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Week 11 : Actually, I just LOVE vomiting!
Some women are lucky; they don’t get morning sickness. There are some that have a little less luck; they get some morning sickness. Then there are the rest of us, the women with weeks of nonstop vomiting.
All that nonstop vomiting has a name: Hyperemesis. I have a feeling that hyperemesis is Latin for “Poor woman that vomits everything in sight.”
Since hyperemesis isn’t that well known, most people tend to ask questions such as “have you tried crackers?” or “I hear that ginger works.”
For many women, the only thing that works is having an 8-pound baby shoot out of her crotch
.I know that people are trying to be helpful, but it is really hard not to go postal on someone offering “advice,” especially if you spent the night before in the emergency room, getting IV fluids for dehydration.
I can’t tell you how many times I wanted to say “Crackers? Really? That’s all it takes? Eating a few stinking crackers? I’ve been vomiting for five months straight and all I needed to do was eat a stinking cracker?”
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Im startin to feel like a pin cushion...Reglan, Zofran,finergan..none of it is helpin so they keep puttin in the hospital on fluids so i won't be mal nourished... Ugh! Chris just asked if we can have another after this riight after i had a really bad "trash can" (i cant puke in a toilet..EW!) spell...Why cant guys be pregnant for a day...Really?? Im happy im havin a baby but this may be the only one...
OMG thank goodness someone knows how I am feeling...I am so sick of people telling me crackers will do wonders... no but anit-emetics might...Thank goodness Zofran works for me :)
AMEN finally someone who undestands... im pg with number 2... i was sick my entire first pg... its not as bad but still enough to make trouble... my son gets soo upset wen i get sick i feel soo bad... im gonna ask about zofran maybe it will help! good luck to all who feel my pain
The Zofran isn't even working for me, and oh, i live in a house where everybody has to cook with garlic and onions, once- my favorite spice- now, a nightmare. My husbands breath stinks- even after listerine, and I don't have the heart to tell him. Crackers actually make me sicker than anything! And you tell someone how bad it is, and they are all, "been there, done that." Yeah right! A little vomiting now and then is not THIS! I have felt so guilty because I just can't seem to enjoy this! I drink red koolaid so I don't have to look at the blood!
LOL I so agree! thats how it was with my first. now 11 weeks pregnant with my second and crackers didnt help me one bit.b-natal suckers help sometimes, but if the vomiting is that bad i would ask your MD for Zofran.
ZOFRAN!! I went through this with my first pregnancy 5 years ago. I was so sick all of the time that I lost 25 lbs in my 1st trimester and had to be hospitalized. When my doctor finally figured out to give me Zofran, even the pharmacist was condescending and asked me if I'd tried crackers or any OTC meds for nausea. I wanted to punch her. This time around though, the Dr. gave me an Rx for it ahead of time, so I'm 11 weeks along and it's been a breeze! If you're having hyperemesis, get your hands on some Zofran if at all possible! (Although, the Dr. will probably tell you to try crackers first ;-)
Loved this article! I was shaking my head the whole way through & lmao in the process.
I swear, if one more person (IE friends & family & some strangers too) offers any more advice on how to stop the nausea and/or vomiting or makes a comparison I'll have to be locked up.
What works for 24/7 sickness? Any darn thing that I can actually stand to smell and will stay down once it's consumed!
I'm so blessed to be pregnant..LOL.
This is so funny because at work I said to everyone, if one more person tells me to eat some crackers Im slapping them!!!
I'm almost 11 weeks, and my neighbor is SO irritated that my morning sickness stopped at like a month and a half along. I don't know maybe I got lucky, but I will tell you that looking at anything bodily fluid like (for instance my cat throwing up) WILL make me run for the bathroom, certain smelling foods make me sick too. Every pregnancy is diffrent, and I feel for those that are sick ALL the time like my neighbor was.
i have hyperemesis & it sucks!!
& you sometimes just wanna throw crackers at ppl!!
Preach it sister!!!! I have been vomiting since about wk 2 and I'm now around 9wks and I thought I was going to die of vomiting until I finally got a prescription of zophram. You can take it every 12 hrs and believe me I definetly keep track of the time. It helps most of the day but I still get highly nauseated in the early evenings for about 3 hours and vomit a few times. I wonder if they can give me a higher dose than 4mg? Does anyone know? Anyways, my mother-in-law is one of those bizarre women who never experienced the joys of morning sickness and had the nerve to say "Honey, have you tried sprite and crackers?". I could have strangled her!!!
girl, i know how you feel. CRACKERS DPNT WORK! I was hyperemsis from my 5th week til the day i had my son, and poor me i went a week overdue. I freakin felt like i lived in the hospital, always needing fluids, and meds,, it was really horrible. The meds they always gave me was ZOFRAN threw IV. It cured me ALL the time. Im 11 weeks now with my 2nd and i was only sick for 3 weeks, i thought i was going to be hyperemsis again so i was perscribed ZOFRAN and i got 148 up front and dont even need it now. Its just a tiny white pill that goes on your tongue and disolves on its on and doesnt even need water. It doesnt even have a bad taste. Ask your doctor, gotta try it. Im sure its what you get wheny our in the hospital with IVs. Depending the state and hopital your in and how they do things. Its the best everrr. Good luck!
yeah..... 5 whole months... b natal suckers helped me ALOT... You can get them at a local drug store... cvs, rite aid or whatever. they come in cherry suckers and green mouth candies.... please go get some they will help!!!
While I was pregnant with my son I had hyperemesis so bad I was on a PICC line for 3 months, I lost 40 lbs, I threw up blood from my throat being so torn up from throwing up. Not to mention that the TPN from the PICC line attacked my pancreas and gave me pancreatitis (which almost killed me and my son) as well as gall stones.
Now I'm 11 weeks pregnant with my second (which I can't believe I EVER got pregnant again) and I don't have it as bad, thank God!
One tip of advice - if medical marijuana is legal in your state, talk to your doctor because it IS approved for Hyperemesis. I know this is a controversial topic but in all honesty, it really is one of the only cures for hyperemesis.
Oh if I could count the number of times I have been given 'the cure' - and mostly by people who have never been pregnant! Smells set me off very quickly, especially food related ones. I am nine weeks and it seems to be getting worse. I can only hope that the second trimester is kinder than this one!
I have been vomiting non-stop from week 4. That is how we found out I was pregnant. Untill last week I have barely eaten anything more than a dry cracker - and you guessed it bounced right back out! Now week 12 it is subsiding loads but today after an ultrasound (and when are those angry operators going to understand - I CANT DRINK THAT MUCH WATER IT BOUNCES RIGHT BACK OUT!!!!) so after making me drink more we finished and just as we got driving in the car -you guessed agin I threw up everywhere.... I have a great partner who just laughed and produced a container to catch it all. He is amazing, even the smell of him cooking his own dinner makes be barf! So to hell with all the craker-do-gooders it doesnt always work! Just have to hope it subsides or my baby will only weigh 4pounds
During my 1st pregnancy this was me. The Dr. never tried to give me anything other than phenergan (however you spell it). This time around I have a new Dr. and she gave me Zophran. A friend recommended that I ask the Dr. about it, but I didn't even have to ask. I just described what I went through the 1st time. This time around I am experiencing the morning sickness like before, but the difference is that I have the magic medicine and I am actually enjoying my pregnancy this time. To all out there having this problem, ask your Dr. about Zophran. I didn't believe it would work, but I'm a believer now. LOL
OMG, finally the voice of a woman who understands! Not only do I vomit everything in sight, including WATER...I also have the pleasure of carrying around a sexy little spit bottle b/c I can't stop spitting every 3 seconds.
ooohh ma god whatever u said its coreect .. i tried with so many things but non of them stoped me to vomit in a week time may be 3 to 4 dram really tired n sick cant wait to see i eat or drink without vomiting am going to be 11 weeks but still nothing has changed :(
I am in week 11 and all I do is vomit. Not just in the morning, it could be night time or even in the afternoon. I have tried crackers, ginger, water, fruits, everything and nothing works. Only time that I am not vomiting is if I am slepp, which I have mastered.
months. I can't eat anything!!!! I am almost 4 months
now and going crazy. I miss food, or even smelling it
without throwing up...ugh!
i dont get morning sickness at all.
i guess yu can say am lucky.
but i get pains in my tummie in the mornin so i
have some crackers in the morning and it helps
and bananas.
:(
I have a 2&1/2 year old baby girl... I was incredibly sick with her also. It started getting better around the 5th and 6th month but until that point I got to hear my husband at the time screaming at me in the bathroom to 'just stop it'. Well, if that's all I have to do then why not? I will 'just stop' puking my guts out. Thanks! What great advice.
My first pregnancy I was sick the whole pregnancy...even so far as throwing up on the delivery table. I am now pregnant again and it looks like I am on the same route. There is only so much advice you can take with a smile on your face. A favorite of mine was from my mother-in-law "it's all in your head."
I loved this article. Everything it said was totally true. I know people are just trying to help, when they suggest things like soda crackers and ginger ale or things of that nature. And they have on my better days, but there are just some days when the thought of anything makes me want to vomit. I have the luxury of working for a physician (ANESTHESIA DOCTOR to be exact) and she was able to bring home a couple IV bags and some supplies to help rehydrate me. I have been drinking gatorade ever since just as back-up. I am just over 11 weeks so hopefully this really bad stage ends soon. BUT I can't lie when I say, that I am jealous of those woman when they tell me, they haven't gotten sick once. But I also can't lie when I say, that even on my worst days, I was reassured that everything was fine every time I was hanging over the toilet, sick, bucket, or whatever was closest to me at the time. EVEN THE PLASTIC BAG IN MY CAR ON THE WAY TO WORK. LOL
Oh my goodness, this article is absolutely great! I can so relate. Spent the evening last night in triage to get an IV because I haven't been able to keep much down at all.
Omg you are sooo right I am so sick of people saying o yea I was that sick too bla bla bla. I have been so sick I havent eaten anything for a month and a half just got out of the hospital yesterday hooked up to ivs and TPN so now I am at home with a pickline in my arm and have lost 40 pounds in less than a month!.. My doctor said it could have to do with a high thyroid and that it goes hand in hand and I might lose my hair!?? I would love to hear from someone else going through this. This is my first pregnancy and only 11 weeks and I feel like im dieing and I wanted 6 kids my hopes are kinda down:( plz email me Alexandriasyson@yahoo
dont u just hate it when women that have been previously pregnant, act like their pregnancy was so much harder than yours. Especially just after u've puked up the first thing you've had that morning... AIR!
I'm 32 yrs old and this is my third pregnancy,I am miserable in my first trimester with every pregnancy, I did have to get IV too for being dehidrated, I can't even keep water down. I lost 7 pounds in a week and I got so week that I couldn't even stand, so my husband bought this Nutritional Drinks ( vanila)with all the vitamins I need in a day and after 3 days using this drinks, I am on my feet again able to take care of my two kids. they really work, I get one drink in the morning when I wake up and one at night, I hate crackers!just hearing the work "crackers" make me sick.But really this drinks did it for me. this is my last pregnancy and I am sad that I never tried it before.
lol Amen it's the truth with my josh i lost 25 pounds in 23 days was a sack of bones by 9 weeks i was on zofran the whole time i was so happy when he popped out i felt soooo much better i doin a lil better this time i havent been in the hospitel 4 a week yet.
