can I ask what might be the dumbest ? of all time about m/s?

tomandcourt · June 2011

This is a s/o of a post on the nest about people now knowing they're pregnant.

So, morning sickness. Never had it. But who knows what it will be like next time, so I have to know: if you have m/s, is it like a flu or something where you're just feeling gross and the vomiting is a symptom, or more like where you feel sick, throw up, and then feel better after? Like the vomiting makes the nausea go away?

Again, dumbest question of all time.

Hey Jellisy · June 2011

With DD, I thought I had the flu for over a week before I took a pregnancy test to give you an idea. My stomach felt ill all morning, was better during the early afternoon and at night I was exhausted and queasy again. I felt a bit better after vomiting, but I was often sick multiple times a day so it didn't really go away.

QueSrah · June 2011

I hope it's not the dumbest question of all time, because I've been wondering about that for a while now. (But I never asked because I'm afraid everyone will go "oooooh - time to POAS.")

DCtoLowcountry · June 2011

I'm glad people don't know what it feels like; I wouldn't wish m/s on an enemy!

My experience was more like being ill. I felt nauseous often, and would feel a little better after throwing up, but the nausea would return.

firegirle1 · June 2011

For me it feels like being sea sick. All Day Long.....

membrn · June 2011

For me, I was sick just all the time after 6 weeks. It would be dizziness, vomiting, nausea...I would sit in the shower at night and just sob. It was terrible.

I hope for our second that it passes over me.

mssaint · June 2011

I never actually threw up, but I felt mildly nauseated (and sometimes not mildly) from 6 weeks to 13 weeks. I had to always be sucking on a sour candy to keep the nausea from being overwhelming and I ate a lot of saltines and drank a ton of ginger ale. It was worse at some specific times of day and in the heat (and my first tri was from June-August).

This is one of the reasons I'm scared of a second - I don't want to have real morning sickness. I hate throwing up more than anything, probably because I do it so rarely.

ETA - I totally opened this up expecting a "should I POAS?" question and was very excited.

smacb · June 2011

My m/s was usually triggered by smells. I'd get an overwhelming feeling like I'd throw up. SOmetimes it passed, sometimes I got sick.

belizeitornot · June 2011

membrn:

For me, I was sick just all the time after 6 weeks. It would be dizziness, vomiting, nausea...I would sit in the shower at night and just sob. It was terrible.

I hope for our second that it passes over me.

this for me too, weeks 6-18. i often threw up- sometimes multiple trips- first thing in the morning, again at night and was usually spared during the daytime. that's not to say I didn't run to the bathroom at work expecting it to happen....it just usually never did. i was nauseous all.day.long and certain smells (coffee!) or the thought of food would set off the puking. i came home from work and crawled into bed where i stayed all night. it was a miserable existence.

i wound up having to go on zofran because i'd lost too much weight for my doctor's liking.

AgrippaRidesAgain · June 2011

I think it varies by person. My nausea never ever went away. The vomiting did nothing but make me feel more miserable.

ch ch ch chia · June 2011

I threw up probably 4 mornings a week during most of my pregnancy.

But, I didn't really feel nauseous or seasick for an extended period of time. Only for 20 minutes or so. Sometimes it happened right after getting into or out of the shower. Sometimes it happened when I got off the Metro walking in to work.

WinesNot Whines · June 2011

I was very nauseous but rarely threw up. No relief.

victoria1212 · June 2011

mine was perma-nausea for most of the day. only threw up a handful of times and than I just felt even worse. It knd of felt like the hours before the stomach virus hits full force- sweaty, nauseous and dizzy but 24-7....

Then once the nausea subsided- the heartburn kicked in for the remaining of my pregnancy.

scooter25 · June 2011

I rarely threw up, but felt queezy for a sold 3-4 weeks. Basically, it felt like a bad hangover.

membrn · June 2011

zerf77:
membrn:

For me, I was sick just all the time after 6 weeks. It would be dizziness, vomiting, nausea...I would sit in the shower at night and just sob. It was terrible.

