Morning, Noon & Night Sickness Cures?

[~breeze~]

Hi Netix, sorry to hear how you're feeling, I totally understand what you're going through & sympathise deeply.

As a sufferer of Hyperemisis (HG) in all of my pregnancies I've had severe m/s all day & night, the worst being when I got to the point of vommiting every 2 minutes (Yes I times them) I ended up sleeping on the bathroom floor hunched over the toilet bowl until DH got up & took me to the hospital. It was then that they diagnosed me as having HG. Of course I had to go through the normal maxalon, stemetil etc etc & when they could see they didn't help they asked if I wanted to try Zofran (the first time I had zofran was in 2003 & I've never had any side effects etc).

With DD I had to take zofran from 6 weeks until the night I gave birth (I took my last one about half an hour after giving birth due to still vommiting) miraculously the sickness stopped the next morning, fingers crossed it will leave as quick this time around, I've heard stories of woman experiencing HG well after giving birth, those poor woman.

I saw someone posted in here that zofran didnt work for her, I dont know if maybe she didnt have the right dosage or maybe her body just didnt accept it for some reason? I know when I got out of hospital I was on 4 wafers a day but as they cost more than $10 per wafer I weened myself down to 1 per day which is what I currently take.

I know you said your doctor said it had only been tested on animals but I think you should get a second opinion, as I said I've used it since 2003 & I know it's the medication given to chemo-therapy patients for their sickness. I've had doctors at the hospital & local GP's prescribe them to me without the slightest worry that there hasn't been enough testing done. I do know it still isn't classified as a "safe during pregnancy" drug such as maxalon & stemitil but after taking it for 9 months with DD & DD being born healthy (& apgars (sp?) being 9 & 10) I'm not worried about taking it again this PG. As the doctor at the hospital said, if you're worried about losing your baby from taking this medication, think about if you dont take it, you will definately lose your baby (in my case). It wasn't a hard choice.

I try to come off my medication throughout my pregnancies (mainly because of the cost) but so far no luck. The last time was last night I didnt take my meds, I woke at 4am needing to vommit, took my zofran which I keep by the side of my bed & once I got back to sleep I felt much better an hour later when getting up for DD (had to settle her back to sleep) then slept through til 8am & felt close to 100%. So in my case it looks like I take them until I give birth but others may only need them for a few weeks etc.

I just wanted to let you know a good case from using the zofran zydis. When the sickness is unbearable you'll try anything & this makes me feel 100% when I take it every night, I don't feel nauseas at all, I can enjoy my pregnancy.

I have heard about acupuncture working for some woman & I've also heard good things about the sea sickness wrist bands (neither worked for me, along with absolutely everything else, besides the zofran) so I do hope the other options work for you.

Hoping you get some relief soon.

BTW Each pregnancy I always say I wont be having another due to feeling so terrible but once I get it under control with my medication I always change my mind, even considering another after this baby LOL

[Ozziehoffy]

I have no idea if this works or not as I haven't tried it... only just read it a few days back and thought...oh I've never heard of that for m/s but must remember it in case I need to try it... also I can't think of where I read it -

anyway, apparently mandarins are good for m/s.

I used the seasick bands last pg - they didn't stop it for me, but certainly made it a lot more bearable. First pg I really didn't have much m/s at all, but second I had it a lot worse and they helped me a lot.

[Netix]

Thank you Danielle for the long reply, and letting me know how you have being going on zofran. I have never heard of HG before.
I just cancelled a drs apt I had tomorrow, cos I didnt thik I needed it, but now i'm kind of regretting that move. I am seeing a homeopath atm, who has given me some concoctions. On their own, they dont work, but with the sea bands, I can almost be normal. Still feel s**t and like I want to vomit, but at least I can function mostly (but my tping ability seems to have lapsd). I am going back to see the homeopath tomorrow, so rather than get more things from him tomorrow, I will try to see a dr and have another talk about zofran.
I have also said that this will be my last pg, I am not enjoying it at all. It is getting me down that both my pg's have been sick, miserable times. Even if I get the ms under control, I doubt whether I will change my mind on that.
Thank you again.
Ozzie, I will get a few mandarins tomorrow morning while I am out, and see if they help. Thy will be far cheaper than more hompeopathic stuff or zofran! Thanks.