My wife is 11wks pregnant and is sick all the time,and is not able to eat much and cant seem to keep food down

Question

She is ok in the morning sometimes, its usually the afternoon,evening when she is sick. Shs is drinking fluids but is just not able to eat much and cant keep the food down. Can any ladies out there recommend someting thats helped them in the past?

Answer 1

when i had morning sickness the only thing i could eat was ginger biscuits hope this helps it will pass!

she mite get heart burn later the best thing i found was drinking cheap coke

Answer 2

I am at 5 1/2 months and was sick for the first 4! I was usually only sick in the evenings as well. I lost some weight, but the doc wasn't too upset about it. The best thing for your wife to do is get plenty of rest, eat crackers before getting out of bed, drink ginger ale(or tea with ginger), and don't try to overeat at any meals...this will only make matters worse. Don't eat any spicy foods...keep it mild! Be sure that she is getting plenty of fluids. The sickness will pass soon even though it seems endless now. Congrats on the pregnancy! Your wife will be fine!

Answer 3

I suffered with a condition called hyperemesis through both my pregnancies. It is a horrible condition, a more severe form of morning sickness, and makes you feel dreadful.
If she is keeping fluids down that is the main thing. If she starts vomiting so severely that she starts getting dehydrated then make sure she sees a doctor. However, some doctors are more sympathetic than others.
There are a few safe drugs that can be taken in pregnancy if necessary and they do help a bit.
Stress is a big factor. If she is feeling really bad make sure she has plenty of help with housework and keep strong smells to a minimum. My sense or smell was hyperacute and made the nausea far worse.
Encourage her to eat if she can, but don't force it. The things I could tolerate changed, sometimes from minute to minute, much to my husband's frustration.
I didn't find the traditional ginger to be of any help at all. I managed to get through both pregnancies sucking mints with glucose in them. I also found lying down for long periods of time made the nausea worse, but it was hard to keep moving when you feel so sick.
In most women the vomiting improves after about 14-16 weeks of pregnancy, so hopefully she will be one of them.
I'm sure having a sympathetic and supportive husband is one of the most important factors in getting through this.
I now have two healthy kids, despite all the sickness. Both were a completely normal birth weight and develoment.

Answer 4

Sounds like you're having a baby girl! Okay, I'm not psychic, but a lot of women I know have experienced a very rough pregnancy when having a girl. Anyway, yes this sort of thing is normal. It sucks. I have a close friend who is seven months along and she still has trouble eating. Are you taking the pre-natal vitamin? Sometimes these alone can make you sick. Get on the phone with your obgyn to see what your options are. It may be an early pregnancy issue that clears up (let's hope). In the meantime, be sure that you're drinking a lot of water to stay hydrated. When you are hungry, eat foods that aren't acidic so that you have less chance of throwing up and heartburn (also, acidic foods hurt pretty bad when they come back up). I'm sending you warm wishes and best of luck.

Answer 5

I am 16 weeks pregnant and still sick almost every day. I have found that the best thing for me is to eat little and often and to eat what I want to. I always have healthy snacks nearby for when my stomach feels strong enough.

If she can't keep the food down then she should speak to the Doctor or Midwife, I lost a lot of weight at the beginning and am being closely monitored, you wife may need the same type of monitoring. Only a Doctor will be able to tell if your wife is keeping enough food down.

Answer 6

There is medication from your doctor that you can be given to help the sickness. I'm not sure how effective it is or if there are any side effects, and it is not very publicised, so i presume its not cheap.

I get extremely poorly when i am pregnant. Your wife sounds just like me. All i could manage was water and rice with soy sauce for the first 14 weeks of my last pregnancy. And lots of sleep.

Hopefully you will start to see a change from 14 weeks as the hormones decrease and your wife will start to feel a bit more human again. I am now 16 weeks pregnant and have only recently felt well enough to start leaving the house again.

You could get your wife some oranges to suck on. They are quite refreshing when you can't manage anything else. Apart from that, i'm afraid its grin and bear it for a little while longer. I promise, it does get better.

Answer 7

that's very normal.
i started the morning sickness from about 8-9 weeks until 4 and half months. during those time, i couldn't enjoy any food, i ate then i threw up.and i could only eat certain food. Fruits seemed find to me, and carbs, i ate so much carbs during my pregnancy, it settled my stomach down, but put me on a lot weight!
what your wife is going through is absolutely normal, don't worry. i had only 2 good hours each morning in those first 4 months, the rest of time i was sick and dizzy! then i was fine again from about 4 months and a half, till the later pregnancy, i got so tired again (no more sickness, yet tired due to the big bump).

In my pregnancy, i seemed to eat things that I didn't normally eat before (like takeaway and carbs), fruits are good options.

Answer 8

Honey,
I hope i can help you and your wife today.
We have four kids, twin boys, a daughter and a son.
that doesn't mean what i say will work for her, but please try these.
Most importantly, ask you doctor. he/she knows best, and like what they may say, it may not work for everyone.

First, she shouldn't have long periods without eating, that will surely cause her stomach to be upset.
She can try vitamin B6, if she's not already taking a prenatal vitamin. She should be taking a prenatal vitamin. Also, sometimes certain prenatal vitamins make preggies, have nausea.
Try few crackers in the morining before rising,
Try ice water, sipping it slowly./may be harder to do if you are in the states, where its cold. and increase intake of water period, to prevent dehydration, again may be harder in winter.
Try flat sprite.
Avoid smells that make you have nausea, and this could even be the great smelling shampoo, or soap you/she uses, or any food smell.
Smaller frequent meals,

Relaxing deep breaths,
and try to give her some extra TLC. I swear this over all else will work, like a full body massage.

good luck

contact me to let me in on the success, if you guys want.

honeychild.

Answer 9

Congrats!
Lemon helped me sprinkled with some salt. (salt can be bad) saltine crackers helped (some)....but if your wife isn't keeping anything down at all. My doctor pulled out the zofran on me and it helps tremendously!

ginger helps also

Other than that...there isn't much you can do about this. It's just one of the things that's part of pregnancy. However, the most important thing is to drink plenty of water to avoid being dehydrated AND MOSTLY to make sure she's getting ENOUGH of folic acid to avoid birth defects.
Each pregnancy is so different. The last child i experienced this until my 6 months. Which meant I had to take zofran until the sickness went away.

Also...there's some natural teas that would help with the sickness and provide folic acid at the same time. I believe it's mother's nature. I apologize I don't remember the name. I can get back to you with that if you like.

Good luck

Answer 10

Hopefully should settle down soon the first three months are normally the worse.

Try "dry" food like toast or biscuits.

Its worth mentioning it next time she goes for her check up, the midwife/health visitor/nurse shall check that the baby is growing ok just to make sure baby is getting enough food, otherwise your wife may have to be put onto a drip just to make sure both of them are getting the right nutrients, etc.

May i wish you both early congratulations, and you are a very loving and caring husband for asking this question, and i can understand your worries.

Answer 11

I'm not as far on as your wife, but I am having a simular problem ... I've read in books it's best to eat little and often, but I haven't been able to do this ....

I just wait until the sickness has gone before I start eating, in the meantime I take sips of a drink but that's it - safe to say I haven't eaten much since I started feeling this way ...

I just hope it goes soon, I want to be able to eat better for my babies sake ....