What is the latest in dealing with morning sickness? 8 weeks pregnant? Any suggestions? I only know of the saltine crackers.
Hi,
I had terrible all-day sickness during my first trimester, and as weird as it sounds, if you can stomach some type of protein--it helps. Saltines and good-quality ginger ale or ginger tea also help. Make sure to eat little bits throughout the day to calm and keep your metabolism moving. In addition, taking unisom + vitamin B really helps. Good luck!
It's whatever helps the pregnant woman.
I never got sick myself, but I did get nauseous. The nausea would go away after I ate. Anything. It would also present itself when I ate too much.
So for me the trick was to eat little amounts at regular intervals, 1 1/2 to 2 hours, usually.
I say try different things to see what helps her the best.
I just finished dealing with this about 7 weeks ago. My doctor said to take B12 and B6 tablets 4 times a day with a small meal. It seemed to help. Ask your doctor about it and see what they say.
Sucking on lemon drops- something about the smell of lemon and the tartness of the candy really helped. My doctor recommended it to me, and although I though she was crazy I tried it and it worked like a charm. I was very sick too, I couldn't even keep water down.
Ginger or mint are natural stomach soothers. A cup of peppermint tea always helped me.
Or lemon water with ginger root. & of course the old stand by of gingerale.
I was really sick with both of my pregnancies. I found that sipping on a slimfast vanilla shake helped. I always felt a little silly drinking a diet drink but I figured it was better than nothing.
Sea Bands! You can get them at the Wal-Mart or Target Pharmacy! Also, vitamin B6 and half a Unisom at bedtime.
The OBGyn should have a list of remedies to use.
Ginger!!! They make some teas and "Preggy Pops" have ginger in them too. You can buy them at Motherhood maternity. Don't let your tummy get empty either. I found small snacks through out the day helpful.
Another mother already suggested this BUT I am going to second it 'preggo pops.' They come in sucker or little hard candy form. I found them at Babies R Us and USA Baby. I had morning sickness all day every day through my WHOLE pregancy and 'preggo pops' were the only thing that worked for me! I have to mention that it did not take the morning sickness completely away but I was at least able to keep some food down.
Hope you find something that helps you!
Peppermint anything helped me as did just eating little snack like meals instead of bigger meals. Good luck!!!! And Congrats!!!!!!
One of the first things my OB did was take me off the prenatal vitamin - or try it at night before going to bed to see if that makes a difference. I also did the 1/2 Unisom, lemon drops, ginger, smaller meals...and i still puked up til my 6th month! There are still things 10 years later I cant eat w/o getting sick!Some people are just meant to have it - my older sister ended up w/ iv's for dehydration, my younger sister never got sick and could eat anyting under the sun!
My first pregnancy I had morning sickness bad. All day. This sounds really odd, but the only thing that would help it was greasy food. I ate a lot of french fries! I also ate a lot of dairy foods, cereal & milk, Ice cream...I would also try to eat later at night or right before I went to bed so I didn't wake up with a completely empty stomach.
I found with my second pregnancy I did not have morning sickness as bad, but I craved red meat and Potatoes (it was a boy- go figure). I found by eating lots of Apples and the meat and potatoes all day curbed the morning sickness the next day. My second pregnancy was definitely better overall - maybe had something to do with my diet??
Lots and lots of water! The smell of ginger helps as well as fresh lemon scent. A study just came out recently that said morning sickness was a kind of natural warning to stay away from certain foods. Lots of vegetables and fruits made me feel the best. I would rarely eat red meat. Congratulations on the little one!!
Cinnamon gum was the only thing that helped my morning sickness.
I think each person is different on what works.
For me, when pregnant with my 8 yr old, milk helped me out.. especially chocolate milk (it's thicker). I also remember eating oatmeal in the mornings too. When I was pregnant with my 3 yr old, I don't think I was as nauseous. I just was eating all the time! I do remember lots of ice cream though, but that wasn't the first three months... that was during the second and third trimester.
Both pregnancies I was never sick, just nauseous.
Good luck and congrats!
~SR
Wanted to add... my sister in law said that she smelled lemons and other citrus fruits. Some she didn't buy to eat, jut to cut it and smell. Seemed strange to me, but it worked for her.
11 years ago when I had really bad morning sickness, I would sip a flat, lukewarm Coke slowly all morning, and by 1:00 I'd be able to eat some real food.
Usually morning sickness lasts through the first trimester, but of course this is different in everybody. If the morning sickness is really bad, try those bracelets that you can buy for sea sickness. It is like dramamine but without the medicine. Of course, sometimes, the only thing you can do is wait it out.
Eat saltines before you get out of bed in the morning. Make sure you are eating 6 small meals a day instead of a few really big ones. Avoid the food items that make you nautious.
Sea bands. PRINGLES. Lemon drops.
I puked through the entire pregnancy with two of my girls - and the only thing to keep the nausea down were these. We drove from North Dakota to California - with a stack of vomiting items - needed every one of them - BUT I didn't feel the nausea. And the urge to throw up OFTEN was lessened by having either the sour or the salty taste on my tongue.
The sea bands can be found at a pharmacy such as CVS. Little stretchy bands with a hard plastic 'bump' that acts - i'm guessing - sort of like acupressure ?