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kristyn&ken · December 2009

Morning sickness just hit me out of nowhere yesterday and I am having a tough time (I know, already!). It's a constant nausea but no vomiting (I had the same thing with DD but not as bad). Any recommendations? I am trying to stay hydrated with gatorade and water but it's hard to make myself eat - nothing sounds good at all.

RunnerGirl17 · December 2009

Hang in there! I had horrible nausea but no vomiting for a few weeks and never felt like eating anything. Saltines or rice cakes sometimes helped, maybe some bland soup, basically tasteless, smell-less food. Oftentimes I would feel better once I started eating. That is, before the first few bites I would think, "yeah right, no way can I eat something, it's so gross". But then I would take a few bites while still being disgusted and a few bites later I would think, "Ok, it's not so bad anymore." Good luck - it gets better!

Shannonlea · December 2009

Here are my m/s tips:

Shannonlea · December 2009

So the Bump posted without my tips, not too helpful, lol

Things that helped me:

1. Sour candies (sour patch kids, jolly ranchers, lemonheads)

2. Always having ice water, sometimes with lemon, on hand.

3. Dum-dum suckers- just having something to lick or keep the gross taste out of my mouth helped

4. If I wanted to eat something, even if it was fries dipped in honey mustard, I ate it. I wasnt overly concerned about the health aspect, it was more about getting food in my belly

5. Dont let your stomach get empty, that was the worst. I always tried to nibble on pretzels, wheat thins, etc

6. Keep a bag with you at all time, in case you do need to get sick. I actually felt comforted (and sometimes less sick) by knowing I had the bag in case I had to use it. And oftentimes, Id just give into getting sick instead of fighting it.

Hopefully your m/s just stays at the queasy feeling and doesn't progress. Hang in there!

jbl126 · December 2009

I had horrible morning sickness, though I liked to call it all day sickness. I would eat first thing in the morning because if I had an empty stomach I would get sick. And I had saltines everywhere, in my car, my purse, my desk. And ginger ale. Just try to keep something in your stomach. And as quick as it came on, it should end as quick. Good luck!

kristyn&ken · December 2009

Thanks - right now I'm just trying to be "mind over matter" but i'm not feeling very good at it. The office ordered food from chili's (one of my favs) and I can't even look at it much less eat it. My head wants it but my stomach says no way!

aspen07 · December 2009

I had this same type of "morning" sickness. I totally agree with pp not to let your stomach get empty--try to eat something (but not too much!) or else it's miserable. Strangely, the thing I tolerated the best was cheese--the sharper the cheddar the best. Never heard this appeal to anyone else, but I lived almost exclusively on cheese. I also found smelling a lemon half to work sometimes, and smelling fresh ginger to work other times (for some reason lemon candies or ginger ale didn't help at all for me). Oh, and my husband did all the cooking those weeks--I could sometimes eat things, but was NOT able to handle cooking them. Hope something works for you!!!!

leneae10 · December 2009

kristyn&ken:
Morning sickness just hit me out of nowhere yesterday and I am having a tough time (I know, already!). It's a constant nausea but no vomiting (I had the same thing with DD but not as bad). Any recommendations? I am trying to stay hydrated with gatorade and water but it's hard to make myself eat - nothing sounds good at all.

I'm right there with you. In fact, I just posted a plea for some positive advice that it ENDS with the 1st Tri!! I hope your nausea doesn't progress to vomiting (as mine has). I start the second I'm upright (eating crackers just makes me throw up crackers) and I can usually keep down lunch, but the rest of the day just blows.

For me, iced peppermint tea is working wonders today. It seems that it's something different every day. I was able to keep down an Egg McMuffin this morning, so SCORE!!! I think b/c I was craving it, it mentally helped me keep it down.

hols_21 · December 2009

for me eating before i even got out of bed helped. I kept saltines on my beside table. I also found eating cold things worked because they have less aromas. Gingerale, gingertea, ginger snaps all helped. I ate something small every hour and a half.

I don't know if they have this in the states (i live in Canada) by my doc gave me a script for diclectin. Finally at 11 weeks I couldn't deal anymore and that took it away in a snap. two little pills before you go to bed and the ms is gone! I am still taking it. She told me its a grade A rated drug (safe as drinking water).

Hope you feel better soon. Take care of you.

ps. Oh I also had to avoid grocery stores...something about them made me gag till i puked!

lnle · December 2009

salty foods really helped (potato chips, fries, etc.) and protein-filled foods, like cheese. And I agree about not letting yourself get too hungry - I called that my "danger zone".

hope you feel better soon!

efhoping2010 · December 2009

I agree with everyone's tips and it should be called all day/all night sickness not morning sickness. What worked for me

1.Sour lemon candies, the only way I could drive or ride in a car.

2. Eat as soon as you wake up, crackers in bed anything and keep snacks crackers within reach all day/ all night

3. I could tolerate some cereals, plain potatoes, and oddly, french fries sometimes. It changed what worked and what did not and I ate whatever seemed tolerable.

4. As others said do not let your tummy be empty, that makes you feel 100x worse.

5 I have felt better in the second trimester and most people do, so there is hope Take care and congrats on the

amcam24 · December 2009

Ditto everyone else. Mine started around 5 weeks too, I'm almost 8 weeks, and it seems like it's getting better. (Knock on wood!) I'm still very picky about what I can eat, but I'm no longer dry heaving all day. The trick has been to eat often, but small amounts. Don't let yourself get hungry, that's when it goes down hill. Find something you can keep down, and keep snacking.

bekahsue32 · December 2009

That's exactly how mine was. Started at 9 weeks and stayed the entire rest of pregnancy. I started taking 1/2 a Unisom sleep aid and 1 vitamin B6 at bedtime after reading about it, talking with others who took it and asking my OB. It helped a TON, I don't know what I would have done without it. I slept great all through pregnancy, DS had alwasy been a great night sleeper (who knows if it has anything to do with it). It didn't kill it completely, but it did make the naseau more bearable. And I never took it again after DS was born, and didn't have any "withdrawal" issues or anything. Good Luck!

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