I have morning sickness all day long. Any suggestions to make me feel better?

Answer 1

I am a prfoessional when it comes to this!!!! I have two kids and I was sick every day all day all the way until the actual birth(throwing up during labor). Your doctor can help you. He will probably try reglan first. This medication helps your stomach to empty. This did not work. I was on Zofran. This is a medication that is perscribed to chemo patients. It is a neurological blocker. It runs neurological interference in your brain and stops the nasuea. I still had sickness from time to time. I also found that if I avoided any and all bad foods. It really helped. No fatty,fried,chocolate too much sugar,etc. I only gained 16 lbs with the second one and he was 8lbs 10oz of that!
My heart goes out to you! Try everything. No two people are the same. Feel free to contact me again if you need some more suggestions!
I also ended up being hooked up to tons of IV's because of dehydration. BE SURE YOU GET ENOUGH FLUIDS! Take care!

Answer 2

Oh, the memories........

My first pregnancy was ugly. Morning sickness, all day, all the way through the pregnancy. Carpal tunnel up to my elbows. Ingrown toenails so bad I had to have half of each cut off. And to top it, I found out two weeks before my due date that my daughter was in a frank breach, so I had to have a c-section just days after finding this out.

As far as the morning sickness went though. I actually got used to it. There were some smells that made me so sick that if I smelled it for a second, I was getting sick. Irish Spring soap was one of them. Nothing really eased my nausea, but these are the couple things that I found were mildly helpful. Sucking on hard candy, like unminty lifesavers or those butterscotch suckers. The other thing that helped were smells that I liked. I carried a little baggy of a good smelling herb that I would stick my face into when I could smell a bad smell. And lastly, the white of italian bread. Not the crust, just the white. Yeah, it's weird, but it helped.

Good luck. Amazingly, I had another baby 3 years later. I had no morning sickness or anything with #2. It was a breeze of a pregnancy and I gained half as much weight. I guess you never know!

Answer 3

There's lots of things you can try, and ways to help. I have suffered 'all day sickness' all through my pregnancy, so I know! Firstly, like the first answer says, ginger is supposed to help. You can nibble biscuits, or drink ginger tea, or taken ginger in tablet form. Personally, I don't like ginger, so steered clear of that one! You could try peppermint tea - it's quite refreshing and I found it helped me. Try eating little and often - if you don't let your stomach go empty, you will probably feel a lot better for it. Try to eat something before you get out of bed in the morning. If you don't have someone available at that time to get you some tea and toast - just keep a packet of plain biscuits and a glass of water by your bed. Cut down caffiene. A lot. There is research that found higher rates of miscarriage in women that drank more than 2 cups of tea or coffee a day, but in addition to that, it really won't help your sickness. Keep your food plain - nothing greasy, spicy, acidic or particularly sweet. I often take a very small packet of digestive biscuits out with me - when I feel the nausea come on, it helps a lot. Avoid carbonated drinks - apart from the fact that most contain caffiene, they will also make you feel more sick. Keep a food diary - that way you will be able to find out what foods set you off and therefore what foods to avoid. Personally, I can't eat anything with onions, which is annoying cos I love onions! Best of luck, I hope this helps! Remember, for most people the sickness goes after the first trimester!

Answer 4

This might help:
Always keep a little something in your stomach. Hunger seems to heighten the nausea, and then eating to appease the hunger exaggerates it. This means eating a small amount about every two hours.
Limit intake of sweet foods, which may enhance nausea.
Include foods that have a concentrated caloric and nutrient density in order to maximize intake in a small volume.
Avoid fatty or greasy foods. They take longer to digest
Drink beverages separate from eating foods.
Keep dry, complex carbohydrates around to nibble on, especially before getting up in the morning.
Some women find that low sugar, carbonated beverages help. Try soda water mixed with a little juice.
Drink slowly, a few sips at a time.
Drink ginger ale or ginger tea, or nibble on ginger snaps. Researchers who have studied ginger have found it to work as well, or better than, some pharmaceuticals in fighting motion sickness and morning sickness.
Be sure to drink in order to avoid dehydration.
Keep in touch with your doctor in order to avoid any complications that may arise as a result of the vomiting or lack of eating.
Try wearing an acupressure wrist band - the type worn by boaters to avoid seasickness.
Ask your doctor about a vitamin B6 supplement. This has been found effective in women with severe morning sickness.
Find which foods you can tolerate, the times at which you can best eat, and then go with that. For now try not worry that you are living on plain rice and dry cornflakes.

Answer 5

Tips to relieve morning sickness
The tips below may help reduce morning sickness.

Eat small meals throughout the day so that you're never too full or too hungry.

Avoid rich, fatty foods.

Avoid foods with smells that bother you.

Eat more carbohydrates (plain baked potato, white rice, dry toast).

Eat saltine crackers and other bland foods when you feel nauseous.

Try gelatin desserts (Jell-O), flavored frozen desserts (popsicles), chicken broths, ginger ale (nondiet), sugared decaffeinated or herbal teas, and pretzels.

The iron in prenatal vitamins can bother some women. If you think your morning sickness is related to your vitamins, talk with your doctor and he or she may change your vitamins.

Wearing "acupressure" wrist bands, which are sometimes used by passengers on boats to prevent sea sickness, may help some women who have morning sickness. You can buy the bands at boating stores or travel agencies.

If these tips don't give you relief from morning sickness, your doctor may have other ideas

Answer 6

Keep some crackers and a bottle of water on your night stand, eat a few crackers before you get out of bed.
Eat light snacks throughout the day, avoiding greasy, spicy or very heavy foods until you know what triggers your morning sickness.
Be sure that no snack or meal is more than 2 hours after the last.
If there is an apothecary in your area, see if they have any tea for this, it worked wonders for me.
Also be sure to stay hydrated no matter what!
Good luck and hang in there, it gets better!

Answer 7

Start taking your prenatal vitamin at night before you go to sleep instead of in the morning. Leave crackers beside your bed and eat three or four before getting out of the bed. Sip ginger ale. Try vitamin b12 supplements. Eat small frequent meals and stay away from anything really greasy. They sell lolli pops called preggo pops at babies r us that help with nausea. They help some but are a little expensive. Hopefully your morning sickness will fade. Mine did at 12 weeks. Good luck!

Answer 8

First of all, you should be talking to your doctor about the morning sickness. There may be something that sets you off in the morning. Using toothpaste did it for me. Keep plenty of juice and crackers on hand. You don't want to become dehydrated from vomiting. If this is a constant non-stop situation, please talk to your doctor for tips on controling it. Just know that it won't last forever!

Answer 9

For me, during weeks 9-14 i was so nauseated! I tried eating saltine crackers first thing in the moring in bed, about 5 of them. Then got up slowly and showered. It worked for me. Just rest as much as possible, and eat small meals. Don't skip meals! There is relief!! It comes in the second trimester when the baby starts to makes it own hormones!

Answer 10

Candied ginger. You'll find it in the spice isle at the supermarket. The pieces are tiny enough that it is not an assault on your sense of taste and it will settle your stomach in record time.

Crackers with jelly also help a lot. The pectin in the jelly also has a soothing effect on the stomach.