When Will the Sickness End?!

With my last pregnancy I had hyper-emesis up until the day I gave birth (August '10). I had Zofran among other things.

One thing I suggest to my girlfriends for morning sickness is 50-100mg B6 and half a Unisom. (The little blue pill not the gel cap.) You can do this up to twice a day. Start with 50mg of B6. If it doesn't work, then move up to 75mg. If you're still having issues, do the full 100mg. Always keep the Unisom at half a pill.

It never stopped with my first. I vomited the morning of my induction. My 2nd I felt much better and hungry by 13 wks.

Hi M.
I'm 27 weeks now and had horrendous sickness. It eased off at 17 weeks.
I could only eat very light food but it would still come back up. I too didn't want to take meds and the sea bands wouldn't work.
The good news is that morning sickness is a sign of a healthy baby and it does get better.
Now I can't stop eating,making up for lost time !!
It will pass.
All the best
B. k.

What, a Dr. not a fan of nausea meds? I was extremely sick the entire 9 months with my first. I eventually got on Zofran and it was the ONLY thing that remotely helped. Otherwise I would have been on iv's in the hospital.

It usually slows down around 12 weeks or so, but not with everyone. Hang in there and ask for a prescription! Don't waste your time if he prescribes phenegran, doesn't work for hardly anyone.

everyone is different. i had morning, noon and night sickness until I delivered...literally threw up DURING my c section. i was like that with both pregnancies. i hope you feel better soon!

no sugars as the liver is sorting out issues and that will just perpetuate the symptoms. Try boiling a plain potato and eating it very slowly. Another wonderful thing for nausea associated with morning sickness is umeboshi plums. Google them to find out some information but make sure to get some that are clean ingredients, no sugars or dyes in them. A natural food store should carry them or you can order them online at www.vitacost.com
Try eating simple foods and know this will pass.
Stay away from sugar and processed foods. High meat also is bad, makes the body work too hard and unhealthy.

If you start losing weight and becoming dehydrated find a new dr! I had severe hyperemesis with all 3 of my kids.....severe vomitting, rapid weight loss(35 pounds in 1 month) and frequent and severe dehydration. You can try the b6 and unison cocktail someone suggested any type of ginger.....cookie, cake, candy, ginger ale......also try homemade lemonade and if you can't drink it then freeze it in a cake pan and eat it with a spoon. Also never ever let yourself get hungry. I had to eat literally every 2 hours. Not alot......just a few crackers or yogurt. Also make sure to take a calcium supplement .......baby takes what it needs from your bones and teeth so ya gotta restock! I know its tough but try to rest whenever you can and do not over do yourself! Good luck mama.....I feel your pain I threw up the whole 9 months and all through my csection!

I know people who had nausea all the way through the end and others none. My first time was horrible until month 6 and my second was bad until 12weeks. In the end, you know yourself better then your doctor. He may not be a "fan" of prescribing the meds, but you are not a "fan" of being ill while caring for another child and trying to go on with your life.

Pregnancy should not be an impediment to your lifestyle and your doctor should be told in no uncertain terms that he's there to help you go through those 40 weeks as comfortably as possible...

I wish you the best!

Hi M.,

This is my second pregnancy and I have never felt this sick before. I had no appetite and anything I did get down came right back up. My doc gave me Zofran. It helped with the nausea but I still threw up. My doc wanted to put me on a Zofran pump, but finally at 13 weeks I started to feel a little better. Just be sure to drink a lot so you don't get dehydrated and hopefully it will be over for you soon. Good luck.

Change doctors. You should be able to at least try the meds available and see if they work for you.

I too had hyperemesis with 3 pregnancies -- it was horrible. If you can't keep water down, call your doc and/or go to the ER. You don't want to get dehydrated.

Hang in there! But, do insist on trying something or find another doc.

This time mine eased up at 16 weeks when I stopped taking my prenatal and switched to Flintstones. I did my own experiment: I didn't take them for a few days and felt much better, took them and then felt awful, so I think that was the culprit...which my doctor said very well could have been.

With my daughter I took a different prenatal and felt icky for only a few weeks (9-12 weeks).

Every pregnancy is different. This one is SOOOOO much different than the last, it's CRAZY! Enjoy and I hope you feel better soon!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I'm truly sorry you are going through this!!!

it usually eases up around 12 weeks....if it doesn't ask for the meds...they really do help!!

Make sure your doc listens to you. My doc was not a fan of nausea meds until we discovered that not only was I losing weight, but amniotic fluid which is so not good for the baby. It should ease around 12 weeks, if it doesn't, speak up! And I second the prenatal check - see if your meds are the culprit there are many brands of pre-natals some more vomit inducing than others to each person...

BTW congrats!

The meds are not dangerous and so I don't think it's bad to take it especially if you can't keep anything down. All pregnancies are different and so you won't know until you continue on with your pregnancy. For my first pregnancy I threw up 15 times and with my second I threw up 60 times so you never know. But I have friends who have taken meds for their nauseousness and were fine and their babies were fine as well. I think it's a personal choice. Maybe you can do some research and then decide what you want to do.

I would love to give you words of encouragement, but I had morning sickness with my second pretty much from 9 weeks until 2 days after my baby was born. They say that all the sickness is sign of a girl! My first was a boy and I had no sickness, but my girl made up for both of them!
It took the advice my of doctor to take vitamin B6 and 1/2 a Unisom tablet. If I did this every night, I could make it through the next day. But if I stopped (which I did every now and then to see if I was in the clear), it came right back with a vengeance. I would be sick again by mid-morning. I took this combo my entire pregnancy with absolutely no ill effects.
Hope this helps.

I was the same way this pregnancy but wasnt with my first child. I was sick from day one to week 16. I am 18 weeks now and finally starting to feel better. Have you tried the ginger capsules? Ginger Ale? Try everything first then ask your dr again, thats what I had to do because my dr doesnt like to perscribe the medicine either. It should end soon, unless you have sickness your whole pregnancy.

GET A NEW DOCTOR!!! Its not good for you or baby to be puking all the time. When the puking starts to make you lose weight its not a good sign. I was in the same boat as you twice before. The first time i got dehydrated as was on bed rest for 3 weeks. My doctor gave me meds that i had to take 45mind b4 eating and made me soooo sleepy. The next time around i was VERY worse and the drugs didnt work, plus i had a 3yr to take care of. I couldnt sit in anything that moved even the slightest, watch tv with alot of action scenes, puked about 8 times a day and drank koolaid cause it was the only thng keeping me from passing out. So my OB prescribed Zofran. No waiting to eat, could eat normally within 2 days. Alot of pregos have used the drug and the only side effect i know of is you hungry and WANT TO EAT!

My brother is a pharmist and was telling me they give Zofran originally to cancer patients cause it worked so well with the nausea

By th way my nausea never ended til i gave birth. It is rare that someone has it for that long and i tried everything before the Zofran. Its not cheap but SOOOOO worth it. I had to be on it for theentire pregnancy and have the dosage increased as i got further along.

Good luck and get another doc, its no big deal about changing docs. They dont mind. I tried a few OB in the office til i found the right one and then the pregnancy went better and happier.

Just read some other post, the iron in pregnancy vitamins can make you feel worse, try to find one with low iron or take flintstones. There is even gummy prego vitamins now. Plus take the vitamins right before bed, its nicer on the stomach. Prego pops from motherhood materity help too