Morning Sickness

Morning sickness is often due to the mom's blood sugar being off when she wakes. A high protein snack at bed time and a snack when she wakes up at night often does it.

Also be careful about these drugs, in the past some have caused birth defects.

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With my first I had 24 hours a day, 7 days per week nausea through the entire pregnancy. It was awful and I tried everything. I had even moved the dog's bed into the bathroom so I would have a place to curl up in between heaving. My abdominal muscles were SO sore. I remember one night I just collapsed into my husband's lap and cried because I felt so terrible.

The "typical" morning sickness medication didn't do a thing for me. (I'm trying to remember the name of it, but I think it starts with an "R" - I guess it helps you digest your food more quickly.)

Phenergan was the only medication that helped me at all. The bad thing was that it made me drowsy (and I was in my last semester of law school . . . so I needed to be able to focus a little bit), so I cut them into quarters and took as little as possible. I took Phenergan throughout the entire pregnancy. I was still very queasy, but it really helped control the constant vomitting. My baby was born perfectly healthy - no problems at all. And my OB assured me Phenergan was safe . . . and was definitely safer than being incapable of keeping anything down!

My second pregnancy started out the same way, but I wasn't as violently ill with that pregnancy. I had the Phenergan for the first part of the pregnancy, but the sour Preggie Pop Drops (from Motherhood Maternity) really helped me get through the rest of the pregnancy.

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Eating crackers or bread helped me; not letting myself get hungry also helped. If I got hungry and nauseated, eating crackers or bread fixed it right away (even as hard as it can be to eat when nauseated). Sometimes I had to gag it down, but it would do the trick as soon as it got to my stomach. Bananas didn't seem to help. I've read to have crackers at the bedside and to eat some before even getting out of bed. It can be a vicious cycle, to feel sick, so not want to eat, and get sicker...

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clear bubbly soda, like sprite or 7 up and soda crackers, saltines, ritz,ect. and block cheese, just a few bites. All these helped me at any needed moment. Oh, and ofcourse, small meals, avoid the greasy, heavy foods. A good whole food prenatal from the local health food store went down much better and I felt a huge difference in my over all function. Good luck and God bless. :)

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My sister inlaw was told to take half a unisom before bed. I dont know how or why, but it helped tremendously with mornig sickness. Her sister also did this and it worked.

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The only thing that worked for me was Preggo Pops! They saved my life! You can buy them online and at some maternity shops.
Motherhood Maternity has them in there stores I also think I got them off babycenter.com one time but I could be wrong.
They are a hard candy that is made of all nautral stuff, they have them on a stick or like a cough drop.
I wouldn't have ever left the bathroom without finding them. Only wish I had found them with the first two where coming along.

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Vitamin B6. if she can't keep it down orally her doc can prescribe it for intramuscular injection at home. this helped for me! acupuncture also helped me a ton. i would feel good for about 24 hours after a treatment. My acupuncturist works with lots of pregnant moms, her name is Dr. Meaghan Woodruff at Bloom Natural Healthcare on Killingsworth in NE PDX. hope she is feeling better soon.

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