Why am I gagging so much?

ilenegrace

Finally got over the super nausea from 1st tri and now its like my gag reflux is on over-drive! WTH?

g8trkim

My entire first pregnancy I would severely gag every single time I brushed my teeth. It's been the same way this time too. Not sure what that is about. It's annoying.

hgoodale

Me too. I've been gagging when I brush my teeth. It stinks!

candaceleigh21

I just want to get through brushing my teeth ONE single morning without gagging. Bleh. 

JandKHall

I don't gag when brushing my teeth but I do when I'm in the milk section at a grocery store. For some reason I always think it smells like rotten milk, I run to the cooler and get the hell outta there. Also the meat and seafood section is always a joy!  

kaileyc

I gag every time I take a pill. Doesn't matter how big or small, I will always gag. I even gagged the other day because I had some watermelon with seeds in it! I never had trouble with pills before getting pregnant.

karkissy09

You know when elderly people cough into a kleenex and start gagging? I do that EVERY morning. DH heard it for the first time a few weeks back and thought I was dying.

rnfromtn

I don't neccessarily need something to set me off.  This pregnancy my gag reflex has been worse than last.  It has actually caused me to throw up on a few occasions.  Oh well, the things we go through to bring more joy into our lives.

crushinit

candaceleigh21:

I just want to get through brushing my teeth ONE single morning without gagging. Bleh. 

This. I'm starting to think my back teeth might rot because I can hardly brush them. It is so bad.

gnomemom

Mine is horribly sensitive, too. Brushing my teeth is unpleasant, and (TMI) certain activities with DH are downright impossible now. We found out the hard way.

beh3e

gnomemom:

Mine is horribly sensitive, too. Brushing my teeth is unpleasant, and (TMI) certain activities with DH are downright impossible now. We found out the hard way.

It was the same with us my entire first trimester.  I never had m/s or nausea, but my gag reflex was TERRIBLE.  The weirdest, most random things would send me into gagging fits (and then later, THINKING about the things that set me off would once again make me gag).  It was the worst when I was driving, because I would be so terrified I was going to vomit on myself in the car.  I would recite people's license plate numbers in my head while I hummed to keep my reflex at bay.

It calmed down once I got out of my first trimester, but I've noticed it starting to peak back up again here towards the end of my second.  But it's still not nearly as bad as before. 

Eveanyn

I'm another toothbrush gagger.