AMEN sister!!! I never heard of hyperemesis until I ended up in the hospital. I went 11 days of nothing but straight vomiting. I was even puking the bile, and some blood. I couldn't so much as hold water down. I was literly getting sick every half hour. I would sleep for about 6 hrs during the night, then spend the rest of my time getting sick. My BF said the only thing thats wrong with me is that I'm pregnant. Uh, duh!!! It was horrible. I spent 3 days in the hospital hooked up to IV bags for fluids. This was when I was (according to the ultrasound tech, 6 wks, 3 days) Now I'll be 10 weeks in 3 more days. I was perscribed Zofrin, which seemed to help. I still get sick after my first morning meal with no fail, but it is starting to get easier. I thought about throwing myself into traffic, but I couldn't move long enough with out getting sick. It's soothing to know that I'm not the only poor woman who has to go through this. My mother never got sick, and she had 3 kids. None of my friends ever got sick....What was I doing so wrong? I had also quit smoking when I found out, and was told that, that could of also made me sick. And stress wasn't helpfull. I'm less stressed, and the quit smoking contrubiter I think has slowly but surely stopped. Good luck to all
Well, crackers must be the biggest myth ever for morning sickness. When I was pregnant with my first I stayed sick. I had morning, noon and night sickness. This pregnancy is a little different. I felt myself getting sick like my first pregnancy and decided to try B6 vitamin and it really works. Knock on wood I haven't thrown up yet. Maybe you should try a B6 vitamin. But, the only absolute solution is on delivery day. I wish you well and hope you feel better soon.
Hey ladies,
I'm one of the lucky hateable women who gets nauseaous, but is actually able to control it with the crackers and the ginger BUT I will say that I would never suggest such a thing to someone if I knew they had hyperemesis graviderum (latin for seriously bad nausea...no joke). HG is a TOTALLY different thing, it is a serious pregnancy related condition, and if you suspect you have it, I would suggest working with your Doc to get it officially diagnosed, because it should qualify you for disability from your job. I would also look for an HG support group online, because it isn't the same thing most pregnant women go through, and our "hang in there it'll be over in a few weeks" support will be useless to you.
AMEN sister!!!
My sentiments exactly!! Crackers? The biggest BS ever. It makes me more nauseas than ever. nothing really works.
I am going through the hyperemisis and my favorite part about it is the fact that people in my family and my friends don't have a clue what I'm going through and they constantly remind of that with "Oh I feel so bad for you, I wasn't sick at all when I was pregnant" I don't know what they're trying to accomplish but it basically makes me feel like a weakling who can't handle being pregnant. I also agree with the article because everybody gave me the same "advice" about the crackers and ginger and then the dr. said "here have some phenergen" lovely drs. I really didn't want to take pills but I figured not being able to keep food down was probably less healthy for the baby. Now I just get comments of well aren't you lucky when I was pregnant they didn't have morning sickness pills, again not realizing that what I have is not regular morning sickness. It's nice to actually hear of other people struggling for their little bundles of joy, it makes me feel alot less lonely.
I so totally agree. Although I did not end up in the hospital I was on the verge several times when I was pregnant with my first son. I was sick from the time I found out I was pregnant until the moment I delivered-in a C-section. I was literally throwing up as they wheeled me into surgery. So for 8 months I heard the same things, "Eat crackers before you get out of bed in the morning", "drink some ginger tea", "don't eat too fast", and so many more suggestions. I was so tired of suggestions by the end of my pregnancy. I am currently pregnant with my 3rd child and the morning sickness is still highly prevelant, but so far no vomitting. I would not wish hyperemesis on anyone. It is terrible. Pregnancy is supposed to be a beautiful thing, but how can any woman enjoy pregnancy when she is throwing up all the time. Good luck to anyone currently experiencing hyperemesis or any type of morning sickness.
I have been really lucky with my hubs during this neverending motion sickness.I think he's afraid of me lol. He just leaves me to lay in bed all the time and brings me food when I think I can manage to eat. I did find a little spot just below the inside of my wrist that helps the sickness. I just push on it for a few. Oh did I tell you I was allergic to the anti nausea meds and they made me puke worse?
This is my 3rd pregnancy. My 2nd was the worst. At 8 weeks I was hospitalized for the first time for dehydration. It happened many more times through the pregnancy. I was on the maximum dose of diclectin (8 pills a day), plus Gravol, and when I went to the hospital they'd hook me up to some other anti-nauseant that didn't work all that well. I vomitted till the day my son was born.
I hate the number of people who say things like "Have you tried lemon? Suck on a lemon candy, that'll help!" Ya sure it will! Like I haven't tried every 'natural' remedy on the planet. And the people that told me I shouldn't be taking medication during my pregnancy, that I should just "put up with it", you know, like they did - have no clue what I went through!
Okay so the first time I got pregnant I knew I was before I took the test, but didn't get sick. It wasn't until I was at my doctors office after getting the results did I start to get sick. So I start to think "Morning sickness is purely psychological." BOY WAS I WRONG!!! I am pregnant again, 11 weeks now and have been sick just about every single day. I haven't actually vomited anything but stomach acid, but oh how I wish something would just come out! I know that sounds twisted, and those of you tossing your cookies 10+ times a day might be cursing me, but feeling your whole body contract and convulse only to produce a spitwad's worth of junk . . . not satisfying. But I am counting my blessings because 1. I am pregnant and so excited! And 2. I have not yet been to the hospital. For all of you suffering, unable to work and surrounded by people that just don't get it, my heart goes out to you and just know that we are here for you girl! Crackers my ass is right!!!
Reading this article feels like I was plagerized. I first pregnancy was exactly what the article stated. So far my second pregnancy is a horrible deja vu mirror image of the first. I got a beautiful daughter when all was said and done last time, but did it have to be so horrible to get her here? My two best pieces of advice are...ask your doctor for Zofran. It's an anti-nasuea medicine that is THE miracle drug. It's prescribed to chemo patients to help with their nasuea so you know it works. The other is sip, and I mean sip, 1/2 oz. of Gatorade every 30 minutes for a couple of hours. Work your way up to 1/2 oz. every 15 minutes. I found drinking it at room temperature helped also. After a while, I took a sip whenever I felt like throwing up and the feeling passed. Good luck! I hope this works for someone else!
Thank you SO much for posting this entry! I was so sick with my first pregnancy, and I took all the advice. If I even see a cracker or a can of 7-up to this day it makes me physically ill. I'm in my second pregnancy now, and there is good news for those women who experience such catastrophic sickness: it doesn't happen with every pregnancy! I have been a little queezy, but nothing like I was with my first. Oh, there is light at the end of the tunnel!
I have had this problem since the begining of pregnancy #4. It has honestly been HELL!! My husbands friend had the nerve to say it's all in her head, she really can't be that sick. Well, 5 ER visits later just for re-hydration, I can honestly tell him it is NOT pshcy-sematic! If I would have had previos pregnancies like this, trust me when I say it would have been the last. I agree, nothing works, crackers, ginger, ginger root, zofran, compazine, phenegren (no matter the form), nothing. I keep hoping that the end of the first trimester will bring relief, but as it becomes closer my hopes seem to be getting crushed.
OH, thank you for this! I had hyperemesis with both my daughters and it was miserable! I kept calling my OB telling her I was sick and she gave me all those "tips" then by the time my next appointment came around I had lost 10lbs that I didn't have to spare in the first place! (I def have it now with my third pregnancy!) When I got to her office she said "Oh my, your sick!" I could have screamed if I had had the energy and bile would not have shot out! Was in the hospital for 3 days then given phinergan and zofran to go home with. The phin helped but knocked me out all the time. Second pregnancy I did the Zofran, kept me from puking but still felt just as bad, I don't know what's worse, at least with the vomitting I had about 10min good relief afterwards. This pregnancy is like the second but without meds. Haven't been throwing up just feeling constantly miserable. 11 weeks and counting down my 1st trimester!
When I was pregnant with my daughter 7 years ago, I was diagnosed with hyperemesis. I lost 45 lbs from throwing up continuously. I was put on every anti-vomit med that they make and was hospitalized for IV fluids numerous times and none of it seemed to work. I even went as far as to get surgery to place a catheter in my heart to give me nutrients (Groshong catheter). I then had problems with low and high blood sugars and had to use insulin on a daily basis (I'm not diabetic). After about 8 months of trying to deal with this HELL, my doctor tried me on a prescription for Pepcid to reduce the acid in my stomach. As soon as I began taking it, I was able to eat and drink without throwing up and I got my strength back. I gained my weight back and delivered a healthy 7lb baby girl. If you are having the same problems as I did and nothing seems to help, ask your MD about pepcid, it's safe during pregnancy and it just might work for you. I have had 2 children now and am pregnant with my third and I am still on this medication. It is a God-send! Good Luck girls!
Thank you so much for writing this. Sometimes I feel like I must be crazy when no one seems to believe that yes, I am puking 24 hours a day and yes I have tried all your solutions. If just one more person tells me to drink a vita water, eat saltines, drink peppermint tea, pregger pops, lemon water...I might scream. I think at this stage it doesn't matter, if my hormones tell my stomach its time to puke its going to puke, even if its holy water. I just wish it wasn't every meal. I have to say I reached a new level yesterday when I puked so violently I peed my pants and had to go home from the office. Awesome! I'm at twelve weeks so I'm hoping for a break soon.
I just had to leave a comment. It's so frustrating having to quit work and school. I'm 9 weeks along and have already lost 12 pounds. It makes you feel so alone and helpless when you can't even be excited about your pregnancy because you just want to DIE. I was scared to eat, and then I was scared to not eat. Either way I vomit or get the dry heaves. I finally convinced my doctor that YES, I need help, and am on Zofran and Reglan. The vomiting has almost stopped, but the constant nausea is still with me. To me, the worst thing about this HG is that you can't just vomit and be done with it. There's NO BREAK from the nausea. It's enough to make a girl go crazy.
Well,I'm with u there hun, I threw up all day every day and most the nights too. from 13 wks til 37 wks when she finally came out, that with chronic indigestion(prob from heavin up stomach acids all the while) made it hell lol i gained about 9lb 5lb 4 was baby rest was water - I was soooooo sick of hearing about this cure and that one didnt stop til she came out- but hey ho because my 2nd girl was fab a few days around 6wk mark with a lil sicky feelin and i ate like a horse, now onto nearly 12 wks of pregnancy 3 and sicky feelings starting to ease, just a relief to know they are all different or i'd have shot meself the 2nd time. I did find that anti- travelsick wristbands helped a little but honestly nowt worth shoutin about - GOOD LUCK anyone in this state- it will end lol :D
This article has spoken how i felt for my first daughter (9 months chucking....even in labour).
I just wanted to take the crakers/cup of tea i was told to have and ram it down their throat. It made me so annoyed. How many mornings i vomited up the crakers i was advised to eat, i dunno, but it was plenty.
I have found though that this ms only was this bad for the first. The other 2 i havn't been nearly as sick, in fact this third pregnancy i havn't vomited at all.
I have 2 friends who were laid up for 3 pregnancies each on the couch.
My thoughts go to those who have more than 1 hypermesis pregnancu xxoo
Well i am 11 wks. pregnant but, i vomit morning, noon and night...this will be my 4th child and yes with the others i had morning sickness but, nothing like this...believe me i have tried everything and nothing seem to help...my husband has gotten to the point where he says when we go out to eat, i puke it up anyways and he says that is money down the drain..but, i cannot help it. I will be soo glad when i can finally feel like a normal human being, it has even gotten to the point where my 3 girls are always asking "When are you going to throw-up?" One thing i can say is that with this pregnancy i am not hungry at all, so i have to force myself to eat..anyways hope everyone finds something to help them...
