Newly Pregnant and Sooooo Nauseous. Please Help!

You just need to eat. I too felt very sick, threw up the whole 9 mths, but if you don't eat you will feel worse. I know it is hard to eat when you feel like this, but trust me you will feel better once you eat.
Try lemon drops right before trying to eat. Also I liked foods with no smell, fruit or veggies, plain bread, anything you can. Once you absorb some of the stomach acid you wont feel as sick and you can eat a normal meal.
Try eating when you first wake up even before you get out of bed, have hubby bring you toast!
Best luck, congrats!

Try watermelon, lemonade and potato chips. From a Johns Hopkins study. I couldn't handle the chips, but the watermelon and lemonade saved me--especially if it was next to me before I got out of bed or out of a chair, etc.

Hi T.,

Congratulations!! I had very bad nausea, and vomiting in my 2nd pregnancy. It was so bad that I lost 12 lbs in a few weeks. I could not keep down even water..My doctor prescribed zofran and it helped me a lot! I had to take it till I was around 26 weeks far...

good luck,
M.

Hi T.,
My first pregnancy was just like what you are experiencing. What my doctor told me to do was to make sure my stomach NEVER got empty, ever. Before I even got out of bed in the morning, he said to eat a cracker (even if the thought of it made me want to throw up, which it did), and then lay there for a few minutes until it had a chance to settle into my stomach. Then every half our or so throughout the day, eat another cracker. Just a little bit so my stomach never got empty. Believe it or not, it helped. I still felt a little nauseous all the time, but I didn't actually throw up. The only times I threw up were when my stomach got empty. And then one day... I just suddenly felt great! Like someone had flipped a switch. I think that was in week 14.

Also, something else that helped was that my doctor switched my pre-natal vitamins to a type that had a little less iron and a little more B vitamins, and I began taking them at night instead of in the morning.

Anyhow, good luck. I hope you find something that works.

I can relate. I lost 10 plus pounds at the beginning of each pregnancy from the morning sickness. I tried the sea-bands. They helped a little, but what worked the 2nd time really well was sour candy. The thought of putting it in my mouth was repulsive, but it helped stop the waves and dry heaves. I have no idea why, but it does work. Also, plain potato chips I could usually keep down. Not real healthy, but at least it is something in your stomach. I didn't really chew them, more like let them dissolve in my mouth, but something about the salt was good. If it gets really bad your doctor can prescribe a medication for you. It is the same kind of drug they give to chemo patients to help prevent nausea. I got it prescribed but was too scared to take it. Although pyschologically I think it made me feel better since if I knew if it got really bad a could just take a pill. good luck.

An organic herbal tea named No to morning sickness tea worked wonder for me and eased my nausea completely.

I was nauseous and throwing everything up when i was Preg. with my son. And the only thing that calmed my stomach was ginger peach tea served hot. Now the tea has ginger in it clearly BUT the peach over powers it . If that doesn't do it Go to Babies R Us and buy the lolly pops or suckers. I can't remember the name but it says on it for nausia.

Try Prego Pops - they seem like just hard candy, but I think it helps to have something in your mouth. I found them at Motherhood Maternity (clothing store), but I believe they can be found at drugstores too. Hang in there!

Ask your doctor about vitamin B supplements. I always had severe all day nausea for the first trimester with all five of my pregnancies. My first obstetrician gave me shots of vit B and it made me feel normal for a few days. I always wondered if taking it orally and consistently would have helped. I did throw up a lot and also had that constant feeling that I could go over the edge any time I smelled something or saw something or thought of something that I normally would have loved to eat. Good luck..your body will adjust and it will be gone, but it does make it hard as only those of us who have experienced the same thing can really understand. I would have thought that by now the medical community would have found safe remedies...N.

Hi. Have you talked to your doctor about this? There are safe anti-nausea medications that you can take, one of the best being Zofran. My friend just went through this and she ended up being diagnosed with hyper-emesis which is a severe form of morning sickness. I'm not saying you have this but if you do you need to get it diagnosed so your doctor can help you. Was the morning sickness really bad with the first child and maybe a little or a lot worse this time? With hyper-emesis with each pregnancy it gets worse, but you can get on medication and home IV therapy to keep your fluid levels up. There is also this wrist band you can wear that is supposed to help, I think you wear it on a pressure point on your wrist or something. So sorry you are so sick. Good luck! My friends nausea went away at about 5 months, if that's any consulation.

