Morning sickness hit me about the same time that flu and cold did. Around week 8... isn't that a little late? I'm up for your stories, information, and other sorts of tidbits you might have.
It is minimal, and if I snack it is better. But around lunch time and afternoon night... it is discomfort, hunger, and just plain ick-ness.
In the morning when I get ready, I have to eat at least a piece of toast to not fall over and hug the white bowl in the bathroom. So if I get ready at night, I'm better off in the morning.
Tips? Info? Breezy advice? do two year old prenatal vitamins still do you any good? Comment away! :o)
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I tried three different prescription prenatal pills before I found the perfect one. I LOVED Tandem OB and my doctor said to take it at night before bed instead of morning time...I guess it helps with sickness. Also, he told me saltine crackers or dried toast would help in the morning. He suggested to keep it by my bed and when I wake up, eat a few in bed before standing up. As for the afternoon sickness you are experiencing, I would just suggest to continue snacking the way you have been, and lay down as much as you can. Sickness should pass soon seeing as how you are nearing week 12 right? "Normally" it is the first trimester that is the worst. 2nd trimester is amazing! So hopefully that will kick in for you around week 12. Did you have your doctors appt yet? Hang in there hon! Hope the sickness goes away soon! Let me know if you need anything or just want to chat! Miss you guys!
Sorry, one more thing. Most prenatal pills dont have folic acid in them, and you NEED to have a folic acid pill everyday. It prevents spinabifida and other things like that. You can just get those over the counter in the vitamin section. BUt start taking those ASAP if you havent been already! Okay sorry, I will stop with the advice now! ;o)
Congratulations Jayci! I am excited for you!! The only thing that helped me was taking sips of juice or ginger ale throughout the day but for me nothing really helped. Hopefully it doesn't last too long! Keep us posted, and again congrats! i am happy for you!!
Ugh, the joys of morning sickness. Something that helps me is being sure I eat regularly - like every 45 minutes or so. Yes, I begin to feel like all I do is eat and I don't really enjoy food anymore because of it, but it helps keep me from barfing quite so much. And holding very still seemed to help a little. This last time I didn't start feeling sick until 8-9 weeks and with both pregnancies it's lasted into late teen weeks. I know that isn't terribly comforting and hopefully yours won't last that long, but it is a possibility. I'm sorry and hope your misery ends sooner than later, but just remember the excellent prize you get at the end! :)
I agree with the other comments. Eat or at least snack a lot through out the day. Try smoothies. I know its cold, but maybe that will fill you up and not make you feel too sick. We are very happy for you!! Congrats and goodluck!
The morning sickness sucks! I'd do what everyone else said...and try to eat something when you very first wake up-before you get out of bed. As for prenatals, I haven't taken any, because they all just made my morning sickness worse, and really, whats the point, if they don't stay in your stomach for more than 5 minutes? Anyway, my Dr. told me that the Flinstone kids vitamins work just as well, and they seemed to help with my sickness. Good luck! Mine started around 8-9 weeks too...but hopefully you'll be past it soon.
LOL! Jayci...I'm sorry your are sick! 8 weeks isn't late, that's about the time I got sick with Elena. Although it does come a lot earlier with your next kids (week 5for Kai) Anywho...if you are anything like me, food never helped at all! I would just throw whatever I ate up. So, if that's the case Chelsea Lundberg told me about this miracle prescription pill called zofran. ahhh zofran...we became best friends ;)There are no side effects (they don't make you sleepy and completely safe for your baby)I took those for the first 16weeks with Kai and he turned out perfect :) Good luck! I can't wait to see pics n' stuff! oh! about the prenatal vitamins...you might wanna check out the expiration date...I don't know 'bout that.
