The Blackmores B6 and Ginger tablets helped me heaps. But they seemed to be a constant thing - you need to take them a couple of times and it slowly eases it.
Helped me survive two days in the car travelling and a wedding!
seabands! Travel sickness acupressure bands that sit on an acupuncture point on your wrist and work like magic reducing nausea. You can find them at chemists.
After a stint in hospital on a drip ended up being put on Zofran wafers and phenergan tablets at night...I think this is the 'end of the road' stuff...and your doc will need to prescribe
VEGEMITE!!!!! It worked so well for me. I actually carried a jar in my handbag!!! Seriously I would just dip my finger in it and the saltiness took that yucky feeling away. I still love vegemite and now Ashlyn loves it too!
Yep - Accupressure travel sickness bands and blackmores morning sickness tablets for me. Didn't totally remove it but certainly relieved it! Also, my evening sickness - if I ate a chocolate paddle pop it seriously made me feel better. Stupid I know, but it just did.
It is really hard but I found that if I could get up when I woke up rather than at 5am to my alarm, my sickness wasn't near as bad. Hope you're feeling on top of the world soon!
I've found eating little and often - even once or twice in bed in the middle of the night - is the best. And eating before you get out of bed, just a dry bikkie or or a weetbix. Protein is good (e.g a piece of cheese, an egg or a tin of tuna - weird as they sound for m/s!) and I like Milo too (I read something about the B vitamins being good - that might explain the Vegemite too!).
Hope those ideas help!
My MS saviour was miso soup. My naturopath recommended it to me because it is high in protein - a great way to balance your blood sugar levels which helps to prevent MS.
I bought packets of miso sachets from the health food store (dont buy it from a regular supermarket coz its full of artificial additives etc) and just poured a sachet into a large mug of boiled water - like a soup. Great for keeping your fluids up too which is also important to prevent MS.
She also recommended a protein serve before bed (ie - a hard boiled egg on toast at 10pm) to help keep the blood sugar levels stable overnight and prevent the morning nausea - this made a huge difference for me.
Avoiding sugary and refined 'white' foods which raise your blood sugar levels quickly is also recommended - so avoid sweet food, white bread, rice, pasta etc and choose wholegrain or wholemeal varieties instead. Wupper Rye and Burgen bread are good!!
Instead of just having fruit as a snack, (which is high in sugar and wont sustain you) I was advised to have some protein as well to balance BS - ie a handful of almonds, brazil or cashew nuts.
Avoid peanuts though.
Oh, I found sniffing or sucking on fresh lemon helped too!! The bitterness really helps to distract your tastebuds from that gross taste!! Ginger & lemon tea is good....
HTH and your morning sickness passes soon. Its so rotten, I know!!
Having a baby. Sorry, but I'm serious. Nothing really cures it for me, it just is what it is. Some things (like greasy food, ice cream etc) make it heaps worse, but nothing makes it better. I am very grateful though that I don't have HG, I could be lots worse!
Actually, I'm kind of lying.....I have been having weekly acupuncture sessions, I really do think it has helped me manage things better this time around. But it still doesn't cure it, just makes it more manageable.
I really hope your next pg is much easier! Good luck
And having something small and plain to eat as soon as I woke up and got out of bed. Helped me get through my shower, getting ready and to work phase. Bleeeeugh that was horrid. Things like crackers, dry nutrigrain was good too.
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