I read a few comments and I feel for the women. This is my second pregnecy and i haven't had it so bad, but with my son the first three months it was horrible. I just wanted to say - since when are men allowed to help with there comments. I had a guy at work tell me that I should try ginger tea and crakcers. Thinking about drinking something I am not used too makes me sick. We are women and realize that God chose us t have the babies because the men would go home a cry to there mommies.
All the comments crack me up. I was sooo sick with my daughter. In and out of the hospital with IV drips to get something in me, I too couldn't keep down even water (just like everyone else that commented pretty much) I guess I'm just really glad to see I wasn't the only one. Now I'm pregnant again, and thankfully haven't had morning sickness as bad. I can at least keep down liquids (YEAH) and have managed to keep out of the hostpital. So I'm pretty darn proud :)
Mary,
Please do not feel bad about having to quit things because you are pregnant. I feel just like you alot of the time. I got in a car accident at 10 wks. and totalled my vehicle. Everyone still expected med to keep going to college and do my internship 5 days a week along with morning sickness! I do what I can when I can because the most important things are you and that baby!!! For instance today I had a college exam and missed it because I'm still having morning sickness. My professors know that is not like me. So instead of lying in bed and worring about what they are going to think of me I say screw it. Either they will understand or they won't. I live for the baby and I.. Only we know what is best! W/B if you would like. I still have not figured out how to chat on this web site...
This article just tickled me. This is my first child and I am almost 12 weeks and have been lucky enough to not be experiencing morning sickness. I did, however, have a night in the ER hooked to IV drips due to vomiting for 3 days straight and not keeping h20 or a stupid cracker down! That, though, has been the only time I've gotten sick and that was at 7 weeks. So besides the exhaustion and dizzyness I get sometimes, I hear I have it pretty darn good! So to all you that are'nt so fortunate, I'm sorry and felt your pain for those meer 3 days and don't envy you! To all moms-2-be....Good Luck :)
It happens daily..no matter what time...You actually get use to it after a while. Or at least I have. I take an antacid, indigestion tablet and Zofran. Along with a prenatal vitamin that is suppose to help with morning sickness. I actually stopped vomiting, but the nausea is still there! AND if I miss a zofran pill...it's straight to el toilet!
Everything anyone has ever told me has been such a complete annoyance. The only people I give slack to are the men, who don't know any better...they just want to have a say and be a part of the pregnancy as much as they can. I feel like my doctors don't care much that I am not able to keep anything down. I can't even walk pretty much because I have this throbbing dehydration migraine! Awe, to be one of the lucky ones. Does anybody else feel like it's just getting to the point that you're literally AFRAID to eat?
The small meals, the ginger and the crackers are a joke. My best friend is pregnant at the same time as me. She has not been sick at all she eats and shes so happy. I am so jealous. We had a girls night sleepover last weekend and I spent the entire time with my toilet. I guess maybe the people with the "suggestions" are the ones who were never sick! lol!
ahhh! I completely agree it's hard not to go postal on someone when they ask those questions. I'm 12 weeks now and am doing much better. Back when I was 8 weeks and sick constantly I got the same comments on crackers and gingerale...No shit sherlock! I think pretty much every pregnant woman knows to try this. At the time I was eating a pecan roll or something because for some reason it was the only thing that was "good" to me. A on looking co-worker said, "you know, just because you're pregnant it doesn't mean you can eat anything" I'm sure she was joking, but I sure didn't take it that way. I responded saying well I could really care less right now this is the only thing I can keep down!!!! (This was coming from a woman who had never been pregnant) But ladies, it does get better! I don't really feel sick unless I wait too long to eat. I definitely feel like I have to eat something every hour.
So thats why im dehydrated! I totally understand the person who wrote this because i hear you tried crackers ginger ale!! I did both and nothing worked! I was hospitalized twice last week over dehydration! Im just hoping this will pass and i can be happy again...and those IVs are so painful! everything makes me sick the strong scent of my boyfriends cologne to ciggs to anything!!More power to those women who dont have it! Yall are lucky trust me!
I have had really bad morning sickness too. BUT mine never lasted all nine months. The longest mine ever lasted was five months with my first. My hat goes off to you, those who just couldn't get it to go away. I have also been in the hospital with an IV for fluids. That was with my second and thank goodness it only lasted about 24 hours. I also had to get a prescription. That is still nothing compared to what you all have been though. No woman should have to got through that. With my pregnancy now I'm about 9 weeks and so far I only had to throw up 3 times and that was because I got a stomach bug. I wish every woman could enjoy pregnancy, sadly that is not a reality. God bless!
I am 11 weeks into my 4th pregnancy, and this is my first barf-free experience. With my daughter, I threw up for five months and had acid reflux the remaining time. My other 2 (miscarriages) were shaping up just the same, so I was expecting this one to be just as rough. But, oh! The Lord has blessed me! I can't begin to explain what a relief it has been to actually eat, drink and hold my head upright over this holiday season. Thank you, God!
I just have say thank you for this discussion! I read this in tears this morning. I'm 11 wks and the vomiting started in my 6th wk. As though dealing with this isn't hard enough, you have to feel so alone on top of it. People mean well with their advice but the fact is, most people don't really understand what we're going thru. There are times when I have actually said out loud, "I just want to die." Then the guilt sets in. The truth is, I don't want to die, I just want relief. I can't function in life. I've only left my house 3x in 3 weeks. The thought of getting in a car is more than I can deal with. Thank God, my job has allowed me to work from home. Otherwise, I would have had to lose my job. And you do feel like a failure, like all these other women can function but you can't. It's frustrating and applaud all of you who are dealing with this and thank you again for sharing.
When I was pregnant with my son I threw up until I was almost 5 months pregnant. His father would just ignore the sound of me vomiting or come in and ask me to quiet down. Thankfully with the new baby I have only felt nausea with this one. I am 11 weeks today and for some reason I don't feel pregnant. Is that weird? I've seen the baby via untrasound and my pants are starting to get tight so I know I am. It's just wierd.
this author is hilarious!... luckily for me... i haven't experienced any vomiting yet... sitting here crossing my fingers& knocking on wood =D
I agree with this one. I am already tired of feeling hungover all the time. I am throwing up 3 to 4 times a day. I am on my 11th week and I am praying it will be over soon. My husband doesn't seem to understand the what I am going through and I keep on reminding him how it feels. I wish men can go through it at least once in their life time. So they can understand more what women go through. Take care everyone!
WOW! Finally some people who can relate. If I have to look at another cracker I am going to lose it. I agree that so many health care professionals are clueless when it comes to this condition. Many people think it is just in your mind. They think if you do something else to take your mind off it it will go away. I have told my husband I wish he could experience the feeling for one hour. It is true if men carried the babies the human race would go extinct. Zofran helps, but doesn't stop the nausea and vomiting completely. I am looking forward to the day when I can wake up without worshiping the porcelain god!
Speaking of a tornado!! I am 11 weeks pregnant with my second, and my little girl is 17 months! I've been totally sick since about week 2 and it's not showing any signs of going away yet. It's an exhausting physical battle every day NOT to barf because I know I won't feel any better. Yeah, crackers and ginger ale?? Crackers just made me even more nauseated and ginger ale just makes me burp ... which of course makes me want to barf. I haven't had to deal with an annoying partner because I'm a single mom, but I am still nursing my little girl.
Good luck, ladies. Don't listen to stupid people who don't know and don't even understand what they're talking about....even though they seem to be everywhere!!
Ya no kidding everyone has a solution for you! This is my second pregnancy and I actually had someone tell me that I need to keep gingerale and crackers with me the whole time oh and to get more rest like I havnt gone through all this before. More rest oh come on every knows that doesn't exist when you have a three year old tornado!
that's how my store manager was. somehow everyone always thinks they had it worse, and that by telling you that, you'll feel better as you vomit your crackers through your nose...
mines finally starting to get a bit better, at least i don't look green anymore!
I am so glad there are a bunch of people out there who understand me! I don't know how many times I have heard that ridiculous crackers comment. Like I really haven't tried it! The only time I tried eating the crackers before getting out of bed, I threw up and ended up that day in the ER. I am 10 weeks now, and still vomiting, but Zofran has helped me quite a bit (and yes, my insurance covers it)! I think people need to ask what have you tried? Before giving you all this advice you have heard before. It is so annoying that other people think that just because they were pregnant, they know everything. I feel sorry for those of you who endured it the whole 9 months.
I totally agree with you. I wanted to scream everytime someone at work asked me how I was feeling. Honestly, how do I look like I feel!My favorite one was" Really, I've never met anyone thats been that sick before". Well now you have.
im 11 weeks and since i have been pregnate i have maybe threw up like 3 times... i tried crackers and they actully kinda did help
I have simply began yelling at anyone who starts: "I PUKE UP CRACKERS!!!!!!!!" And then they seem to just not want to talk. I"m thinking of having a t-shirt made.
It's nice to know that others understand.
I am only 11 wks,and yersteday i went to the docotor,she told me i have a gastric infection.I got so scared and worried that I wonder the little can stand that infection.She gave some moxypoen antiiotics and vomifene.I cannot keep anything in my stomach.
And i am so weak,it got me so worried,But happy to hear that i am not the only 1 here who is sick everyday:)
That is absolutly true. I just can't handle the sickness nemore, I'm only 11 weeks but thats 11 weeks of not eating and trying not to smell a thing. I just hope it subsides by week 12 like I've heard...Good luck to everyone
This is my first pregnancy and I ate healthy and excersized before I became pregnant. I thought I would totaly miss all of the moring sickness, but no. I am now 11 weeks and have had all day sickness since week 6. I tried all of the old fashioned remedies; crackers before you get up, but my mouth was too dry. I tried ginger snaps, but they gave me heartburn. I thought nothing was going to give me any releif. Then a friend told me to try Sea-Bands. They are normaly uses for people who suffer from motion sickness but I tried them and they work. Although I still get sick once or twice a week, they do provide some releif and are available at your local drug store. I also tried water with lemon and that has helped when I feeling sick. Even smelling a lemon has helped. Hope some of these tips help!
This is my first pregnancy and I feel like I have every symptom including having that porclin thrown as my best friend. I am due in April which make me about 12 weeks. Im having troubles keeping almost all foods down and thta inclused those little so-called helpful crackers. Hopefully this is almost the end of this. ha ha..havent been to the hospital or hooked to an IV. Only thing that helps me is ice chips, waterice or the fresh outdoors..ha ha
I don't get morning sickness. My mother never did, so thank god I took after her in that aspect. I do feel sick at times, but rarely and if so just for a few minutes. I am very lucky!
I am 11 weeks. I have never been so sick in my life! I have been to the hospital to get rehydrated twice. I've probably needed it more than that. I throw up all the time. It gets so old. I can't walk around, it makes me puke doing so. I just keep trying to look on the bright side, hoping it will end soon. I get all sad and lonely being at home alone all the time during the day. I can't go anywhere. I can't drive. When I do, it feels like I'm going in circles or something. I definitely can't drive as fast as I use to. I am taking Zofran, Compazine, and Reglan. But they don't really seem to help at all espeically if I have eaten something. I just don't know anymore. I can't work. WHich my work IS understanding. I'm an RN. So, I have a job to go back to. I just hope I can go back in about 2 weeks or so. Hopefully the nausea/vomiting will subside. I throw up like yellow looking stuff in the morning when I have an empty stomach. It must be stomach acid or something. I then throw up food like 3-4 a day after all that in the morning. I just want it to stop!!!
