Morning Sickness :( - Palm Coast,FL

I ate more crackers hoping it would help me...it didn't BUT salty potato chips worked great for me! I almost kissed my doctor when he suggested it and it worked.

I feel so bad for with my first child I stayed sick thrue my whole pregnancy but the main things that make me sick was dairy foods if you can find what may be triggering it try to eat very little of it. Sometimes nothing really helps try coke or pepsi and some cheese crackers that usually helped me but you have to sip on it. Hope this goes quickly for you.

I had to travel cross country in the early months of my last pregancy and could only keep down McDonald's ice cream and chocolate chip muffins. I tried the anti-nauea stuff from previous pregancy with no avail. Zofran saved my santi! After 2 days of taking the stuff i actually ate meals. Most of it was mac and cheese, salty potatoes, fruit, simple carbs at first and then I was able to eat meat. Also, I never left the house without my crystal light ( I hate plain water). It help me stay hydrated in the awful heat or i would throw up and want to pass out.

Don't forget to nap too.

Vernors is a strong ginerale that really helps settle the stomach. You can usually find it at Publix or win dixie.

The morning sickness did fade around 20 wks but i stayed on Zofran for the entire pregancy due to allergies draining down my thorat forcing me to puke up snot everyday for almost the entire time. After morning puke i was usually good with a Zofran and Vernors as long as i didn't get too hot.
Good Luck!

Sorry :(. I hope you suddenly feel well at 12 weeks!
Try the sea-sickness bracelets that press on your wrists. Try lemon, ginger, papaya (a sailor trick), sweet or sour, mint tea, ... Maybe start taking your vitamin at night? Maybe just start taking a flintstone vitamin (suggested by my OBGYN). Eat little meals, drink tiny sips (water made me gag - maybe ice might be good?), and don't eat things you intend to like after the pregnancy :) Morning sickness experiences are bad enough to haunt you for years later! Basically eat what your body allows. I lived on a sunny-side up egg and dry toast or burritos for the entire pregnancy of my son. Not gaining enough at the end due to extreme nausea, I started adding jamba juice smoothies.

Best of luck.

Try taking and using anything ginger. I ate crackers before even getting out of bed, then drank ginget tea first thing in the morning, drank ginger ale all throughout the day and then snacked on ginger snap cookies also wheneve I would feel a wave of feeling quesy. Ask your doctor is there's anything else that they can give you also. Sometimes the prenatal vitamin can make you sick also; it did to me and I take the flinstones vitamins and that works good for me. I took those with my first pregnancy and now I'm also taking them for this pregnancy. Try and see what works for you, but I feel for you and hope that it gets better soon!

I am so sorry for you! with my third child I had the worst morning sickness for a long time. I hope yours goes away soon :0) I did try Zofran which helped a little but not a ton. I finally started drinking Ensure in the morning before I moved around and that helped a lot. Having an empty stomach made me feel worse. I think the added vitamins helped too. So try to find the one thing you can eat or drink and make sure you eat or drink it. Make sure you stay hydrated because that will make you feel sick too. Good luck and I hope the rest of your pregnancy is easier :)

A.
SAH mom of three great kids ages 12, 6, and 1.

It sounds like you might have Hyperemisis. My daughter had that with two pregnancies. She would throw up about every 10 minutes - any sound, or light, or movement would cause vomiting. Granted, she had an extreme case, but if you are throwing up constantly, you need to talk to your doctor. There are safe medications that you can take to stop vomiting. Let your Doctor guide you and be sure you track how much you are vomiting. If you have Hyperemisis you need a doctors care to ensure your health and the health of your baby.
Good luck!! God bless!

My daughter went through the same thing. Her doctor reccemonded raspberry leaf tea. I don't remember the brand name but we brought it at our local grocery store. It made a MAJOR difference for my daughter! She would drink a cup (hot) in the morning when she got up & would be fine for the morning!
When I went throught it I found that eating small, frequent meals was the ONLY thing that eased it! I'd only have to eat a few ites every hour or so, then the urge to get sick wasn't nearly as bad! Hope this helps!

R., the only thing that helped me were seasickness bands with my first pregnancy I was really sick and thought I was going to die for the first 5 months! Then in my second pregnancy someone told me about the wrist bands they work! It is a little uncomfortable to start as they are pressing on a pressure point but after a while and with no sickness it was no big deal the only downside the bands are ugly grey but thats a small price to pay! Good luck and I hope you get to feeling better soon.

I had morning sickness for 20 weeks of my 1st pregnancy and a little less with my now second pregnancy. What I find is I will eat something that works and then I get sick of it and can't touch it again. The Stauffers animal crackers saved me this time (generic kind in the big bag or jar, available at Wal-mart). They are very bland and not too sweet. I also ate the oysterette crackers which are the small saltine crackers you put in soup. My pregnant girlfriend told me her ob recommended coke slurpees. I never drank caffeine with my first but I was desperate and willing to try it and most days it really helped. It has to be frozen. Once it melted, it was too acidic. Hang in there because it will get better. I'm 19 weeks today (2nd baby) and it's still tough but so worth it. The best thing I did was get a Netflix subscription to distract myself because that's the only thing that brought me comfort and would take my mind off how sick I felt. Congratulations!

