Morning sickness. What are you eating?

MiRae · March 2012

I can't eat anything without getting sick. Or the thought of certain things make me sick. What are y'all eating to keep the nausea at bay?

MrsHarlowC · March 2012

Anything salty!! And i've dared anyone to bring a tomato into this house! I love them..but for the past 3 days....the smell/sight of them make me sick. I've been sticking to broth the past few days...with salt....lots of salt.

eav2c · March 2012

Sorry, lurking from 3rd tri.

When do you take your prenatals? I was having some pretty terrible morning sickness and my OB suggested taking my prenatals at night time instead of the morning. It made a huge difference in how I felt overall.

I ate a lot of crackers and bagels early on and it seemed to do a decent job of keeping m/s at bay... but the timing of prenatals made the overall difference! GL and feel better soon!

nomaderica22 · March 2012

Saltines and peppermint tea! I am the same way, even thinking about certain foods makes me nauseous.... unfortunately I can't even think about veggies or healthy food and the only thing I can actually stomach the thought of an keep down the past few days is McDonald's breakfast... I am usually a pretty healthy eater so this stinks!

mwkoby · March 2012

I haven't introed here but I'm lurking from the Nov. '12 board.

MH bought me WTEWYE yesterday, along with another book from that line called Eating Well When You're Expecting. I jumped straight to the morning sickness section and there were lots of suggestions in there. One thing that jumped out at me was right before you lay down to go to sleep, snack on something high in protein and carbs. Then in the morning, before getting up, eat a couple crackers or other bland food. I ate some cashews and raisins in bed last night to try the theory out.

I haven't had full-blown morning sickness yet but I have been waking up with some nausea and today I feel fine. It may be worth picking up the book. I hope you find something that works for you.

Vegasbb · March 2012

It helps for me if I have protein AND carbs, but meat and cheese is making me ill lately. My favorite snack is green apples with peanut butter on them - it's sweet, salty, tangy, and has enough protein to fill me up for a little while.

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deidra1978 · March 2012

Not much. Anything I eat generally has to be very salty or very sweet. ...Doesn't leave much room for healthy food...m/s all day accompanied by a lovely constant metal taste in my mouth

sadly McDonalds fries has been my lunch for the last two days.. I will make up for this in my second trimester...

tinyhumantoe · March 2012

I do recommend taking your prenatal with dinner or an after-dinner snack. I also recommend keeping saltines (yes, awful saltines) by your night stand and eating 3 before you even sit up, then continue to lie down for 15 minutes. They taste like sh!t but this trick works magic.

Other than that, I can tell you what worked for me though I don't recommend it (now I am strictly watching my weight)... CARBS! Potatoes with salt (tater tots, fries, baked, sweet baked, mashed, etc.) and McDonalds cheeseburgers. Now you see why I'm watching my weight. I even ate potatoes for breakfast. And anything that sounded good - I ate cheese sandwiches drowned in mustard. There were two days I ate a couple spoonfuls of ketchup. Week 7 I started eating 2 eggs & a slice of kraft cheese on toast. Like I said, whatever you can keep down. The carbs seemed to settle my stomach. Sip a little sprite during the day because it makes your vomit soft and much more pleasant!

GOOD LUCK!

darlawoods · March 2012

Sorry you are not able to eat what you like, with my first I had to live on jamba juice and then just made my own, for about 8 weeks!

Feel better!

MiRae · March 2012

Thanks ladies for all the suggestions!

I take my prenatals at night so I'm pretty sure it's not them. It seems like I'm having an aversion to dairy - milk, cheese, etc. Which sucks because I love it.

I'm gonna try the eating before sleep and when I wake up thing. I've ate a little all day (mostly granola trail mix stuff) and it hasn't been too bad today.

mrsmklynch · March 2012

I haven't really been able to tolerate anything sweet lately - which is totally unlike me. I've been living mostly on some combination of bread, cheese, pasta, and tomato sauce. I've had grilled cheese and tomato soup for breakfast the last two days.

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