Oh Gawd! you mean it might not stop!? I at my wits end already...
Crackers in the morning didnt work for me.. nothing in the morning worked for me.. no matter what i ate or drank i would throw up anyways. So i would just drink a lil water to make throwing up a little easier because throwing up chunks of cracker were just gross than just the stomach acid diluted with water. This is my second pregnancy and i just turned 21. With my first pregnancy i was throwing up everything nonstop for about a week then i had to go to the hospital and get iv's and then got put on zofran to stop the throwing I came so close this pregnancy to going to the hospital but then i decided to ask my midwife to put me on zofran, which is very expensive, but the generic brand works just as good. I now take it once in the morning and once in the afternoon and i havent throw up since the day before i got it which was over a month ago. SO if you are throwing up nonstop, ask your docter for zofran it works like a miracle!
just keep on keeping on. Joy is set before you. The suffering will come to an end. Remeber your little baby growing inside
Oh man i loved this article. I couldnt stop laughing and how true this all is! Crackers??! I'm like starting to throw crackers at people telling me to eat crackers! You eat them then if it makes you feel better. LOL. Love the article though!
thank God for this website, I'm 10wks and just feel and look like crap!!!! everthing stinks! my house stinks my husband my room I keep asking my kids does it stink in here or is it just me!!! and they reasure me that it is me, I eat once a day and it has to be something that sounds appetizing to me, I have not been able to take my vitamins! last time I took them it was the most horrifying smell and taste when I puked! never again! my urine is so orange from the dehydration! I try gatorade it sort of helps but screw the crakers!!! I am hairstylist never have I ever looked like a dead zoombie I cannot sleep, cook, ugh!!!! sometimes it so bad that I imagine that I will return to normal even after the baby! I try try to make myself happy by thinking that in a couple of months I will have a baby but nope that does not work!!!! I hope when entering my 2 trimester things will lighted up! like they say! good luck to all!!
This article is great!! Made me laugh, then I went back to the toilet!!
I know exactly how you feel, Melisa, I felt like killing my hubby a few times.... they just dont understand or dont even bother to try and understand. I am one of the lucky ones who actually never got sick, had the nausea, but wasnt that bad, but im tired, and hubby dont understand WHY I need to go to bed at 7pm or 8pm.... hope things would clear up soon. good luck to you guys!
oh my gosh if i don't keep some food down soon i'm going to kill someone. i'm 6 weeks prego and all i've done is eat vomit eat vomit. i can't keep anything down not even water. the second i lift my head off of the pillow i'm RUNNING to the toilet (if i even make it that far).When i'm not vomiting i'm nauseous ALL DAY. my husband is no help either it's like he thinks i'm faking it. today my one year old nearly pulled the air conditioner out of the window onto himself if i wasn't there it would have fallen on him. i kept SCREAMING at the top of my lungs for my husband to help me and he's like i'll be there in one minute.....ten minutes later, after i managed to get the baby out of the way and it back into the window, he comes up stairs and asks me why i'm crying NOW?!!!! i thoguht about pushing him down the stairs, i hope that was my hormones.
OMG!!! This article is soo true. I love it I have been sick seems like forever and everybody says the samething eat some crakers i throw those up 2!!! I want to just scream "I DON'T WANT NO DAMN CRACKERS!!"
Im 19 weeks and sinse I was 2 months pregnant I've been vominting after every meal, is that normal?
I am soo sorry your going through that but at the same time I really thought I was the only one, I also have hypermenesis and its horrible, this is my fourth and I am 12weeks and its the worst pregnancy I have ever been through. Oh and I am so tired of everyone trying to offer me crackers or gatorade, and the phennigan and reglan doesnt work so i have just come to deal with it. I guess the only good thing about this is that i lost some wieght that i shouldnt of had and I am so tired of the old remedies like smelling a lemon or drinking hot tea, that all just comes up and the lemon , well it stops smelling after a while. Hope things will get better for you! take care
I JUST POSTED A COMMENT...AND THEN I READ THROUGH ALL OF OUR COMMENTS...
I NEED TO TELL YOU GALS OF SOMETHING MY OB PRESCRIBED FINALLY AND IT DID HELP TO GIVE ME A PEACEFUL DAY AND HAS HELPED...
FLEXERIL IT IS A MUSCLE RELAXER THAT IS SAFE TO TAKE WHILE PR AND STOPS THE AB MUSCLE FROM FLEXING AND IT HELPED...I AM NOT A DR. BUT I THINK OUR MUSCLE GET USED TO THE VOMITING FLEX AND WE CAN NOT STOP...IF YOUR INS COVERS IT, TRY IT. THEY ARE TINY AND DISOLVE FAST, SO WHEN YOU VOMIT AFTER DRINKING WATER ,(I DO), IT STILL GETS INTO OUR SYSTEMS AND IN ABOUT 30 MIN....YOU FEEL RELAXED AND WOW!! I DID GET A GOOD DAY AND THEN OVER DID IT....DON'T CLEAN THE HOUSE JUST CAUSE YOU FEEL GOOD YOU'LL HATE YOURSELF FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS...I AM THERE..SIGH :) KEEP SMILEN' WE ARE HAVING BABIES!!!
...oy vay!!! I am fellin' so sick all the time....ok, I did have a good day a week ago, so I cleaned up the house...not good, I've been wiped out since and the vomiting has returned to say "HI!!"....I just cann't wait until the ER will see me for another reason besides dehydration...LOL 201 more days...sigh
Thank you to this website. Thank you. It helps to know I am not alone or having something scary happening to me...it is reassuring.
So true. I get the cracker "advice" ALL THE FRIGGIN' TIME. I can eat crackers, or drink some milk, or drink ginger tea, or smell a lemon, and I'll be on the toilet twice a day regardless. It get annoying after a while, hearing all that useless advice.
This is my 3rd pg, and with first 2 I was sick the entire time. Luckily it never got so bad that I was dehydrated or into the extreme cases many of you have gone through! Mine always peaked through the night which meant no sleep! This time around I'm grateful to say it is not as bad, but my heart goes out to all of you! It's amazing what we endure for these tiny miracles and how once you hold them in your arms it's all worth it! Women are awesome creatures!!!
Im going into my 11th week and been hooked up to the great IV several times already. I feel like Im losing weight and you guys are right about the crackers...If I hear that comment one more time Im going to lose it!!
NOTHING helps. I walk into my house and I puke..EVERYTHING makes me sick!! I cant even take a shower without getting sick. Not to mention I look like crap because its so hard to get dressed and get ready for a day without being sick and feeling like you want to die! No meds work for me at all and Thank God my insurance covers a huge percent, but Im still paying 60.00 for a bottle of 20 pills that SUCK for me. They say it will go away soon..We will see. I actually would like to get up one morning and not feel like Im dying and be able to look in the mirror and get dressed and do my hair and feel like I used to...
LADIES DONT YOU WISH U JUST COULD TAKE THE BABY AND PUT IT IN UR DH STOMACH LIKE I DONT WANT TO MOVE AT ALL I BE SO SICK EVERYBODY SAYS MORNING SICKNESS BUT I GET SICK AT NIGHT ILL BE SICK AS SOON AS I WAKE UP GET MY THROW UP OUT FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER THEN SOON AS DADDY COMES BY ME IM THROWING UP LIKE MY DH MAKE ME SICK ITS THAT CRAZY I WAS THE SAME WAY WITH ARE DAUGHTER LIKE I COULD TELL WHEN HE WAS AROUND THE CORNER OR CLOSE BY I STAYED SICK THE WHOLE 9 1/2 MONTHS NEVER GOT BETTER BACK AND FOURTH TO THE HOSPITALS CRACKERS DONT WORK BELIEVE ME I TRY EVERYDAY BUT NOTHING HELP AND I HAVE A 1 YEAR OLD IN DIAPERS AND MY GOD CHANGES DIAPERS MAKES ME FEEL NO BETTER LOL NO MATTER WHAT I LOST 20 LBS SO FAR AND IM ONLY 11 WEEKS YEAH THATS THE BEST PART NEVER BEEN ON A BETTER DIET IN MY LIFE LOL BUT I RELIZE EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT GOING ON A DIET I ALWAYS SEEM TO BE PREGNANT NOW I DONT HAVE TO PUT NO EFFORT IN TO THE DIET THE BABY DOES ALL THE WORK LOL LIKE EVERYONE ELSE SAYS TAKE THE CRACKER IDEA AND SHOVE IT
TURE IF ALL I HAD TOT DO WAS EAT CRACK I BE PACKING THEM AWAU IN MY MOUTH I WISH IT WAS THAT EASY BUT NOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!EVEN IF U EAT CARCKERS SOMETIMES YOU WILL STILL THROW UP JUST A PART OF CHILD BARING U KNOW I EVEN GOT MEDS FROM THE DOC NOTHING WORKS AS TIME GOES BY YOU FIND SOMETHING THAT YOUR STOMACH WILLL AGREE WITH SOON OR LATER AND THAT ALL U WANT TO EAT RAIN SLEET OR SNOW MINE IS TUNA FISH ANYTHING THING ELSE YOU KNOW WHERE I BE SPENDING THE NEXT 3 TO 5 MINSU GUESS IT OVER THE BOWL LOL JUST FIND SOMETHING THAT WORKS FOR YOU
I can so relate to this article. I had normal morning sickness with my 1st pregnancy, hyperemesis with my 2nd, and am now pregnant with my 3rd.
I always had to roll my eyes at friends who would say they just psyched themselves out of throwing up. Yeah right - like I really want to vomit violently all day long! I ended up in the hospital after having a seizure with my last pregnancy. I had been vomiting all night and threw my electrolytes way off.
This time around I'm much smarter. I had the same ole HG symptoms starting at 6 weeks and after about three days of not eating much buy gatorade and nasty Saltines, I asked my doc for Zofran. She immediately thought it was a great idea. My insurance isn't too happy about it, but its cheaper than a hospital stay, ha, ha! I feel like a new woman, I can actually take care of my family again and eat real food. It is my miracle drug!!!!
WOW I FEEL GREAT TO SEE THAT IAM NOT THE ONLY ONE PREGNANT AND FEELING MISERABLE, I DONT VOMIT BUT TRY FEELING SICK ALL DAY EVERY DAY IT TOTALLY SUCKS!!!! THIS IS MY SECOND CHILD SO IVE BEEN THROUGH IT ALL BEFORE...WHY CANT I JUST BE ONE OF THOSE LUCKY PREGNANT GIRLS WHO LOVES BEING PREGNANT AND FEELS GREAT!!!!
I'm 11.5 weeks pregnant. And was diagnosed with Hyperemesis Gravidar at 9 weeks. Constant vomiting and not peeing for 3 days. Went to the dr, where the nurse yelled at me and made me cry (more than I had been) and feel like I was some terrible mother. Crackers and ginger. If I hear that ONE more time, I'm gonna lose it on someone. Ok, I'll trade places with them and they can't eat the crackers and ginger and start worshiping the porcelain thrown. Then we will see how many times they say that again. Do they think I haven't tried everything possible? No, I just must enjoy puking my guts out. I'm on Zofran now, the generic, that dissolves in your mouth. Thank god, because if I had to swallow it, it wouldn't be down long. It's expensive but the little relief it brings is priceless. I have been extremely lucky, my husband has been beyond amazing. I sit and cry that I just feel so crappy and am so drained, and he just calms me and sits with me. I can't imagine being in his place and not being able to do anything to help. At least he hasn't offered me crackers. :o) Best of luck to all who relate to this!!! I wouldn't wish this feeling on anyone.
