I'm still miserable every day :(

parker163

Hi everyone...I haven't been on in awhile....I have been so sick for the past few weeks that besides checking facebook for a few min every day, I don't even feel like going on the internet. I have zofran, but it doesn't seem to work...I can manage to get myself to work during the week, but I vomit before I go and sometimes I have to speed home in order to make it to the bathroom in time.

We recently told all of our family and friends and they are so excited, ibut t's so hard for me to hide that although I am excited too, I am feeling so sick and exhausted that I doesn't even talk to anyone when they call to check on me.

On the weekends, I move from the bed to the couch and don't do much of anything else for the rest of the day...yesterday I didn't even take a shower or change my clothes....I am so tired and nauseus I just want to sleep so I don't feel it. I can't even walk up the stairs without having to lie down for a few minutes. My house is a mess.

MH seems supportive, but I can tell it's getting to him and he can't understand how I can work during the week and then just fall apart on the weekends...I try to expain that because it takes everything I have to go to work that on the weekends, I just need to refresh.

I'm just so worried it won't go away and I'll be stuck like this for the next 6 months!! How are all of you who are still sick all the time coping?? I'm about ready to break....

MrsHteaching4life

This is me exactly.  I made a post earlier today.  I also cry every single day about how miserable I feel.  I am so mean to DH and he doesn't know what to do with me anymore.  It doesn't help that my skin hurts physically as well as to look at.  I was so excited to get pregnant and cannot get over the fact that this is FAR from what I thought it would be.  I cannot eat because I wanna throw up, but if I don't eat I will throw up.  I feel for you and wish I had something to tell you, but I am struggling with you everyday.  There are many days (almost everyday) where I am crying before work because I don't know how I will get through the day.

IdigDirt

Just wanted to say sorry you feel so crappy. I really hope it goes away in the second trimester. 

Turtle143

parker163:

Hi everyone...I haven't been on in awhile....I have been so sick for the past few weeks that besides checking facebook for a few min every day, I don't even feel like going on the internet. I have zofran, but it doesn't seem to work...I can manage to get myself to work during the week, but I vomit before I go and sometimes I have to speed home in order to make it to the bathroom in time.

We recently told all of our family and friends and they are so excited, ibut t's so hard for me to hide that although I am excited too, I am feeling so sick and exhausted that I doesn't even talk to anyone when they call to check on me.

On the weekends, I move from the bed to the couch and don't do much of anything else for the rest of the day...yesterday I didn't even take a shower or change my clothes....I am so tired and nauseus I just want to sleep so I don't feel it. I can't even walk up the stairs without having to lie down for a few minutes. My house is a mess.

MH seems supportive, but I can tell it's getting to him and he can't understand how I can work during the week and then just fall apart on the weekends...I try to expain that because it takes everything I have to go to work that on the weekends, I just need to refresh.

I'm just so worried it won't go away and I'll be stuck like this for the next 6 months!! How are all of you who are still sick all the time coping?? I'm about ready to break....

Wow. I could have written this myself.
Zofran also does not work for me. And I also haven't been picking up the phone because I don't want to talk to anyone anymore.

Except that my DH has been really empathetic. He has experienced what it is like to have the sickness (from a cruise last year) and spent an hour hugging the toilet puking. For my birthday last Saturday, he let me veg out in front of the TV with the laptop on my lap. We had canceled all plans and reservations even though he took that weekend off from work for "the plan." But the best part, not having to go anywhere felt like he gave me the best birthday present ever. LOL he went out by himself to get me ice cream and we ate tater tots all day because that's all I had the appetite for.

I also feel bad that the house is a mess. Saltine crackers lying around everywhere. I even eat crackers in bed now. Ugh. By the way, have you tried dry crackers? It was working for a couple of weeks for me. Now though, the taste of it is starting to make me sick too.

Hang in there and I hope we all feel better. Hugs.

MrsEmilyS

I am so sorry you all are dealing with the sickness still.  Have you considered Zofran or something to help?  I hope it passes very soon! ((hugs))

Turtle143

MrsEmilyS:

I am so sorry you all are dealing with the sickness still.  Have you considered Zofran or something to help?  I hope it passes very soon! ((hugs))

We both said we're already on Zofran and that it doesn't help. 

sunflowr0803

I just wanted to come say hey & I'm sorry you're dealing with all this sickness. I hope you feel better soon. (hugs)

Smooth2221

I'm still nauseous, but on top of that I have horrendeous heartburn.  Everytime I feel it coming on, I cry because it hurts so badly.  The other night the heartburn was actually causing me to vomit.  I am already 13 and 1/2 weeks and still am feeling this... Although the heartburn most likely won't go away, I am hoping the nausea does!

I was watching A Baby Story the other day and a woman on there said she was sick for a long time.  Her mother told her when she can feel life, it will go away and it did.  She was 22 weeks.   Thinking of having this for 9 more weeks is killing me, but it is better than the full 40!

uh ohhhhh, here comes the heartburn... cry 

11kacey

I am so sorry for all of you. I have nausea almost every day and when I don't I am afraid I am having a miscarriage. When it comes back I am miserable. I found that small meals DO NOT HELP and I eat whatever sounds good to me which means my diet has been crap... but at least I am eating and my weight is steady.

