The dreaded all day sickness...

I have been feeling queasy all day every day for just over 2 weeks now, and although I know it's part and parcel of pregnancy it has been getting me down over the last couple of days. As soon as I wake right up until my head hits the pillow at night I feel yucky - I've been having trouble concentrating at work, and the sick feeling just seems to consume my every thought and movement (or lack thereof). Is it this bad for anyone else, or have I just been unlucky? Has anyone got any tips on how I can feel a bit better about it all instead of feeling so down and sorry for myself?

Sounds like me with DD1......id stay in bed all day and nigiht...and eat green apples all day...its the only way i survived until 22 weeks

I must admit that there were a couple of days where I thought that the queasiness was slowly going, and I then panicked that something was wrong! It came back with a vengeance though! I guess I just don't know what I want - I'll blame it on the pregnancy hormones!!!!

Do you take anything to help the yuck feeling?

Travacalm works wonders...i took it at the start this time...(i only has slight nausea this time however..no vomitting) and it took the feeling away rather quickly!

I was on edge the whole time with DD1...never knew if it had gone or not....but when it did i was like FINALLY!!!!!

This is how I was with DD, it started when I was 6 weeks pg on a flight to Townsville and stayed until 12 weeks. I remember constantly asking will I ever feel 'normal' again? and the answer... yes! it does get better. I am sorry it is not much help, there was no miracle cure for me, it was horrible at the time but hey I am going back for a 2nd go so it can't have been that bad? can it? ;) see how soon it is forgotten.

It does get better and then you will have your belly, then your baby, then m/s will be a distant memory :D

:pray: that you feel better soon.

ETA: Just remember ms is a good sign of a healthy pregnancy!!!

Deanne.

Kimbaz - I didn't even think of Travacalm - I gather it is safe to use then? I just presumed that I couldn't take anything at all! I've even been too scared to use Vicks when my nose is blocked!

MM - thanks, it's good to know that there is a chance that it will subside! My Mum had no ms at all - so I think that I'm getting her share too ;)

I spoke to my GP and pharmacist and he said that it was fine to take....so i did...but only when i felt like it was bad and couldnt stand the feeling.

suggestions that i've tried (after going through 10 of the past 12 weeks feeling exactly like you are now!)

- eat as soon as you wake up. i WAS having half a banana every morning, going back to sleep an hour, then having toast with cheese. this past week, i've started having yogurt, then back to sleep for an hour, and waking up to eggs on toast. sounds full on, but the protein in the two has made a mammoth difference. i've gone from unbearable nausea to niggling PITA
- ginger - lollies, drinks, biscuits - whatever you can stomach. i found the blackmores MS tabs worked for about 3 weeks, then nothing. ginger bikkies are good if i'm in the car and need a snack. i drink maybe half of a 300ml bottle of dry ginger ale when things get bad
- eat every couple of hours - don't forget. even if you feel ok, eat.
- avoid high sugar content things (lollies etc) where you can unless you're sucking on them (fruit tingles) to help with keeping blood sugar levels steady
- ask your doctor for a script for maxalon if things are bad
- don't be afraid to ask for alternatives - sea bands (travel bands) are fantastic
- vitamin b6 - i'm taking 100mg morning and night for the past week - it seems to be helping.
- rest when you need to. you're growing a human, so its understandable that your body is going to become easily fatigued!
- drink up!!! dehydration is the last thing you want - the more dehydrated you get, the worse the ms is! if you cant stomach water all the time (it can be harsh on your tum) try mineral waters or highly diluted cordial. try to make sure it's not too sweet - same deal as lollies - you don't want a high sugar rush and then to come crashing down!


umm, what else have i found helpful. potato is a good source of carbs which go into your system easily. i have spud of some sort most days at lunch. have a high protein dinner to carry you through the night - i would suggest meat and veg, egg if you can stomach it.

so long as you're eating healthy, eating small serves (if you're having five meals a day instead of three, the meals need to be smaller!), you should find it more managable


if all else fails, there are stronger options - one is a VERY exxy drug only approved on PBS for chemo patients, so although it works for the nausea, it costs a hell of a lot. the other option (only if suggested by your doctor) is phenergan - which helps with nausea, but also works as a sedative. my doc last week suggested this, so i have it in the house, but have, as yet, refused to use it. i can't see my ms being bad enough to require me to be sedated. i am also at home alone, and don't like the idea of not being able to get myself somewhere if something were to happen. IF i have to take it, i will be in contact with my family so that, if needed, someone is there for me - even if it's just for the comfort of knowing someone knows i'm sedated kwim?

don't be afraid to mention it to your carer - being pregnant is so exciting, but feeling cruddy just sucks! if you think you need help to cope (i was having anxiety attacks which were putting BP through the roof), then speak up

hope that helps

BG


ETA - travelcalm has a pg safe version - check with your pharmacist first!

me me me - I have nausea 24/7!!! So you are not alone.
One thing that makes it bearable is a) I am so happy to be pregnant with # 1... and b) Its a good sign bubs is healthy (i yes, its there!!!)

