hi
ive got a friend whos getting sickness all the time, not physically just the feeling in her mouth. Ginger biscuits dont work Any Ideas? I didnt have this prob with mini me so no idea

Yep try a sea sickness band, it is the same kind of sickness and works well, trust me.

i was sick all the way through, and found that ice cream (which i don't normally like), coke (ditto) and chocolate were some of the only things that helped. brown rice was quite good, and so were bananas for the first 6 months (until then i could cope with the smell, but not any more). even the thought of ginger or mint was enough to make me retch. plain pasta with grated cheese was ok too. can't say i enjoyed being pregnant...

hi
ive got a friend whos getting sickness all the time, not physically just the feeling in her mouth. Ginger biscuits dont work Any Ideas? I didnt have this prob with mini me so no idea


How many weeks is she?

If she starts to actually vomit and it becomes excessive...go to the docs/hospital.

I had this, just getting to 13 weeks and its going a little.

I found that first thing, eat ceral.

Then at 11am i had a snack a jack or piece of toast.

then lunch

then 3pm maybe a bag of crisps or another snack a jack.

Then tea / evening meal

Then toast for super

Although it sounds alot of food, the lunch and evening meal wasnt as big as i would normally have, also plenty of water!

thanks ill past on the info - lots of little meals sounds good idea to try

I was suffering from constant severe nausea (for different reasons!) a few weeks ago and can agree with the lots of little things idea. You keep your strength up without making yourself feel too much worse. :thumbsup:

I had this with both mine, it's nasty, but sipping water & nibbling savoury things does help. Thankfully, it passes!

I had this with both mine, it's nasty, but sipping water & nibbling savoury things does help. Thankfully, it passes!

it doesn't necessarily pass, sorry! after a while you start craving fatty things - i had so much trouble with being sick that i was losing weight until about 20 weeks, despite eating fatty things. fortunately i could keep liquids down (usually), so coke is really good (which is why if you're on holiday and get the runs and can't get a decent remedy from the gp, you should just drink coke - full of liquid and full of ions). savoury is obviously better if you can manage it, but even bad things are better than nothing.

if your friend has real trouble, she could ask the gp to prescribe 'scandishake' - they're really tasty milkshakes for anorexics (horrendously high fat content, but if weight gain is a big problem then high fat isn't so bad), with something like 600 calories per half pint. i found that even when i was bringing most things back up i could keep these down as they were fairly small (and obviously liquid). however, most gps won't prescribe these unless you ask, as they cost the nhs about £20 for 6 sachets of the stuff.

is your friend hyperemetic? ie so sick that she's actually physically unwell? if so, she shouldn't listen to any of our advice, other than to go straight to the gp (not in 2 weeks' time, but now. or pop to the jessop) - blood pressure and dehydration are linked, and both are bad for the fetus.

is your friend hyperemetic? ie so sick that she's actually physically unwell? if so, she shouldn't listen to any of our advice, other than to go straight to the gp (not in 2 weeks' time, but now. or pop to the jessop) - blood pressure and dehydration are linked, and both are bad for the fetus.

Hyperemesis gravidarum can be serious and very unpleasant. It usually peaks at around 7 weeks after conception and this is the time that women are usually admitted to hospital. I think if it's just the nausea (and no vomiting) your friend will be ok and it should pass. If she is vomiting, 24 hours a day and can't keep water down (or any foods) either then she certainly needs to see someone quickly.

so coke is really good just drink coke - .

I would have thought coke will bloat you and make you feel worse. Not to mention the sugar content if not diet.

Remember if pregnant you shouldnt have as much caffine which coke has.

I found i never drank water, but I drink loads now as it helps the sickness!

I would have thought coke will bloat you and make you feel worse. Not to mention the sugar content if not diet.

Remember if pregnant you shouldnt have as much caffine which coke has.

I found i never drank water, but I drink loads now as it helps the sickness!

cheeky, paraphrasing and quoting me out of context. coke is fantastic for people who are dehydrating because of diarrhoea. it is also fantastic for people who are being constantly sick and can't keep things down. sugar is great for you if you can't keep anything down - something that is absorbed quickly is better than nothing at all, both for the mum and the baby, in the short term.

obviously you should cut your caffeine intake during pregnancy (as my caffeine intake is normally restricted to a bar of chocolate every few days i didn't bother cutting it), but as coke has so much sugar in it you don't actually need much to feel much better if you're both sick and hungry. a few sips of coke (or decaffeinated, if you can find it) every few hours might just keep you afloat. i had gastric flu at 36 weeks and went into premature labour. i didn't keep any fluids down for over 36 hours and vomited something like 2 dozen separate occasions, which was extremely unpleasant and really rather painful, not to mention how worried i was for the baby. during that time and before i was put on a drip, the only thing that i could keep down was coke, hence recommending coke for sickness - it takes the pressure off, as you don't feel so hungry, so feel much better. obviously water is much more important.

