i feel like i'm puking TOO much

RedBirdFly · March 2014

I had a stomach bug last week. And then two weeks before, a different one.

But I think this is finally morning sickness. And, it started gradually, but just queasiness with maybe one episode of near-puking after I ate chocolate on Wednesday.

Today - nothing stays down. Nothing. Water? Back up. Cracker? Back up. I don't eat anything? I puke anyway. I've puked probably once or twice an hour, with several instances of dry-heaving. Should I worry? Should I sit back and hope that it gets better tomorrow? Should I take myself to the ER tonight to get hydrated?

Ugh. I was thanking the gods yesterday that my queasiness was manageable. I guess I'm not so lucky -.-;

BankerBSN · March 2014

If you are unable to keep down food or water for 24 hours you need to call your provider.

amandam1982 · March 2014

I would head to the ER. You aren't getting any fluids in, which isn't good for you or the baby. And ask for Zofran, it usually works for most people.

RedBirdFly · March 2014

I went ahead and called my midwife since its been 12 hours, and I am headed to ER/urgent care.

baabybud · April 2014

when I found out I was pregnant I was puking for like 5 days straight until I had enough of it and had to take myself to UC. they said that I was very dehydrated and pregnant. if you cant hold down fluids its a good idea to go in, dehydration made my puking a lot worse, once I got the fluids I felt so much better.

beccam1230 · April 2014

I got to the point very quickly where I was throwing up water... I couldn't keep anything down. Luckily it was a week day and I had already had my first appointment so I was able to call my doctor. She prescribed me zofran and within 30 min of taking it, I was eating and drinking like normal. It works wonders for a lot of people. I'm sorry you're feeling so bad and I hope you've improved by now!

happyhorse · April 2014

You sound like me. I was also not keeping water down. Could barely pick my head up off the pillow. After a day or two of that I cried and told my husband I hated being pregnant. I wanted to have a natural pregnancy but I knew not keeping water down wasn't good for me or for baby. The OB gave me Zofran and Phenergan. The Zofran preventing vomiting but it made me feel weird (surreal, out to lunch). I only took it once. The Phenegran agreed with me better but it's a different sort of medication (can read about it here, first-gen antihistamine). It worked the best for me but because it is category C I only took it 3 or 4 times (effects lasted about 18 hours for me), enough to keep water, juice, chicken broth down. Then I weened myself off of it.

For weeks there, my diet was mostly chicken broth with white rice and a little juice. Do not feel badly if you can't keep more down, since the baby will be getting most of its nutrition from your body, so the stuff you ate months ago is stored in your body and those good vitamins will go to baby. (according to my OB)

I was able to keep iron-free vitamins down. Iron ones make me throw up.

The sickness did pass for me, around 8 weeks it improved and by 10 I wasn't puking anymore, just uncomfortable.

Good luck to you!

RedBirdFly · April 2014

I'm feeling much better. Still throwing up one or two times a day, but things stay down. The UTI was exacerbating the nausea, so now that that's going away, I'm back to more normal!

Thank you all for advice and well-wishes!

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