Symptoms Week of 11/7

[marshian]

How are we feeling this week? Anything new? Complaints? Wins?

[MrsEmuTavi]

Last week started afternoon/early evening queasiness. The weekend went well, no queasiness, but today I'm back to being queasy this afternoon.

Exhaustion is setting in more and more each day. Luckily I've had some luck getting DS STTN for the past week so I've been able to get more night sleep than usual BUT by midafternoon I've still been exhausted and H has been working overtime every day (maybe an hour per day) with no end in sight.

[cateyes]

Tired is the only real word to describe me lately. Also, new symptom-around my belly button hurts. No idea why but it does :/

[ihatepizza]

Can someone suggest any tips/tricks for getting through my work day (hospital setting). My nausea and fatigue are overwhelming and anxiety makes it worse. I spend a lot of time face to face and it's getting hard to cope. I have an appointment with my GP in two weeks (where inplan to ask for meds)

[marshian]

I'm finding more foods to sound and taste better which makes me happy to just have some variety in what I'm eating. All vegetables except lettuce are still a no-go.

Queasy pretty much all day, but it's worst in the morning and in the evening.

My body would love a nap each afternoon but since that would be frowned upon at work I'm just ready to hit the hay super early at night.

[marshian]

ihatepizza - I can tell you what's (mostly) working for me and hope it could help you. Everything was recommended by friends and posters here.

- Eat crackers (Saltines or graham recommended) before getting out of bed in the morning to get something in your stomach.
- Eat something almost immediately after getting up (even though you just had some crackers).
- Yogurt in the morning seems to help me (the protein, I think).
- Snack frequently. I know this might not be possible in your work setting, but maybe you can put some nuts or small snacks in your pocket and pull out a few at a time when you have a second?
- Suck on candy all day or chew gum. Gin-gins ginger candy has been miraculous. Jolly Ranchers are also good. Peppermint LifeSavers seem to help as well.

Hope you find things which work for you!

[sabrinaml]

Exhaustion is bad, but I thinks it's more because my LO is pretty sick and not sleeping good either.
DH and I had bacon wrapped filets for dinner yesterday and I could only eat 2.5 bites. I wanted to vomit after bite 2. I hope this isn't a sign for how all dinners will be for the next few weeks.
Constipation... Ugh it's brutal but then when I do finally have to go if I don't go right away it's like my stomach is ripping itself to shreds!
Coffee has been a hit or miss the last couple weeks.

[agm04]

ihatepizza i'm sorry you're having such a rough time. i've been using a microplane to grate fresh ginger into plain club soda, and i'm pretty sure that's helping the nausea. a bit cumbersome, but worth it.

so yeah, the on and off nausea has arrived. i'm eating terrible things sometimes, because i'm starving and i know food will help, but everything sounds gross. yesterday i ate almost an entire jar of pickles (i left 2 bc i was ashamed) - they were all i could eat!

[pinecone21]

Constipation here too. If I do yoga every day, I can get by. If I skip even one day, it's awful. I have a weekend trip coming up, so I guess I'll be doing yoga in the hotel room.

[panda]

I've managed to get a cold on top of my worsening nausea. It is bad over here. My body just doesn't like food at the moment. I'm looking forward to feeling better these upcoming weeks. Nothing has helped so far, but I'll have to look into those ginger candies marshian.

[agm04]

panda everyone at our house has a cold, too. not fun! hope you feel better soon.

[teachermomtobe]

ihatepizza, the unisom/b6 combo seemed to help me

My morning sickness seems to be easing replaced by afternoon/evening blah. I'd much rather feel crappy towards the end of the day so no complaints there. Drinking too much water was making me nauseous which then made me dehydrated. I think that is getting better so that's good. Food is still blah but if I time it right I can cook and go grocery shopping without feeling like crap. I still sleep 8:30-6 because I love sleep!

[cheezee]

teachermomtobe please tell me the unisom/b6 helped right away. I just got a prescription for it and will start tonight.