i'm only suggesting that the friend drink small amounts of coke (sorry, should have made that clear) and only if that's all she can keep down, which, as she isn't actually being sick at the moment, probably isn't necessary. in the best interests of both mothre and baby, coke is a lesser evil than going hungry and weak. as i mentioned before, anything (well, almost) is better than nothing, and a healthy intake is best, but if you can't manage that then you have to make do with what you can manage. everyone is different during pregnancy...i imagine any suggestions that help with the nausea are welcome.

it is also fantastic for people who are being constantly sick and can't keep things down. sugar is great for you if you can't keep anything down - something that is absorbed quickly is better than nothing at all, both for the mum and the baby, in the short term.
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There is no mention of the lady being sick or being able to keep food down!

I know the feeling well that the lady is going through and was only expressing my option that i didnt think Coke would help with feeling sick nor the caffine content of coke!

There is no mention of the lady being sick or being able to keep food down!

I know the feeling well that the lady is going through and was only expressing my option that i didnt think Coke would help with feeling sick nor the caffine content of coke!

reread post 12, and you will see that i have said;

"i'm only suggesting that the friend drink small amounts of coke (sorry, should have made that clear) and only if that's all she can keep down, which, as she isn't actually being sick at the moment, probably isn't necessary. in the best interests of both mothre and baby, coke is a lesser evil than going hungry and weak. as i mentioned before, anything (well, almost) is better than nothing, and a healthy intake is best, but if you can't manage that then you have to make do with what you can manage. everyone is different during pregnancy...i imagine any suggestions that help with the nausea are welcome."

just to add that if/when you feel constant nausea and can't eat anything as a consequence, have you never noticed that after a while you can't distinguish hunger from nausea - they turn into one horrible feeling? a few sips of coke CAN help with this, as it lessens the hunger. sugar water, lemonade, anything sugary like that does the same, it just depends what you can stomach...fruit juice gave me really bad heartburn, the smell of lemonade made me retch, coke didn't, hence suggesting it. if something unhealthy helps, then surely it is better than her just suffering constantly?
again, healthy is best, but something is better than nothing.

where can you get preggie pops from-apart from internet heard they are good

where can you get preggie pops from-apart from internet heard they are good

what are they?

I only know of the internet for them. - Saying that ive not really looked for them.

http://www.mothersbliss.com/shopping/preggiepops.asp

http://www.bumpsmaternity.com/item.php?prodKey=YMBPP000&level1Key=1&level2Key=25&level3Key=53&pageKey=3 There in Newcastle!

You could always try the sickness bands, they can be bought from boots and chemists.

http://www.boots.com/shop/product_details.jsp?productid=1022193&classificationid=1020131

Im managing to cope with eating more but little!

My own contribution to the coke idea is that decaff is quite nice - I don't ever drink the caff version, but avoid the diet version if you can, sugar is infinitely better for you that aspartame (which is quite evil on the stomach).
Not a big fan of coke myself - I don't like what it contains - I prefer fruit juices, it keeps the electrolytes going and nourishes with vitamins and although coke does help the electrolytes it's no good for vits.
However, it's horses for courses, I couldn't eat any greasy food during pregnancy with my twins, no other sickness at all but hours and hours of repetitive puking if I had fish and chips or takeaway, even a home cooked roast lamb got me one day.
The Americans seem to swear by 'saltines' which as far as I can make out are crackers - so there are lots of salted versions in the UK market surely worth trying but water then becomes crucial.
I had a huge craving for anything with salt and onions so maybe there's something to do with salt?
Just be careful, salt is obviously a danger in itself.
let us know if anything works NatalieSheff - it might come in useful for other women on here.

Ice cold lemonade helped me when I was pregnant and also frequent small snacks - but try the lemonade

Awww I really feel for you having all day sickness. When I was pregnant with Holly I was hospitalised for 2 days as I was dehydrated fron being sick. I was about 7 weeks pregnant. The sickness eased at about 13 weeks.
I found the best thing was fizzy pop :-) I even found that sucking on an extra strong mint helped.
I hope that you find some relief soon hun.

xxxx

what are they?
lolly pops that ease nausea apparently :)

I know this has been mentioned in the past so I hope it's not too repetitive. One of my friends is 14 weeks pregnant and having terrible sickness - she's actually lost weight and has been signed off work for 3 weeks! The docs say there is nothing she can take to keep it at a manageable level, but we're all a bit worried. I haven't had the fortune of being pregnant, but know the SF Parenting group obviously have. Any suggestions for the poor lass (apart from ginger everything)?

