Hi there! I am currently 7 weeks with baby #2... we tried for nearly 2 yrs for this one, and I could not be happier. However I can not keep anything down... litteraly if I drink to much water it comes up, not to mention anything solid. This has been going on for 3 weeks, and lasts all day! I had pretty bad "morning sickness" although it lasted all day with my first child, but this just seems so much worse. I have no energy, and fell like I am putting too much on my husbabnds shoulders right now...any advice? I will try just about anything!
Well, with it that bad I think it is safe to say you have tried all the over the counter things. Ginger, peppermint, crackers in the morning before you roll out of bed. If none of those work and it is severely hindering your day to day your ob can prescrib you an over the counter med. there are also other measures they can take. i wish you the best of luck and congrats!!!
Hi Courtney,
Congratulations on your second! I am a birth doula and the ting that seems to work best for my client's is to eat some protein before bed, and then a few crackers in the morning before you get out of bed to raise your blood sugar. The protein at night will help to hold your blood sugar through the night. You might also try a piece of ginger candy throughout the day, or a couple ounces of ginger ale when you are feeling at your worst. I would highly recommend the increase in protein throughout the day even if it is in little bits at a time that you can keep down.
Best of luck!
Taffy CD (DONA)
I had to take an anti-nausea prescription (phenergan) during both of my pregnancies because I had 24/7 vomitting. Absolutely NON of the usual remedies or suggestions worked for me. If my stomach was empty I would still get sick. It was awful. The phenergan made me drowsy, so I cut the pills into quarters and only took enough to prevent vomitting - I was still nauseous all of the time that way but at least I was able to keep enough food and water down.
There is a product by Baby's Bliss (the same company that makes the wonderful Gripe Water) called Morning Sickness Magic. You can order it on line. It truly was magic. I took it right before eating. It is basically liquid ginger and b vit and one other thing that is slipping my brain. All in all just remember that since you are so sick means you your hormone levels are nice and high which means a good implantation. The 2 babies I lost I wasn't sick. It is the hormones that help keep you pregnant and sick:) Congrats!!!!
Courtney,
Believe me, I know how you feel. I just had my first little boy Jan 3 and for the first 7 months of my pregnancy I had morning sickness that wouldn't go away. I couldn't drink anything and could just forget about eating. I ended up in the ER several times because of mal-nutrition and dehydration. It was horrible. The doctors out me on phenergan but the didn't work.
My advice to you is talk to your doctor and see what kind of medication they can give you. Once you find out do a little research and see side effects on your un-born child.
Danielle
Of COURSE you are exhausted, Courtney--- you have a 4 year old - a school responsibility- AND you're pregnant - our culture pretends you can do it all-- but let me tell you-- there is a cost- and the exhaustion is it--- it intensifies the sickness. I pray for you dear heart-- experiment with different bland carbs ( crackers, cheerios) that may help your queasiness-- I used to carry around a ziplock bag with some - all morning long.
:-)
Judy
Zofran is the answer to your problem. Well sort-of. It is the best anti-nausea medicine I have encountered and I have had to take it every day of my pregnancy for the last 9 months. I have HG. which basically means I throw up non-stop without meds. The zofran helps a lot but it doesn't cut through all of the nausea. It just takes time to pass. p.s. I took this through my whole last pregnancy and my baby is in excellent health, very bright and beautiful.
My mom recommends ginger snaps! Buy a box and simply nibble them throughout the day..also those mini candycanes work too..you can melt them down in tea or simply munch them..that ought to help a little. Also if you take Prenatal vitamins, switch to children's chewable vitamins. They are in essence the same product. (My mom is a Reg. Nurse) She said its usually the coating on the prenatals that make women queasy. However, Ginger snaps for your general all over can't keep nuthin down things :)
Sea Bands! They are stretchy accu-pressure wrist bands that are sold for motion sickness. They are the ONLY THING that helped be during my second pregnancy. I was not 100% better, but I was able to eat at least enough to say that I had definitely gotten some nutrition (I didn't have much of an appetite). With my first pregnancy I couldn't even leave the bathroom most days and I lost count of how often I actually threw up. My husband discovered these between the two pregnancies and had a set ready for me the day I found out we were pregnant again. I wore them all the time and only took them off to shower, to wash them (during which time I wore another set), and to sleep (you have to give your body a few hour break, but I always found that being nauseous didn't really matter TOO much if I was asleep.) I was also able to do things with my little boy that I know I wouldn't have been able to without them. I can't stress the awesome, almost magical power of these things enough =). They made the prospect of a third pregnancy appealing rather than something I dread just a little because of the throwing up. You can get them at Rite-Aid for SURE and probably Walgreen's..places like that. Oh, they are completely medication free, just pressure on your wrists. My OB actually asked if I was having trouble with nausea I showed them to her and she told me that she prescribes those before she prescribes any medication for nausea relief and usually doesn't have to after that. I had a lot of people tell me what to eat to counteract or prevent the nausea, but I simply COULD NOT EAT. Bland carbs didn't work, ginger didn't work, and the idea of eating them -- and of someone suggesting to me that I eat when I was trying to tell them that I couldn't just made me angry. Ha. Sea Bands. Good luck. =)