I wish I had a solution, but I don't. Hugs to you and I hope this feeling goes away soon!

luckyluvr

This may be stretching it a bit, but what prenatals are you on? This is my third pregnancy, and I've never had m/s before this one. I felt like you described for 3 weeks before I went to the dr. again and mentioned it. She asked about the vitamins. I'd been taking the prescribed ones with omega. She told me to stop with those and just take the Target ones. I felt better instantly the next day. I hope you find something soon.

parker163

Thanks everyone for your kind words and support....I'm sure it will pass, and in a few weeks we will all be posting about how amazing we feel!! I am going to read some of your replies to MH and hopefully seeing that others are going through the same things will make him feel better.

I haven't tried saltines, but the first advice my mom gave me was to keep some by my bed and before I get out of bed, to eat a few with some ginger ale. I guess I will try that.

I just want to be able to wash some clothes and clean the bathroom. I've even started throwing up in the upstairs bathroom cause it is clean and the downstairs one is pretty gross. MH finally cleaned it for me, I just couldn't.

I hope you all feel better soon too!!!

MrsHteaching4life

I will THIRD that Zofran hasn't done squat for me.

JuneBug0611

OP, I could have written your post too!  I have been so sick since 5 weeks and am just exhausted from the nonstop nausea and vomiting.  I too am on Zofran and feel like it's not helping much anymore -- I'm still throwing up daily on it.  And recently heartburn has started on top of it.  I also barely keep it together at work and then vomit as soon as I get home and am useless all weekend.  I cry at the end of every day, so tired of it all.  And DH has been a sweetie, but I can tell he's tired of me being so miserable, and he has his own stresses to worry about without having to deal with my inability to eat (let alone cook or do housework).  Which just makes me feel worse.

I don't know how many more weeks I can take this!  Everyone says it should get better "any day."  Several friends said it got better for them at 14 weeks, so maybe it's just 1.5 more weeks.  I suppose I can get through that.

For the person who asked about the prenatals, the last week I've been too sick to even take them, so I've started just taking folic acid.  I'll return to the PNVs when the nausea gets better.  I haven't taken the DHA supplement in weeks.  Again, once I can eat and have confidence that I can hold everything down again, I'll get back on everything.  

I'm sorry to hear you're also so miserable, but I guess in a way it's also nice to know I'm not alone.  Hang in there, and here's hoping everyone is right that it will get better soon! 

mommysaurusrex

OMG- I TOTALLY know what you're going through.

The only thing I can add is that Phergan suppositories have helped somewhat.  Those AND Zofran help me at least keep food in.

I know it is so hard.  I feel like a shut in.  I have to sit up in our room with the windows open for fresh air, laying on the bed.

I don't even know what else to say...

DaisyJanie

So sorry you feel so badly. Just wanted to say that even though I'm not feeling nearly as much m/s as you, I do feel much worse on the weekends. Work keeps me busy and when I'm busy I can keep going. But then of course it makes me much more tired later. . MH seems okay with my resting often, but I'm sure it's confusing him why I could go out xmas shopping all day with him, but now he's doing all the wrapping and I'm on the couch watching football.

kellyh5780

Adding my own "I feel ya" post to the list.  I've been absolutely horrible, and I have the same guilt about looking around the messy house.  Insane nausea, check.  Heartburn that makes you never want to eat again, check.  I was on a great diet of ramen, white rice, veggie chips, and saltine crackers for most of the last handful of weeks; now I've branched out to apple slices and avocado.

The last few days I seem to be getting better small steps at a time.  I tried to do some dishes and help put up the tree yesterday, and got so exhausted each time that I was back in bed for hours.  Today I don't seem to be that bad.  Plus multiple-times-per-day vomiting has yielded to daily vomiting... and today I managed to keep everything down (not that I didn't run to the bathroom a handful of times with the urge!)

 I hope that means that I can be posting a hint of a light at the end of the tunnel for us!

Another thing that has helped me:  I definitely have the saltines all over the house, and I have also started getting sick of them (or they haven't been effective at times).  I also have been craving veggie strips/chips (like potato chips sortof... baked strips or chips made from various powdered veggies).  They're fairly salty, and I'm sure they're not great for me (better than potato chips probably), but they seem to also help with my nausea.  I also have the B-natal lollipops, and those help some too.

sarita28

I didn't have any nausea at all until I arrived in Honduras. I have now had "all day" sickness since the 14th when I arrived. I found out pretty quickly that ginger ground into a tea really helps. My MIL has been making it for me every day. I didn't have any yesterday or today because the stores are closed and I'm leaving tomorrow. I've been pretty miserable. I even dry heave taking pills and brushing my teeth. I'm not taking a PNV (I forgot to pack mine-I didn't know I was pregnant when I left the US) so I know it's not that.

Try ginger. It has to be real ginger, though. Otherwise, the advice my doc emailed to me is to stay hydrated with water, juice, and milk; and eat whatever sounds good, whenever it sounds good.