I'm trying to figure out if its just a coincidence or if I'm crazy. Looking back over the past week, there were three days that my nausea was minimal and I felt like a normal woman/mom/human for a day or so. All three of these days I forced myself to shower, dress, and do my hair first thing in the morning. So - did I just feel good because I looked like I felt good? Am I feeling sick on the other days because I am letting myself be sick?? Seriously there have been some days (like yesterday) that I could hardly pull myself to upright without the room spinning - and today (showered, dressed, and looking the part) I actually feel . . . dare I say it?. . .great!
Or MAYBE - I was only able to shower, dress, and do my hair because I was having less nausea in the first place.
Tell me I'm not the only crazy.
One thing is for sure, I can't wait until EVERY day is a good day.
Funny, because I was thinking the same thing this morning.
Last week I was on vacation from work. I didn't really do much, just hung out with my DS (DD and DH were out of town). I felt completely normal, no nausea at night, and only a twinge in the morning, that was very mild and went away after I had a glass of water/orange-carrot juice mixed. I also didn't feel exhausted, even though DS and I kept ourselves very busy.
This week I am back at work. Each morning the m/s has been worse. Today I had probably the worst nausea of the pregnancy so far- and it lasted 3 hours. Last night I was so sick to my stomach after dinner too- all the way up to bed time.
I was thinking this morning that I probably am just resisting not being on vacation anymore.
I'm just the opposite. Any day I try to get up and just face the day, I end up not keeping anything down at all that day. If I'm having a day where I can afford to take things slow and not worry about showering, dressing, etc., I don't get nearly as sick.
Originally Posted by reducereuserecycle
for me, it seems if i eat a big hearty breakfast, i end up feeling better too.
I'm in love with the *idea* of a big hearty breakfast, but morning is the worst time for me as far as figuring out what to put in my mouth to start the day. Saltines are my friend.
I was able to go to lunch with friends, clean for an hour, and now sit down to work and the nausea (or the struggle with appetite) has been hardly noticeable. Maybe this is just the beginning of the end of it? *fingers crossed*
G&B'smama - the nighttime stomach ache has been hanging around here too. It feels like my entire abdomen is so full of air that the slightest pressure on my stomach sends me through the roof. I think I will feel better lying down, but then I can't find a comfortable position to rest in. I hope it gets better for you (and me - and everyone) soon.
I for sure feel like the days I force myself to exercise I feel better overall. But maybe I exercise on those days because my baseline is already better that day to begin with?
I'm all for "As you think, so you become" though. I've been telling myself, and having a dear friend and DP remind me that I'm just not going to feel nauseous this pregnancy. So far, so good. Who knows?
A friend of a friend thought she was pregnant and had several days of morning sickness before she discovered she wasn't pregnant (not just early miscarriage, she was never pregnant).
So, I've always told myself that m/s is mostly psychological.
I didn't throw up at all with DS. I wanted to, but I didn't think it would help. Plus, I was working full time and I didn't want work to know or to think I couldn't keep up with my work (and my job involved a fair amount of physical labor and running around).
This time I've been sicker. But now I stay at home with DS, who doesn't mind if I spend most of the day on the couch.
So, am I sicker because I'm letting myself be sicker? Maybe.
Of course, telling myself it's all in my head doesn't help.
My thought is that when we get up and do something (even though it's oh so very hard) that it distracts us because we're focused on something else. If we're laying around all day or not doing much, we can't help but think about it, and therefore we feel sicker.
I think it *can* be psychological in some people but it's very real for most. I can be busy, busy, busy but feel it there the whole time. But since I'm distracted, I can keep my mind off of it. There have also been a couple of mornings when I woke up fully expecting the normal greeting of horrid nausea only to realize that it's not there! I keep waiting for it, trying to feel it, and it's just not there that day! Woo Hoo I love those days!! So, if it were psychological, I would have totally talked myself into having it.
Originally Posted by hunterofkyle
G&B'smama - the nighttime stomach ache has been hanging around here too. It feels like my entire abdomen is so full of air that the slightest pressure on my stomach sends me through the roof. I think I will feel better lying down, but then I can't find a comfortable position to rest in. I hope it gets better for you (and me - and everyone) soon.
When I feel sick at night time that is the EXACT feeling that I have. If I get to sleep I am okay, but sometimes I just can't get comfortable and it keeps me awake. This might be TMI, but I have had a lot of digestive issues (at both) ends with this pregnancy. I've noticed that I can hardly eat whole grains or beans/legumes at all without being miserable. In my previous pregnancies I never had digestive issues. With the first I had 20 weeks of nearly all day M/S- but it was different, more hormonal and less digestive. I escaped my last two pregnancies with no problems like heart burn or indigestion. It already looks like this one will be different.
It turned out my M/S was the vitamins! I don't take them and the following day is Excellent!! I thought I was being silly, but no, it's true. And the days I made myself exercise (go for a walk) I felt even better.
^^i switched vitamins (this one has a lot less stuff in it) and cut my prometrium dose in half, taking both immediately before bed. this helped immensely, with the nausea and with the lower digestive issues. last week was complete misery, then one day i forgot to take vitamins or the prometrium and i felt slightly better the next day... now i feel SO much better since i straightened my dosing out. still have the food aversions, but that's OK.
i know that last week, having to go through a normal day was total torture...
I've had m/s subsided a little bit last Saturday evening and thought maybe m/s was going away but by Monday, the nausea came back. On the evenings this week, the nausea was worse but tonight I feel better. I'm thinking it is connected to what I eat during the day. However, I haven't found "what" kind of food makes me feel better or worse. I really need to start logging my food intake...
I read that protein helps calm nausea down, how many thinks this is the case? When nausea hits really bad, I don't know what kind of protein food I can eat quickly to ease the nausea...
Originally Posted by naturallyspeaking
When nausea hits really bad, I don't know what kind of protein food I can eat quickly to ease the nausea...
Sprouted whole grain bread with tahini? or almond butter?
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