So tired of nausea/vomiting (venting)

imme1990

I am 12 weeks 4 days pregnant and beyond fed up with the nausea/vomiting! I have been sick with all day sickness since 6 weeks. I've lost 20 pounds so far. My doctor prescribed Zofran which doesn't work and Phenergan which only makes me sleepy. I am always weak and get shakey at times which is scary. I don't know what else to do, my doctor doesn't have anything else to give me. I've tried ginger tea and snacking which also doesn't help (I've thrown up crackers more than once.) I had vomiting until 7 months with my 2yo daughter but it was no where near this bad. I lost 35 during my ENTIRE pregnancy with her. The only thing that gives me occasional relief is unisom+b6. Any other home remedies that I'm missing? Please help me. Thanks ladies.

greenbean-2

We normally frown on one-off posts here since we have threads dedicated to things like symptoms (you may get more responses there) but you sound so miserable I wanted to respond. Have you been diagnosed with hyperemesis? I’m not a doctor but based on the weight loss, that’s what this sounds like to me. A friend of mine had it and she was in hell until she found a doctor that specialized in hyperemesis. They put her on a pump that gave her a constant stream of zofran (she may have had other drugs too). She could at least keep food down that way, but was still pretty miserable until she gave birth. I’m honestly not sure how much home remedies will help with this severity of sickness but here are some other things to try:
- seabands
- drinking juice/Gatorade instead of water or mixed with water (you need the calories, and maybe the liquids will stay down)
- sour candies or preggy pops 
- smelling a lemon (or even sucking on a lemon slice)
- sometimes if I’m really nauseous it’s bscause my stomach is empty, and eating some saltines helps
- eating anything that sounds even remotely ok.  Maybe you’ll throw it up, maybe not, but at least you have a chance of absorbing some calories. 
- an antacid may help. Tums is safe, ask your doctor about other things like Zantac (I take it but I don’t want to recommend a drug without you talking to your dr). 

I’m sorry you’re so sick!

imme1990

So sorry I'm not exactly use to the posting rules yet. Thank you so much for your help. I'm just tired of being miserable. I don't think that my doctor's care enough because I'm overweight. Losing weight to them is great. Could you tell me how to delete this post? I'm such a newb lol. 

greenbean-2

I’m sorry your doctors aren’t more supportive. Maybe time to consider a new doctor if you think they’re just brushing off concerns because of your weight?

I don’t think you can delete posts but don’t worry about it - this will eventually just fall to the bottom. Introduce yourself in the intro thread if you haven’t yet (I can’t keep track), read the Read Me thread, and feel free to just jump in on the other threads. 

navyblueladybug

*Lurking* 

I’m an antepartum nurse and there are a bunch more drugs that your OB could give you that we give on our unit a lot. The meds we give our HG patients are:

Zofran
Phenergan (oral or suppository)
Reglan
Compazine
Tigan
Scopalamine patch 
Unisom/B6
Benadryl 
Tums
Pepcid

I’m sorry your OB isn’t giving you more options because there are definitely other meds you could be taking. 

trilliummom

Oh my gosh, I am so sorry, you must be so tired and uncomfortable. I have had constant morning sickness but not near the amount of vomiting it sounds like you have had. I agree with navyblueladybug - you need to go back to your doctor and ask for some different options. I have been using about half the things mentioned here, sucking lemon slices, ginger gum, ginger ale and I turn Dramamine once but my doctor said to avoid it. Good luck to you and keep us posted. This is my first and it would be so much harder while also caring for a 2yr old. Hang in there imme1990. xoxoxo