I HAVE to eat a cracker before I get up out of bed in the morning... otherwise I will be sick!
Then I get on the train to work, put my ipod on and close my eyes and relax (usually whilst snacking on crackers)

At work I just try and snack when I can... I find water is making me abit sick too, so at lunch I will usually have a fizzy drink which settles me again.
Ive tried the ginger stuff with not much luck! I just hope that it passes soon! ;)

i had it again this time, you need to find what works for you!!
i found very diluted apple juice great to sip on allllllll day, i also used seabands this time and did get some relief, as well as higher doses of Vitamin B.

I felt EXACTLY the same last time. This time wasn't so bad but it's probably because I knew it was going to end. Just keep telling yourself that. I took Blackmore's ms tabs but they didn't seem to do much. If you are vomiting a lot, then go see your doc. My nausea was shocking with my first pg but I didn't take any medication apart from the blackmore's. I just thought if I'm not spewing then really my body isn't going to fall apart from feeling nauseaus. I was soooooooooo tired though so I just made sure I went to bed really really early and every chance I got, I slept. I felt really lazy but I just physically couldn't do anything. I thought that it was never going to end but it gradually got more bearable until it was gone by about 13-14 weeks. Sounds like a long time but when it goes you'll have forgotten about it after a week of feeling much better. then the pregnancy glow sets in and nothing can stop you, especially when it's your first pg! I've got the glow happening now but it's not as extreme seeing as I'm running after a 10 month old. Like someone else said, we're going back for a second time so it does get better and the memory fades. Congratulations on your pregnancy and hope you feel better soon. Just take one day at a time and keep thinking it is soooooooo worth it! xxxx

When does morning sickness usually start? EG 8 weeks? 12 weeks? etc

Firstly congratulations on your pregnancy :clap: and as the other ladies have said ms is a good sign of a healthy pregnancy.

When I was pregnant with the twins I had quite severe ms. For me it started at 5 weeks and went until I was 18 weeks :wall: but that was with two bubbies.

Try a few different things and see what works for you. We are all different. Most of the stuff I tried has been mentioned above. I found for me eating small meals worked (I lived a vegemite on cruskits for a while :rolleyes:) And I was only able to keep a couple down at a time. I also was taking maxolon as I was vomiting about 6-8 times a day when the sickness was at its worse. I wasn't able to eat before getting out of bed because as soon as I stood up it all came back up again, but try that and see if it works.

As the other girls have said try and keep up your water because you don't want to get dehydrated. I found sucking on ice cubes was good too. And try to rest. For the first 18 weeks I did nothing other than go to work. When I was home my DH basically did everything and my Mum did my ironing and stuff as I wasn't able to. If someone offers help grab it with both hands!!!

Good luck for the rest of your pregnancy. I hope the ms eases for you soon.

Thanks everyone, I have actually found that Sunshine Pine Fruit Juice is going down nicely, and a friend put a packet of TUMS in my hand - they are working OK, obviously in minimal amounts... Will keep on keeping on ;)

Fruit tingles;) They stop the nausea for a short time. I feel your pain... I'm still being sick everyday.:(

Ah well... only 26 more weeks. hehe

Oh i feel your pain i really do! I only found out on tuesday that i was pregnant and since sunday been feeling really nauseated to the point of throwing up. I find i have to eat constantly or ill get more sick. Which is hard to do at work! I honestly didnt think morning sickness starts this early i feel like climbing back into bed and going back to sleep!

Have been reading this thread with interest. I had bad m/s with all my other pregnancies but nothing seemed to work ie food and drink wise. But I didnt realise you could use Travelcalm and didnt think about seabands so thanks ladies am going to go try these today.:clap:

My m/s is all day and even goes through to the night to the point that some nights I am waking up crying because I feel so sick. I am just getting no relief at all. Last night I was lying in bed and kept waking up feeling dizzy - you know that feeling when you are really really drunk and the whole room is spinning? That was me.:rolleyes:

I am so sick of it all and it is really getting me down this time around. I think the lack of sleep (DS still wakes during the night) is compounding the issue. Thank God for DH tho and his lack of expectations in the "household" dept as I am doing nothing atm and I feel so guilty about it.

