Morning Sickness, Nausea

Hi L.,
I know how that is. With my first I was extrememly sick. If I only threw up 7 times in the day I would consider it a good day! I lost alot of weight in the first trimester too. I tried drinking Vernor's but i really don't like ginger-ale to begin with. Very tart lemonaid worked a little bit. I also tried to eat windmill cookies...If I even get a whif of them now though I get a wave of nausea and it's been 7 years! The nurse told me to try Sea Bands but that didn't seem to work for me. You can the B vitamins also. My husband would mix up frozen strawberries in a vanilla Ensure in the morning before he went to work then again when he got home before dinner. There are alot of B vitamins in them and i think it did help me keep down a little bit of food for about an hour. Once I got to 14 weeks I wasn't getting sick as often during the day and I started sucking on smarties. I had started subbing again and the smarties were easy to keep in my pocket and pop in my mouth often through out the day. I also kept a pack of crackers next to my bed and would just slide my hand over and grab a few and eat them before i moved around or got out of bed in the morning. I did a little better with my second baby...didn't lose too much weight that first trimester:) Good luck to you and congratulations. It'll all be worth it:)
L. Y.

Decaf Ginger tea and peppermint gum helped me a lot. Hang in there!

go to babies r us and buy preggie pops (suckers they work awesome i also bought candied ginger at the grocery store in the chinese dept and ginger snap cookies i never got sick with my first but was obscenely sick 24/7 for the first month and 1/2 and all three were my life savers they also make a ginger pop you can buy at the grocery store but i didn't like the after taste

This is a weird remedy, but watermelon before bed keeps away the morning sickness. I swore by it when I was pregnant and its healthy for you also. Good luck!

Go for foods high in protein not carbohydrates. Best advice I ever got. Skip the saltines and eat a small can of tuna or salmon, or a handful of nuts, or some chopped chicken.

Hey, I am about 8 weeks pregnant, and it is kicking my ass. I throw up morning day and night. Its basically like having a 24/7 hangover. If you find anything that works for you, please let me know. Actually I'll prob. post something asking for peoples advice. Hope you feel better.

I had the same experience when I was pregnant too. My OBGYN recommended EMETROL-anti nausea Over the counter med (cherry or lemon flavor). Its mainly for children and it was a life saver for me. I was also pregnant and teaching and this would help me through the work day.

Try lemonade (or even water with freshly squeezed lemon). This worked for me during my first pregnancy and it is currently working right now during my second pregnancy. Also, ginger is very soothing to the stomach. Good Luck!!

It always worked for me to suck on a lollipop or hard candy. I know it's extra calories, but I felt that whatever stopped me from puking was worth it! Hope this helps! Congrats on your new baby!

With my first pregnancy I had nothing. I figured every pregnancy down the road would be a breeze but boy was I wrong. I'm also pregnant with #2 and I found that hot mint tea and lemonade helped. I also ate saltines, preggie pops/drops and lemon drops. Hopefully this will pass soon for you. Congrats and Good luck!!!

My doctor ended up putting me on Zofran because of my all-day sickness. I never really did throw up however I could not eat anything because I would gag on anything I put in my mouth. I lost a ton of weight because I couldn't eat. None of the tricks of the trade worked for me. I would try other people's suggestions and if you exhaust them, ask your doctor about Zofran. Warning however, Zofran made me incredibaly constipated!!!

I was terribly sick with baby #2 as well! It helped to do everything you're already doing, and I would sometimes take ginger pills or suck on peppermints.
Hang in there!

Have you heard of Sea Bands? They are with the motion sickness medicine at the pharmacy. I never needed them, but I've heard they work well. My old boss always wore them in the car when they travel for car sickness. On the box they say for morning sickness too. Not the most attractive looking things, but neither is throw up. :) Hope you get feeling better!

Hi L.-boy do I feel your pain. I threw up constantly with baby #1 and #2. When I got pregnant with #3 the nausea started all over again and I thought: "how am I going to take care of the other 2 being this sick?" My bestfriend found this stuff called "morning sickness magic" It tastes horrible but it totally worked for me. I had to chase it with juice but I swear by this stuff!!! I think it can be found at walgreens otherwise some specialty baby shops carry it or you can check out online. Good luck and Congrats on your wonderful news!

never let your stomach get empty! :) i also second the notion of lemonade or lemon anything - candies, jellybeans, actual fruit. i've also heard good things about ginger. i ate a lot of pretzels, and ate whatever sounded good when it sounded good.

good luck & congratulations!