Oh My GOsh!! Finally I found Something I could relate to....Ugh I hate it....I am 10.5 weeks pregnant and I am sO sick I been back to back to the ER...and all they do is hook me up to an iv i feel so awful..i agree with the stupid crackers thing...it doesn't work...I even throw up h20....I hope and pray that everything is alright with my baby and I can't wait to deliver and get my poor baby out....
I have been on both ends of the spectrum. I am preg with baby no. 5 and this is the first preg that I haven't been puking my brains out!!! My first preg I puked with blood squirting out my nose all the way up til the week I gave birth! Kudos to the author! She so hits the nail on the head! My heart goes out to the rest of you that are suffering so much. May it come to an end sooonnnn!!!
this deffinetly made me smile because its exactly whats happening with me!!
Yes, I have said almost the exact same thing...if one more person tells me to try flipping crackers...!!!! My husband says they are just trying to be helpful but for crying out loud if that's was all it took don't you think I am smart enough to do that? What the heck are crackers going to do for me? Do they have some magic healing propertkes? Nowadays I just quickly tell people, "Yes, I've tried absolutely everything, nothing has worked for me," so they don't get too carried away with their well meaning recommendations. To the poster who wrote about not being able to get insurance coverage for the medication that works, I have also been through that. When the nurse told me that she couldn't get the med approved by the insurance company, but that she could give me another one that "won't really take it all away but might help some," I wanted to jump through the phone. I had been vomiting every 30 minutes all night long the night before. I did end up in the ER that night, and four days later we did finally get the med approved. I guess the insurance company would rather pay for both my ER visit and the medicine.
I completely feel your pain on this. I hate that so bad when your talking to someone who thinks they know everything because their pregnancy just sailed by with no vomiting. I was in the ER last weeked and people kept telling me, try crackers, try ginger, this works for me, and this works for me. And in my mind i'm saying shut the hell up you have no idea what its like when you throw up the cracker or even a piece of ice you sucked on. It dont' work if you throw it up.
I'm so gald to heari'm not alone. I was always pucking and at work I even got in trouble for pucking all the time. It was so bad my supervisor moved me out of her dept. into someone else's so she wouldn't have to hear it. With her being a mother you would think she'd understand it comes along with being preg. but apparently not. I was totally offended and shocked at the reaction I recieved from a fellow mother. It took me until I was 12 wks to figure out that pucking at even the thought of eating wasn't right, and i finnally got meds for it.But like everyone else couldn't pay for it. What use to get me was when co-workers would say here i have some crakers, or just it a little bit not a whole meal. I'm sitting there like. I've not even ate in two days and all this is... is bile. OMG!!! It was like just leaave me alone... I'm so gald to know i'm not alone. Good luck!!
I so agree with you!!! My mom feels so bad for me, she just looks and ask are you ok? But my dad on the other hand he is the "Cracker Person" I tell him don't even talk to me if he mentions a cracker again...I can't eat crackers and bread they are like the nasties thing i have ever had since i have been pregnant.
I feel ya... with both of my girls I vomited non stop... being in the hospital 4 times with each. Nothing helped and ppl just thought I was exgrating... I wasn't it can actually cause pre term labor.. hince my youngest be born 4 weeks early. This pergancy total oppisite,,, only sick 3 time so far at week 10!!!! whoo hooo. So all you sick mammas not all pregnancies are alike...
OMG!!!! THAT IS SO TRUE. EVERYONE TELLS ME "YOU SHOULD TRY CRACKERS" IF I HAD A DOLLAR FOR EVERYONE THAT TELLS ME THAT I WOULD BE RICH. NOTHING WORKS WITH ME ITS BAD IM GONNA TELL THE DOC THAT THE MEDS HE GAVE ME ARENT WORKING
my god this is so me i spent 8 hours last week in the hospital getting an iv for dehydration my mom n mother in law just wanna yell at me n my bf too for not eating or not keeping it down they say breathe dont think about it n u wont get sick are they kidding me??? im so glad im not the only one with this nonstop vomiting thing because i truly didnt think anyone else was this sick just because they were pregnant!!
when i had my first child i was over the "morning sickness" (which mine was never just when i woke up) within the first trimester this is about the time it should be over im even on nausea medicine form the doctor nothing helps!!!!
all i can say is i cant wait til the i feel the baby move at least that will brighten my day a little!!
ROFL, I agree. I am so sick of "Try crackers" Crackers do not work. I had horrible vomiting with my second pregnancy, even with anti vomiting meds I still got sick at least once a day.
I am 10 weeks pregnant now with my third and was trowing up quite a bit at first. The one thing I have found that seems to help is to take a Dramamine first thing in the morning and again in the afternoon. somtimes I still get sick, but most of the time I can keep food and drink down. I am hoping that when I hit 12 or so weeks it will pass this time. I am sick and tired of feeling sick an tired. All I can say is thank the Goddess for my husband. He has taken over breakfast duties and all of the cooking for him and our other two kids.
As for people and their dang crackers, they can stick them crackers where the sun don't shine. Next time they are throwing up real bad from the flu, I am going to sudgest they try eating crackers.
I threw up 50-70 times a day with my second baby and about 25-30 with my first baby. The third baby I lost (didn't have more than nausea with her, but lost her at 6 weeks)... and now my 4th, I'm 11 weeks and have been nauseated and vomit with what I'd consider "normal" morning (all day) sickness. A few times a day compared to 50-70 is awesome. It's still nasty though.
Crackers are a joke. Water for me is a joke. They do have chewable prenatal vitamins that can be tried, but they don't taste nearly as good as Flinstone vitamins, which I'm told we can take 2 a day to equal a prenatal vitamin.
I hope this goes away soon. It's terrible.
sorry i forgot to mention...I think I had every nausea medicine on the books....suppositories, pills, under-the-tongue chemo nausea stuff...
and the side effect on all this stuff?? nausea and vomiting. wow right. now my body has officially boycotted everything, including those iron laden prenatal vitamins.
I love this article!!! I'm 18 and I was diagnosed with hyperemesis at around 6 weeks. I was hospitalized twice and forced to sit through my bf and my mother lecturing me on how I needed to 'keep eating and drinking' even though it wouldn't stay. And how I needed to 'eat those crackers' when I woke up. BTW, those damn crackers are the driest material known to man. All they did was form a paste in my mouth like I was trying to hag wallpaper or something lol. I'm now 10.5 weeks and I can't wait for it to be over. In the mornings now the only thing that comes up is some horrible orange looking stuff.
Just a couple more weeks hopefully.
I have suffered with severe morning sickness since week 6 and I am now 11 weeks. I did not know how I was going to carry on. Then I found a website where it claimed an instant cure for morning sickness. It cost $27 but it has worked. It is all to do with acupressure and I can honestly say that the morning sickness as eased by 90% and i can now eat and drink. The website is www.endmorningsickness.co.uk
just think.. we are so strong from this!! i hope your vomiting stops soon!
i need to now what it's like being pregnant i love my Jason
i need to now what it's like being pregnant i love my Jason
Valerie,
hopefuly it will pass soon enough for you. I'm 11 weeks and the dreaded puke monster decided to play a trick on me last week...I actually felt slightly better (vomiting less than usually), then the last 2 days the monster comes back saying "ha ha, you thought i'd be leaving soon, right???". Needless to say ive been in bed all day and night for the past 48 hours. The sight of food and he sound of it makes me puke!
I spent Easter sunday in hospital on a drip, fun fun.
As far as sleeping on your stomach, there's no harm in that. They say you can until you feel uncomfortable doing it.
good luck!
LMAO! It was so well put and expressed my exact feelings. Thanks for the laugh!!
Guys, after reading all these comments on morning sickness i feel so much better.
I missed my period 3 weeks ago and my doctor
OBGYN appoinment is in a week. I am puking everything i eat including water. I dont feel like eating anything due to which I am eating very little and even that I am puking. No one at my work knows I am pregnant and it is really hard to manage that way. I am drinking 7up and Sprite in morning and I feel a lil better but immediately after some time I am puking that too. Could any one give me advise on sleeping angles in first trimester cauz I am sleeping on my stomach. Is it harmful to the baby??
I couldn't agree more with this article. I'm 11 weeks with my third and my sickness is finally subsiding. I tried everything that someone told me to and nothing brought relief! If I saw another cracker or ginger snap or had another sip of ginger ale, I was going to lose it! I even went all over town looking for those Preggie Pops, only to be told at every drug store that they didn't carry them and was even told by one of the workers that she never had morning sickness, so she couldn't really help me out! Did she know what a dangerous statement that was to make to the woman standing in front of her, sweating, no makeup, looking like death warmed over, who had just finished puking her guts out?! Thank goodness it is finally ending and I can enjoy my food now! I gladly welcome the extra pounds I'm going to pack on now!!!
Finally, people that I can relate to. I'm 11 weeks with my second and at 5 and 8 weeks I ended up in ER to have IV fluids for dehydration and everyone would suggest crackers, papaya extract, peppermint and whatever else they could think of. It took almost everything in me not to cram the crackers down my MIL's throat.. lol.. Luckily I am starting to vomit less. I am still vomiting most of the day while running around after my 17 month old but just not as much.
I was so sick with my daughter, I was in the hospital 4 times before I ever had her, the longest for 10 days! They gave me a feeding tube which they swore I couldn't throw up...yes I did! They tried a central line but my collar bones are inverted and they couldn't get it, they tried the vein in my neck but hit an aretery instead. UGH!! My daughter was born a month early but a healthy 6.23lbs. 10 years later I'm trying this pregnancy thing again, and I'm not nearly as sick. I'm very very naseaus but I'm on meds for that. I never thought I'd get pregnant again because of the first time, but so far so good. I'm 11 weeks and counting!
Absolutley hysterical. My first pregnacy was a piece of cake. This one. Mother of Pearl...could I spend more time in the bathroom soluting the porcelain gods? It's been brutal. To top it all of, I despise crackers. I vow the next person that says eat a cracker I will yack gracefully in front of them. KUDOS on this article. It made my day. For the rest of us Mommies to be, Keep your chin up! Really there is light at the end of the commode.
Ladies, I feel your pain, with my first it was six months strait, and 10 lbs later. I am still in my first trimester and I have already lost 10 lbs! from thowing up all the time. But last week I got a perscription that has been a heaven send its a generic for Reglan, and it only cost me $15 (with my insurance discount). I have gone from thowing up 5x a day or more to maybe once or not at all. Why did I not know about this with my last one?! Highly recommend!!!!
Hi. I am new to this forum. I am pregnant with my fourth. I am 7 weeks and will be getting an ultrasound next week. My question that i have is this...is it okay to not be nauseated by now? I mean doesn't most moms get nausea.
Has crackers ever really helped anyone, for crying out loud?
I vommitted all nine months all three pregnancies. #3 was so bad, I couldn't even swallow my own saliva. I had to carry around a cup to spit into, because swallowing the saliva made me gag and gagging made me vomit. After a week in the hospital on I.V.'s they sent me home to begin eating. I managed to eat a two ounce baby food jar of food over a three day period. My husband, thought it was all in my head. He'd actually get mad at me when I'd through up because I was "wasting food".
