Morning Sickness - Manchester,NH

You may not like hearing this but I have 3 beautiful boys and I was sick the entire 9 months with all three. I found that if I took the Zofran regularly I felt pretty good. When I didn't I ended up in the hospital for an IV and some Zofran shot straight into the veins. Keep up with the Zofran and you should be good to go.

Hi E.:

I had the same situation with my first. We are now contemplating a second, but ours is only 21 months old.

The Zofran helped a lot along with the regular crackers, rice, apples...etc. Also, if you can tolerate gatorade and popsicles, that helps to hydrate you and make you feel more human.

Around 5 months, most of it subsided. It went down to just morning sickness as long as there were no strange odors...just keep your eye on the prize!

I can sympathize, only I had it the other way around. I had no problems with my son but was sick for 20 weeks with my daughter, throwing up and feeling sick all day. I hope that you aren't going to have another tough time, but you are in the stage where your hormones are still ramping up. You may want to visit your doctor to see if there is anything you can do to head it off so to speak. I ate a lot of saltine crackers before I would even get out of bed. I used ginger capsules (natural remedy for nausea - but ask your doctor first) and that does help. You can drink ginger ale too, but most of them have so little actual ginger in them that it doesn't really work so well. Peppermint is also natural nausea remedy. I kept a bag of peppermints next to my bed and drank peppermint tea too! Celestial Seasonings makes a tummy tamer tea that I like. Make sure you keep your fluid level up. Getting dehydrated can add all kinds of symptoms and problems to the mix. Even if you don't feel like drinking, at least get some water down. Good luck, and here's hoping you get through without the problems of last time.

Hi E.,

My goodness, what you have been through! Well, I have good news and bad news for you. It could end tomorrow, or it could last throughout your entire pregnancy. That is pretty much it in a nutshell--every woman and every pregnancy is really different.

With #1, I had a perfect pregnancy (given how she was for her first 6 months, I wouldn't have had another one if it hadn't been wonderful!) With #2, God had a sense of humor. The pregnancy was difficult--not like yours, but difficult--and then she was great once she was born.

Here is what worked for me: I listened to my body. I see a dietician weekly and that is what she told me. Literally, I lived on McDonald's and clams. Specifically, a Big and Tasty meal--french fries and regular coke and all. For months that was all I could keep down--and, mind you, it wasn't like I was eating a whole lot anyway. My dietician wasn't thrilled about this, but I just couldn't tolerate the thought of anything else nor could I actually eat anything else. Bananas were the absolute worst. I did exercise every single day and made sure that I was drinking water. I ended up only gaining 15 pounds overall--not as if I couldn't stand to lose a few anyway--and lost it fairly easily/quickly after she was born.

Hope this helps some. Whatever you can do to make yourself feel better is what you should do--flat coke/ginger ale/saltine-type crackers--whatever! This is a special time for you and you should focus on yourself. Don't forget... you can always consult your OB.

A good vegetable protein drink along with a good whole food supplement helped me a lot. Visit a Naturopathic Doctor in your area. Just google one. It just might be the best help you will get.
Good luck!
Sue

Hi E.,

I am also a pregnant lady from Claremont area. I am 13 1/2 weeks pregnant and did not stop feeling nauseaous until about a week ago. It's sad to say that some pregnant women feel nauseous all the way through but typically it ends about the 12-14 week period. Good luck with this time around!

M.

I had very bad "all day" sickness with both my pregnancies. Both seem to subside at 12 weeks. You have to eat small meals every couple hours just to keep something in your tummy. Make sure you drink plenty of water and take your prenatal vitimins. Make sure you take it up with your DR and get it under control before it does make you depressed. Maybe you need the meds again. I just want to say another little tid bit about Zofran. I took that with my last pregnancy. While it worked wonders for the M/S, it got me BADLY constipated!!!! Very Bad, so please if you take it, drink plenty of water, and really watch your bowel movements that you arent getting backed up.
My heart goes out to you sweetie, I remember the feeling .. I use to just lay on my bed and put headphones on to listen to music to get my body to relax. And to have a little 2 yr old girl to take care of to boot!!! Rest when you can.
Best of Luck

i am 27 weeks pregnant and i was very very sick just like your first pregnancy. i even went to an out patient program at women and infants for depression. i found the throwing up didn't stop until 5 months. i will still get sick if i go with out eating for more than 2 hours. i met with a nutritionist and she gave me some tips that really helped. eat peanut butter or nuts for protien and drink carnation instant breakfast (the premixed kind not the powdered one they were gross) every morning and sometimes with your lunch..it worked for me. and if you have to eat mcdonalds everyday do it, at least your eating something to keep your stomach full.

I feel the pain i was sick day and night with my 2 year old girl the entire 9 months. So i guess i am not much help but i got another type of med from my ob and it did stop it as long as i took it. So u may want to as them. Good luck on # 2

usually it ends at the three month mark. my sister in-law couldn't hold anything down her whole prenancy and had to have a perscription from her ob, good luck

A OB doctor friend I had, in another state, advised me to eat 6 small meals a day, instead of 3 normal meals. I did that and never had nausea/throwing up with either of my pregnancies. As a result of breaking those meals down, I also did not gain a lot of weight, it seemingly helped the metabolism as well.

As far as the gestational diabetes, my youngest daughter has gone through that and we put her on a prenatal vitamin that controlled the diabetes. She was able to get off the medication her doctor had her on. If you want information on the vitamin, feel free to email me.

Hi E.,
I was very sick w/my twins starting around 10 weeks. After I couldn't keep down water, I called my dr. and they prescribed Phenergan (Sp??). Every 2 months or so, I would stop taking it but I would still get sick, so I just kept taking it. It's hard to say when it'll get better since some people never have any sickness and then some women have it throughout their whole pregnancy. If the medication doesn't effect you - I'd just take it. After a few weeks, stop taking it and see how you feel. It's obviously safe or else, they wouldn't be prescribed. Good luck and congrats!!