I am only 5 weeks pregnant but have been feeling a bit queezy in my stomach of a morning. Sometimes i dont feel like some of my favourite foods. Lately i have been craving alot of junk food but if i am feeling sick i find that fruit is the best thing for me. So far i have not thrown up or been that bad. Hopefully it stays that way!

OH HUN I FEEELLLLL UR PAIN!!
im 8 weeks and for the last 3 i have been sooo sick 24/7!!!
i am so happy to be preg but come on!! lol
i just keep telling my self its a good thing , means the bub is healthy, i have had 4 m/c this year so this is great but i have a 3 yr old and beig sick 24/7 is so hard for him to understand.
i have found that if i eat every 2 hours it kind of helps, but mainly apples and plenty of fluid.
well i wish u all the best and all i can say it keep in mind the amazing things going on inside u and u will be fine :dance:

I ended up going to the chemist last week and getting the sea sickness bands and they appeared to work! Well for a couple of days anyway!:rolleyes:

My nausea has been so bad that my OB prescribed for me some medication, I have only taken it 3 times but it certainly is doing the trick thank goodness. Another thing he said was safe to use in pregnancy and which can help with motion sickness or nightime sickness was Phernagan.

Oh I am feeling for you.
I have just started the quesy feeling myself. I am just 6 weeks preg and have already spent some time in hospital from too much vomiting in need of a drip.

My last preg I was sick for a long time but not too bad. I found eating whatever it was that I felt like often helped. KFC chips did it for me. Ginger was also great. This time I am using sea bands. I only got them yesterday because I was really sick but today am feeling a lot better. Go to the pharmacy and ask for travel sickness bands.

I know what you mean about worrying because you feel a bit better. I do the same thing all the time.

Hope this helps. Hang in there.

ClareBear,

I know how you feel. I have been sick everyday for almost two weeks now. And although it may not sound like a long time, it feels a whole lot longer! I can vomit anywhere from once a day, to all day long. If I don't feel nauseous; I have a headache.
Maxalon tabs and Stemetil injection both failing to help in anyway.
Doctor wanted me to be admitted into the hospital to have IV fluids, because at that time I couldn't even keep fluids down, but that has eased a little and I can keep them down for a while anyway.
I can't cook, because as soon as I am near food, I am either dry heaving or vomiting.
I am at whits ends. I am sick of feeling sick & sorry for myself. And I feel so selfish for wanting to get better.
Fiance has been great though; he even rubs my back when the vomiting gets bad. Although he does make the slight joke from time to time.
I know it will all be worth it, and take comfort in knowing that m/s is a sign of a healthy baby. But this is the sickest I have EVER been in my life! And it is CRUEL! lol
I am on the count down til Christmas Eve. that is when I will be 12 weeks; and HOPEFULLY it will get better after then...

Hope you're feeling better soon!

oh you poor dear! This what scares me about TTC next year again, I get hypermisis gravedum with my pregnancies its basically severe vommiting to the point where you cant hold water down and have to be re-hydrated on a drip in hossy.

with my 2nd it wasnt as bad and i swear its coz I kept myself hydrated here are my tips for beating morning sickness:

1. Eat as soon as your hungry only small ammounts dont delay it otherwise the feeling will get worse if this means getting up at 4 am cause you started to feel vommity and hungry and eating before it gets worse then do it, I had to most mornings.

2. Hyrdrolyte ice blocks eat them when you feel off colour slowly suck them and take ur time, they are an electrolyte re-hydrant designed for little kids who get gastro, but my pharmascist informed me pregnant women can have them as well and I tell you now - I would not of survived without them!... IF YOUR DEHYDRATED IT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL SICKER AND LIKE THROWING UP MORE.

