i'm not doing well, ladies...

[IncaMama]

i'm not even throwing up...and i know that so many of you are...and i'm so so so so sorry that you are...i am nauseous basically all day long...i'm constantly hungry but unable to stomach eating much of anything...i'm also CONSTANTLY thirsty but any time i drink anything it makes me feel worse about 10 minutes later.

every time i get the insane hunger feeling i get so depressed i can't even explain it...i get so scared and helpless like it will never go away and there's nothing i can eat that isn't disgusting to me. i'm on Zofran and it's really not helping much at all...

i feel like i'm losing my mind. i am so unhappy all the time and so miserable. i'm not an emotional person normally and i just am losing it all the time. i am so desperate i don't know what to do.

and DH just threw out his back today and is in the hospital right now (without me - long story) and when he comes home he will of course not be able to help me out at all...i just don't know what i'm gonna do.

damnit, i'm hungry again. i just want to crawl under a rock!!!!

[Minnow_]

Michele, I'm so sorry you're having such a rough time.

[StarCat]

Oh Michele, I'm so sorry, I have phases that I feel like that, where I just want to crawl out of my skin. It would be horrible if it lasted all the time. I guess its a positive sign for a healthy pregnancy, lots of hormones. I haven't felt like drinking much either but find that club soda with a splash of juice (like grape or apple)goes down easy. It isn't too sweet and the bubbles settle my stomach and its basically just bubbly water. Hope you feel better.

[iris0110]

Michele I am so sorry that you are feeling so bad. I don't get the emotional rollercoaster, but I am so with you on the nausea thing. I am not throwing up, but I feel like I am carsick all day long. I am always hungry, but nothing sounds good, and anything I eat makes me feel bloated and sick. The only thing I can do is drink water, and if I am not careful that makes me feel overfull as well. I never had this with Ds, but I did with Arawyn, and I am now. For me it starts at about 6.5 weeks and continues to about 12 or 13 weeks. Hopefully yours will be short lived as well. Although even those 6 weeks can feel like torture. I think I am having a girl again, because I only seem to get sick when I am pregnant with a girl.

I wish I had some good advice, but all I can suggest is eat very small/tiny meals, and sip water. A mom friend told me that the preggy pops work, but I have never tried them. Also the wrist bands that are supposed to sooth motion sickness are supposed to work for this as well.

[IncaMama]

thank you so much ladies...you have no idea how much it means to me to just hear your well wishes...i've been so miserable it's hard to explain it in words. i'm wearing the seabands as i write this, and have been wearing them basically nonstop for a week. i don't dare to take them off to find out if they are actually working or not. if they are working, i do NOT want to experience what it's like when they're not working.

i keep reading everywhere that i'm not supposed to eat and drink at the same time, but that is almost impossible for me as i'm SOOOO thirsty ALL the time. i'm trying to sneak around that by drinking protein shakes (Boost) and water at the same time, but i think my body knows i'm trying to cheat.

my DH is finally on his way home from the hospital right now with MIL and Grand-MIL and they're stopping by Wendy's on the way home so i told them to get me some baked potatoes...maybe i'll be able to stomach those. god, i hope so. i need a break. i really just need a few hours of feeling *ok*. if that doesn't happen soon, i don't know what i'm going to do.

anyway...thank you for listening and replying to me. it means the world to me.

[Geofizz]

I hope that DH isn't too badly injured. It sounds like you have a lot on your plate. Can you get some help with Rowan for the next few days?

As for the thirst + naseua (<--- you'd think I'd know how to spell that by now), take teeny tiny sips. Keep wetting your mouth, but take barely enough to swallow anything. Do that constantly. It really does help.

[littleteapot]

With my first pregnancy, I had the all-day-all-night intense nausea without throwing up A LOT. It was so bad. I was begging to be throwing up and feel relief for just a little while. I had a lot of travel tabs.

Things that help: Jalepeno. I hate spicey things, but would crave this like mad and it seriously did help.
Ginger juice (if you have a juicer, juice it yourself and dilute it)
Sniffing a lemon. I carried one in my pocket in a ziploc bag sometimes.
B complex vitamin every morning or evening (the opposite from when your nausea is the worst, or bothers you the most).
Don't eat meals, graze all day when you are hungry.
Wet your mouth a lot.
Circular breathing.

*hugs* to you mama.

[*Amy*]

I understand the being hungry yet not being able to find anything appetizing. That is the worst! And I find that once I have found something that I can eat, after a few days it's on my "ughh, no way" list. :

Maybe you could get some crushed ice and pop some in your mouth when you are feeling that overwhelming thirst - that way, you'll get the relief but won't over-do it on your tummy.

[screamingyellow]

Awww, I am so sorry that you are going through this... Hopefully things will get better soon.