Avoid dairy products in the morning. I never had the morning sickness but my sister in law had it bad. Crackers, she said only saltines, no other kind. Also she said to tell you to keep the crackers and some water or sprite by your bed. Before you get up for the day eat a few crackers and drink something. Not a lot of sprite as it's bad for the baby. She also said to tell you to avoid anything with acid, coke, pepsi, smoking or being around smokers. She said to tell you to eat small meals several times a day instead of big meals and not to eat anything after nine at night. This should help. Good Luck!

My doctor told me, with my 4th pregnancy, to take vitamin B6 daily. Seperate from the pre-natal vitamin. I took the B6 early in the day and the pre-natals at night. It is easier on your stomach to take heavier pills at night.
Everyone is different, so just try different things until you find something that makes you feel better.
You can also take unisom at night before you go to bed and you will wake up less nauseas in the morning.
Peppermint helps some people. Ginger ale, but it has to be made with real ginger.. a lot is not. Babies R Us and other places sell preggie pops lollipops that are supposed to help. Don't know if they worked or not because the B6 worked so well for me.
I hope you're able to find some relief! Good luck!

CONGRATS!!!!!!! There is hope. I was like that w/both my kids. One for 6 months the other for 7. I sucked on ice a lot. That helped me. Also coke slurpees from 7-11. They did give me meds (Zofran) for it but i only took it once I threw up for the 3rd time that day. If not i wouldn't take it. Try to keep something in your stomach way before you get hungry. Once you can find what helps you can control it a little betterbut its really up to how your body reacts.

Good luck! Its well worth it!

Poor thing! Try preggie pops, or ginger tea. Ginger helps sooth the stomach. If you like ginger, I would just suck on a fresh slice of it. Some times, nothing but time helps. Sorry. Make sure to stay hydrated and stay in contact with you doctor! Good luck!

Unless your doctor has concerns about dehydration and/or weight loss, there isn't anything you can do. Trust me, I've been through 3 pregnancies and the last one was by far the worst of the first two, even though I thought they were bad when I was going through each one. With me, I found relief in sleep. IF you are able to, sleep when you can. It passes, some sooner then for others but by the time you get to your 14-15th week, it should be almost gone, or gone completely.

you can ask your doctor for medicine that helps with vomiting.

Have you tried Zofran? It was the only thing that worked for me. It is the same anti-nausea med that they give chemo patients to keep them from vomiting. It worked awesome with my 1st pregnancy but didn't help at all my 2nd time.

I feel for you. Hang in there. It usually gets better by 12-13 weeks. Remember to eat well....LOTS of protein, LOTS of water and take a quality prenatal vitamin daily.

Congrats and best wishes!

Zofran did not work for me and I lost 16 pounds in the first trimester of both of my pregnancies. Make sure you are watching your fluid intake and make sure not to get dehydrated. Once I started throwing up sips of water, I had to be hospitalized for hypernemisis (severe morning sickness) and get rehydrated from IVs.

Don't be afraid to go to your doctor or call your doctor for help.

Hi R.. I feel for you.. I experienced "morning sickness"(which is really round the clock) for the entire 10 months of both of my pregnancies... maybe yours will go away soon. If your doctor has not offered you Zofran yet, ask him about it. It was a Godsend for me.

Also, I do not recall anyone mentioning it when I was pregnant (several years ago) but B Vitamins can help. I recently discovered that when I feel queasy from not eating, that drinking a Vitamin Water helps. (They have several of the B vitamins in them and electrolytes, too, and come in a variety of flavors (not too strong or sweet), so they taste better than "plain" water when you are nauseous.) I'd recommend giving them a try. I mentioned it to a friend (also in the first trimester of pregnancy) and she said they helped her.

Good luck to you with the nausea. Even if it doesn't go away.. it is all worth it in the end.
Blessings, and congratulations on your pregnancy!

The good news is you are probably almost through with it. I had to by the motion sickness watch that Bass Pro Shop. It works like a charm. You have to get the one that has a battery. It emits a low electrical impulse at your inner wrist that stops nausea. It is used for Chemo patients. Contact me if you have any questions:) Deb

Homeopathic remedies- they are the best try nux vomica , and there are a couple others- check the web- these have no side effects, and once you find the correct one for you- you are set
check w/ your local health food store,
best of luck-k

First Congratulations! Second you WILL get through this. I got sick alot too. They dx me with hyperemesis gravidum..translation you yack up everything but your toes all the live long day..lol! But the good news is once I got on a medication called Zofran, it all went away. All the other stuff didn't work. Zofran is safe (took it with both, yes both of my kids I was crazy enough to do pregnancy twice!) Sometimes it takes a while to feel better, with my 2nd child after I got on the meds. I no longer got sick every 30 seconds but, i still felt crappy and tired until the 2nd trimester. Just take it day by day and take it easy on yourself. NO STRESS. that just makes it worse. Watch movies that make you laugh (sounds crazy but you feel so much better) and take care, once it is all over you will wish for this time again maybe it's the hormones but hey who knows!

