ! :) how's nathan? How u feeling?

Thumbelina

replied on October 7th, 2005

New User

Congratulations on your pregnancy! I hope everything turns out fine for you and the baby. I'm lucky I didn't get much morning sickness but when I did start to get that feeling, I would eat before it got too bad. Saltines and rice cakes were the main things that helped me. If you let yourself get too hungry, the morning sickness will probably get worse.
Best wishes to you.

Mommie Dearest

replied on October 8th, 2005

Experienced User

I'd just like to thank all of you for your advice, and I realise that it does get worse once I don't eat.I think the only thing that I probably haven't tried to be honest is the lemon, so I might try that. My mum bought me some peppermint tea the othe day and I find that helps, but only for a while {sigh}. Well, one can only hope that it will ease after the first 12 weeks. I just hope that I don't have to go thru another pregnancy like with my first daughter, that was a killer, yet she was such a big baby {8lbs; 15ozs} that always surprises me :).
Anyway, i'll let you guys know how it's going after my doctor visit next week wednesday. I have also heard that 'morning' sickness is always worse when you are carrying twins, and the way I look righgt now, anything is possible, and my doctor was concerned about another sac he saw, so I don't know. But i'll keep you gys posted for sure, and thanks once again for everything.

lil_blaze2004

replied on October 8th, 2005

Moderator

Oh life savers saved my butt from a few almost embarassing (barfing on subway, bus) episodes.

Whitney4768

replied on October 21st, 2005

Experienced User

Morning Sickness

Im 9 weeks my morning sickness is so bad I eat crackers in the morning with sprite and eat something light when I feel better but when I am at work I work at mcdonalds I work from 5-12 close if I stand for a long time I get nausea ive lost 7 lbs but the doctor says it will be ok when I close I put chairs on the table am I suppose to do that mycousin told me that you are not suppose to lift anything above your waist or head. Are there any medicines that will help ease the nausea? Ive heard cinnamin candy will help but what all helped all you mommy's out there?

BrianBaby

replied on October 21st, 2005

Extremely eHealthy

Nothing helped me....At all!! I lost about 5 pounds before I started to put on the weight. The only thing that helped my was just laying down.

Mommie Dearest

replied on October 21st, 2005

Experienced User

Hello to all,

i wud just like to take this opportunity to thank each and everyone of you for all your advice. But I just wanted to let you know that I lost the baby at 12 weeks, and becuz I was os far along I actually had to go into labour on monday. My doc induced me. It really was not easy but I am on th emend and haning in there.
Just let me wish all of you who are pregnant the very best with your pregnancies.

kim00001

replied on October 24th, 2005

New User

Re: Morning Sickness

whitney4768 wrote:

im 9 weeks my morning sickness is so bad I eat crackers in the morning with sprite and eat something light when I feel better but when I am at work I work at mcdonalds I work from 5-12 close if I stand for a long time I get nausea ive lost 7 lbs but the doctor says it will be ok when I close I put chairs on the table am I suppose to do that mycousin told me that you are not suppose to lift anything above your waist or head. Are there any medicines that will help ease the nausea? Ive heard cinnamin candy will help but what all helped all you mommy's out there?

i heard vitamin b6 helps with nausea though I never tried it since my nausea was never a really big problem....Are the chairs more than 10lbs???Cuz my doc told me not to lift more than 10lbs during pregnany

Whitney4768

replied on October 25th, 2005

Experienced User

Im not sure about the weight of the chairs do I need a doc excuse for not lifting the chairs but all I know is I put about 30 chairs up each night

Mommie Dearest

replied on October 27th, 2005

Experienced User

whitney4768 wrote:

im not sure about the weight of the chairs do I need a doc excuse for not lifting the chairs but all I know is I put about 30 chairs up each night

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you didn't say how far along you are. But at any rate you shud be careful about lifting stuff that is too heavy, and any kind of chairs, unless they are those little plastic chairs that the babies sit on, I don't really think that you shud be lifting stuff like that.
You shud probably as your doctor, but you still need to be carefully.

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