Congrats! I had really bad morning sickness too when I was pregnant, and I worked like you too. It was so bad!! Anyway, the things your friends have said is exactly what was told to me too. I was sick the exact same times you are getting sick, and the dinner time one was the worst! My poor husband didn't have dinner for probably 4 months. Mine started around 8 weeks, and lasted till I was 4 1/2 months along. Blah. Definitely keep saltenes close to your bed, and dont even lift your head up to get them! Seriously. Snack on those for like 10 minutes or so, and SIP some water or gingerale. It really helps. Good luck! p.s. You should ask Chelsea Lundberg if she has any more ideas...I'm sure she had lots of people giving her little tidbits of info. I know she was sick through like her whole pregnancy.
Well congratulations! I have been out of town and away from computers! How exciting! Well first of all 8 weeks is not a little late because I actually had morning sickness well into my second trimester but didn't experience much in the beginning. I ALWAYS had some sort of granola bar or something small in my purse and a water bottle near by and that helped. ALso I found if I forgot to take my prenatal during the day and took it too late at night it was almost assuriety that I was sitting next to the toilet in the morning. The prenatal's I used were not prescription but i loved them, they were called Nature Made Multi Prenatal. It had folic acid, zinc, iron and all the other vitamins you need in the pill and it didn't make me sick. Good luck and congrats.
I just stayed away from anything with too much flavor. I stuck to bland foods for a while. Every night Kev made me PB&J sandwiches. As for prenatals, I always took mine with food, and some people take them at night so they can sleep through the sickness of them. Hope you start feeling better soon!
Oh Jayci,
I would never wish this upon you. If it makes you feel better I am still not over it. I'll tell you the advice my doctor said. He said as long as you can keep down gatorade and a flintstone's vitamin a day you will probably be ok in the first trimester. Babies are amazingly resourceful. Try your best. Ice cream was always good for me and watching t.v. while I eat helps me take my mind off the food. Good luck. Love ya!
I just typed a whole comment and then it wouldn't update. Here's a summary:
My sister-in-law swears by Unisom. You can take 1 pill a day (1/2 and night and 1/2 in the morning). I would only take 1/2 a pill at night because I couldn't handle the sleepiness during the day. I don't know if the Unisom really worked or just the good night of sleep.
This may sound gross, but gatorade tastes the best coming back up (about the same as going down). So drink up!!
My doc also recommended taking Vitamin B12 in addition to prenatals. Make sure you have enough folic acid in your prenatal or you may need a supplement.
Here's my last comment, I promise. Make Mark do all the housework. I know I sure felt better when Steve did all the work!! :)
I am so excited for you! I start getting sick at week 8 and it lasted to about week 14 with Macey and week 17 with Cardon! Here's a good tip a nurse told me after I miscarried the first time. As long as you have morning sickness you still have a baby. So that is a positive side to it. With my first I started feeling better at about week 10 and 3 weeks later I miscarried. So be happy for morning sickness!!!! haha I always kept saltines by my bed just like Melanie. Before I would even move I had to eat about 3 of them so that I wouldn't run to the toilet first thing. Also, I know that you are drained and don't have any energy but working out really really helps with morning sickness. I worked out with while pregnant with Macey and not with Cardon and I was so much worse with Cardon b/c I didn't work out. Oh, another thing that helped is eat ALL THE TIME!!! Eat something at least every 30 minutes and that will help. Even though I didn't want to it would make me less nauseous. Good Luck!!!
This is the part I am dreading about getting pregnant again!
I wasn't very sick until about 12 weeks, and it lasted 4-5 weeks after that. I couldn't eat ANYTHING and lost twelve pounds. I think I lived on popcicles, because like Christina said, they tasted the best coming back up. I took flinstones vitamins too because the prenatals just came up after I took them. And the night time wouldn't help me either, I would wake up in the middle of the night just to throw up! I am cringing just thinking about it! I just read good books that kept me drawn in and entertained so I could escape the sick feeling.