I have moved from dry heaving in the shower each morning to feeling ok in the mornings and then barfing up dinner. The past few days have sucked and I just feel like poo with headaches and so much fatigue on top of the nausea. I saw OB today and got a some meds which I hope will help.

[ihatepizza]

Nov 7, 2016 16:00:33 GMT -5 marshian said:

ihatepizza - I can tell you what's (mostly) working for me and hope it could help you. Everything was recommended by friends and posters here.

- Eat crackers (Saltines or graham recommended) before getting out of bed in the morning to get something in your stomach.
- Eat something almost immediately after getting up (even though you just had some crackers).
- Yogurt in the morning seems to help me (the protein, I think).
- Snack frequently. I know this might not be possible in your work setting, but maybe you can put some nuts or small snacks in your pocket and pull out a few at a time when you have a second?
- Suck on candy all day or chew gum. Gin-gins ginger candy has been miraculous. Jolly Ranchers are also good. Peppermint LifeSavers seem to help as well.

Hope you find things which work for you!

I am doing all of these tomorrow!! Thank you for the advice !

[ihatepizza]

Nov 7, 2016 17:23:03 GMT -5 teachermomtobe said:

ihatepizza, the unisom/b6 combo seemed to help me

My morning sickness seems to be easing replaced by afternoon/evening blah. I'd much rather feel crappy towards the end of the day so no complaints there. Drinking too much water was making me nauseous which then made me dehydrated. I think that is getting better so that's good. Food is still blah but if I time it right I can cook and go grocery shopping without feeling like crap. I still sleep 8:30-6 because I love sleep!

I wonder if my excessive water drinking is doing that to me. I'm so so thirsty all the time but I feel like it's dehydrating me more. I made Gatorade Popsicles which work so well for at home but I don't have a freezer at work

[ihatepizza]

Nov 7, 2016 17:23:03 GMT -5 teachermomtobe said:

ihatepizza, the unisom/b6 combo seemed to help me

My morning sickness seems to be easing replaced by afternoon/evening blah. I'd much rather feel crappy towards the end of the day so no complaints there. Drinking too much water was making me nauseous which then made me dehydrated. I think that is getting better so that's good. Food is still blah but if I time it right I can cook and go grocery shopping without feeling like crap. I still sleep 8:30-6 because I love sleep!

Also, excuse my ignorance but can you buy it OTC or do you need a prescription ?

[ihatepizza]

Nov 7, 2016 17:09:03 GMT -5 @lullaby said:

ihatepizza, when my nausea was overwhelming with my last pregnancy, meds were the only thing that really helped. I tried everything else (wristbands, preggie pops, ginger drinks, etc) and I was still throwing up multiple times a day. I hope you find some relief soon!

Thanks, I have a feeling that if all these suggestions don't work I might have to head to the walk in for some medication

[teachermomtobe]

@cheeze, I thought it helped a bit for a few days, then didn't, then seemed to help a lot. Hopefully it works quickly for you!

ihatepizza, OTC. 25mg of Unisom (make sure it's the "doxy" whatever ingredient one) take at night. Also take 25mg of B6 three times a day (I couldn't find 25mg so I cut the pills). This is what my RE told me to do

[teachermomtobe]

Nov 7, 2016 16:30:37 GMT -5 pinecone21 said:

Constipation here too. If I do yoga every day, I can get by. If I skip even one day, it's awful. I have a weekend trip coming up, so I guess I'll be doing yoga in the hotel room.

Any particular yoga poses help you? I have done yoga for years but stopped going to classes because I feel so crappy. I'm not great about my home practice but want to get better, especially if I'm not going to classes.

[pinecone21]

Nov 7, 2016 18:25:58 GMT -5 teachermomtobe said:

Nov 7, 2016 16:30:37 GMT -5 pinecone21 said:

Constipation here too. If I do yoga every day, I can get by. If I skip even one day, it's awful. I have a weekend trip coming up, so I guess I'll be doing yoga in the hotel room.

