Nausea Advice

[mrsrek10]

I have been having nausea on and off for about a week. It was primarily in the morning and at night. Well, I hit 6 weeks on Wed and the nausea is getting worse. Today I really thought I was going to actually vomit. Moving at all makes it worse and trying to drink water today is awful. I had no nausea with JA so this is new to me. Any tips on how to help it? Is this the normal time that most of this started for y'all?

I am hoping this is a fluke..this is no fun. Lol

[britbratjf]

Hum. My biggest thing was I always had to eat breakfast immediately or I would feel awful. And I ate a lot of small snacks throughout the day - if I got hungry I got so nauseated

[xanthepants]

I ended up getting on a prescription right away because it was so bad and it was all day. Some people swear by ginger candies, ginger ale, or munching on crackers of bland foods all day long. I ate tiny meals and never let myself get too empty of a stomach and stuck to pretty bland carby things.  But I also threw up for about 12 weeks straight all day long.

[somethingcleverer]

I had to eat small frequent meals to prevent nausea. I also had those preggy pops that are like tart candies that helped. They make ginger capsules that are supposed to help too, if you can't tolerate the ginger candies. The sea band wrist bands are helpful too.

[junkytrunk]

I have to eat to keep the nausea at bay. I also probably have drank more I ginger ale this pregnancy than I have my entire life. It helps immediately if I'm feeling nauseous.

[summergirl1211]

Have you tried a few crackers before you even get out of bed? Otherwise sea bands are an option that wasn't mentioned above. If you don't mind the medical route you can try a prescription for Zofran. That's what I did!

[julymommy]

Im not sure if its available in the states but in Canada we have Diclectin which requires a prescription, its for morning sickness.

[mommymadness]

Eating gold fish crackers, or any salty cracker often helped my nausea a bit. My nausea was gone by 10 ish weeks ( which prob seems like forever away) but hopefully it is short lived!!

[babywinks]

Vitamin B6 and eating small frequent meals. I lived on cereal and carbs.

[heatherbee]

Chamomile or peppermint tea was very helpful for me.

[cookiesandwine]

Lots of snacking. Lots of crackers, eating a few at a time. Cheezits or teddy Graham's for variety. I found that once I started to get hungry it became lots worse. Hope that helps!

[bantyrooster]

B6 and unisom is the mixture of the new nausea prescription. Half a tab of each before bed. Worked wonders til the end. Also zofran for really bad days.

[justbeth]

I had to get on mess right at 6 weeks with Emma. It helped most days, but the really bad days were still bad. None of the home remedies ever helped me, but those Preggie pop drops would help in addition to the meds. I tired zofran but had to switch to phenergan.

[ThePinkSuperhero]

Extra B6 in the morning, lots of sleep, crackers or whatever else sounded good constantly, seasick bands, and time.

[nursedesi]

Ok also a fan of the sea bands! Hope you find something that helps soon.

[aylafsu1881]

I agree with others. Eat something right away. I always keep crackers around. The sea bands worked OK for me. They were not great but took the edge off. What I found to work the best was Gin Gin candies. These are real ginger candies and they sell them in bags on amazon for like $5. I would eat one and it would keep the nausea away long enough for me to lecture for an hour or two.

[paddyb]

another vote for eating right away and snacking on crackers etc all day.

[ultramonkey]

Another vote for eating right away, carbs, never letting the stomach get empty, and Zolfran on very bad days. Mine was worse with the second pregnancy until about 20 weeks. Hope it eases up for you soon.

[MissMusic]

Another vote for many small meals/snacks all day!
Keep a thingy of crackers by your bed, and eat a few before you even sit up. Just stuff your face in bed.

[cbear]

I used papaya chewable tablets! They actually worked amazingly well, I got them at Whole Foods. At night if it was super bad I would take unisom

[USCgirl]

I had a couple of bad episodes around the six week mark in the morning. I would keep oyster crackers on my night stand and eat some right away. I primarily had night sickness this time around that just finally let up a couple of weeks ago. Good luck to you and as you know, it will get better.

[jodielyn10]

The timing sounds right. It was right around 6 weeks both times for me and lasted until about 16 weeks with Ingrid and 13 weeks with Eli. (I always knew exactly how many weeks I was in my first tri with both because I was desperate to make it to the second tri both times LOL)

Zofran never did anything for me because I didn't have much vomiting, mostly never ending nausea which the Zofran didn't help. The only think that made it manageable for me was sipping ginger ale and snacking on crackers all day. I also kept some ginger ale and crackers by the bed so you can eat first thing before you even raise your head in the morning (I would get dizzy as soon as I sat up in the am if I didn't eat) and for MOTN nausea too.

Good luck. It is no damn fun at all, but you'll get through it!

[samelly]

Jun 13, 2015 15:52:42 GMT -5 britbratjf said:

Hum. My biggest thing was I always had to eat breakfast immediately or I would feel awful. And I ate a lot of small snacks throughout the day - if I got hungry I got so nauseated

This.  Try keeping some crackers or something by your bed and eating a couple about 10 mins before you get up.  It helps settle your stomach.

For night time, don't eat anything too heavy/greasy/fatty close to bed time.  Sometimes the night time nausea is related to heartburn.

[sunshinelady]

I had to keep saltines next to the bed and eat them as soon as I woke up. I also swore by candied ginger and peppermint tea. During 1st tri I couldn't let myself get hungry at all or I was so queasy I couldn't function.

[greenmonkey1]

Jun 13, 2015 19:43:11 GMT -5 julymommy said:

Im not sure if its available in the states but in Canada we have Diclectin which requires a prescription, its for morning sickness.

I believe it is called Diclegis in the States.  It is functionally unisom (the doxyalamine version) and vitamin B6, what bantyrooster is mentioning.  I used this for both boys per my OB's recommendation.  Might be worth asking about if the usual recommendations do not work.

I found smoothies were very helpful with nausea as well.  My doctor said it was something about sucking through a straw.