I was afraid that my stomach was so used to throwing up that I would never stop. But nope, as soon as that baby was born the vommitting ended. Whew!
I am now 65 years old and spent all my pregnancies throwing up. However, my last live birth was the worst. I had lost 20 lbs in the first 3 weeks. I actually had gone to the doctor to have a physical to get pregnant. I was in excellent health. How then did it feel to be told it was just in my head, the need to vomit, when I became pregnant. They said it was the mind trying to get rid of the baby. I stayed in the hospital for 6 weeks with projectile vomiting. I went home and stayed in bed until I was 5 1/2 months. Still sick but able to keep water and crackers and some little food down. My husband did the cooking, and I hired help to watch my 5yr and 3 yr old. When the baby was born she weighed in at 10 1/2 lbs, and I had gained 70 lbs in the last 3 months, I was so hungary.
I had a IUD put in so I didn't get pg again. Within 6 weeks I was pregnant. The IUD was the one that failed for everyone. At a week and half I was throwing up again. I had a abortion because I could not stop vomiting and crying and had a 2 1/2 month old newborn that needed a nursing mother. Now I spent a lot of years being quilty because I had to abort. Ladies a least there is education to know what you've got and it has a name and you don't have to feel crazy or guilty.
I feel for all of you, week 11 has actually been a good one for me. I wasnt able to eat meat and a whole lot of other things for weeks 8-10 and even the smell made me sick. But Im happy to be better for now, I dont know how long it will last so Im trying to eat everything in sight. lol
Crackers might be fine for morning sickness, but what do you take for the lovely addition of gas?!? If I fart anymore I'm gonna feel like Homer Simpson!
I know exactly what it's like to to puke non stop. I've had to go into the hospital 4 times to have an IV stuck in my arm to get rehydrated. Luckly the sickness is starting to go away. And this is my 1st pregnancy.
oh my god! how horrible for all of you! I'm p.g. with my third baby and if i got that sick i would have stopped at #1! they say every pregnancy is different though. hang in there! it will be worth it!!
The article's hilarious! I'm very lucky, I guess -- this is my third pregnancy and I never had morning sickness.
I was 9 weeks when i found out i was pregnat i was sick all day long. Does anybody else have all day sickness??? I just started a second job (I'm at 11 weeks now) and I keep having to run to the bathroom to throw up but nothing comes up until late at night when im in bed. i call my boyfriend and talk to him right after its all done. he keeps keeps telling me to eat some saltines and drink some ginger ale.THAT DOESNT WORK AT ALL!
oh by the way are your sences to everything supposed to be this sensative, my boyfriend cant even ware cologne around me anymore because i cant stand the smell of it and he has to unplug all of his plugin air freshners. i cant even drive my car with my radio on anymore because the vibrations from it makes me sick.
haha
I just started a new job (I'm at 10 weeks now) and I keep having to run to the bathroom to throw up every 5 minutes (pretty sure I'm gonna get fired soon) and every time I talk to one of my friends about it, they say the same exact thing...eat some saltines, drink some ginger ale. I could drink nothing but water and it still keeps coming back up, doesn't matter what it is
I was wondering whether anyone knew if it's normal to start vomiting at 23 weeks pregnant. Only for a couple days I couldn't keep anything down. I threw up every night. But i'm perfectly okay now?!
My first 2 pregnancies were horrible. I ended up with a pic line for both of them. (This is a permanent IV, you give yourself injections through it and fluids) This is my 3rd pregnancy and I have been managing with lots of meds. My Mother in law always makes me Jell-O. It's like the crackers only nastier. Yeah, I'll just eat the jello and everything will be fine!
you poor ladys i have been complaining because I have been sicker this preganancy that my other 3 but I have not been nearly as bad as some of you girls!! my heart goes out to you I sware crackers are a crock I work full time and i decided to try crackers uhh no way they do not work for crap ginger ale too whatever i used to love ginger ale but the thought makes me sick for get that and for the crackers i have a whole box sitting on my desk that make me feel sick if i even look at them LOL!! Good luck girls!!!
This is hilarious, yet so true! When I was pregnant with my first child, nothing made the nausea go away...! If I ate crackers, I threw 'em up! If I took sips of water, right back out it came! I truly sympathize with women going through it--only those who have experienced morning sickness know how horrible it feels. Luckily, with my second pregnancy, I have not had those yucky symptoms. Good luck to all of you ladies....and just think that soon this will be over-- and you will have a beautiful bundle of joy who will deprive you of sleep instead!
The reliance of having to have a grabage can or toilet close by is starting to get aggravating. What has been more aggravating is everyone saying...Eat Crackers!!! Like that is the cure all. Not every woman understands SEVERE Vomiting. I have been hospitalized twice for dehydration
, have to pull over on the side of the road to Vomit (my job requires traveling), and sometimes the meds that they gave me just don't work (however, they have helped some, and i have starting gaining and instead of losing). I happy to see there are others who have went and are going through this (well not happy because it causes for a miserable time).
I had heard drinking the heavy peach syrup helps with nausea. I tried it and it does helps
Finally - people who understand! I am so tired of talking to people and reading books about people with this mild "morning" sickness stuff!! Even my own mother was telling me I was just being lazy and not wanting to go to work. It wasn't until I had a PICC line cathetar installed and went on home IV fluids three times a day that she finally felt some sympathy for me.
I keep getting the "You have to keep something in your stomach" advice. Yeah? You try it! I am at 11 weeks now and my sickness is worse than ever. I now cannot even suck on an ice cube and keep it down.
My doctor's did discover however that I have an overactive thyroid and I am off to see an endocrinologist today. If your doctor has not checked this out for you - you may want to ask for the blood tests. I am hoping that it will solve my nausea problem when I start to get treatment.
Thank God for my husband! If it wasn't for him, I would surely be dead now. One thing is for sure, after taking care of me these last 2 months, he is ready for a baby.
Agreed. I suffer from the strange inability to vomit unless I'm completely relaxed (the last time I did was at five yrs, save for one time I got alcohol poisoning), so dehydration isn't a problem for me. Instead, I get the constant nausea feeling, pressure in the stomach, general miserableness, and the wish to curl up into a ball and die. So I'm lucky in that I'm not dehydrated but unlucky in that I can't even relieve myself.
I'm in week 11 right now and since week 3 or so I've had nonstop, severe morning sickness. I can't even lift a bag of groceries without getting lightheaded and almost collapsing and my beau seems to wonder WHY my sex drive has dropped since he's read that it usually goes -up-. I think this 24-7 urge to vomit has something to do with it.
I've been told ginger and crackers more times than I can count, and it does absolutely nothing. I appreciated it the first few times but I wish people would come up with some new information that you can't find on every website on the internet that doesn't WORK. The mother-in-law has been through two pregnancies so she's certain she knows everything there is to know about pregnancy--I get questions or scolded for sleeping the day away from both nausea and exhaustion, and while I appreciate the concern it's about the only way to stay sane.
I've been told nausea ends this week. I can only hope. I've been waiting for this time to come since it STARTED. But it's only been getting worse, so that goes to show how much the mainstream information is accurate on these things.
So true, so true. I'm 10 weeks with my first, and have already faced my worst fear (needles!) in the form of an IV the first time last week. I seem to have three or four horrible days, followed by a few "decent" days ie throwing up only once or twice, and mildly nauseous the rest of the time. I work in a huge retail company, and each and every one of the dear, sweet people I work with says, "Try crackers. Eat one before you even get up." Hello! If that was the magic trick, then I wouldn't be running all the way across the store to the restroom several times *an hour* to be sick! I feel like a failure, because there are four other pregnant women, each of whom is farther along than me, and none of them is leaving work early three days straight a week because they're too weak to stand up! People think I'm exaggerating how sick I am. And let me tell ya, all those suggestions of crackers, ginger ale, gatorade, small meals as opposed to big ones (yeah right I'd settle for any meal!) chamomile and peppermint tea, lemons, baked potato, etc? They just don't work. But then again, misery loves company, and I sure do have company on this site!
Also, on #2, you can choose to breathe through the mouth (i find it more soothing) instead of the nostrils.
I'll explain more on this in case you are confused. The esophagus is where the vomit will be expelled. If it is pinched shut due to the angle the head is at, the trachea (where air goes in and out) will have more room. This will allow more oxygen to come into your body and allow you to feel more replenished. The body will basically detect and think "hey..something is blocking that opening...do not even try vomiting"
Give it a try. But I would try #1 first since it's scientifically proven and #2 is based on my brother's EMT training (they use this when they do CPR so that the person they are trying to revive doesn't vomit while pounding on their chests/abdomens) and my own experiences.
good luck.
Hello! Although I'm just a 18 year old boy, I can relate to you mothers. I actually fear vomiting! I hate it with a passion. I truly believe you all are strong to deal with it. The stories you describe...I don't know if I could live with it!
Anyhow, as a result of hating to vomit, I have found some things useful when I feel nauseous from things ranging from indigestion, overworking at practice, overeating, ect...
1. Try gently sucking on a small peice of ginger root. NO NOT GINGER ALE! Just buy some ginger root (fresh) and slice a thin piece and leave it on your tongue right after you eat or begin to feel sick. This has been testing in an experiment which 28 out of 32 women experienced significant reduction in nausea and vomiting.
2. I actually heard this from my brother, who is paramedic trained. Although I'm not certain, I do try this when I feel sick and so far it hasn't failed... Just stand up straight, put your hands on the back of your head, breathe through the nose slowly, close your eyes or open (whatever makes you comfortable), and look straight up. Looking striahgt up will cause the esophagus to be pinched shut, so that there is more opening for the trachea. The body will know this and perhaps the stimulus of vomiting will cease.
I really hope those help. I hate to vomit. I feel for you all, but most of all, I just want to help. Hopefully one day I can do this for as a profession. I love helping people with medical issues!
Please let me know if all goes well!
I thought this article was so funny. I'm one of those not so lucky mommies that has been having the non stop morning sickness. I was the same way when people told me to eat crackers. The best line i heard was "morning sickness?, but its night time" Word of advice to new mommies, dont eat big meals if your really sick, eat small meals and give your tummy time to settle before eating again...and theres also candies called preggie pop drops that help out a bit, you can buy them at any pregnancy stores...
Good luck Mommies!
did that crakers dont work nothing dont.the doc even gave me pills to help but doesnt i am pregnant with my 2nd and the first one i never had morning sickness now this time it came back to haunt me i think non stop sick and i can't find nothing to help me out
Been there, done that and I am doing it again. I was sick for 5 months with my first pregnancy, and now sick again with the second. People tell us to eat some crackers, not because it will make us feel better. I eat crackers and some fruits because it's the only thing I can keep down for a while before I run to the bathroom again. So just eat small portions, a bite here and there as long as you are able to keep it down for 10 mins, the baby should be ok...cheer up, it will be over soon...hopefully.
OMGosh! I love you guys! No1 understands! I'll be quitting my job soon because I cant stay awake and cant MOVE without vomiting...I stand up, I gag, it never evrrrr ends. Basically the only time I feel GOOD is when Im asleep. And all my SO says is,"Oh Im sorry you dont feel good.." (like I have the flu or feel under the weather... Im like...it isnt going away for 7 more months! OMGosh Calgon take me awayyyy! Bless you all for understanding!