I hope you feel better soon its hard with morning sickness, cause its not like a 2 day gastro bug its more like a 3 month one! when my hubby got gastro not long ago for 2 days, he said there was nothin worse than feeling like vommiting all day everyday, and now he knows how I felt hehe :D

Oh Clarebear i could have written that post myself! i cant believe how sick i feel!! my m/s was nothing like this when i had DD!!! and i thought that was bad!! my main problem is when im hungry... if i don't eat straight away.. i feel worse, but, at the same time, i don't feel like eating anything at all, but i have to force something down.

one lady i work with keeps saying 'oh m/s is horrible isnt it, i always used to tell myself to push on and get through it'- I DONT WANT TO PUSH ON! lol i want to go home and curl up in bed! argh! lol

I've been having all day sickness too. so much for the "morning" sickness you get told about huh?? i wish mine was in the morning. i'm about 6 weeks, and i haven't been able to eat anything for the last two weeks, the only thing i've been able to stomach is hokkien noodles smothered in sweet chilli sauce.
but then as of this morning, i've been able to eat everything, and now i can't stop eating. haha. i'm loving it!!!
as for the sickness, i've found a cold bath does the trick, or even just sipping cold water slowly works for me.
My DP's cousin Sarah has been telling me that Maxolin is great, it's an anti-nausea drug and i'm pretty sure it's safe for pregnant women to take. check it with a doctor first and get them to write you a prescription, but that stuff is the best stuff ever!! about ten mins after you take it, no more sick.
And just make sure your other half understands that household duties on your part are null and void, cause for me, any slight movement or scent sent me heaving over the toilet.

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my main problem is when im hungry... if i don't eat straight away.. i feel worse, but, at the same time, i don't feel like eating anything at all, but i have to force something down.

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So glad I'm not the only one!! I'm thankful for the 'morning' sickness as I had 2 miscarriages where I didn't have those symptoms. So yes I'm thankful, but its horrible!

At about 5/6 weeks I started feeling ill all day, but wasn't sick. At 7 weeks I had a full week off work because I couldn't keep anything down. Feel ill, can't eat, vomit. Fudged my way through the last week at work, and am glad I'm now on holidays. On holidays til the end of 1st trimester, and really hoping it passes by then, otherwise I don't know what I'll do!

I feel sick all day. I have to keep eating otherwise I feel ill, but can't stomach to think about food to buy/prepare it. When I sleep in, or forget to eat I end up vomiting. Christmas was actually great because there was food there to graze on, I could pick and choose, and eat a little bit constantly. But thinking about eating every 2 hours is hard work, but if I don't, I vomit.

Does anyone have any tips on how to work out what to eat, when the thought of food just makes you ill?!?!

DRV, I found that bananas in the morning worked (and still works - yep I'm over 15wks and still crook!), apparently they are a natural antacid which settles the tum :)

btw - Since finding that bananas seem to work I've only thrown up once in the morning (because of my toothbrush!) and even though I hate throwing up, bananas are much more pleasant (if that's possible) to bring back up!

[QUOTE=DRV;1578225]So glad I'm not the only one!! I'm thankful for the 'morning' sickness as I had 2 miscarriages where I didn't have those symptoms. So yes I'm thankful, but its horrible![QUOTE]

i understand this i also had 2 mc with no ms so being this sick is a good sign. But it definetly doesnt make any easier!! i ended up last weekend in hopstal with a drip and 2 bad of them coz i was very dehydrated. mmmmmm im hoping this pas very soon. i havet been able to work.

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Travacalm, Travacalm, Travacalm............

I only started taking it at the start of this week and I got relief within an hour. Until then I felt perpetually sea sick..... not good company for my family during the holidays!!!

It's just ginger, so it's all good. I also have some Blackmores Morning Sickness tablets I got while I was in Adelaide (after buying the Travacalm at my local chemist). They work just as well and have vitamin B6 in them too. Not so "horse tablet" like either.

I was a bit dubious about natural remedies, but my doctor recommended them, so I went with what he said. He is a good doctor (was there when Daniel was born), so I put great stock in his recommendation.

PS: I didn't feel sick at all with my m/c, so this is a very good sign for me - not much fun though.

Hey there girls with my DD who is nearly 1 i threw up till the day i had her I was on maxolin tablets for alot of that PG and it did help to some extent, and i am now pg with #2 and have been sick since around 5 wks and the tablets arent doing a thing nothing is i think i have tried everything under the sun just hope it doesnt last as long this time as its so hard to try and go to work and look after my little girl when i am feeling so terrible, its good to hear that i am not the only one feeling so sick

Poor Krittle. I had a friend who was sick all day, every day for the full 40 weeks too. Not nice.

I can't say I feel your pain, because I couldn't even imagine what that is like. I hope you don't have the same this time. Maybe you're having a boy and things will be completely different......... you never know!!