How can I resolve this sickness!?!?

Question

Alright, i'm pregnant and i've been sick pretty much all day, every day, since last week. I've been trying to eat saltine crackers, pretzels, and kept drinking 7up. Nothing seems to keep the sickness away... any good ideas? I do plan on going to the doctor sometime soon to get those pills that resolve 'morning sickness'... However i can't seem to keep anything in my stomach, and i have trouble eating!

Answer 1

I know how you feel - I get really sick with all my pregnancies and it lasts all day.

I take phenergen and it helps "a little." Basically it means I stop throwing up, but it doesn't totally eliminate nausea.

The only thing I can advise is to find stuff you can eat and keep eating - don't ever let yourself get really hungry. Also, find a food you can tolerate and keep it by your bedside so you can nibble on it when you first wake up.

I know it's hard to take advice about eating this or that when eating is the last thing you want to do! But basically you have two options: force yourself to eat and feel a little better or starve and get even sicker and have dry heaves.

Here are some things I found I could "tolerate"

1. Carnation Instant Breakfast (chilled), Ensure or milkshakes
2. Grits or oatmeal (some kind of bland cereal - sweet or salty whatever you can handle)
2. Cold canned peaches and pears - the syrup settled my stomach

Keep experimenting with foods and you will eventually find some stand-bys to get you through these difficult weeks.

Also, one last thing you can try - take 1/2 a Unisom tablet and a B-Complex tablet before bedtime each night (the B-Complex should have at least 50 mg of B6). Do this religiously (don't stop if you don't see a difference in just 1 or 2 days) and I guarantee it will lessen your morning sickness overall. After about 5-7 days of doing this I noticed definite improvement. Wish I had known about this remedy with my other babies!

Answer 2

You have to tackle it first thing in the morning. Place saltine crackers by your bed and a bottle of ginger ale. Take the first 15 minutes . . . yes 15 minutes to eat two crackers and two sips of ginger ale. Don't step foot out of bed until you have done this. Just relax and don't think about morning sickness. Often times we think too much about it that we actually make ourselves sick! Be sure to eat lightly and eat very bland foods. Don't let your stomach get empty at all. Eat something small and light every hour.

Hope this helps! Congrats!!

Answer 3

If you are starving, then that is not good. Eat small meals (nibble all day) rather than 3 large ones. If it is really bad, ask your doctor for a combination of doxylamine and Vitamin B6. That is a gentler medication than Zofran, although Zofran is more powerful.

One side effect is that you could get sleepy. It's a challenge dealing with the symptoms of pregnancy, but of course, it's well worth it when your baby is in your arms months from now! Congrats and good luck.

Answer 4

Morning sickness for me was my reminder that I was pregnant and everything was okay since I couldn't feel the baby move yet.

I did chew gum (cinnamon or spearmint) and sipped cola. Both of those helped. For some reason the caffiene helped my nausea. Just don't drink too much caffiene.

Answer 5

Try ginger lollipops--sold at maternity stores, very cold water, and a light soup broth. Try to stay hydrated. I hope you feel better soon.

Answer 6

♥go to the doctor if you are felling sick but when you do he might say that you just have the simtoms for your pregnancy so dont get mad if he or she says they are just simtoms they will go away once you see wat you brought in to the world!!♥

Answer 7

wat i wrote from my other user izzybuggy2 im kidding that was my cuz!!!!