Arrgghhh someone must have a suggestion! PLEEEEEEZZZ!!!

Hi, has she tryed the travel sickness band thingeys, that you wear around your wrist, i think they work by putting pressure on a certain piont.

ice cream, coke, chocolate. ok, so they're not good for you, but it was all i could keep down for weeks. i don't even like ice cream. brown rice, plain pasta.

this thread has been done before, but i can't find it easily. in the last thread (apart from people having a pop at me for sayign coke and choc) someone mentioned something called 'preggie pops' or something....might be worht a google.

ginger did nothing for me.

Ginger made the sickness even worse for me and I still associate ginger with it now, 2 years on! The only real things that worked for me were ice cold lemonade, lots of little snacks like cream crackers with mild cheese, plain crisps and fruit. I also felt sick when I was feeling tired so I got as much rest as I could (when I wasn't at work, juggling the house, and older son etc etc!!)

I started a thread on this a couple of months ago which got loads of helpful suggestions but when i have just searched for it it seems to have disappeared :confused: it was called 'morning sickness is miserable' if anyone else knows where it has gone!!

So anyway, here are some of my suggestions a lot of which are based on other peoples at the time. I really feel for your friend as its awful and made me miserable. Mine settled before 14 wks but my friend's did get worse around 14wks and settled at 16wks ish.

Its def true that the less you eat the worse you feel which i think is partly the low blood sugar which causes a lot of morning sickness (which is why it is often on a morning (though mine was all day) and people suggest something in bed like a biscuit before getting up) and partly due to the empty stomach and stomach acid and general ill feeling you get from not eatg properly. Of course the worst thing is that you cant face food but know you need to eat something. It is best to try to eat before your stomach is really empty as it can then get worse and makes it harder to eat.

Things I found I could stomach were yoghurt (plain not fruity), toast, cereal (the best of the lot, particularly sugary cereal or healthy cereal with a bit of sugar on to raise the blood sugar), yoghurt, baked potato with a little cottage cheese, mashed potato, crisps of certain flavours (not healthy but sometimes i feel its important to get something down), little pots of ambrosia custard or rice, cauliflower cheese, biscuits, refresher sweets were oddly great particularly after I had just eaten and felt it may come back up! They make you burp and feel better. Think is the bicarbonate of soda. Sparkling water was good too. Am not saying I enjoyed all these foods but i could face them or a bit of them which made me feel better in the long run. The worst thing you can do is avoid food entirely.

Things other people suggested which work for lots but didnt work for me were ginger (biscuits, or crystalised ginger, or ginger drinks), fruit juice (too acidic for me but can see the logic, same with oranges), horlicks, coca cola or lucozade or other fizzy drinks (in v small doses as caffeine is not good for you when pregnant but the sugar can help).

I found that supermarkets made me want to cry so I sat with someone else and made a list of things I thought I could possibly face (often silly childish things like peanut butter on toast or ice cream) and got them to get it for me. When I had things like that in the cupboard it was better otherwise I just moped about feeling ill but not eating anything because i could not face it. Making the list was not fun as i didnt want to think about food but it did help

I also take gaviscon for stomach acid/indigestion which is good if a bit yukky for a second while it goes down.

The travel wrist bands did work for me for a while when i was at my worst. There are also lots of links on the net if you have a search.

Hope something in there is helpful :smile:

Hmm...I can't find that thread either. Perhaps we merged it somewhere along the line.
I found eating often helped loads and always had a packet of crackers or such near me. I also found the odd fizzy drink helped - in my case Dr Pepper.
Unfortunately there is no one miracle cure, it seems to be pretty individual. But if it does get very bad, there is always the option of medications given by the GP.

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?p=1810815#post1810815 ???

Thank you Em!

jsut looked through Sams posts ;)

and i remembered the thread too :)

Ain't sure if i have come to right place here. But i'v just found out im expecting my 2nd/3rd child. (i have a step son who i have custody of so it makes it 3. (complicated). Now i say i have morning sickness but it's more evening sickness.I throw up from about 7pm onwards. Its driving me mad was just woundering if anyone has ideas of what i could do to try ease it without harming the baby.
I am very lucky to be having this child as two month ago a cyst burst on my ovarie and i have endemetrosis i had to have an op because of the cyst. So im over the moon at moment. Plus im due to get married in two week. so dont wanna be throwing up through my reception although this may be unavoidable.
charlie x

There's another thread somewhere about morning sickness which could help, I'll find you the link at some point.
Also, have a look at the short cuts at the top of the parenting group page,, it's a great resource for finding the frequently used threads about the most popular topics.

