Questions about Morining Sickness?

Question

How soon after getting pregnant can you experience morining sickness? (Days?) And how frequent or infrequent do you experience it? How long does it last? Is there an order you experience symptoms? (Throwing up, tender breasts..ect.)?

Answer 1

For me it started about a week after I missed my period. It was on and off all day from about week 3-4 till about weeks 10 then started getting less infrequent. By week 12 it was gone entirely.

HOWEVER, this is just me, everyone is different. Some people never get morning sickness at all, or just have a few off days here and there. Some unfortunate women are sick their entire pregnancies and must take medications or even be hospitalized. Did you mom and/or sisters suffer from any morning sickness? Also, do you tend to get nauseous and dizzy when your blood sugar is low or you skip meals? Are you someone who needs to regularly eat three meals a day or do you often go without meals without any adverse effects? Are you someone who has a sensitive tummy anyway? Are you sensitive to temperatures, textures and smells of foods? If the answer is yes, you may be more likely to get morning sickness.

However, the best treatment I found was sipping lemon wedges in cold water or cold flat 7-up, eating small infrequent meals with protein (eggs, peanut butter, meat, cheese) in them, preggies pops (found at www.threelollies.com) and the ReliefBand
(http://www.drugstore.com/qxp68264_332828_sespider/relief_band/explorer_motion_sickness_device_reusable.htm)

Answer 2

Pregnancy is different for every person. There really isn't a "standard" for everyone. I was sick from about the 5th week until the 15th week - then it shut off like a light switch. I had a girlfriend who was sick (and I mean SICK) right up until delivery. I have another friend who never experienced morning sickness. It really does vary.
I kept soda crackers on the night stand and every morning before I even thought of getting out of bed I ate a couple. I also experienced morning sickness in the evenings. Truly there wasn't anything you could do for it except to wait it out.

Good luck!

Answer 3

Golly all these thing change from person to person and pregnancy to pregnancy. So it is impossible to tell you any real useful info. Personal Experience for me was 1 child had no morning sickness at all not even queasy!!! With second child I had MS for about three months at least 2wice a day. And during that time is when I ahd tender breasts but not too bad.

Answer 4

Some people don't get it. Other's do. Would probably start about week 4. Some people have it in the morning, others all day. If you have symptoms, I would say breasts first, normally a tell tell
sign along with no period. And sickness after that.

Answer 5

my question? is this your frist? i had it once with my daughter and now i have 5 kids now and the bested thing now is not to really worry about it case also that might you sick if you are not do that now. the firsted thing to do if it is not a problem is to get crackers to help you slow down the sickness or bread if you don;t like crackers and always take your vitemens if you are always geting sick sorry can't help you with the tender breasts only run them though warm water shower is the bested thing for that

Answer 6

You will experienced it around 5-6 weeks of pregnancy and you will have them until approximately you are 3 months pregnant, now if you are not lucky like me you might experience them all pregnancy, every body is different and every pregnancy is different. For my first son I didn't get sick ever, for my new son I was sick all pregnancy. good luck!

Answer 7

for me i dont remember the specifics of morning sickness like how soon etc
i do know my breasts were sore a few weeks before i began to have morning sickness
i do believe it was all right in the one month range

Answer 8

certain, you sound like you're pregnant. bypass for your physician. adverse assessments at the on the spot are not consistently correct. I had a adverse in my docs place of work, yet they made me take a blood try which measured my hcg stages and informed me i develop into pregnant.

Answer 9

it sucks I used crackers before I even sat up in bed ever pregnancy is different

Answer 10

"Morning sickness" is really a misnomer. (In fact, the technical medical term is "nausea and vomiting of pregnancy.") For some pregnant women, the symptoms are worst in the morning and ease up over the course of the day, but they can strike at any time and last all day long.

About three quarters of pregnant women experience nausea and sometimes vomiting during their first trimester. The nausea usually starts around six weeks of pregnancy, but it can begin as early as four weeks. It tends to get worse over the next month or so.

About half of the women who get it feel complete relief by about 14 weeks. For most of the rest, it takes another month or so for the queasiness to ease up, though it may return later and come and go throughout pregnancy.

No one knows for sure what causes nausea during pregnancy, but it's probably some combination of the many physical changes taking place in your body. Some possible causes include:
• Rapidly increasing levels of the hormone human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) during early pregnancy. No one knows how hCG contributes to nausea, but the timing is right: Nausea tends to peak around the same time as levels of hCG.

