Multiples

This has probably been asked a million times but

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.

Re: This has probably been asked a million times but

  • 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!
  • Here are my m/s tips:
    Warning No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml
  • Loading the player...
  • 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!

    Warning No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml
  • 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!

    Warning No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml
  • 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!
  • 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!!!! 
  • imagekristyn&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.

    image
    Twin boys born too early at 17w4d and 18w2d in February 2010
    Transabdominal cerclage placed September 2010
    DS born at 35w1d in February 2011
    Twin girls born at exactly 36w in February 2013
    Lilypie Third Birthday tickers
    Lilypie First Birthday tickers
  • 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!

    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
  • 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!

    Warning No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml
  • 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 :) :)  

    H: 34 dx Azoospermia due to CBAVD from CF  
    ME: 39 IS FINE!!!  DOR and poor AMH/FSH/LH
    IVF/ICSI/PESA #1 Beta 1 373 Beta 2 1783 BOY/GIRL TWINS!! Born April 2010!!
    Natural FET 5/26/12 2 blasts Beta 1 207 Beta 2 513 Beta 3 1377 U/S 6/28 Pregnancy not viable d & c scheduled :( 
    IVF/ICSI/PESA #2 ER 11/15/12 Nothing to transfer :( 
    IVF/ICSI #3 April 2013 MDLF 3dt of 3 embryos, chemical :(  
    IVF #4/ICSI/MESA/CCS/FET EPP April 2015
    ODWU CCRM with Dr. Sch COMPLETE!!!! Put on acai supplement they are studying for DOR and embryo quality.
    DAY 3 Labs Drawn 2/26 put on vitamin D and calcium supplements
    Regroup and Protocol Reveal 3/04 "Bazooka Protocol" EPP with MDLF "Protocol 6 with patches"
    ER/MESA 4/10 ER 9 eggs retrieved MESA success found live swimmers :)
    Fertilization Report 6 eggs mature and ICSI'd 4 eggs fertilized normally
    Day 6 Report to Blast for CCS 4/16: 2 DAY 5 BLASTS BIOPSIED FOR CCS a 4AB and a 3AB!!!!
    CCS Results BOTH BLASTS CCS NORMAL!!!!!!  call on 4/24
    Regroup call to discuss CCS results and FET call on 5/20
    FET prep: CD 1 6/08 CD 3 Start BCP 6/10, HSG 6/12 Lupron Start 10 iu 6/17 End BCP 6/21 CD 1 6/23!!!
    Start vivelle patches 6/25 change e/o/d reduce Lupron to 5iu 6/25 Blood Draw 7/01, 7/08, 7/15, 7/19
    Increase vivelle patches 7/03 2 change e/o/d and 7/05 change e/o/d 3 and 7/07 4 change e/o/d add vaginal estrace 2x a day
    Lining Check/Blood Draw 7/08 and 7/15 End Lupron 7/18  Start PIO 1ml daily 7/18  Blood  Draw 7/19
    Flight to clinic 7/22
    FET 2 CCS BLASTS :):)  7/23 :):) YES YES both thawed and both fully expanded :):)
    7/26 :):) 3dp5dt PM very very faint positive FRER
    7/27: 4dp5dt Neg Digi AM but very very faint positive FRER PM POSITIVE DIGI CLEARBLUE PREGNANT 1-2 :):) 
    7/31:8dp5dt AM POSITIVE DIGI CLEARBLUE PREGNANT 2-3!!!! :):) 
    Beta 1 8/01= 408!!!!!!!!!! at 9dp5dt FET
    Beta 2 8/03 = 1014!!!!!!!!!! at 11dp5dt FET
    8/05/2015 AM POSITIVE DIGI CLEARBLUE PREGNANT 3+!!!! :):) 
    First Ultrasound: 8/20!!!!!! TWINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Genetics says BOTH BOYS!!!!!!!!!
    Second Ultrasound: 9/03!!!!!!!!!!










     










  • 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.
  • 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!
This discussion has been closed.
Choose Another Board
Search Boards
"
"