Isn't it funny how misery loves company?! I am now 20 weeks pregnant and just found out yesterday that I am having a girl. Yeah!!! Though, I am theorizing, that the increase in my morning sickness in the last month, from mostly once a day, every other day, to more times than I can count in one day, everyday, is due to her developing ovaries and uterus overloading my body with estrogens. Not sure if there is any truth to it, but it sounds good. I have found that the one liquid I can keep down is Glacier Vitamin Water, for some reason this is acceptable when nothing else is. (Tropical Citrus and Strawberry work best) My husband is going out and buying shares tomorrow, since I keep raiding all the nearby stores supplies. Still looking for a remedy for the excruiating headaches that have come back to haunt me with a flourish, and the diarrhea that has come out of no where. (yes, I agree I would take that over constipation any day.)
My best friend, who is 12 weeks now, has been going through the exact same thing. She vomits everything she either eats or drinks. She too tried the crackers and also had to go to the hospital for dehydration. At this point she really hates me because i'm 10 weeks and have not had any morning sickness at all and hoping not to experience it!! But I thought something was unusual about her vomiting all the time but now i'm glad to know that it's normal.
OMG, i totally feel for everyone out there, i am 11 weeks pregnant, and honestly i'm cheering and almost jumping for joy when i get a waffle down, and OMG it stays down! pathetic, i literally have a routine now, wake up, feel like crap, run to the bathroom, vomi my stomach up uncontrollablily, and then try to make somehting to eat, go back and do it al over agien, about 5 times a day, i literally haven't had a " normal" meal in 2 1/2 months, i feel like i don't know what food is anymore, and I TOTALLY AGree with all of you, if one more nurse, or my partner says crackers and ginger ale " sweetie" i'm gunna kick some butt!
This is so true and you know for some to just put there 2 cents in when they have no clue what you are going thru is not cool. As if you haven't already tried a dang cracker, you know I can't even keep down water for heavens sake!!!! Just the smell of some foods makes me throw up, it's kind of like people that have no kids try to tell you how you should discipline your child. Just shut up I would rather not hear your advice than to get the same advice over and over I am not stupid you think I am the one that is sick here I have already tried it ALL!!!!
Shannon, OK
OMG!!! I feel relieved i'm not the only one. At ten weeks i was finally admitted to the hospital for dehydration and had to listen to my boyfriend tell everyone that called him that i was on an iv because i'm not drinking enough and then when i finally flipped he thought i was just being emotional. If i wouldn't have been in the hospital i would have rung his throat. Every day i throw up at least two times while i'm awake and the rest of the time i'm have nausea and no appetite. Once again with my b/f telling me to eat vegetables and drink milk. God i hate men.
i have been vomiting since day one . i have good days where i only vomit once and days where i vomit 7 times..
i have tried everythign but ZOFRAN.its too expensive. rather than going to get an iv drip these days i love pedialyte.
im 11 weeks and i cant see the end of the 1st trimester to be over soon.!all we can do is hang in there..!!
This brought me to tears seriously. I don't know if it's the hormones, or that I am so sick and weak and tired of people telling me crackers and sprite. Zofran worked for only one day and I purchased a full prescription 600 dollars. I will never do that again. This is my second child. With my son I didnt get sick until about the 5th month. I am 12 weeks pregnant and have been pukin since I peed on that pregnancy test! I see people drinking and eating and thinking in my head, I want to slap them silly! I really feel like I am losing my mind. lol I have lost 25 lbs so far. I keep saying to myself, "if this passes I am going to eat everything in site." lol I cant wait to be able to drink anything I want again!
I respect all of the women who have had to put up with horrible non stop vomitting luckly i didnt have so called "Morning Sickness" bad but i feel for those who did and still do. I killed me for the short time that i experienced it because i work with food early in the morning and i praise women who are dealng with it and think that u should smack the stupid comments out of some womens mouths abut crackers and so forth...good luck ladies
That was the way I felt w/ my first. Morning sickness? NO all day every day sickness! I could look at food and be ill. The second go round has been much better though!
LOL!! This is great! With my little guy (now almost two) I puked non-stop right through the pregnancy and all through labor. Woke up the next morning and thought "Wow! I'm not sick...oh yeah...and I have a son too!"
I got so efficient that I could vomit in the middle of McDonalds and not even have anyone notice. Ah, but if nothing else, those 'enjoying' this type of pregnancy can take solace in the fact that babies are very efficient parasites...even while you are laying in a hospital bed (for the fourth time), having not eaten anything (or not kept down anything) in the past seven months, your dear little parasite is still getting everything s/he needs...they're just sucking it from you...your bones, your fat stores (if you have any left), your major internal organs, and almost certainly your brain...because after the (dear, sweet) little leach ;o) is born, you'll forget all about the 8 1/2 months of paying homage to the porcelain goddess and do it all over again. (At least, that's what I did...11 weeks and counting.) ;o)
I remember what that was like. Not too long ago, I was the vomit every hour, on the hour woman. With my first pregnancy, I was working at a summercare program for a private school. Everything we ate made me vomit. Being outside in the sun more than 5 minutes at a time made me vomit. Standing up made me vomit. Sitting down. Lying down. You guys know. Unfortunately my doctor never told me there was a name for it, and the office where I went made me feel like I was complaining about nothing. It was ridiculous.
This pregnancy I'm only slightly more lucky. No actual puking after week 6, but I'm at week 11 and I'm constantly feeling like I'm on the verge. Forunatly I got some meds but it is like like said a couple dollars a pill...luckily I've had some help paying for stuff.
A big hug to all the brave women here! I am realtively lucky, it´s my third pregnancy and I am moderately sick, compared to all of you.I seldom vomit but feel nauseated all day and night, when i wake up, and the only thing that keeps me from gagging and puking is lying in bed as much as possible and chewing on unhealthy potato chips and healthy almonds:) I tried crackers, lol, ginger tea, mint, nothing works for me...but at least I can keep down fluids and the foods I crave - potato chips, mainly!:)I am now in my 12th week, not losing weight anymore but not gaining it yet...but as sick as a dog, still. Good luck to all and again, a deep bow to the ladies who survived 9 months of hypermesis...
hi. well im going into my 12th week. and this has been the worst! i say this is my 1st and last. anyway i just got the sea band its for sea sickness and its actually working. i havent thrown up and im not nauseous its strange bc i can tell my stomach wants to flip and it hasnt! so far so good. its $10 at the pharmacy. good luck ladies. i dont know how my mother did this 5 times.
This is great site. I wished I'd known about it when I was pregnant. I was pregnant last year and I threw up for six and half months straight. I had every symptom possible for a pregnant woman. I got very constipated with the Zofran. The constipation was worse than the puking. Then at the end of my pregnancy I got PUUPS of pregnancy. This means that I was allergic to the fetal hormone. Basically, allergic to my own baby! I had the PUUPs from 7 months until I gave birth. So it was an experience to say the least. I hear all pregnancies are different so hopefully when I decide to have another baby, I won't go through it again.
Crackers and Gingerale did NOTHING for me! You just have to go through and look at the bigger picture. That's what I'll tell myself for the next time LOL!!!!
Im pregnant with my second child and sick as ever! With my first, i threw up everything between 6 weeks and 5 months. My hypermesis started right on que this time! 6 weeks and still counting. Phenogran works okay but it definately has its downside. Im taking the suppositories (which is no fun at allll) they make me have diarhea everytime i take it about 20 minutes after. Every morning I feel like i have the stomach flu throwing up and pooping. I also have been hospitalized for fluids which is great, I always feel better after. I wish they would hold me longer for days at a time so I didn't have to come to work feeling like this! I'm 10 weeks tomorrow and hoping it will wear off soon. Thank you for all of your stories! good luck and women who dont get sick are evil, just remember that!
I bow in reverence to the strength of those of you puking your way through pregnancy. You are some of the strongest women I've ever met! I just had some nausea the 1st trimester, and was seriously second-guessing my sanity for getting pregnant a second time! I'm thinking happy-baby thoughts for all of you.
imsick and tired of life...feel sick from morning to nite..feel tired and listless...dunno when this will end...feel so lonely also...
Thank you so much for this article, I haven't smiled in weeks!
I'm 8 weeks pregnant and have been puking ever since the beginning.
I have a midwife and she doesn't seem to know what to do anymore. I've been in the hospital every 2 days for a fluid I.V. and I've tried every nausea medication including Zofran, which only gave me severe constipation and I had to go back to the E.R. for rectal bleeding.
Everyone I talk to asks me have you tried ginger ale? OMG do you think I'd be suffering this much if ginger ale could be the cure?? Seriously, my fiance is the best person to pull me through this, everyday he's at my beck and call and he tries to understand what I'm going through, and he doesn't try to stress me out anymore than I am. Why won't this go away! When I was pregnant with my first child, I had no nausea or no sickness what so ever. Boy did I draw the wrong hand this time!
OMG people that can relate!! I'm 17 weeks pregnant and rather than the "it will stop any day now" that I keep getting told it's actually getting worse. The anti nausea meds that were working no longer are. I'm stressed out, hating this and all I want to do is enjoy the pregnancy we had to fight so hard for. My poor husband sits on the couch with his hands over his ears every time I go to the toilet as he can't stand hearing me sick and not being able to doing anything about it. And people that just suggest "have you tried ginger tea?" "Is it something that you're eating?" Hello!! The prescription medication DOESN'T work, do you really think a little ginger tea and a few crackers will???? And something that I'm eating??? Unlikely seeing as how I'M NOT EATING!!!! Gosh that feels good to get out!
How come people suggest crackers when it is such a cliche that it's almost impossible you wouldn't have heard that before? I have had crackers suggested to me so many time and I always am shocked that these people think that they are coming up with something so brilliant. CRACKERS! Oh, why didn't I think of that?
The only thing that helps me is eating little bits all day long. If I have something in my mouth to chew and swallow, it represses my constant gagging. I still feel nauseated but at least I am not gagging or puking.
Oh my goodness.... this article is so funny. I just got out of my first stay in the hospital for this. I'm on Reglin and Phenergan now. They seem to be working, I'm starting to feel a little better. I only puke 1-2 times a day now. EVERYONE, as soon as they hear I'm sick, pulls the "have you tried Saltines and Ginger-Ale." I want to SMACK them. It drives me crazy. But gosh I hope this goes away soon. Some of you had it for SO long. I don't think I'd survive it. Those of you that did - kudos girls. You are SUPER-MOM.
I'm in my 10th week and I still haven't had morning sickness. Some mornings i wouldn't feel all the great but all I did was eat something and I was fine for the rest of the day.Is this normal?
I'm at about 8 to 10 weeks and I have not had to pray to the porceline god at all. No morning sickness of any kind. Is this okay?
Amen sister....I could not agree more. I'm 11 weeks pregnant and just came home from a 3 day stay in the hospital for this very thing. I hate when people tell me "I was a little sick too" or "My doctor almost put me in the hospital once for morning sickness". I want to say.."HELLO...I was hooked up to an IV for 70 hours stright."
Thank you for your insight. Helps to know I'm not the only one going through this.
It's nice to know there's a name for it. I threw up everyday, from 4 months until birth. For about 3 of those months I could keep nothing down before 8 p.m. Then later I would always throw up the first thing I ate everyday, no matter what it was. I was miserable, and I pray that I don't go through it with this pregnancy.
