Diana I was also given the restavit, I've only taken it a few times to try & get some sleep. I was told by my chemist not to take more than 75mg a day.
The actual directions my chemist put on paper for me was 1 pyroxin tablet (B6) & half a restavit tablet (25mg) 3 times a day.
I was worried I'd get too sleepy especially with DD to look after so I havent taken many. I really only take them when I NEED some sleep.
I never realised it could be used to reduce HG, I thought the chemist was being nice with trying to get me some sleep by offering it to me. Shes been my chemist through both pregnancies & stocks up on zofran for me so we know each other quite well LOL. She just offered it to me one day when I went in & told me its a sleeping aid, duh.. I should have asked more questions.
Thanks for bringing it up, I might try taking more now so I can hopefully get off the zofran before the end of this pregnancy, costs a bloody fortune! LOL (very much worth it of course when its all that works)
Little Miss Sunshine- I hope you've found something that works for you, ideally something natural &/or cheap!! You poor thing
Hi Sunshine
I had M/S untill I was 22 weeks preg. Like you any thing could set me off. One day I would be fine with something the next it would make me sick.
The only things that helped was chips (coles brand only Arnots made me sick) Sipping coke or ginger beer (only Bunderburg brand worked) , crackers and tasty cheese.
The hardest part was cooking for the family as the smell used to set me off.
I take 100g of B6 to help me.
I didn't go to the Drs I just worked my way through it by snacking and every now and then I got to keep a small meal. As I would eat with the family most of the time but I only had a very small amount and we ate very basic plain food.
Good luck with winning the battle...
Take care
Chris
Oh Sarah, there is nothing quite like the constant hangover feeling hey. I vomited every day for all of my pregnancys!! Hence the big age gaps between my kids, took me a while to convince myself I could handle the vomiting and nausea again!! My first, I could only hold down hot chips and gravy and coke, second daughter, everything made me sick, was in and out of hosp on IV fluids all pregnancy. Last bub, I vomited in force till about 20wks, then it actually got a bit better, and I was only sick periodically. Still had the nausea constantly though. I never actually found a remedy that did work!! Actually there was one - CHILDBIRTH!!!! Good luck, I hope your last few weeks visiting family get better!! I don't think I have actually helped at all have I!!! Only, if you do think you are getting dehydrated, go to the DR definately. Fingers crossed you start to feel better soon!! Hope Noah is being co-operative for you!!!
Glad I could help - I noticed that you're in Sydney - here's the phone number for Mother Safe - 1800 647 848 or 9382 6539 - give them a buzz if you like, the ladies are wonderful and full of great advice on what to take in pregnancy - they seem to know more than the pharmacies - my pharmacist had never heard of taking Restavit and B6 during pregnancy and was quite astounded that this was suggested to me - none the less I tried it and it worked - I still felt like crap some days but overall the vomitting stopped and I could function better
I am still looking for restavit! Everywhere I go knows nothing about it. On the plus side I found 25mg B6 tablets and I am going to take 2 a day to see if that helps. I had one 2 hours ago and I am really struggling to keep dinner down so maybe it isn't enough on its own. I don't feel up to getting out of the house but when I do I will be going into every shop I can to track the restavit down. A pharmasist recommended some prescription that starts with a D, she said it is catagory A but it does cost a bit. I will look into that when I get back to Oz if restavit is too hard to track down.
I love hearing everyones tips though, it might give me more things to try. Together we may find the ultimate cure!!!
I have just spent nearly 8 weeks in bed with vomitting just like you and have only managed to keep down crackers etc. I found watermelon is wonderful - no smell and a nice bland cold taste (and it doesn't taste bad if it comes back either). The other thing my fertility nurses told me to do is to get a frozen coke or smoothie and sip it (put it back in the freezer every now and then, this does help too) I went to the Doctors and he prescribed Zofran and I can now get through my whole day (sometimes without vomitting at all). If you can get hold of this you will notice a huge change. My hubbys Aunty is a nurse and taught me how to know if I was dehydrated, pinch the back of your hand and if you can gather the skin your body still has water in it, however if the skin is hard to pinch and pulled tight and the skin on your fingers is starting to look transperant you need to get your self to a hospital and onto a drip for the day. I really hope you feel better soon, it is so hard to excited about your little miracle when you feel so rotten. If you have a BBQ get your partner/hubby to cook on that, my hubby has been doing that since I was 4 weeks pg and it is great because the house doesn't fill with that yucky-make-you-want-to-throw-up smell. I hope this helps you.
Last edited by Bindy; July 11th, 2008 at 01:06 PM.
Restavit is definitly the elusive thing over here, my mum went to the health food store and could not find it. The sales person sold her some cocculine though and I am taking that.
Yesterday was a really bad day. Everything was vomitted up and I don't know if it was from the force of vomitting that I had a little back end issues too. I have to wait 10 more minutes before I can eat or drink anything so this stuff has a chance to kick in. Last night when I took it I was able to drink 2 glasses of water with a whole lot of relief. Much better than a few hours earlier when I would have a sip and then it would come back up in seconds. 3 more weeks until I get back into Oz so I am really hanging out for that. I will be at the Dr asap getting hooked up with zofran!
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