Estrogen, another hormone that rises rapidly in early pregnancy, is also considered a prime suspect, and it's possible that other hormones may play a role as well.

• An enhanced sense of smell and sensitivity to odors. It's not uncommon for a newly pregnant woman to find that she's overwhelmed by the smell of a bologna sandwich from four cubicles away, for example, and that certain aromas instantly trigger her gag reflex. This may be a result of higher levels of estrogen.

• A tricky stomach. Some women's gastrointestinal tracts are simply more sensitive to the changes of early pregnancy.

You may have heard that morning sickness can be caused by a vitamin B deficiency. While taking a vitamin B6 supplement does seem to help ease nausea in many pregnant women, this doesn't mean they have a vitamin deficiency. In fact, at least one study has shown no significant differences in the levels of B6 in women with morning sickness and those without.

No one knows why B6 is helpful. There's also some evidence that taking a multivitamin at the time of conception and in early pregnancy helps prevent severe morning sickness, but again, no one knows why.

Some researchers have proposed that certain women are psychologically predisposed to having nausea and vomiting during pregnancy as an abnormal response to stress. However, there's no good evidence to support this theory. (Of course, if you're constantly nauseated or vomiting a lot, you certainly may begin to feel more stressed!)

If you have a mild case of nausea and vomiting, some relatively simple measures may be enough to help. (If not, there are safe and effective medications you can take.) Not all of the following suggestions are supported by hard evidence, but obstetricians and midwives commonly recommend them, and many women swear by them.
• Try to avoid foods and smells that trigger your nausea. If that seems like almost everything, it's okay to eat the few things that do appeal to you for this part of your pregnancy, even if they don't add up to a balanced diet.

It might also help to stick to bland foods. Try to eat food cold or at room temperature, when it tends to have less of an aroma than when it's hot.

• Keep simple snacks, such as crackers, by your bed. When you first wake up, nibble a few crackers and then rest for 20 to 30 minutes before getting up. Snacking on crackers may also help you feel better if you wake up nauseated in the middle of the night.

• Eat small, frequent meals and snacks throughout the day so that your stomach is never empty. Some women find that carbohydrates are most appealing when they feel nauseated, but one small study found that high-protein foods were more likely to ease symptoms.

• Avoid fatty foods, which take longer to digest. Also steer clear of rich, spicy, acidic, and fried foods, which can irritate your digestive system.

• Try drinking fluids primarily between meals. And don't drink so much at one time that your stomach feels full, as that will make you less hungry for food. A good strategy is to sip fluids frequently throughout the day.

Aim to drink about a quart and a half altogether. If you've been vomiting a lot, try a sports drink that contains glucose, salt, and potassium to replace lost electrolytes.

• Give yourself time to relax and take naps if you can. Watching a movie (preferably not one about food!) or visiting with a friend can help relieve stress and take your mind off your discomfort. Or try hypnosis — while there's no definitive evidence that it helps with morning sickness, it has been shown to be effective in combating nausea during chemotherapy.

• Try taking your prenatal vitamins with food or just before bed. You might also want to ask your healthcare provider whether you can switch to a prenatal vitamin with a low dose of iron or no iron for the first trimester, since this mineral can be hard on your digestive system.

• Try ginger, an alternative remedy thought to settle the stomach and help quell queasiness. See if you can find ginger ale made with real ginger. (Most supermarket ginger ales aren't.) Grate some fresh ginger into hot water to make ginger tea, or see if ginger candies help.

A few studies found that taking powdered ginger root in capsules provided some relief, but be sure to talk to your provider before taking ginger supplements. There's no way to be sure how much of the active ingredient you're getting in these supplements, so some experts think it's best not to use them. (As with many other things that are helpful in small amounts, the effects of megadoses are unknown.)

• Try an acupressure band, a soft cotton wristband that's sold at drugstores. You strap it on so that the plastic button pushes against an acupressure point on the underside of your wrist. This simple and inexpensive device, designed to ward off seasickness, has helped some pregnant women through morning sickness — although research suggests that it may be largely a placebo effect.

• Ask your provider about a device that stimulates the underside of your wrist with a mild electric current. This "acustimulation" device costs about $75 and is available by prescription only. It's safe, and research has shown that this technique works well for some women.