Nauseous mommies United - foods that help.

sweetpea236 · August 2017

I've been hunting for foods that help with getting through this first trimester. Last time, al I ate was bread , pasta and crackers and my weight became an issue. What healthy foods help you guys get by? Including mine in comments .

sweetpea236 · August 2017

Egg drop soup. Hands down , my favorite discovery for an upset stomach . The boiled carrots and tofu add some nutrition with all those eggs. Plus it's bland enough not to upset me.

tops-2 · August 2017

Cucumber has helped me!

sjn00 · August 2017

Allllllll the fruit except Melons (I just personally don't like them) but I just bought Strawberries, Grapes, Blueberries, blackberries, and plums, and have been snacking on those and its helped!!

klburke88 · August 2017

I cannot recommend the BRAT diet enough. Bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast. I especially like buttered toast with a little bit of sugar sprinkled on top.

sapphires-and-diamonds · August 2017

For me, as long as I have something in my belly I'm ok. Empty stomach = nauseous. That bad thing is the only foods that sound good most of the time are carbs. I need to get on a healthier track. Although, that egg drop sounds amazing right now @sweetpea236

holly321 · August 2017

This would probably be a good post for the questions thread. It helps keep the board from getting overwhelmed.

To answer your question...The foods to help each person with MS are very person specific. Almost everything recommended here would probably make me sicker.

whatabout2ndbreakfast · August 2017

@sweetpea236 I never would have thought of egg drop soup... going to try that!

linds0503 · August 2017

A fiber one bar helped me yesterday

dirtyboots · August 2017

I second fruit. I had had lots of fruit smoothies with my first. I haven't gotten as bad with this one to cater to the nausea yet.

kindbytealikat · August 2017

holly321 said:

This would probably be a good post for the questions thread. It helps keep the board from getting overwhelmed.

To answer your question...The foods to help each person with MS are very person specific. Almost everything recommended here would probably make me sicker.

I can't disagree more I believe this is 1. A specific topic 2. A good resource for everyone to put in idea 3. Useless if it gets buried in the questions thread.

You're right what works for one doesn't always work for the other which is why it's good to get a wide range of ideas for people to try. Especially STMs helping FTMs who haven't been through it before.

kindbytealikat · August 2017

My first time around I lived off goldfish and sprite. This time around I'm not having many problems but when I do a slice of bread helps.

Mattel · August 2017

Not a food, but the thing that helped me the most last pregnancy was vitamin B6!

kaymaroo · August 2017

I've found sparkling water helps a lot, especially the lime flavored kind. And it helps me cut back on the ginger ale, which is my usual go-to for nausea.

StephieMK · August 2017

Hard lemon candies help curve my nausea, especially when I'm not able to sit down and eat. Was my go-to last pregnancy as well!

mountainsmama · August 2017

I love miso soup, the warm salty combo always settles my stomach. But egg drop sounds good too, and more nutritious!

Last time I went through two tins of preggie pops (sour candy with b vitamins). They helped my nausea, I think, but are delicious so they help distract you if nothing else.

natalknitter15 · August 2017

These are my thoughts on surviving first trimester nausea. Of course, everyone is different, but this is what has worked for me in my current and past pregnancies:
1) Morning sickness is not in any way like food poisoning. It may be your instinct to "starve out" the sickness, as you would a stomach bug, but that way, only darkness lies. You need to eat ALL. THE. TIME.
2) Forget about eating meals. You now need to graze. ALL. THE. TIME. Small, tiny meals. Even if you vomited, you need to put something in your stomach within the hour, even if it's the last thing you want to do.
3) Every time you get up to pee in the night (it's gotta be like, 2 or 3 times, right?), eat a cracker or a pretzel. Keep them by your bedside. Nibble something before you put one foot out of bed. Sometimes, if I start the day wrong with an empty stomach, it would lead to me vomiting all day long.
4) Nausea/vomiting is as much a mental trial as it is a physical trial. For me, it was so depressing to feel constantly sick and tired. Remember that this WILL NOT last forever. Every day you get through is one more day closer to a time when you won't feel this way anymore. Be nice to yourself and take as many breaks (mental and physical) as you possibly can.

We'll get through this!

btm013 · August 2017

I love everything you just said @natalknitter15

fancybelmont · August 2017

I know I need to keep a full stomach. That helps most. Saltines, chicken soup, pasta, toast. Protein is the hardest for me b/c I have a hard time stomaching it, but if I can get some in, I feel better. Also, sipping on ginger ale and coke helps me too.

Duckybears · August 2017

Saltines, dry cereal, apples, gatoraid, bagels

angiek1 · August 2017

Mattel said:

Not a good, but the thing that helped me the most last pregnancy was vitamin B6!

I just had a friend suggest this as well. She had said it was a life save. @natalknitter15 your list is spot on. Eating all day is key.

*edit - post cut off

angiek1 · August 2017

@sweetpea7628 I LOVE egg drop soup. Now I'm just going to get it because it sounds amazing.