Hi T.,
I totally empathize with you as I have been going through a similar thing. I think mine isn't quite as bad as yours, though. I've found, as with my first pregnancy, that sea-bands may help a little. This time I have been sucking on peppermints (which I usually am not that fond of) and also drinking a lot of water with lemon in it. Those are two small things that have seemed to help. It never totally goes away, but it lessons to the point that things are tolerable. Most foods are still hard though. My Dr recently said to take 25mg B6 along with 1/2 a unisom tablet every 6-8hrs if it is bad. I haven't taken that yet, as I feel that my nausea may be easing up now that I am 10weeks. Good luck and hopefully this will pass after the first trimester!

Try room temperature clear beverages (7up and Sprite since you can't handle Ginger Ale) or room temperature water. Also, the Gatorade style drinks are good because they have potassium. Also, take tiny TINY nibbles of foods. Some people tolerate bland foods like plain rice, crackers, saltines, pasta, etc. Other people can get away with sweeter foods such as yogurt, ice cream, fresh fruit, hard candies, etc. Also try a variety of foods that have little to no smell. If nothing helps, I'd recommend talking to your doctor to see if you can take something and to make sure everything is going as it should (baby ok, you not losing too much weight, etc). Good luck and congrats on your pregnancy!

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Sea-Bands really helped my nausea. You can pick them up at walmart, safeway and drug store. They work by providing acupressure to a point on the wrist. They helped me. Good luck.

Congratulations on your pregnancy!

I wasn't as sick as you are, but what helped for me was eating every two hours. I carried a little bag with almonds and raisins. Hope you can find something that will work!

H.

Hi- The "sea bands" worked for me. They are acupressure bands you can find at the drug store that are for motion sickness. Little elastic bands with a plastic disc to apply continuous pressure to the inside of your wrists. I found they work for awhile and then taking them off for a few hours was best. Then when I put them back on they seemed to help more. It's not a magic bullet but it really helped diminish that awful tummy feeling. Good luck and congratulations!

Congrats on your pregnancy!!! I was the same way with my pregnancy. The dr. gave me Zofran--it just melts on your tongue and helps relieve the nausea. I was scared to take anything but it's totally safe and I have a lot of friends that have taken it also. I would ask your dr. to prescribe some for you. Good luck! =)

Hi T.,
Oh, how I remember the nausea! Here are some ideas: eat early and often and don't let yourself get hungry, even in the middle of the night. Try drinking dandelion root tea. Sometimes our livers just get overwhelmed with all the hormones and a little bit of gently support can be really helpful. Warm water with lemon can also help. Vitamin B6, vitamin K and vitamin C can also help.

Some women get alot of help from acupuncture as well.

Let me know if you need any more ideas.

Best,
E. Bender, NC, CHN
www.nutritionforthewholefamily.com

Just wanted to say it is real and it could go away, go and come back and last...ice chips, preggy pops helped me a bit...rest, chamomile, fresh air, vomitting, I feel your pain.. was like that both pregnancies until the end..
ask doctor if they have any anti meds.

I used emetrol - its an over the counter anti-nausea med that my doc said was totally safe. It helped take the edge off and doesnt taste too bad. Also, there is the option of taking Zofran - many of my friends took it during pregnancy and said it was a lifesaver. You should ask your doc about it.

I was so sick I couldn't even get to work at all. I felt like I was dying. None of the natural remedies worked, and I wound up finally getting a prescription for Zofran, which is used by people receiving cancer treatments, to help alleviate nausea. It was the only thing that worked at all. If your case is milder, some of the more natural remedies may help.

Hi T.,

I feel sorry for you being so nauseous! What helped me was drinking ginger-ale! It is always good for an upset stomach. I hope it will help you as well!

Good luck, and enjoy your pregnancy!
E..

