What did you do for morning sickness?

missamy713 · December 2008

My husband has a co-worker who's wife is pregnant. She's been to the ER twice for dehydration b/c she's throwing up so much. I feel awful for her. If you had terrible morning sickness, did anything help you get through it? I have no advice for her b/c I had an easy pregnancy (I certainly didn't tell them that--who wants to hear that when you're puking your life away?). Thanks for any advice I can pass on!

jamienichole · December 2008

My friend had horrible morning sickness throughout her entire pregnancy and she was vomiting nonstop to the point that she had to be put on medication for it. It really helped her.....but it's really expensive. Maybe her Dr can prescribe something like that?

MrsJuneHawk · December 2008

If it's so bad how come her OB hasn't prescribed anything? My morning sickness was pretty bad and my OB perscribed phenergan suppositories. They made me sleepy but definitely helped with the morning sickness.

daniellems2003 · December 2008

Not too much you actually CAN do, but I ate saltines, drank ginger ale, and gummy bears seemed to ease it a bit for whatever reason.

I had morning sickness until 25 weeks, PURE absolute and total hell. But I'd get pregnant to have another baby in a second, so it can't be too bad! But really......it was bad by week 20. I couldn't take another day of pulling over on the way to work to puke in the same spot!

Tell her to hang in there, and those sea sick seabands DO NOT work!! So tell her not to buy them and waste her money.

votive-vixen · December 2008

I had zofran prescribed to me. I also ended up in the ER. The prescription helped a lot, but is SUPER expensive if you don't have good insurance.

Coleslawcat · December 2008

If she's been to the ER twice her doctor needs to take a more active role in her treatment. I had hyperemesis and had to be hospitalized for awhile and then on home health care with an IV for fluids and a Zofran pump at home. If she's sick to the point of needing fluids she needs to medical intervention like antiemetic drugs at the very least. If you have it badly enough, no amount of eating crackers, sipping ginger ale or wearng sea bands will help.

Coleslawcat · December 2008

You can visit this site and possibly direct her to it for help and support. It really helped me through my pregnancy.

helpher.org

mland75 · December 2008

I had to go to the ER twice for dehydration as well. First doctor prescribed Zofran (with insurance, only about $10; without, about $110). Second doctor had me up the dosage and it worked wonders.

JoshnEllen · December 2008

Vitamin b6 helped me, but my all-day sickness was not bad enough to require hospital visits.

missamy713 · December 2008

Oh... I guess I should include that the OB won't see her until she's 10 or 11 weeks along. She has an appointment in two weeks, I think. She's called them about the nausea, but they can't get her in, or something. I really don't know. I'm just trying to be helpful with some advice.

missamy713 · December 2008

Coleslawcat:
If she's been to the ER twice her doctor needs to take a more active role in her treatment. I had hyperemesis and had to be hospitalized for awhile and then on home health care with an IV for fluids and a Zofran pump at home. If she's sick to the point of needing fluids she needs to medical intervention like antiemetic drugs at the very least. If you have it badly enough, no amount of eating crackers, sipping ginger ale or wearng sea bands will help.

This is what I thought. I think she needs to find a better OB office b/c they don't seem to be very helpful. People are scared to switch dr's after they're pregnant though. I'll pass along this advice. Thanks!

Coleslawcat · December 2008

She definitely needs a new OB. It simply isn't acceptable to not be seen in her case. By the time I was 10 weeks along I had already seen my doctor 5 times, been in the hospital for a week and lost 12 pounds.

carolinag · December 2008

Zofran. I also think she needs a new OB. It doesn't matter if she's far enough along for a normal appt. If she is that sick she needs to be treated. Also OBs should always have room for emergency cases. Imagine if she has other complications later on in pg that need to be seen ?and the can't fit her in. Sounds like bad news to me.

goodhartedmommy · December 2008

I had hyperemesis for the entire pregnancy with my first and my third. With my first, I was stuck with only phenergan. With my third, I had the miraculous zofran pump. It literally saved my life. I spent over a week in the hospital on IVs. It really was so wonderful. It works like an insulin pump kinda.

goodhartedmommy · December 2008

Wow. She needs to find a new doctor NOW. It is not something to take lightly. She needs to call around and find a doctor who has experience with hyperemesis. Unfortunately, there are doctors who think it's all just a bit of queasiness, and that's just not the case. It literally can KILL you if you don't get help. Anyone who had success with ginger ale and crackers does not know how bad it can really get. I was almost suicidal at my worst. Definitely not something to play around with, she needs help. It can get to the point where it really messes with your head.

On the pump, I never really felt totally better, but it made life liveable again.

mommyof4boys · December 2008

Time to find a new doctor. I had hyperamisis and the only thing that helped me was a zofran pump and iv therapy on top of PO meds. I lost 20 lbs with my 2nd pregnancy and 30 with my 3rd pregnancy. My OB saw me at 7 weeks when I was in the hospital with my twins and brought me in at 7 weeks for an appoitment with my 3rd pregnancy. They also called in a script for zofran when I called and said I was queezy.

They wanted to give me a PICC line and a feeding tube with my youngest son at 14 weeks after I had been in the hospital about 4-5 times and still was losing weight.

I'm 15 months pp with my youngest and I agree with goodheartedmommy with it messing with your head. I still randomly puke and can't deal with smells or tastes or textures. I brush my teeth and gag or puke every morning as a result. I'm going come January to someone my therapist refered me to for help with this. I was diagnosed with PPD/PTSD as a result of my pregnancy and everything thereafter.

MrsCruisen · December 2008

zofran!!!!! i had HG and it seriously was the only thing that helped - theres a generic version of it as well, that worked fine for me

cwhip77 · December 2008

The only thing that helped me was Zofran. I had m/s all through my pregnancy too, it was a life saver.

MrsB*s · December 2008

What she really needs is a new OB, stat. ?I don't think I had hyperemesis, but I had m/s worse than average, and was petite to begin with, so the effects hit me quickly. ?My doctor had me on Zofran very quickly and it made a huge difference. ? ?

Any OB who doesn't see a PG woman day-of for any potential issue, or worse yet, hasn't seen her personally either of the two times she's been in the hospital, requires her to switch immediately. ?Since she hasn't even started with them yet for the pregnancy, it's actually a great time to switch.?

lizzyjean24 · December 2008

A couple of things....

1. I got a prescription (but when that was over.....)

2. sea bands (get them at CVS & never take them off! they are wristbands)

3. Peppermint tea...lots of it!

4. eat saltines and pretzels

I couldnt eat or drink either...nightmare. But seriously tell her to try those sea bands...and also after m/s passes and she starts gagging at the smell of everything, suck on lifesavors....they saved my life!

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