[Kmama2]

Seriously ladies- I feel like I am gonna lose it if I spend one more second hungry and nauseous. Its so mentally exhausting!!!

I should be a pro at this... I was so sick with dd that I couldn't go back to work till about 18 weeks and continued throwing up till about 25 weeks.
I'm almost 13 weeks and its not as bad this time but its still bad!!! I throw up stomach acid every single am because the act of walking to the bathroom is enough to make me hurl.. and then I spend the rest of the day just trying to keep the nausea at bay. I'm just losing patience with it all... I can't cook because food smells bother me and I have a hundred food aversions... which means we eat tons of take out and we really can't afford it so I am feeling guilty about that. Normally I love to eat and love to cook healthy stuff. I just want to feel like myself again.
Even looking in the fridge or thinking about certain foods or looking at dirty dishes is enough to make me gag....

I just wanna enjoy life again!
Does anyone else finding being so sick every single second of the day mentally exhausting???

 

[Tristan]

I hope you get some relief soon. I was so sick of smelling and looking at food I lost a lot of weight so far in my pregnancy. I am getting better now and will be 13 weeks on tuesday. It will come I'm sure, just hang in there. HUGS!!

 

[susanl1202]

I'm with you. I feel like I've been taken over by an alien. I've lost so many pleasures in life at the moment - baking, cooking, knitting, walking, running around with my boys - I can't wait to be my normal self again. 13 weeks and 5 days today. There is light at the end of the tunnel for me as I haven't actually vomited for over 2 weeks but still feeling sick and tired. I console myself with the fact that this is definitely our last and I will NEVER be pregnant again!

 

[brinalicious]

I am right there with all of you mamas! After 8 weeks of feeling bad nearly all the time, my spirit was in really bad shape. I have really struggled with feeling totally helpless and depressed with this pregnancy. I wanted this baby soooooo badly, but there have been times when I wonder why I did this to myself. I will be 13 weeks tomorrow, and I am finally starting to feel better. I think the hormones are beginning to wane a bit, and I am feeling more like myself now. I am still taking my anti-nausea meds, and will continue to until I am sure that the m/s has passed completely.

Kmama2: Are you taking any meds? If not, it might be worth asking about. I take Phenergan--just a half of a pill every night before bed--and it really helps me make it through the day. I've heard Zofran is even better. If you are still suffering this might really give you some relief. I am seeing a hb midwife, but I went to an OB to get the script for the med. I'll never see him again, but was glad for his help.

 

[tayndrewsmama]

I feel your pain. Boy do I. I have been so sick and useless. Dh has had it too. It's extremely stressful right now. I am just 11 weeks so I am not holding my breath that I'll feel better anytime soon. It feels like it's never going to end.

 

[Kmama2]

Thanks ladies. Its just helpful to know that I am not alone. I had to stop reading all the threads where mama's had no nausea or anything.
I do have Zofran.. I got a script for it before I switched to a midwife too.. I was taking it for a bit in the beginning but it made me so constipated I had to stop. It was bad. I couldn't poop to save my life and that was almost as bad as the nausea. Once I stopped taking it I got regular again.
I just feel like I have done my time with being so sick and want to be able to enjoy the pregnancy for a few weeks before I hit the tiredness and heartburn of the 3rd trimester.
I feel so useless as a wife and mother. Dh has had to pick up a ton of my responsibilites on top of working full time and doing alot of dd's care... all I do is sit around feeling like death warmed over! All my friends enjoy pregnancy and don't really get this morning sickness stuff so I feel like a freak.. my mother and mil each had 5+ babies and weren't sick at all either. Sometimes I feel like I am allergic to pregnancy.

 

[midwifer]

I am logging on for the first time with this pregnancy for this very reason. I am so miserably sick I need to commiserate with others feeling the same. This is my third child and I was very sick until 20-25wks with my other two, but I am having a much harder time this time around. I use Zofran when things get really bad or I can not stop puking, but I don't care for its side effects either

. For the last week I have started trying something a nutritionist in my area recommends...basically lots of beans or psyllium for really high soluble fiber intake to absorb all the bile that your body is making in response to the hcg. I have a coworker who was also puking sick and did this, it took about two weeks, but then she had relief where she felt normal!!! You can check out the information in detail at karenhurd.com.
good luck...

 

[Brisen]

It is so frustrating to be hungry and queasy and not want to eat anything.

Re: the fast food, is there another mom/someone local who you could maybe work out a deal with, to pay/barter with them for meals? You might be able to get stuff your family will like for cheaper than the take out. Just a thought.

 

[boobs4milk]

I've had several near break downs. Add to that the guilt of whining because I'm afraid that I'll jinx myself (again) by complaining about being sick. I would do anything for my kids and I do mean anything. BUT that doesn't mean that I shouldn't be able to say how I feel about it!!!

Hugs, Kmama! I have only thrown up twice so far, but I have 24/7 nausea that is only relieved by lying/sitting perfectly still in bed. I have 6 kids, so you know how much of that I can do. DH has been an angel so far, but last night he did BARE minimum and didn't take out the retched trash, so I think he's also getting fed up with me being sick.

I told my g'ma that DH is getting tired of doing everything and she said "If he didn't want to do it, he should have kept his seed to himself." ROFL! That was so worth telling everyone!

 

[brinalicious]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kmama2 I do have Zofran.. I got a script for it before I switched to a midwife too.. I was taking it for a bit in the beginning but it made me so constipated I had to stop. It was bad. I couldn't poop to save my life and that was almost as bad as the nausea. Once I stopped taking it I got regular again.

I've heard that Zofran has some nasty side-effects. I take Phenergan and the only side-effect that I get from it is being sleepy. I take it at night, though, and it really helps me make it through the next day. It's also A LOT cheaper than Zofran. You might consider going back to the Dr. who gave you the Zofran and asking for something different.

I also wanted to say that I was so afraid that I would feel like s#!t my whole pregnancy and wouldn't be happy and normal again until the baby was born. It was an overwhelming fear at times. But, I am happy to say that I am 13 weeks now and it is finally starting to get better. It will probably get better for you, too. It really is only about 3% of women with extreme nausea/vomiting that are sick until the day they deliver. I hope that means all of us will get better well in advance of our due dates

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[Aufilia]

I take Zofran and yeah, there is definitely a constipating side effect. I find taking 1 stool softener a day is usually sufficient to counteract it, and well worth being able to take the Zofran.

 

[MerelyGod]

I am so with you. I haven't thrown up as many times this pregnancy as my other two (but the sickness lasted all through my second trimester with my second, so we'll see). I have so many food aversions, it drives me crazy. My poor family has to eat DH's cooking every night (eggs or pasta, both majorly gross to me right now).

The only thing I can consistently keep down is FRENCH FRIES. Ugh, so not what I would normally eat, and I feel crappy after eating them, but not nauseous. It's just so draining, feeling sick all the time. I hate it.

 

[threadbey]

Total sympathy. It didn't get quite as bad this time as with DS, but it's lasting much longer and it is absolutely mentally draining. I am sick of getting nothing done! I had mentally prepared to get nothing done for about a month, but the sluggishness has lasted longer than I'd hoped. And I have a lot I need to get done!

I hope it gets better for you soon! I am starting to believe it's fading for me. I know it's actually a LOT better than it was a few weeks ago, but it still sucks.