The only thing that helped me was fresh ginger, peeled and finely diced, steeped in hot water with a little bit of honey. (Like homemade ginger tea.) It tasted horrible, but my best friend sent me this remedy from England so I tried it. (I figured, I'm throwing up anyway. It can't possibly make things worse!) Anyway, it worked like a charm! When I asked my OB if it was all in my head or it really had an effect, he said that ginger naturally relaxes stomach muscles, therefore minimizing the spasms that cause vomiting. He said that's why people sip ginger ale when they have a stomach bug. I didn't find ginger ale to be particularly effective with me, but it may be that most brands don't use real ginger anymore. Anyway, give it a shot. You're throwing up anyway, right? :) Best of luck...PS, I was also told that the tougher your pregnancy is, the easier your delivery should be. Something about an abundance of HGH (human growth hormone). Ask your doctor if that's true.

I also used the seabands and they worked for me as well. Another thing I did was take my pre-natal in two doses - 1/2 in the morning and 1/2 at night. I found if I took the whole pill at once I would get sick. My Dr actually took me off of it for a few weeks and just had me take the Flinstone vitamins until I felt better and then started doing the 1/2 doses of the regular pills. Good Luck and this too will pass - enjoy this very special time in your life:)

Congratulations. I too went through four months of constant throwing up. I couldn't go any where. I have ten months of labor with my pregnancies. I'm due in October and it's such a wonderful gift. I try hard to enjoy everything.

Not sure if your doctor gave you Zofran. I heard that that works; I never got to try it as in my fifth month my vomiting came to a halt.

I lived off of Jello and popsicles; also coke slurpees helped me tremendously. I normaly eat healthy but that went out the door as I had to try and find something that I could keep in my belly. In fact, I had organic OJ the other day and I through up all over the place. I am a few days shy of my eigth month.

It's hard to say what works for one mother and not another.

I heard watermelon works; but most women get nauseous; not too many throw up several times a day, every day and have vertigo.

I craved a lot of comfort foods too. What ever you do, do not eat large meals and water might trigger throwing up. This is your first pregnancy, so it will be trial and error.

You will make it through.

You have my sympathy. I was the same way from the time I conceived until a week before I gave birth. Believe it or not the only thing that helped was...Yoohoo!! Really, I mean it! It had to be the one in a carton for some reason. I would keep it near me at all times and if I could catch it early it would go away. Hope this helps.

Ginger ale and No to morning sickness tea helped my nausea.

R.,
I can so relate to what you are going through. I went through the same thing with both my son and daughter. I thought it should be renamed "24 hours of sickness", forget morning sickness. I was fortunate to have a husband that is a chiropractor, acupuncturist and homeopath. Here is what worked for me. For my son it was easier than my daughter to get rid of. I used ginger herbal capsules and peppermint tea for my son. Make sure both are organic. I also used homeopathy for nausea. I used acupuncture for my daughter. I had a harder time getting rid of the nausea with her. Acupuncture did the trick. I also found chiropractic adjustments helped as well. They also help with back pain that a lot of women get. I hope this helps. It is truly a miserable time when you are always sick. I think it is natural to be afraid it's a big responsibilty and a lot of new experiences. I found the best way to deal with the fear is education. I read a lot and came to decisions based on what would work for me and was the safest for my baby and myself. The biggest thing I reminded myself is our body's are designed for pregnancy and childbirth. We can support, understand and nuture the process. In the end the reward is so worth everything you go through! Mothering Magazine at the health food store is a good souce of information.

All the best,

Deb Krusing

I know how that feels. I felt "green" the first 4.5 months when prego with the twins. Things that helped me were...
ginger snap cookies, peppermint candies, healthy snacking throughout the day so I didn't get too hungry, lots of water with a little lemon mixed in, and staying away from cooking smells especially meat and fish. Also my friend loaned me a seasickness relief band and I swear it helped a lot. I'd take it off at night and if I forgot to put it on in the am, I'd start to feel really sick until I put it back on again. I hope I helped a little bit.

Stop the "scared to death"...words must be chosen carefully. Please be joyful and so happy that you are creating a new life...OK?
Next, a little ginger ale, crackers (I know you said they don't help) but a solid food like potato may help as well. Whatever meds you are taking please consult with your doctor as you want to know the side effects.
Blessings and best wishes on your firstborn!

Hi R.,

There are lots of good homeopathic remedies for morning sickness. I am a certified homeopath and I am telling you they really work. Go online and type homeopathy for morning sickness and then read which remedy fits you best, there are many. good luck