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[poppyseed2012]

Hi everyone, this is the first time I've posted, although I've enjoyed reading and getting to know you all. I am somewhere between 6 and 7 weeks (dating ultrasound next Friday!), I'm 32 and this is my first pregnancy.

I have constant nausea. No vomiting (some dry heaves), but constant, constant nausea. Morning noon and night. I'm wearing sea bands, taking b-6, doing acupuncture, drinking mint tea and nothing helps.

My question is, for those of you who've been pregnant before, have any of you experienced this constantly and how long did it last? I keep reading about hyperemesis gravidarum and that it lasts 5 months. I don't know if I can stand this for five months. I work full time and this is making me really nervous which is probably making everything worse!

Any wise words of advice or comfort for a really scared first time mom-to-be?

[ruralrabbit]

Sounds like you're doing a lot of stuff right.  How is your protein intake?  Hydration?  I've found those two things make a big difference for me (both in this and my last pregnancy).  It's hard sometimes because they're the exact opposite of what I want (which is nothing).  As queasy as the thought of it makes me, I've found that a boiled egg with a lot of salt followed by a glass of milk does the trick in settling my stomach for a couple of hours.  I keep a bowl of the eggs in my fridge and don't even think - just peel the egg, cut it in half, salt, and swallow.  It's been my middle of the night cure for nausea the last few nights.

[pregnova]

This sounds exactly like what I had last pregnancy. I only threw up three times total...but it was CONSTANT. nausea and dry heaves, and clinging to the toilet wondering if this time I was actually going to throw up. *sigh* I tried just about everything last go around, and, honestly, nothing really lessened it for me. 

Mine started right around 5 weeks, and lasted hard core awful until 16 weeks. And then it was very slight nausea in certain instances or around certain smells ect... until 20 weeks. And then totally fine. 

Um, yeah...it sucks. The worst bit was that I'm pretty sure mine was so bad because I literally couldn't suck it up to eat anything. Anything and everything made me WANT to throw up, so I couldn't even eat. Because I wasn't eating, I was getting MORE nausea. A really horrible cycle that's nearly impossible to break. 

I will say that around 11 weeks or so, I discovered that I could eat salty white rice, with tomatoes and that would lessen some of the morning nausea....I also found that lemon tea worked wonders...but if I stopped drinking it for one second, I felt like I needed to vomit again, so...*sigh* not a particularly useful remedy ;-)

I think, as others have said, that the protein intake is incredibly important. This go around, I plan to force feed myself if the nausea gets that bad. And, it's SUPER helpful to have things already prepared that can be eaten cold so that there's no time wasted between when you feel as though you can handle some food and actually eating that food. Because, all it takes is a SECOND to feel too nauseas to eat again!

I hope you feel better sooner than later!!!

[forestmushroom]

I have this and the best thing is to drink plenty of water, eat protein and easily digestible stuff (banana, rice) and then eat small nibbles of ginger.  Drink ginger tea.  Ginger is amazing.  I can go from feeling totally crappy to feeling good in about 3 minutes just by nibbling a small piece of fresh ginger.

[Lisoula]

I had a lot of nausea with #3, and found drinking water with tons of fresh squeezed lemons it it to be SOOO helpful.  I carried a baggie of lemon wedges everywhere!  Even just the smell of lemons seemed to calm my nausea.  I believe my nausea ended around 12 weeks.

[Heidi Williams]

 I complained to my midwife about this and tiredness, and she is a big believer in nutrition. No refined sugar, no white flour (which i already did), 80 g protein a day, more if you exercise (i run), and LOTS of water. I've felt better and my tiredness is almost completely gone. Be carfeul on the kind of protein though. The casin in whey protein can be hard for your stomach to digest and can result in muscle injuries later (my husband is a body builder). I've loved the spirutein protein. Its made of rice, pea and soy proteins. but that also depends on how you feel about soy. there are many alternatives to whey and soy though. good luck!!!!!!

[UrbanSimplicity]

There's a lot of great nutrition advice in this thread.  It sounds like you have normal ms and hopefully it will go away very soon.  a friend of mine had hyperemesis and vomited many many times a day her whole pg.  even though she started off pretty thin, she weighed LESS when she gave birth, she really suffered.  i try to remember her when tooth brushing causes dry heaves.  feel better!

[KM84]

Add me to the nausea club. Sometimes I just wish I'd throw up.

Usually if I can force feed myself something I'll feel better, but last night I just kept feeling worse and worse. I finally managed to choke down a bowl of cereal, after my usual strategy of eggs and bananas failed.

Bleh.

[janellody]

It's like I am just getting used to feeling like crap all the time... very occasionally after I eat I feel better but it doesn't last long.. and it's so hard to find something I can eat.  Ugh.  I can't wait until this phase is over...

[poppyseed2012]

Originally Posted by janellody 

It's like I am just getting used to feeling like crap all the time... very occasionally after I eat I feel better but it doesn't last long.. and it's so hard to find something I can eat.  Ugh.  I can't wait until this phase is over...

Exactly, exactly, exactly. Ick.