Hi, this is way to familiar sounding--I really feel for you. I ended up getting an IV--all the advice about "eating little amounts" sounded so ridiculous because I couldn't keep anything down. Here's what helped me--I started getting vitamin B6 (or 12?) shots once a week from my midwife--they really helped, I would usually have a couple days in a row with no vomiting. They also put me on a prescription drug (I can't remember the name), it made me extremely sleepy, but I would take 1/2 wait half an hour eat something nutritious and a fall asleep--I quit taking prenatal vitamins in the first trimester--I threw them up almost immediately anyway, and I did realize that my extreme sickness coincided with when I had started taking them--I think they really pushed me over the edge--my midwife gave me some little pressure point bands (seabands?) that I wore on my wrists, they seemed to sort of help. Mine eventually went away about week 16 (I still remember the first meal I ate the morning I woke up and felt okay!) Finally, somewhere around week 12 I got more brave with what I ate--all along I had been having weird cravings for pickles--but the thought of throwing up a pickle was too much to deal with. When I finally allowed myself to eat one they really helped, I think it was the acid. Anyway I know how awful and exhausted you feel (I was full time grad student when I got pregnant). I remember my very sweet husband saying to me--I really miss you--because I was asleep every minute I was home. I wouldn't worry about putting everything on your husband, especially after how beautiful your 4-year old is to him he knows how important it is to let you grow a perfect baby.
Courtney,
This was the same with my second pregnancy. My nausea and vomiting went on all day and night unless I was sleeping. Our oldest was a very active 2-1/2 yr old at the time.
Due to dehydration, to keep me out of the hospital and at home my OB had me drinking lots of Gatorade and gave me a prescription for fenergan (sp?). It was a suppository. It allowed me to eat, rest and hold down food and water. The only drawback is that after taking it I would go to sleep.
Talk to your OB about something like this that won't make you tired.
Be Well.
I was mostly nauseous, I hardly threw up. But I sucked on peppermint candies - the red and white kind. Also, bananas helped first thing in the morning. I hope this doesn't go on forver.....good luck.
I feel your pain. I just recently went through this in my 1st trimester of my 2nd pregnancy.
The only thing that I figured out was eat very little amounts more often. Always have a small snack with you. It generally does go away once you hit 2nd trimester.
DO you drink gaterade? When I was sick in my pregnancy I ended up going to the ER cause I couldnt keep anything down. They told me drink gaterade instead of water. It gives your body more of what it needs.
AS for your husband, im not really sure about that. Just make sure you talk to him and get him to tell you how he feels. If he doesnt mind takin on so much then enjoy it. I had to do it by myself.
I wish you the best of luck!
You should definitely talk to your doctor. You don't want to become dehydrated and have to be hospitalized and on an IV. There are medications that are safe during pregnancy.
I would encourage you to talk to your doctor as it sounds like your morning sickness is very severe. A friend of mine had it that severe for her first and she ended up in the hospital with dehydration, as she couldn't keep anything down. There are things you can take, though I didn't actually find them of much use (I'm in the last stages of morning sickness, too), but maybe there's something stronger the docs would prescribe in your case. Good luck and I hope it ends soon!
Have you tried Unisom at night, and a B1 vitamin in the morning? I had awful morning sickness with my first baby, and that combination helped me get through. Also check the iron content on your pre-natal vitamins. Sometimes unnaturally high iron contents can make morning sickness worse.
Hope you feel better soon.
I wanted to also suggest eating small amounts often, especially in the middle of the night. Keep a granola bar, banana or something similarly easy to eat by your bed to keep your stomach from being empty all night. Gatorade, Vitamin water or a similar drink is also good. Trader Joes also carries an "electrolyte enhanced water" that has potasium, magnesium and salt in it but no flavor, it just tastes like water. I found this easier to drink when I felt nauseous than flavored drinks.
I have been nauseous due to another medical reason (not pregnant) but my doc prescribed Fenergan and it has been a lifesaver! It really does take the nausea away so you can eat and get some rest, though like someone else mentioned it can make you drowsy.
Hi Courtney,
Morning sickness with my second was much worse than with my first. With my first I was able to control it by making sure I always had a little food in my stomach. I took Zofran for the first trimester with #2, and it helped a great deal. I tried the Unisom and vitamin B, but it left me so groggy I couldn't stay awake to take care of my little boy. The Zofran is expensive, so I was usually able to get by with only taking half a pill a day. Also, one side effect was it made me very constipated. Good luck, I hope you find something that works for you. I know it is miserable to feel so bad and to have to take care of a little one.
Warm ginger tea with either crackers or dry toast(no butter) in the morning or whenever throughout the day. Peppermint tea is also good. I was the "morning sickness queen" (5 times) even had it during delivery. You can also suck on popsickles during the day.