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S/O: Fear of Vomiting/Puking/Throwing Up/Blowing Chunks, etc.
I have always been *terrified* of puking and I didn't know it was such a common fear.
How many of you are also incredibly scared of throwing up? If you're pregnant, have you thrown up since your BFP?
If you've never had a BFP, are you scared that you will throw up once you do get it?
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Re: S/O: Fear of Vomiting/Puking/Throwing Up/Blowing Chunks, etc.
::raises both hands::
I am terrified of vomiting. I posted this in the other thread, but I'll C&P here.
My m/s wasn't too bad. I've had bad nausea (and lately have been dry heaving in the mornings), but haven't puked (thank goodness, keeping my fingers crossed). I have a whole kit of stuff that I go through whenever I start to feel queasy, like mints, Sea Bands, Lemonheads, etc.
This was actually one of the things I thought about all the time when we were TTC. But I didn't let it stop me, and thank goodness I have been able to control it. But it was definitely always at the back of my mind.
It's a weird phobia to have. It's a little hard for people that don't have it to understand the things we go through to deal with it.ME! I'm def scared of throwing up.
But, I'll take MS every single day if it means getting my BFP this cycle...
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:::::Stands::::: Hi everyone, my name is AmericanTribal - also known as AT for short - and I am terrified of throwing up.
I've thrown up 4 or 5 times TOPS in my life and each time it was absolutely terrifying :::::knocks on wood:::::.
Whenever I see someone throw up (even an animal) I have to look away immediately or I will faint.
My main concern is that I will be one big barf fest during my pregnancy but I haven't let it stop me from trying.
I'm not afraid of throwing up, fortunately. I used to throw up pretty much every time I had a hangover!
But I am seriously phobic of IVs and having my blood drawn. I haven't had it done in ten years--I avoid it compulsively. They tried to get a blood sample at my first prenatal visit (early, only 4 weeks) and I had a full blown panic attack and nearly fainted. So I'm pretty terrified for the 8 week visit that requires a full blood workup.
We've all got our crazy phobias to bear
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My fear of vomiting, while I HATE to do it myself, really comes from other people. I get super anxious if someone says they feel sick or thinks they are going to throw up. I start sweating and just anticipate it happening and what will go wrong...and what kills me the most is that I just imagine them doing it like projectile vomiting style and that it gets on me! I WOULD DIE!
Im terrified that if my DH gets sick that he will vomit and choke in his sleep. I dont drink much any more because of this fear. I mean I drink...just not on the verge of barfing.
Oh man. Do I ever have a fear of vomiting. Though mine isn't so much self-instilled as it was lovingly handed to me by my father, who when I was 4 years old and puking my guts out comes into the bathroom to tell me that everytime you throw up, you're closer to dying. I've been terrified ever since. Like AT, I've thrown up maybe a handful of times in all 25 years I've been alive. During both of my pregnancies, I had dry heaving spells (my fiance calls them the icks) but never let myself actualy hurl. I refuse. I haven't vomited in 14 years, and I'm proud of it!
Some helpful tips : Buy some bitters, but splurge a little bit on it. Dilute it in some water (like, 5 drops to a glass) and sip it slowly. This helps me more than anything else, though I've yet to try the apple cider vinegar method.
It's good to know I'm not alone, I get made fun of for this CONSTANTLY. It's a crippling fear...so much so that when my son vomits (he has a very sensitive gag reflex and it's at least twice a month he throws up) I have to run out of the room screaming, quite literally, for my fiance to take care of it. My son thinks it's hysterical. It's so gross to me that he's so completely unphased by his puking. He can throw up and be jumping around and playing two seconds after he's done. Yuck. God wanted to teach me a thing or two about vomiting, so he handed me a non-stop puker. Thanks.
Not necessarily afraid of it...but definitely dont like it!
Yes, I have gotten sick since BFP, I think last week was the peak of the m/s for me. Now, I feel a little nauseated, but only get sick now if I eat one of my food adversions.
I'm with Mel. While I don't particularly enjoy it when it's me doing the throwing up, it's more that I don't like the feeling of nausea before throwing up that I dislike more.
But if there is any hint of anyone around me feeling sick and having to throw up, I get really freaked out. Mostly if it's illness induced rather than drinking induced and I think it's probably because I'm freaked out that I'm going to get sick.
I absolutely HATE throwing up. I think I can count on two hands the number of times I ever have and definitely down to one hand for anything I did to myself, like drinking.
I'm scared to death that I'll be sick constantly once I get PG, but I mostly scared cause I won't be able to hide things at work.
Nope haven't gotten sick yet. However, I feel that nausea is one of the worst feelings in the world. I'd rather be in pain.
No fear of vomiting though. It usually momentarily makes you feel better. I'm a nurse, so maybe I am not freaked out about it because I am around it. But when I'm holding a puke bucket and rubbing some patient's back while they are throwing up, I gag myself.
My fear is not just the vomiting, but vomiting in front of someone or where someone can hear me. Shudder! As a teacher, I admit I am TERRIFIED of morning sickness since I just don't have the kind of job where I can hide in the bathroom if I feel queasy. For this reason, nausea makes me VERY anxious because I hate having people nearby when there's any chance of me throwing up. I also get freaked out in really crowded places because I think that if I were to feel sick, I wouldn't be able to hide.
Ah, emetophobia with a sprinkle of agoraphobia on top. Joy. I told DH he's just going to have to get me knocked up in May or June so I can hide all summer when I'm not working.