Morning Sickness - Mundelein, IL

M.,

I feel so sorry for you. I went through this, too! I had morning, noon, and night sickness....for the whole 9 months!!! I was so sick, I lost about 17 lbs in my first trimester. I remember that my doctor wanted to prescribe something for me, but I don't remember what it was. I do remember that I didn't want to take ANY type of drug while I was pregnant (we have an invitro baby and I just didnt want to take any risks). There are a couple of things that did help me to ease the symptoms.

First, I changed prenatal vitamins to Primacare (they have a formula specifically to reduce the symptoms of Morning Sickness). The particular Primacare that I took required a pill in the morning and a pill at bed time, which seemed to help a lot.

Second, I changed toothpaste....yes toothpaste. Every time I brushed my teeth with minty toothpaste, I got sick. Changing to cinnamon toothpaste, helped to aleviate my symptoms.

Third, ginger ale and crackers were my best friends!!! Once I felt a little nauseas, I would immediately start eating club crackers and wash them down with a little ginger ale. Warm Ginger Tea also helped to aleviate some of the sickness as well.

I hope this helps.

C.

I swear by Sea Bands. They are available at Walgreens / Osco / Dominicks and cost about $10. They work by pressing on the accupressure points in your wrist. I still use them for motion sickness and general nausea. I had marks on my wrists for 9 months, but they were the only things that kept me from puking while I was pregnant.

Congrats on being pregnant! I actually experienced very little morning sickness. But when I did, I took Calmacid by Melaleuca. It's an antacid but because of the natural ingredients, (ginger root, chamomile, and fennel seed) it really helped me with morning sickness. Below is a copy & paste of the product description.

Exclusive natural blend
Contains three natural ingredients — ginger root, chamomile, and fennel seed — used historically to combat nausea, cramps and irritation. Ginger root extract is included for its soothing properties. Studies have also shown that ginger helps improve digestion. The extract chamomile has been historically used to calm and soothe the stomach, and has also been shown to have powerful antispasmodic effects. Add fennel seed, and you have a very effective antacid. This extract has traditionally been shown to relax and calm the stomach.
http://www.melaleuca.com/ps/index.cfm?f=ps.productDetail&...

I hope this helps.

M.
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I had bad morning, noon and night sickness too..I sucked on Preggie Pops, which can be found at Babies R Us, drank real ginger ale from Whole Foods, ate bananas and baked potatoes which helped me. I also had my husband press and massage a pressure point in my wrist for nausea which worked well, I googled it online and found it. Anything with ginger is suppose to help, even ginger snap cookies. Morning sickness is caused by many reasons, even low blood sugar, so make sure you are eating all of the time, even if it is little bites, keeps snacks by your nightstand with water and nibble throughout the night. As hard as it sounds, (and I know!) it will help the more you eat, even if you vomit. Good luck, it will pass, only 2% experience it throughout the entire 9 months.

I haven't personally taken it, but if you're truly miserable - barfing multiple times per day - I would probably take it if nothing else worked. Lots of moms I know who had bad morning sickness have had good luck using sea bands. I went through a few bags of Ginger Chews (you can get them at Trader Joes and Whole Foods) my first trimester with this pregnancy, but I never got so sick that I actually barfed. Personally, I'd try the sea bands first (I think they cost about $10-15) and if that wasn't enough to get you through the day, consider the Zofran. I've heard from other moms that it can make a huge difference if you're in really bad shape.

I know one of my girlfriends took it, she had to, she was sick sick sick all day long for months. Finally she went on it. It helped her immensely. I don't have personal experience with it, but it sure helped my friend. Good luck!

Hi M.,
I'm so sorry that you're experience this. I went through the same thing and ended up taking Zofran. It did work, but I got horrible headaches as a side-effect. For me it was worth it. I was so sick that I lost 10 lbs early in pregnancy. One other thing to be aware of--Zofran is really expensive ($3 or more per pill) so some insurance companies can give you a hard time about it. Just be prepared to provide a letter from your doctor as proof that you really need it. My massage therapist also showed me an accupressure point that helped. Here's a link to a diagram of how to do it: http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/Nausea-acupressure.htm

I found that it helped, especially when I was in the car (where I also got motion sickness on top of the morning sickness).

Good Luck!

I ended up in the ER one morning after a bout of morning sickness that started at 3am and didn't stop until 2pm when they gave me Zofran through an IV. After that they gave me the Zofran tablets which were great. My OB suggested I wait until I threw up to take the first one, because for the most part I was just nauseaus the actual vomitting only happened 1 day a week. The Zofran was great all I remember is sleeping like a baby after taking it, which was great because on schedule every Sunday morning between 3 and 4 I would make the bathroom run. I didn't really experience any side effects from it. I didn't bother to wait for it to dissolve I just swallowed, but I actually enjoyed the strawberry taste.

Hi M.,

I'm sorry you are having a tough time! I am currently 27 weeks pregnant and was puking up until 25 weeks! I'm so happy to have gone 2 weeks vomit-free. Around 17 weeks when I was still down 3 pounds from my pre-pregnancy weight, I was prescribed Zofran. It does work, but only if you can keep it down. It is strawberry flavored and is supposed to dissolve on your tongue. I don't know what kind of sick joke they thought that was, but for someone with such strong aversions to every kind of food as I had, a flavored pill that dissolves into a gross mushy thing in my mouth was torture and caused me to vomit violently. So I tried to cut it in half and swallow it instead of letting it dissolve but even cut in half it would get caught in my throat because of the dry wafery texture and that would make me vomit violently too. So I gave up on the Zofran and just accepted the puking as a part of my life.

If you think you can keep it down, it is worth a shot though!

Good luck and I really hope you feel better soon!

L.