My go to's:

snack very lightly all day
Grapes
lots of water - but drink it in a cup not a bottle. Supposedly that helps w/bloating (but I could just be an idiot, but I'll try anything)
peppermint candy or any hard candy if I am not by peppermint (supposed to really help)

I stay away from:

anything heavy/greasy
coffee (and I LOVE coffee, but this time around my body said NOPE)

sarahkate2233 · August 2017

angiek1 said:

@sweetpea7628 I LOVE egg drop soup. Now I'm just going to get it because it sounds amazing.

My go to's:
snack very lightly all day
Grapes
lots of water - but drink it in a cup not a bottle. Supposedly that helps w/bloating (but I could just be an idiot, but I'll try anything)
peppermint candy or any hard candy if I am not by peppermint (supposed to really help)
I stay away from:
anything heavy/greasy
coffee (and I LOVE coffee, but this time around my body said NOPE)

All of this is working really great in my experience. This is great, thanks! One thing I noticed is that I can tolerate tea and cold brew coffee but not my regular coffee. It is causing really bad heartburn and nausea, even a small amount. I also have a little minty smelling lipbalm at my desk that has been nice when the super sniffer is activated.

angiek1 · August 2017

@SarahKate31thanks for the tip! I'll have to try tea and iced coffee

emmyfreeman27 · August 2017

Anybody tried apple cider vinegar (with the mother)? This is our FIFTH, and I've had terrible morning sickness with each one. I recently stumbled across some lady's blog who has had hyperemesis multiple times, and she found that H. pylori was often linked with morning sickness and/or hyperemesis. She started battling H. pylori with ACV and had great results. I then start Googling, of course, and read about lots of ladies who've had success with ACV and morning sickness. Well, of course I've never heard of this.... SMH.

So, of course I HAD to try this. ACV smells and tastes like throw up, but I figured it couldn't be worse than actually throwing up, and if it helped, it'd be worth it. I take 1T in about a cup of warm water each morning FIRST THING--- on an empty stomach--- and sit down for about five minutes. It's like NIGHT AND DAY. I also try to take another little shot of it before I go to bed (if I have an empty stomach... which, many nights I do not go to bed on an empty stomach, ha!). I don't know why I didn't know this remedy before this fifth babe! Ha!

Maybe this will help someone else!

fishsticks-n-custard · August 2017

Trader Joe's has a ginger lemonade which has helped so much with my nausea today.

mellie5909 · August 2017

I've tried everything and I'm literally surviving on pringles. Everything else comes right back out

daisyjdb · August 2017

6w today and feeling nauseous for the 1st time. Thanks for all the tips, ladies!!

aabbaby · August 2017

@natalknitter15 exactly! This is how I survived my first and doing it again.

I am having the hardest time drinking enough fluids this time, I feel like liquid in my stomach makes me feel immediately nauseous. Ian going to try to mix it up more with lemon aid, ect. Hoping it will help

bmtaylor29 · August 2017

This is my second pregnancy and watermelon is the best think ever right now. Symptoms r way worse this time.

shireeallason · August 2017

Frozen grapes!!! Pop one in and suck on it for a bit. Cold things seem to really help me.

saisongbird · August 2017

Fresh fruit (fruit salad stuff, not apples or pears) and raw salad veggies go down well.

And idk why, but pizza is settling my stomach better than anything else right now.

BarefootContessa · August 2017

@emmyfreeman27 I may try this. It scares me a little, but MS is no joke, so I'm willing to try anything!

btm013 · August 2017

Sour things have been really helping me! So weird!

sunshinedays-2 · August 2017

So, this is weird, but I think I really want something with mayonnaise. I've had nothing but aversions for two weeks but I haven't been able to stop thinking about egg salad all day and I'm going to go home and make myself some. This could either be amazing or a horrible terrible idea...we will find out. I'm also going to pick up some pizza bites on my way home just in case

fancybelmont · August 2017

Tried taking a Unisom before bed last night and I woke up feeling much better today. I was actually able to eat something and enjoy how it tasted this morning.

bettyvonsomethingstein · August 2017

I found these ginger candies on Amazon called Gin-Gins. They are super chewy, more so than taffy. I can't tell if they actually are helping me or just distracting me from feeling sick, but I guess it's a win either way.

zombiemom1318 · August 2017

@fancybelmont Ive been taking unisom at bedtime and I didn't realize how much it help until I didn't take it for the first time the other day! I won't be skipping it again!

knottie2b1789be0700462e · August 2017

For my warm foods are really hard to stomach right now so tangy/citrus fruits like orange and pinapple, smoothies, and carbonated soda are good. I'm also having some luck with hard mint candies and sour candies. Like most of the other responses though, the number 1 thing is to not let your stomach get empty!

fancybelmont · August 2017

It made a huge difference! I hope that it continues to. I've gotta ask my OB about B6 vitamins too b/c I've heard that helps as well.

sunshinedays-2 · August 2017

@bettyvonsomethingstein I love those candies! I actually ended up ordering a bunch of their hard candies because my jaw was getting so tired from chewing the chewy ones.

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