So, I am 9 weeks pregnant (we are very excited!)and the morning sickness has hit full force. It is just a struggle to get up and moving in the morning. I have a very active 2 year old boy and work full time so i dont have time to rest much. My morning sickness is worse this time than with my son. With him i was queasy most of the day but controllable, this time i spend most of the morning in the bathroom thowing up. Then im still nausaus most of the day. i feel ok on and off during the day but it is really hard to concentrate and get things done when im so sick feeling and tired. I know this is part of the deal and that is fine because at least i know things are going good but im just wondering if you other moms have any tips of things you have tried to help ease the morning sickness a bit so i dont struggle quite so much during the day. Im hopeing i will feel a little better in a few weeks, but any tips of things that may help till then would be greatly appreciated. thanks!
Hi Tracy
I would try the BioBands you can buy them in the store by the dramamine, but it did wonders for my queasyness. there are also ginger pops (suckers) you can buy that are suppose to help.
Peppermint, ginger & lemon are all natural ways to relive nausea. Try keeping some mints by your bed & pop one in your mouth before you get up & start moving around. Mint tea was a life saver for me.
A friend gave me motion sickness bracelets they had bought at Snyder's for like $5. These were cotton little bracelets that had a plastic button that would rest on my wrist (a pressure point). As long as I wore these, I wasn't queasy but as soon as I'd lift them off my wrist, nausea would come. Not sure if this will help you but it was great for my first 12 weeks. Good luck!
Have crackers or something light next to the bed to eat before you even get up. Eat lots of small meals through out the day instead of 3 large ones. Try Preggie Pops or Quessy Drops and Vitamin B6. I thought that it really helped to drink cold water as well. Well best of luck and I hope you are feeling better soon:)
Everyone has their funny little thing that works for them. For me, it's A&W root beer. I was incredibly sick with my first for five months, throwing up an average of 6-10 times a day on a good day. I think the only things I always kept down were pizza and Taco Bell burritos. I don't know why. you just have to keep trying different things until you find what works for you. Good luck!
Hi Tracy! I feel your pain! I had SEVERE morning sickness for most of both pregnancies.
Sea Bands work very well. They are the product that Maaike was recommending.
Also, you can try taking 1/2 of a Unisom pill with a vitamin B6 before bed. It works wonders! And it's safe!
Congratulations!
EDIT*** A word about Zofran. It's not approved for pregnancy and can cause birth defects. My has 3 children, she took Zofran for 2 pregnancies, both kids from those pregnancies have significant mental delays. Please use caution! My OB wouldn't even prescribe Zofran unless the baby or mom were in danger of malnourishment.
Hi Tracy, and congrats on the new little one. What helped me is eating a couple of crackers before I got out of bed. And getting up slowly was the key too. I also had pretzels and water throughout the day, and that seemed to help a lot. Eating small amounts during the day helps too. Also warm tea. Well I hope this helps.
HA! You sound exactly like me! I got TWO girls out of the deal!!! :)
Vitamin B6 is supposed to help. I liked preggy pop drops when I was pregnant with my son, but they didn't help at all with the twins. I ended up going on zofran.
Good luck!
Powdered donuts, chocolate milk and bananas worked for me. I ate Activia yogurt, and that seemed to help, too. I took 25 mg each of vitamin B6 and unisom before bed, which made it easier to get out of bed in the morning because I didn't feel like throwing up right away. I did get a prescription to zofran, and went from throwing up three or more times a day to only once or none. I feel your pain---the 24/7 nausea is not fun.
Zofran! I lost 15 pounds in the first trimester with each of my three pregnancies (I'm thin the way it is so it was not a good situation). Zofran is ALL that helped me. With our first, I ended up on a medical leave for 12 weeks. Morning sickness is something that I ended up having to live with for at least 7 months each time, but the Zofran made it at least bearable! Good luck – I know all too well just how horrible it can be. And yes, there are a lot of good tips and tricks out there too. They just did nothing to combat my nausea, vomiting and subsequent weight loss. But, yes, I have three beautiful children, and am considering one more!
