I"m 3 months pregnant and everytime i go to brush my teeth i start gagging, even before i actually start to brush. Does this happen to anyone else, if so what do you do to stop it?
2006-06-05 15:14:09 · 10 answers · asked by D L 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
That's happened to me for my first pregnancy. Try eating an unsalted cracker before start brushing. That's help to me.
2006-06-05 16:08:56 · answer #1 · answered by ♥Beba♥ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Man, I had that problem during my second pregnancy. The gagging was kind of a problem all the way through, but the nausea that went along with it eventually subsided when I was 6 months, maybe? I found that mint toothpaste was the worst, so I tried some of those new Crest flavors. I didn't like the orange stuff, but it cleaned my teeth and didn't make me gag as much as mint, so that's what I went with. (I would have used straight baking soda, but my OB/GYN said I couldn't while I was pregnant.) I also found that a Sonicare toothbrush got my teeth clean while making me gag less than a regular toothbrush, but the 2-minute cycle was too long. I had to stop and start and stop and start. And flossing was problematic, too. Trying to reach my back teeth would set the gagging off. I got a flosser, also from Crest, and that helped a bit.
Hope some of those things help you a bit.
Like I say, nothing got the gagging to STOP, but I found ways to make it bearable...
2006-06-05 16:02:15 · answer #2 · answered by Yarro Pilz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This happens to me every morning. It should go away in the 2nd trimester. There really is nothing I've found to do, except to just let it go away naturally. I did cut down on the number of times I brush my teeth a day, though, I went from 2 to one. Good Luck!!
2006-06-05 15:22:51 · answer #3 · answered by HCW 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It happened to me too on both pregnancies. The worst part is that I would keep brushing, but after I was done, I would throw up.. Yack! Brush the teeth again. I did not find any solution to help me against this.
2006-06-05 19:55:14 · answer #4 · answered by Amber 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is it the toothpaste, or the truly brushing? Toothpaste is an hassle-free restore. There are organic substitutes (salt, baking soda, etc.). or maybe in basic terms yet another sort. i does no longer be taken aback if the mint became giving you a reaction. even if it truly is the action of the toothbrush, it truly is more suitable sturdy. you need to target chewing a stick, that is what they do in a good number of countries. They make a range of brush with the chewing, which they then use to sparkling tooth.
2016-12-06 10:05:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you're pregnant, your gag reflexes become stronger. there is no real way to stop this because it's a muscle reflex. Just take a deep breath and relax as you get ready to brush.
2006-06-05 16:07:18 · answer #6 · answered by supermodel_in_ohio 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you might still be in the morning sickness stage. Try sucking on a very sour hard candy before you brush your teeth
2006-06-05 15:18:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Been there, done that. Try panting thru your mouth, sounds ridiculous but it worked for me. My dentist suggested that because I have a really bad gag reflex and it only got worse when I'm preg.
2006-06-06 09:56:12 · answer #8 · answered by funrdhdpeach 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I did. I didn't know how to get over it but I just hurried up and did it instead of doing my usual 3-5 minutes.
2006-06-05 15:21:18 · answer #9 · answered by wishorstish 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is happening to me to.I just don´t think it will stop.Everyday it gets a little better.
2006-06-05 15:30:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