I hope for our second that it passes over me.

this for me too, weeks 6-18. i often threw up- sometimes multiple trips- first thing in the morning, again at night and was usually spared during the daytime. that's not to say I didn't run to the bathroom at work expecting it to happen....it just usually never did. i was nauseous all.day.long and certain smells (coffee!) or the thought of food would set off the puking. i came home from work and crawled into bed where i stayed all night. it was a miserable existence.

i wound up having to go on zofran because i'd lost too much weight for my doctor's liking.

Ah yes, I forgot about my "super sniffer." Everything smelled 10x stronger and made me want to be sick. And funny that coffee actually was something I would sip on because I found the smell to help. I guess it blocked all the others out?

tomandcourt · June 2011

ch ch ch chia:
I threw up probably 4 mornings a week during most of my pregnancy.
But, I didn't really feel nauseous or seasick for an extended period of time. Only for 20 minutes or so. Sometimes it happened right after getting into or out of the shower. Sometimes it happened when I got off the Metro walking in to work.

Do I remember you telling a story about barfing into a bag on the metro?

tomandcourt · June 2011

mssaint:
ETA - I totally opened this up expecting a "should I POAS?" question and was very excited.

Hahaha. No. I'm just curious. I'm getting antsy to TTC #2 but we need to be in a bigger place first!

preissless1 · June 2011

I left a puddle of puke on the Ft. Totten Red Line platform. Then I was asked if I was drunk. Then I got a lesson on how to open the Metro trash cans.

I had the constant naueausness/dizziness from like week 7-17, vomiting here and there. I was queen of the VIP (vomiting in public).

JessieP76 · June 2011

scooter25:
I rarely threw up, but felt queezy for a sold 3-4 weeks. Basically, it felt like a bad hangover.

The hangover is a good way to describe. I've never thrown up, but I never feel right in my stomach, either. It feels the worst around 3 or 4 each afternoon and then again when I'm trying to go to bed, which really doesn't help me sleep.

mamaZbo · June 2011

I was just queasy almost all the time from about 6 weeks until 14 weeks and even now at 22 weeks I still get a little bit of nausea. It was especially bad during my commute--bus then metro. I carried a plastic bag in my purse just in case and just recently took it out. I only vomited once, and that was luckily at home--DH thought it was a good idea to fry fish in the house. I bought some ginger candies adn they helped a lot, but now the thought of them makes me queasy.

vtkgirl77 · June 2011

I describe my m/s feeling to people like this:

Imagine you went out drinking until 4am, drank a bunch of different types of alcohol, and danced your butt off. Then at 7am your alarm rings and you have to get up to go to work. You wake up physically exhausted and feeling like you are going to puke. And this happens for 2 months straight.

As for me, I puked a few times and it didn't really make me feel any better.

SoonToBeMrsDTS · June 2011

When I had m/s (morning, noon and night sickness for 9 months with both kids, ugh!) it was like hangover feeling, not stomach flu. It was the worst with my last pregnancy but we found out after I m/c that it was twins.

Throwing up wasn't as painful as when you throw up with the stomach flu either, at least not most of the time. I felt like I would have shot period of time but it never lasted more than 90 minutes. Throwing up did not give me much relief from the nausea. I hope you don't get it with #2!

tracy042206 · June 2011

DD#1 - constant nauseous feeling while awake from weeks 10-22. I puked about 2-3 times per weeks for weeks 11-15 then it decreased again. The puking itself was brought on by some bad smel or thought of something gross that would make me gag. I knew that if I gagged more than twice in a row it would result in me puking. For example, one morning I went to throw something in the trash and the only thin in there was coffe grounds from that morning and the smell made me puke, same thing for a smeel in the freezer one day. Puking never made me feel better. I would try and sleep as much as possible since I didn't feel nauseous while sleeping.

DD#2 - constant nauseous feeling the entire pregancy. Off meds I was puking 3-5 times a day, on meds it decreased to 2-3 times a week and eventually tapered off to no puking on the meds the last trimester (I did try to go off meds but started puking again). Again, there was no relief after puking and the 2 weeks I was puking 3-5 times a day my ribs ached from all the vomitting.

I think the worst part is how long it lasts. It just wears you down, even the constant nausea without vomitting. You just get so tired of feeling sick all the time, it is depressing.

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