The only thing that worked for me is to NEVER let myself get hungry. By that time it was too late and I was to nauseous to eat and then it just got worse. I would suggest always having crackers with you, granola, or something else that you can snack on throughout the day. Eat small meals, but eat frequently. If it is especially worse in the morning, keep crackers by your bedside. They don't have to be saltines either, whatever you dig. I like whole wheat Breton's crackers. Good Luck!!

I found that sucking on a mint really helped me. Any type of mint, breath-mint or candy worked wonders. The smell was just enough to block out any offending smells and my nurse-practitioner told me that the act of sucking relieved nausea. Also, the same nurse-practitioner recommended frozen coke. The coldness of the slushy drink worked wonders. I've forgotten exactly why it works, but remember how wonderful it worked.

Good luck and congratulations!

I know this sounds strange, but eating a piece of cheese really seemed to help my nausea go away. After figuring this out, I read that high in protein foods are good at getting rid of nausea. Hope it works as well for you as it did for me

Have you tried pregnancy pop drops? They are hard candies w/ sour lemon, sour apple, and sour raspberry flavors. Babies R Us carries them in the mommy needs section for about $3.50 for 20 or so pieces. They worked wonders for me. HTH, take care.

You got a lot of responses here, and I'm not sure if anyone suggested this but peppermint tea is good and also the round peppermint star kisses, or peppermint sticks (candy canes). Peppermint is very soothing for the stomach.

I guess ginger work for a lot of people, but what worked for me was peppermints. It worked during pregnancy and still works even now when I get nausea or an unsettled stomach. I also ate a lot of small snacks consisting of saltine crackers throughout the day because I couldn't handle much else. Try the peppermints though- it was amazing for me.

peppermint oil, sniff it when you are feeling nauseated.
good luck!!

I used Sea Bands. They are used for motionsickness too. I got mune in the pharmacy area at wal-mart (you might have to ask). They are bracelet type bands that put pressure on your pressure points on your wrist. They helped me alot. I finally had to get some meds from my OB, i have sickenss almost the whole time with my son. My OB also reccomended ginger ale, and room temp. rootbeer. Good luck!!

I had the afternoon-evening "morning sickness" as well. It was terrible, though I'm sure I don't have to tell you that. The only thing that seemed to help was lemonade. I drank at least a quart a day for the first four months. It was the only thing that would taste "clean and fresh" in the afternoon. Once I had some, I was able to work my way through a small meal. Congratulations and good luck!!!

On my second round of morning sickness I did tons of research and found out that it is the hypoglycemic response to pregnancy that causes nausea.

To ward off nausea you have some options:

1. Eat a diet low in refined sugars (eliminating them is best). Refined sugar makes your blood sugar fluctuate, bringing on the nausea.

2. Eat more meat - especially pork and beef, which keep your blood sugar stable.

3. Avoid acidic foods like tomato sauce and juice.

4. ****EAT KALE**** Kale - a leafy green vegetable - is super high in folic acid and minerals, all of which calm the nervous system, the digestive system and help to regulate blood sugar. (A quick Kale recipe: saute garlic in olive oil, toss in kale and cook until tender (about 5 minutes), toss the kale, garlic and oil in with pasta and enjoy!)

5. Get Shiatsu as a form of bodywork (as opposed to massage). Shiatsu will help to keep your energy moving as opposed to bundled up in your digestive tract.

If you do all of these things you should feel quite a bit of relief. If I had known these things with my first I would have gained less weight and felt better - which is what happened with my second. When you eat enough meat, you are less hungry for the carbs and sugars that make you gain weight. The Kale helps with cravings and makes you feel great. The Shiatsu helps you to feel calm and well.

Good luck L. ~ my thoughts are with you.

The ONLY thing that relieved my nausia was sucking on lemon drops. I read about it, thought it was a stupid idea, got desperate and tried it, and it worked GREAT!! Congratulations and good luck!

Zantac is safe for you during pregnancy. it cured me of my morning sickness and upset stomach. I went through 3 hard morning sickness pregnancies, and I was saved by zantac. Just the over the counter. It stays in the stomach, and doesn't go into the blood stream, from what i understand. Good Luck.

I totally understand how you are feeling!

We are pregnant with twins and just about to the end of the 1st trimester.