It is such a miraculous day the morning you wake up and feel fine!! And then the heartburn starts... :)
oh sweetie. i am of the opinion that you just have to endure this icky first part of your pregnancy. and pray that it will be over soon!
i say snack as much as possible..as often as possible..and bland foods.
and get GOOD prenatals. and other vitamins if necessary. my midwife has me on prenatals as well as vitamin d and iron during the day and then a calcium/magnesium drink before i go to bed. plus, she recommends getting 80-100 grams of protein a day. growing a baby is a lot of work!
hang in there, sis. ((hugs))
thank you for all the feedback!! I hope there's still more to come, even. Today was my first doc appt and so I got NEW prenatal vitamins (mark will be able to pick them up tomorrow for me). I will double check the amount of Folic Acid and B12. I have been doing really well the last couple of days. Since working again (and filling in for the clinic's runner... walking 10+ miles a day), I have been feeling pretty great. I think the exercise...even in EXCESS has been helping! Maybe I should have just been exercising the whole time in Utah and Seattle! It's just hard wanting to get up when you feel gross, I've decided.
Oh. First, Congratulations. Second, I'm sorry. The sick part is not fun, but it will end eventually, I promise.
Then you have your little baby and you totally forget what you went through.
Wow, you got lots of advice from lots of people! So I am just going to tell you congrats again, and it is all so worth it! Best of luck, and the a.m. sickness will most likely subside by your 2nd trimester, so keep up the good work and grow your baby!
Congrats!! Jayci!! That is so exciting! I am so excited for you!! I'm so sorry that you are experiencing morning sickness right now..that is a bummer. It can only get better though right? With lots of drugs...
I am so excited for you guys that is fantastic congrats! my due date is sep 8th our due dates have got to be close together. As for morning sickness I can't help you their because I am a lucky one and don't get it, however my friend tried everything in the book and she found these wrist bands you get at the pharmacy counter they are called presure point bands or something like that anyway she said it really helped. I hope that you start feeling better! I am so happy for you!
I am so glad to hear that you are expecting! It is such a fun, exciting, and miserable time! I have a book that I LOVE it was especially good for the first pregnancy when you don't know what to expect: "Your Pregnancy Week by Week" 5th Edition; by Dr. Glade B. Curtis, and Judith Schuler. This book has so many good tips and just general information. I just read one chapter each week. Good luck with everything...hope the sickness goes away soon!
Jayci!Congratulations! If you don't remember me I am your roommate Julie from Liberty Square, I somehow found your blog from Jordan's. Sorry the beginning of pregnancy stinks. I am about a month ahead of you I think (due July 8) so 16 weeks and I am still not quite over the morning sickness yet. I found that I would puke in the morning no matter what I did so I just started drinking chocolate milk in the morning. It came right back up within a minute or two but after throwing up I would feel less sick for the rest of the morning so it was worth it. Plus milk does not hurt at all to throw up, it comes up really easy and the chocolate covers up the acidic taste. Gross I know. Hopefully you will be over the sickness soon and your vitamins will work well. I still take the flintstones vitamins because the prenatal make me too sick. Just think though, it's for a good cause and will be well worth it. You'll be a great Mom!
Hey Jayci! You're probably over the morning sickness by now, but now is when I read this so I'll add my two cents anyway. Like Dixon said, you can take 1/2 a Unisom, but take it with a B6 vitamin. The B6 really helps! My mom saw a naturopath doctor when she was pregnant with me, and said he gave her a B6 shot every few weeks, and she was never sick with me (out of 7 kids). So, plenty of B6. A few more: keep some kind of protein snack with you. A cheese stick or one of those Land o Lakes mild cheddar cheese slices. I used to munch on those in church. Protein stays in your stomach longer, so you don't feel so queasy. For the same reason, try a half of a turkey & cheese sandwich just before bed. Russ made me one every night with Matthew. You don't want to eat too much peanut butter when you're pregnant, period. You can sensitize the fetus to it, creating an allergy later on. Same is true for seafood. There is a pressure point on the inside of your wrist, three finger widths down from the bend in your wrist that helps with nausea. Check it out in a reflexology book or online. Sipping ginger tea or peppermint tea helps. Peppermint is good for all kinds of abdominal distress--gas, cramps, upset stomach, etc etc. Make it strong, like two teabags per cup. Sometimes sucking on those Ricola soothing throat drops helped me when I laid in bed in the morning. So, what did you find that helped you most?
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