Morning Sickness -Well all bloomin day sickness!!

goodwitch

Totally sympathise with you! I had all day sickness with all four pregnancies. I found eating Polo mints helped, especially the spearmint ones and water with ice cubes in. I still spent more time in the bathroom than anywhere else during each pregnancy (couldn't eat anything without chucking it back up!) but it did ease the sicky feeling a bit. However not so sure about the big baby theory all mine were under 6 and a half pound!

Carmina_Piranha_3

olbas oil worked for me most days, as others have said (but is it 'allowed' in pregnancy?). lots of biscuits also helped - not ginger biscuits though. i get travel sickness too and have found that munching on biscuits and sugary sweets helps a lot - although many people say the opposite.

ice lollies are fab for morning sickness but i don't know why.

i read somewhere about eating protein before you go to bed, it's supposed to help your blood sugar not be too low when you first wake up. there's not much protein in biscuits though, and that's pretty much all i could stomach

as for big baby theory, i have been horribly sick both times and had one big baby, one small. maybe it comes from women with diabetes being sick a lot?

Carmina_Piranha_3

if you're going to be sick you may as well make it sherbet-lemon flavoured sick :rotfl:

nightsong

My understanding is that sickness in pregnancy is related to high hormone levels, which is a good thing in that the pregancy is likely to be more secure. It doesn't necessarily mean a big baby, though.

I suffered badly with all four of my pregnancies. The peak was at about ten weeks, with the 8 - 12 week phase the worst patch. Because it was so long ago (!) GPs were willing to prescribe for it. I forget what the tablets were, but they were antihistamines of some sort and available over-the-counter. I was reassured befause my mother had been prescribed exactly the same, and presumably they hadn't discovered any nasty side-effects in the intervening 25 years!

They worked - nothing else did, and I'm sure I'd have ended up in hospital if I hadn't taken them. Obviously ideally, one doesn't want to take any medication during the first trimester especially. It's interesting though, because dehydration and malnutrition are no joke for either mother or baby, and the fashion seems to be entirely against prescribing. When I was expecting my fourth, the new young GP said "oh well, it will soon be over and of course we can't give you anything for it". If I'd been told that with my first there would never have been more than one!

Good luck to the OP and any other expectant mums who are suffering, you have my heart-felt sympathy.

Justie

pookienoodle wrote:

consultant insisted we bring him out via the sunroof

:rotfl: great expression

beanieandme

purplepurple wrote:

Try Almonds.... I always had terrible sickness in the evenings (felt fab in the mornings) it felt like I was onboard a ship_pale_ but eating Almonds made me feel tonnes better (good for you too!).

Hope it passes soon!

Yeah, I found that Tesco almond croissants helped... mmm, fancy one now.

I'm going through the first stages of labour on my due date, so wish me luck, lol. I have a feeling it's gonna be a long wait.

abijanzo

Gingham_Ribbon wrote:

Which pills are you on, abi? Are you getting any side effects? I used to fall asleep all the time on promethazine and then they stopped working. I'm on cyclazine now and they are keeping it at bay.

Hello,
I was on Cyclazine which made me very drowsy at first but then I got used to them, then they stopped working completely out of the blue and I couldnt even keep water sips down :eek: so they changed them to Cinnarizine which I've been on a couple of months but are beginning to be less effective now. I'm reluctant to change tablets again, but I think I'll have to at this rate!

Zziggi

Gingham_Ribbon wrote:

There are studies that suggest a negative corolation between pregnancy sickness and pregnancy loss. In other words, you are less likely to miscarry if you are very sick. Nothing is a guarantee but people will often tell you it's a good sign.

There is no explaining to people who have not experienced this how debilitating it is. Like abijanzo, I have had hyperemesis all the way through both of my full term pregnancies. If you are so sick that you are getting dehydrated, are throwing up blood, are losing a lot of weight or simply can't keep anything down, go to the doctor. I have lost count of the amount of times I've been on a drip because it's got out of hand and it is bad for you and the baby for it to get to that stage.

There is also a difference between feeling nauseous all the time and constantly feeling like you are about to be sick, even if you just have been. There are things that can be done. People always told me to eat dry crackers and other things that worked for them that made no impact on me. They mean well but really if it's that bad nothing much helps.

You could try accupuncture, sea sickness bands for your wrists, reflexology etc etc with the support of your GP but whatever you do get medical advice.

If you have hyperemesis, don't leave it untreated as it can be VERY dangerous.

I can only backup all the Gingham_Ribbon has said.

Hyperemisis gravidum is NOT "just" morning sickness. It is a serious medical condition associated with pregnancy. It is also hell on earth! I had hyperemisis with my first 2. It was AWFUL.
People give you all kinds of advice such as eat ginger bics, have a bic before you get up in a morning,etc etc. NOTHING worked for me. I couldn't even swallow a mouthful of water without bringing it straight back up. Even being given a piece of plain white bread or mashed potato to eat filled me with dread. With my first pregnancy i didn't know what to expect and when a senior partner in my GP practice told me it was nothing - i went home and believed him for a couple of weeks. Then when i went back and saw someone else, i was whizzed into hospital quicker than a flash of lightening. I was on a drip constantly for a fortnight and then spent the rest of my pregnancy in and out of hospital. By the time i was 40 weeks pregnant I had lost 3 stone in weight and that includes me carrying the baby so when i delivered I was positively thin! I was given a suppositry to help clam the sickness down because anything thay gave me via mouth came back up immediately it went down. Whilst the medication helped a little, it certainally didn't solve the problem. i often considered having an abortion because the sickness was so bad. I couldn't even roll over in bed or sit up in bed without it provoking another round of sickness.

I'm not sure what the benefits/costs are of having hyperemisis but based on my own anecdotal evidence

DS1 - hyperemisis, full term baby, 9lb 3 oz, health probs
DS2 - hyperemisis, stillborn
DD1 - no hyperemisis AT ALL:T :j :T , 9lb 12oz, health probs

maybe it's just boys that don't agree with me??

Hyperemisis is the one major thing that seriously puts me off having anymore children.

Gingham_Ribbon

Zziggi, that sounds like a nightmare. And I am so sorry about the loss of your son.

If our lad gets here safely next week we're stopping at that. It's just too much to put everyone through.

Carmina_Piranha_3

zziggi i'm sorry about your second baby

when i was pregnant with my third and was worried that i hadn't been sick since the first couple of days i lost count of the people who told me it will be a girl because everyone gets sick with boys. i don't know if that's true - i wasn't pregnant anymore and that's why the symptoms went away. i had a missed miscarriage (where the baby dies but the body doesn't realise so it stays inside for a while).

anyway, lots of people told me they get sick with boys and not with girls. except for my sis who has had 3 boys and never been sick. hmmm ...

the first time i was pregnant the GPs receptionist told me i couldn't have an appointment and that vomiting blood was nothing to moan about. i was ever so ill that pregnancy, didn't gain any weight and looked terrible. with the second pregnancy i went into hospital twice for a drip and it made a huge difference. if you're not keeping anything down then make sure you get seen by a doctor because there are things that can help. if you get very dehydrated then your urine tests will show high protein and that will flag up that there's something wrong, but from what i recall i didn't have urine tests until i was around 28 weeks pregnant.