Hello!
I feel ya huney! Iam 7 weeks with our 5th child and unlike all my other pregnancies luckily iam just a lil neusea! But what I do this time & the other times is..... 1.set your alarm bout half hour before you usually get up! Lay in bed try to wake up instead of just jumping right out of bed. 2. My safety net is a box of saltine crackers & a soda next to my bed. I know doctors say no soda but it helps me! 3. It small meals thru out the day instead of large meals 3 or 4 times a day! I eat crackers,dry cereal, pop tarts, fruit, jello any thing that's small and frequent. The main thing to not feeling worse & worse as the morning sickness continues is to stay hydrated! If you get dehydrated you will end up in the hospital feeling way worse :)
Good luck hun!! & remember morning sickness only last til the 14 week usually! It does get better & way worth it in the end :)
HI Tracy
Oh how fun!!
Say try taking an omega 3 fatty acid-- a good one.
It should melt a reg. old fashion styrofoam cup with hot water in it if it's good.
You baby depletes your stores for fetal brain development and some of the responses from women are headaches and nausea-- ie the morning sickness stuff.
We have all our pregnant clients take that and it's amazing to see the energy differences.
It takes almost 3 years to replenish your stores post baby if you don't use supplements.
The deficiency may also allude to PPD in the mom's as it's vital for brain/organ health. The studies are starting to show this.
S0- hang in there and give it a shot-- hard to get in food (salmon, wild seafood you're limited in eating, flax good unless you don't open the grain)
About me: 4 yo perfusionist, PT wellness coach for nationwide/canadian online biggest loser for $ in addition to health and wellness, wife, mom to 7 yo twin girls.
Brenda J
What worked for me was to slowly sip a can of flat Coke all morning, and by lunch time I could eat something that would stay down. I don't even like Coke (I'm a Diet Coke girl), but it tasted so good to me. It would take me at 3-4 hours to drink the can.
What helped me was those Sea-Bands bracelets (also used for motion sickness). They work by putting pressure on a specific pressure point on the inside of your wrist thought to affect nausea. Some women have luck with them; others don't. But they're inexpensive and available most anywhere (I got mine at Target--just ask the pharmacist). Hope you feel better soon!
talk to your dr.they got great meds for that now...also eat soda crackers..good luck...
I had really bad "all day sickness" with my third baby. I ate crackers in bed before I got up. I also changed from the pre-natal vitamin to Flinstone vitamins. The pre-natal vitamins can be quite hard on a stomach because of all the iron. I also took B-Natal vitamin B6 lozenge twice a day. My morning scikness became so bad that the doctor prescribed Phenergan. It worked really well, but makes you really sleepy, so I couldn't take it while I was at work. I hope you feel better and hang in there is will subside soon!
I ate a lot of ginger, it's a natural nausea reliever. You can get ginger chews at Trader Joes in a bag or sometimes in the grocery aisle in a green box. You can grind fresh ginger and pour hot water over it for tea (I add a little sugar). The relief doesn't last all day but it gave me enough time to get a meal down so I had energy. Another thing I learned was that I just needed to eat my way through it. I was nauseated a lot but I found that when I did eat I felt a bit better. Your body does need the food so I just had to grin and bear it and find foods that I could stand to put in my mouth even though eating was the last thing I wanted to do. Good luck and hopefully it will pass soon.
Hi Tracy,
http://www.karenhurd.com/concern_morning_sickness.html
Check out this website. It explains from a nutritionist what causes morning sickness and how to overcome it in a healthy way. Hope this helps - Good Luck!
Believe it or not, the only thing that worked for me was acupuncture. It was painless and relaxing actually, and it masked symptoms for several days - with no nausea at all! I felt like I had my life back, including my energy and my appetite. I went through Health Parnters. My sister had severe morning sickness too and received a prescription medication that helped her a lot. You could inquire with your doctor.