Congrats on your pregnancy!!! Water and crackers made me so sick! Room temp, flat, sprite was recommended by my doctor. 1 tsp every 15 min to stay hydrated until you can tollerate more. Eat carbs! Beans, potato, pretzels, pasta, toast. All of these will help with the nausea but the best piece of advise is to snack all day. Don't go more than 2 hours without eating! The emptier your tummy is the more sick you will feel and the harder it is to eat. Eat small amounts but eat. When you wake up at night to pee, eat a handful of pretzels so you won't be so sick in the morning. Start taking your prenatals at night and if you cannot tolerate them ask your doctor which childrens vitamin you can take until you start feeling better.
Good Luck and God Bless!

www.hylands.com they have homeopathic nausea pills and I am not exaggerating it only takes a few seconds for the nausea to go away. Also a little lemon juice in your water will help you to keep the liquids down and they also say if you put a few slices of lemon in a zip bag and carry in your purse then when you feel nauseous you open the bag and smell them. Of course keep the saltines by your bed and eat a few before you get out of bed. Good Luck!

You've got some good advice...but I wanted to add "Mommies Bliss" to your list of things to try! I used them...they are an all natural pill, after about 5 days of taking them I REALLY felt better. I also used the pressure point bands on my wrists. I was desparate and willing to try anything! Preggo pops I think are a mind game, but hey, if it makes you feel better than by all means! I know its tough...but EAT!!! The less you eat the sicker you will feel..choke it down...stay on top of the eating for 2 days and then it will get easier. And who cares about what is "healthy" right now...a doghnut and chocolate are better nutrition than "nothing" right now. Eat whatever you can possibly imagine stomaching : - ) I loved cheeze-its and ice cream. Congrats...and remember its all worth it in the end!

I had that kind of nausea with my second child. i called it "eating sickness" because every time I would eat anything, i would feel ill. what worked for me was chicken broth, or other brothy soup, almost no substance, just broth. I still get wonton soup when i have chinese, because i remember how good it was to me, since i could eat it and not feel sick. sparkling apple juice, or one of those juice-like sodas were usually ok too (when water wasn't working out). Uusually I would just try to have chicken broth on hand wit every meal...to sip when i felt ill. good luck!

Dear T., I felt ill for the entirety of my pregnancies and I sincerely hope for you it is temporary. I found it very important to get adequate amounts of protein and I kept peanuts with me at all times. If I felt like losing my stomach was imminent, I'd have several peanuts and it would keep it at bay. Also, making sure I had access to fresh air (a breeze) was a big deal: open window, turn the fan on, etc. Good luck and congratulations on your pregnancy!

Hi T.,
Congrats to all those who could get by on natural stuff. It was a joke for me, though. I was sick 24 hours a day for all 4 of my pregnancies clear through labor and delivery, having to decide if I should vomit or push. Zofran was the only thing that did it for me, too. Most OBs don't start giving prenatal care until your first visit at 10 weeks, but give your OB a call. Tell him/her how sick you are and ask for some Zofran. Just do it. It's not the "magic pill" and doesn't make everything go away, but it helps more than anything else out there. Our insurance for some bizarre reason didn't want to pay for any more than 15 pills every 23 days. HA. You're supposed to take it every 8 hours as needed, so do the math. But if that happens to you, there should be some paperwork from the insurance company that the doctor has to fill out saying, yes, you really do need it 3 times a day, and that should take care of that. And it can all be done by fax to make the process faster. Just thought I'd add that in case you run up against the same problem. Nobody at our insurance was very forthcoming with that important piece of information until we just about had a cow on someone over it on the phone with them. Best of luck.

Morning sickness is horrible! I feel so sorry for you! I had morning sickness with both of my pregnancies and nothing seemed to work but time. You might want to see if your Dr. can recommend something for you. I hope you find relief! Congratulations on your pregnancy!

Hi T.,

First, congratulations.