A friend of mind gave me some "gingeroot" capsules that someone had given her. They are from GNC. I called the doc and made sure they were ok to take as of course it said, "if pregnant or breastfeeding....". Anyways, the OB-GYN said it was fine to take them 1-2 times a day. 1 wasn't holding me the full 24 hours as I was also naseated overnight. This was a God send for me.

Peppermint Essential Oil. Ask your Doc. first, of course, but ONE drop on your tongue in the morning or first sign of nausea will keep it at bay for a few hours at least. Works on heartburn and indigestion too. Sometimes even the smell can help.

Taking half a Unisom really helped me. At first it made me sleepy but eventually I got used to it. I only took this if I was vomiting.

Other foods that helped were sour things, lemon aid, pickles, vinegar based salads like 3-bean

Some peolpe have good luck with vitamin B6. It didn't work for me.

I know how you feel. I always took papaya pills from GNC. They didn't work 100% of the time but it was darn close. They are safe to take during pregnancy also and the taste isn't half bad. I think that you can take up to 8 a day, but I found that if I chewed about 2 or 3 at a time they worked wonders for me. Hope that helps and you get some relief soon

In addition to ginger - either raw, grated diffussed in water, in tea, or as soda (look for a natural ginger ale that uses real ginger - not the corn syrup stuff), I used a tiny dap of vicks vapor rub under each nostril to help with offending odors at work. Even though my desk was far from the kitchen, I could still smell every single meal being prepped there, and my co-workers perfume and cologne was so overwhelming, and office meetings where food was served...forget about it. The Vicks really helped with that. I'm sure there are other balm type things like from Burts Bees that might work just as well.

When I was pregnant with my first, I had terrible morning sickness, and threw up at least four times each morning.

What helped me immensely was drinking a room-temperature flat Coke. I sipped it very slowly over the morning, and by 1:00 I was able to eat a small lunch and keep it down. This didn't eliminate the vomiting, but decreased it quite a bit. It also got rid of the unsettled feeling in my stomach.

I absolutely could not stand saltine crackers while I was pregnant (love them otherwise) so I ate Pringles w/ my first. It was the only thing that settled my stomach in the morning. Otherwise, the candied giner worked wonders for my other 2 pregnancies.

Hi, I'm also pregnant with my second child. My first pregnancy I had morning sickness all day long for the first 5 1/2 months. This time around I found something that works wonders! At bedtime, take 1/2 of a Unisom tablet and 1/2 of a B6 vitamin... I'm now 32 weeks along and haven't had any morning sickness since the first time I tried it! The combination of them is what does the trick... I tried them both seperately with my first pregnancy... the B6 made me even sicker and the Unisom helped a little but didn't take it completely away like the combo of the two does. I've been telling everyone I know about this, I wish I would've known the first time around!!

I had that too. And I know this sounds weird but orange juice and cinnamon grahm crackers. I found I was low on acid in my tummy so the orange juice helped a lot. I would just take small sips whenever I felt it and it would relieve the pain. It worked for me through two pregnancies. Hope that helps some.

Green apple Jolly Ranchers, frosted flakes, Extra green apple gum, and peppermint gum all helped me to feel a little better.
Hope those work for you. K.

Ginger tea works well for nausea.

As odd as it may sound, jalepeno peppers got me through morning/afternoon sickness. Ate them anytime I felt nausea. My dad did the same during his chemo nausea- worked for both of us!

With both of my children, I got morning sickness really bad.
The thing that really helped me, was ginger tea. Even small bits of raw ginger and a glass of water helped.
Ginger ale did NOT help. I think it was the carbonation.
Try ginger tea-good luck!

My friend had major morning sickness with both kids. She swore by eating something salty (crakers or a small amount of potato chips) and washing it down with something sour (lemonade). It seemed to work for her, hope this helps.

Hi L.! I was diagnosed with Hyperemesis Gravidarum which is basically severe nausea and vomiting during the entire pregnancy. I used Sea Bands- a bracelet that pushes on the Ni Quan pressure point to relieve nausea. It didn't take away the nausea all together but it took the edge off and made it bearable.
The preggie pops worked for me for about a week. I also found that if I ate a carbohydrate before bed I felt I could get up in the morning.
I strongly discourage against Zofran unless you or your baby is in danger from your extreme weight loss. It is formulated for chemo patients and not recommended for pregnant women by the FDA.
I hope you feel better soon! I threw up all day and all night for almost the entire time. I know how draining it can be to always feel sick.

I found that sipping on a slimfast or other protein meal replacement shake helped settle my stomach.