Any particular yoga poses help you? I have done yoga for years but stopped going to classes because I feel so crappy. I'm not great about my home practice but want to get better, especially if I'm not going to classes.

I've been doing the YouTube videos from 30 Days of Yoga from Yoga With Adriene. I figure I'm still in the first trimester, so I don't need prenatal yoga yet. There is a lot of downward facing dog and lots of twists, and I think both of those help. I pooped twice today!

[marshian]

Nov 7, 2016 18:33:18 GMT -5 pinecone21 said:

Nov 7, 2016 18:25:58 GMT -5 teachermomtobe said:

Any particular yoga poses help you? I have done yoga for years but stopped going to classes because I feel so crappy. I'm not great about my home practice but want to get better, especially if I'm not going to classes.

I've been doing the YouTube videos from 30 Days of Yoga from Yoga With Adriene. I figure I'm still in the first trimester, so I don't need prenatal yoga yet. There is a lot of downward facing dog and lots of twists, and I think both of those help. I pooped twice today!

I've read a few places Downward Dog is fine for limited periods of time but to avoid true inversions especially in the first trimester. Also to avoid any inward twists. So like the one with one knee up, don't twist in toward that knee, only twist out, if that makes sense. Other than that, everything else sounds good for first tri!

[teachermomtobe]

pinecone21 I was going to say similar to marshian about the "closed" twists. My yoga teacher knew when we were doing IVF and I even went to some classes after BFP and she knew I was pregnant. She told me to avoid deep twists and some of the breathing techniques that create energy.

[lindsay]

@lullaby me too. NOTHING sounds good. Which is so annoying when you are hungry for 6 meals a day...I can't wait til food sounds and tastes good again. The only thing that sounds decent are McD's smoothies.

ihatepizza ugh I'm sorry! Are you taking b6 and/or unisom at all? For fatigue I've been trying to go to bed as early as possible and get 10+ hours, and it helps. Maybe sneak out to your car to curl up for a nap mid day.


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[pinecone21]

marshian and teachermomtobe Thanks for the info. I didn't know about that kind of twists. The ones I was talking about are lying on the floor with my knees up and going from side to side. And I've never worked up to true inversions. Downward dog is as inverted as I get. I'm going to switch to a prenatal workout soon anyway.

[lindsay]

For those of you doing unisom, do you take it during the day or only before bed?

I just tried it last night before bed and it really helped. I felt way better even when I woke up for the first half hour. I'm wondering how tired it would make me during the day if I took half a dose (OB recommended doing that)


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[teachermomtobe]

lindsay, I take a full dose so only take it at night. It's how my RE recommended it to be. It makes me sleep so well! I also started eating a few handfuls of Cheerios while still in bed and I feel like that also helps. I think the reason I feel crappy around 5pm is because the Unisom has worn off by then. I have heard of people doing 1/2 in the AM and 1/2 in the PM but I worry it would make me tired and it wasn't the way my RE recommended it for whatever reason.

[cheezee]

My OB gave me a prescription for Diclegis....it's unisom and B6 together I guess. She told me it was the extended release so it shouldn't cause so much drowsiness. I take two at night and can take up to two more during the day if necessary. So far today I feel so much better!

[teachermomtobe]

cheezee, Glad you got meds! Hope they keep making you feel better!

[carolyngrace]

I've been having a reaching heart a few times a day since getting pregnant. I'm not sure if it's hormonal or stress related, but it's beating out of my chest am deathly it freaks me out.

Starting to get fairly queezy also, but so far nothing compared to my first. I need to dig out my pregnancy journal and see when that started!

[sabrinaml]

Nov 8, 2016 19:54:15 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

I've been having a reaching heart a few times a day since getting pregnant. I'm not sure if it's hormonal or stress related, but it's beating out of my chest am deathly it freaks me out.

Starting to get fairly queezy also, but so far nothing compared to my first. I need to dig out my pregnancy journal and see when that started!

I've been wondering how you have been feeling! Maybe you should call and just let them know about the racing heart.