Now, when I was pregnant(my last was almost 5 years ago) I had the same thing. What my doctor suggested and it really worked for me was to keep a glass of water and some graham crackers by my bed and to eat it BEFORE I even got out of the bed. She said that movement helps enhance the feeling of nausea but if I had got something in my stomach before I started moving around, it would help. Whether it really did or I made myself believe that it did, I don't know. I just know that my day started off better and I stopped feeling that way for the whole day.

You have nothing to lose by trying it.

Good luck and God bless.

Have you tried those motion sickness acupressure wristbands? They help some ladies with pregnancy nausea.

First off, congradulations on your second pregnancy!! I just had my second baby 5 months ago (allready) and remember how sick and nauseated I felt...I lost 10 pounds because I couldn't stand anything...even water made me feel sick. I was ditto to your situation. Unfortantely, I was way more sick (on the verge) for 12 weeks. Nothing helped me and so I have no advice except to "hang in there" and wait until your second trimester. Being very sick is a sign of a healthy baby! I remember somedays I liked fresh lemons in ice cold water. Being at work can be hard...so rest when you can...even if it is 5 minutes in the bathroom! A second baby is soooo much joy and so much more love, it is just amazing...you'll see. Good luck

T.,
Zophran is the drug you'd want to take. My sister-in-law had awful nausea with all 4 of her pregnancies, and this drug was wonderful. Even better, it just went generic. It used to be like $7 a pill or something like that. Anyway, it's perfectly safe and really calms the nausea.
Hope that helps,
D.

Vit B6 deficiency causes nausea. B6 needs vit b12 as well for uptake, so do a B complex drop. take the drops of b complex, under the tounge 3 times a day. see if it helps. ps- dont be alarmed with optic yellow urine - due to the vit b.

ps.. sugar kills vit B levels.

the only thing that worked for me was putting a mint (light green or white) tic tac under my tounge or sucking on it. I am sorry you feel so bad. I know how you feel.

Acupuncture! It can do a lot for you during pregnancy. Just be sure you tell the practitioner you are pregnant. There is a college where I live so I got inexpensive treatments but I also paid full $$ for a talented acupuncturist when my rib cage started expanding. Try drinking fresh Ginger tea(not dried in tea bags). Buy fresh Ginger and slice it into chunks and boil it up. Make a bunch and put it in the fridge. Also if you have heartburn (I did and nausea because of it) you can take pepcid AC to reduce the acid (I took it most of my pregnancy).

Good Luck!
-C.

Hi T. -

I have dealt with this issue for many years and for many friends, family and clients - and here is what I recommend in 99% of cases:

Pregnancy nausea is caused by larger than normal fluctuations in blood sugar (among other things related to hormonal changes) - and the way to deal with this is not to eat more sugar, but less - what works is to cut all sugar out of your diet - all refined flour and sugar - depending on the severity, you may need to cut out especially sweet fruit for a while too (bananas, mangoes, etc.). This really works - it resets your body's insulin response to what it is supposed to be. It will give your body a better capacity for regulating blood sugar. It takes a bit of a diet adjustment, and once you cut out all sugar it will take 3 or 4 days for your body to adjust (you'll still feel sick for those 3 or 4 days) but after that you will feel a ton better. Try it!

Good luck!

Kaisers website says b-6. There is something called B-Sublingual Complex that is liquid multi B vit and you put under your tounge and in 10 minutes or less your nausia can subside. This is my 4th preg and I wish I knew about this in the past. Like you water made me feel sick too like it was too hard on my tummy. Magicly, I have not felt sick my second trimester...knock on wood!

Congratulations! I too was sick like that. Try your local health food store-I drank a tea that helped. Also, those anti nausea bracelets helped a little as well. Ginger candies were terrible, but ginger ale helped a bit!
Good luck-
N
ps-I had a friend that tried acupuncture and that helped

Hi T., Try eating anything with protien every two hours..some almonds, yogurt, or what every you can stand the thought of. The tinest amount can help keep up blood sugar and lessen nausea. You can also try B-natals you can get at the store which are suckers or logenzes. If you don't keep anything down for 24 hours you should call your doctor. Sometimes a dose of phenegren, or iv to get you hydrated can "reboot" your body if things get bad enough. Most of all, know that "this too will pass!" Debbie