So glad to hear i'm not the only one. In fact, i feel much better now. A lot of people have it worse than me! With my first i threw up the whole nine months- about 4 times a day and during labor- but labor was cake! Only 3 hours contractions with 10minutes pushing and there was my first boy. 6 months later i was pregant again. I was terribly sick again until about 5 1/2 months. Easy labor again though! and there was boy #2. Now he is almost one and i am pregnant again! I am nine weeks and have only thrown up 12 times! Thats a record! I can actually say i feel great considering the last two! Problem is, i've already gained 5 lbs! The other 2 i lost 7! Oh know! Actually, i don't care how much i gain if i keep feeling this good. I do worry about misscarriage though. I feel like i should be sicker! Hopefully everything is fine! I sympathize with all of you. And DON'T eat crackers unless you want to puke some more!
I have 2 children, a 2 year old and a 3 year old. I threw up everything in sight for the first 4 to 5 months and lost 20 pounds each time. I was always in the hospital getting IV fluids. It sucks. I am pregnant now at 11 weeks and I have only had minor morning sickness all thanks to my best friend~ ZOFRAN~ a wonderful little pill that dissolves in your mouth and you feel better almost immediatly. It is expensive, but my insurance covers it now. My insurance before did not cover it. It is $530 for 12 pills. It is pricy, but check and see if your insurance covers it, it is a lifesaver!!!
My first pregnancy I was sick about 8 1/2 months the second about 6 months and this one its actually easing up already (13 weeks) so there is hope it may get better with additional pregnancies but if not do what i did. Stay in bed as long as possible and go back to bed as soon as possible and sip gingerale so you don't end up in the hospital. My nurse advised 1 tablespoon every 15 minutes and it saved me from spending several nights in the hospital.
man i want to slap my husband. he always say drink plenty of fluids and eat crackers. man if only i can hold the crackers down. for the first 3 months nearly every other week i was in the hospital. this is like the first week that i really didnt have to throw up but the nausea really sucks..
Oh God, I am so glad I read this. I feel so alone sometimes it is ridiculous. I am going on my 9th week and so far 24 hours a day I have felt like my guts were going to come spewing out of my body. My stomach hurts like hell from throwing up and my throat is so messed up I cough all day long. My first pregnancy went like this the entire 9 months and I went from a size 12 before being pregnant to a size 6 after I gave birth. My husband and I used to joke that if I ever wanted to lose weight all I had to do was get pregnant. Oh how I wish that statement had not been true. So far everyone has told me that the nausea will die down this time, it won't be the same, eat crackers, get rest, take your prenatals, and on and on and on. To their advice I say SHOVE IT! If you like crackers so much you eat um. And if you can find me one prenatal vitamin that doesn't make me feel like suicide, bring um on! I swear, if I stop throwing up I might need an emergency ultrasound to make sure I still have a baby!
AMEN....AMEN.....AND AMEN AGAIN!!!!! My new hubby and I are pregnant (his first, my fifth!)due in June '07. So far I've been to the ER twice, doctors office countless times, and at home with IV therapy for a week. I've been scribed ZOFRAN (they use it for nausea in chemo patients). Lovely meds, however 20 melt in your mouth sweet relief tablets comes to the tune of $150.00 ($600.00 w/o insurance!!). These little blessings are taken up to 6 a day! Our baby will cost more BEFORE leaving the womb rather than afterwards!! Anyways, this is not my first experience with hyperemesis gravidarium...I went through it the first time when i had twins....the second time when I lost a baby in the 3rd month..the third and fourth times as well. It's a nine month battle, there is no twelve week magic feeling better point. I am NOT a "pretty and glowing" mom to be! I carry around an empty pop bottle as a spit cup, because to swallow the excess saliva would surely send me to my throne again. I have dark circles under my eyes from the dehydration, and no cute little bump to show off here, I've lost weight. Ultrasounds assure us the baby is doing well and growing. Finally..a smile to speak of. There is no remedy or relief other than delivery. I think this was Gods sense of humor because I was so scared to go through delivery. You go through this for nine months, labor schmabor!! Bring it on!!!! Just please..DO NOT GIVE ANY ADVICE ON "MORNING SICKNESS"....Just smile politely and stay out of my bathroom....I will live there for at least 6 more months!!!
Thank God...I found this site. I've been sick for 2 weeks. I'll be 9 weeks on Thursday. Having morning sickness is bittersweet. I'm happy because it reassures be that things are going okay (potentially). But, excessive saliva, taste buds out of wack and vomiting have made me a cranky person. I couldn't even go to work today. I had an "accident" on myself as well as all over my car. I've been eating crackers, ginger ale, ice, sprite and all the remedies and I'm still not feeling btter. Tired of the dh and all of the "let's tries". I know he's trying to help, but uggggghhhhh!
I had the joy of having hyperemesis from the moment i found out i was pregnant (at week 7) until the moment i delivered. There were times that i couldnt even leave the bathroom in the mornings because if i did, i was back in there in less than 3 minutes. I had to call into work sick so many times that i almost ended up losing my job over this. I had to be brought to the ER 3 times by the staff that i work with at the hospital (i'm and RN) so that i could get rehydrated because i hadnt been able to keep anything down in over 2 days. I even puked while i was having contractions! But looking back on it i have to laugh a bit. it was the best diet i'd ever been on, because after the baby was born, i was 15 pounds lighter than when i got pregnant. Now my daughter is almost 2 and beautiful than ever.
p.s. i 100% agree with the crackers thing. there were times that i wanted to shove the crackers down the person's throat if they suggested it to me one more time.
OMG thank you ladies! I am nine weeks, and have been puking the entire time. I've called in sick to work, I run to the bathroom all the time if I am at work...and the worst thing, I havent been working there that long and none of the managers have ever been pregnant nor known anyone closely who was pregnant, so work is hell. They suggest CRACKERS, or yell at me, im never sure which. I just wish i could yell back sometimes. To top it all off, my fiancee didnt believe that I was so sick(even though he was there) and when i decided enough was enough and i went to the ER, he told me i wasnt sick, i just needed to eat...and made me a big glass of milk and two pieces of toast, which i puked uncontrollably from at just the smell...I freaked out. After getting to the ER im told im dehydrated, dangerously low on pottassium and have a UTI to top it off! i spent all day hooked up to an IV. Bad thought---screw all of those people, they now know what i've been telling them. IM SICK AND CRABBY, let me sleep so screw you and your crackers. sorry to rant, but its great to know im not the only one.
Here is a comment from someone who only had mild nausea. I kept wishing I would vomit I know that sounds crazy, but I kept reading about the women who had severe morning sickness had a low percentage of miscarraige. I had a miscarriage last year and am now 11 weeks pregnant again, from the time I got that faint blue line I remembered reading that and thinking I wish I would puke because then I could take comfort in the fact that at least if was puking then I would still be pregnant, without that major sign of pregnancy your mind makes you think carzy things. You feel your boobs everyday to make sure they are still tender, and that is all you have to go by. Crazy I know but thats how I feel.
Loved the article! It was nice to know that I'm not the only one feeling this way. I printed the article and posted it to my fridge. Anyone that comes to my house can read it and not even mention a damn cracker. I can't even begin to tell you how many people offered their advice on the 'cracker' thing. I also was hospitalized for dehydration and the first thing the nurse gave me was crackers! Food has been nonexistent to me for the past 6 weeks and it is really difficult for other people to truly understand how you feel or what you have been going through. I try to be patient but sometimes you just want to tell them not to bother with the advice. I'm on Zofran (outrageously expensive), Phenegran and Companzine. Nothing has worked. I'm starting to think the only thing that will work it time. I'm 12 weeks now and am still extememly nautious but have decreased my vomiting from 15-20 times daily down to 2-3. Pretty good improvement and I'm hanging on to the hope that I will feel normal again any day now and able to eat a real meal....
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Amen. I feel like an unwilling bulemic. I puke up everything I eat. And...I thought I was almost into my second trimester and that the vomiting was going to end soon. Turns out that I miscalculated and am only 10.5 weeks and have about 4 more weeks of nausea and vomiting. DAMMIT.
I just have to say that I LOVE the sarcastic journalist!!!! Everytime I read these I laugh my butt off!!! So blunt when saying everything....It just cracks me up!!!
This is the first site that I can actually relate to. The sickness is horrible, but being able to have a sense of humor about it (if only for a moment) really helps. I'm 15 weeks tomorrow and still terribly sick. I threw up at work yesterday and had a horribly humiliating meltdown with tears and the whole bit. I am just so tired of being sick all the time. And being sick all the time makes me worry that something is wrong. I've never posted on a site like this before, but it really is refreshing to know that other women feel as miserable as I do. Happy miserable, but miserable.
OMG!!!! Finally someone that thinks like I do. I've gone the hospital 4 times already and I'm not even out of the first trimester and all the nurses could tell me, as an IV was dripping inside my vein, that I need to eat more crackers!!!! OH I was furious, if only I had the energy to do something about it. I've been so sick. I had to quit school and work. No one understands why I can't just keep it down and do my job like everyone else. It makes me feel like such a failure when other mothers tell me that they could do it and it's a mental thing and I can do it too. Can't anyone understand that I'm so weak, I barely make it to the bathroom anymore. Some people really need to just shut up and understand that we are not all as strong and capable as they are.
Well, that's all I had to say. I agree with you entirely!!!
Finally people who can relate. I was released from the hospital at 10.5 weeks pregnant for dehydration. Preggie pops or drops never worked, nor ginger ale, nor crackers, nor lemons, not even the motion sea band.....BASICALLY NOTHING! What finally did work and get my OB attention was the call from the ER and a prescription of Delectin. The side effects are extreme headaches....but thats still a little better then getting bruises on my knees from kneeling so much on the bathroom floor. I'm 12 weeks now still nauseated with no appetite but the vomitting is so much better. I look forward to a good meal one day! Good Luck to all of you.....Don't give up it was all pass.........
when I was pregnant with my daughter I praying to the porcelin throne from the day I got pregnant(literally I was in the hospital by day 3)until she finally came out (literally once again I vomited between contractions). I lost 55lbs with that pregnancy! Luckily my hubby was great so he lived through it, but some people drove me nuts with suggestions that just the thought of them made me vomit.
Ok, I went to the hospial to get "rehydrated" at 10wks pg with my ds. I had not been able to hold anything down for 10 days (including h2o) and was now vomiting blood and Bile Lovely stuff. So ER nurse says "don't worry we'll give you an IV and you can go right home. Maybe you should try some Crackers." They hook me up and I begin vomiting uncontrolably. I did not go home for 4 days and was unable to eat til my last day in the hosptal 1/2 a blt. On my way home I was told "by the way your insurance refuses to cover the only meds that work because there is other treatmaent". They didn't work it took all four days to find one that helped........ERRRRRRRRRRRRRR still so mad. I spent the rest of my pg on bed rest and my liver even began failing and still my insurance refused to cover the meds. My son is now a healthy 1 year old and I have finally recovered a year later. Crackers my Asss.
I totally agree with you on this article!. I've spent 2 weeks stuck on an IV drip for dehydration with my partner telling me that I "need to be eating vegetables and good foods", I really wanted to throw him out of the hospital window!! dont they realise it feels like a constant hangover thats lasted for 3 months!!! and commenting on sprusing myself up a bit and maybe i'd feel a bit better..spruse myself up!! get real do they really think we want to look pale and spotty!!!!stupid men. now I know why they dont have babies!! Im 12 weeks and still waiting for the sicky feeling to pass!!!