My MS was also worst in the evenings. I used to get up early so I could go to bed early and avoid as much of the evening as possible. You have my sympathy as it made me sooo miserable. I just tried to make sure I ate something (it was much worse if i didnt and then made it impossible to face food) like plain yoghurt or plain potato or pasta, toast, crisps (not that healthy but i just had to get something down me). I found Refresher sweets helped and I could sometimes eat an orange if i could not face savoury food. Ginger didnt do anything for me but lots of people swear by ginger biscuits, crystallised ginger. I also found travel bands around my wrists helped a bit. I did find lying down in bed and trying to get to sleep was the only thing I could do sometimes. Or a walk in the fresh air really helped too. During the day I took the dogs into the woods and it was the only time I didnt feel horribly sicky. I also found that if my mind was on something important, like a meeting at work, whilst I worried beforehand I would puke, I was always OK, apart from the odd wave, and felt a bit better, as if the distraction or the adrenaline helped. Hopefully your wedding will be the same. Try to have a little something to eat at some point before though (which can be hard before a big event particulary if you feel sick) maybe suck some sweets, so your blood sugar doesnt drop or you will be worse.

It is only a phase though, and as I am sure you are well aware it will get better! But it feels endless. Just try to get lots of rest and take care of yourself :)

Here's the thread. http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=162405&highlight=morning%2Bsickness
Will merge soon.

The best thing I found was root ginger. I'd peel and then finely chop or slice a tiny bit (half a teaspoon or less) and drink it in a cup of hot water (I used to add a herbal teabag to change the taste as I'm not fond of ginger). It was miraculous. Stopped my bloating as well. There have been quite a few studies on its benefits for ms, though it didn't work for everyone in the studies. And if it works, go easy on it as, apparently, large amounts can cause contractions!

My friend swore by crisps when she was having her second. Sounds weird but she said it was the only thing she could stomach and that eating something, whatever it was, stopped her from feeling sick. Hope you feel better soon. :gag:

I found ribena cured my sickness with my 1st one. but aint really found a cure for it this time. I was thinking ginger biscuits.Might try it.
Charlie x

right im a couple of months pregnant and my morning sickness is a bit of a pain at work as my job involves cooking. And me being physicaly sick everytime i cook a sausage or something :gag: is probably not a good advert for the company

right my point

ive been off for nearly a week now as my son has been very ill and ive noticed im not physicaly sick. allthough the classic nausea is still very much present im worried as i seem to spend a lot my shift being sick in the toilets, is this going to harm me or my baby as i cant really face food before as i feel sick and after being sick and even the fact that i dont eat doesnt stop me being sick i just bring any liquids consumed back :(

so should i do something about this? (and yes ive tried all the usually ginger biscuit things ect ect)
can the doctor give me anything to stop me being sick?

yes you can get something from the doctor

They can't give you anything unless you get hyperemisis I think its called. You'll either have to take the time off and get a sick note or ask to be moved

They can't give you anything unless you get hyperemisis I think its called. You'll either have to take the time off and get a sick note or ask to be moved

There are a number of anti-emetic medications and an antihistamine that should help morning sickness that are not thought to cause any harm during pregnancy.

Because your problem is clearly affecting your everyday life, your GP will be able to prescribe you something. Hyperemesis gravidarum is very much more serious and often results in hospitalisation due to dehydration, but it doesn't have to go that far for you to receive treatment to help you live normally. Hope you get some help it sounds miserable :(

thanks guys gonna try to see doctor tommorow

just dont wanna have to have time off due to staff shortages and id feel bad really bad having to leave them in the lurch just cos i feel a little sick as they out it :(

plus ive just had a few days off with my son being very ill so dont wanna rock the boat

congrats on the forthcoming baby, Katie.

I thought that, (staff shortages or not) you are entitled to take any time off you need for appointments - Doctors appts, ante-natal etc so long as it's to do with your pregnancy, and your employer cannot penalise you for it.

and as for the shortages, it's up to the bosses to ensure that your or your colleagues are "covered". it's not your problem, your priority needs to be you and the baby's well-being! end of.

speak with the chemist for over the counter remidys

congrats on the forthcoming baby, Katie.

I thought that, (staff shortages or not) you are entitled to take any time off you need for appointments - Doctors appts, ante-natal etc so long as it's to do with your pregnancy, and your employer cannot penalise you for it.

and as for the shortages, it's up to the bosses to ensure that your or your colleagues are "covered". it's not your problem, your priority needs to be you and the baby's well-being! end of.


its an absolute fab place to work as long as you can drop everything at the last min and go running if they need you to or stay an extra hour and so on and so on

if you cant then they can be rarther funny with you about it and lay a lot of guilt on you

im just worried about making my work mates feel resentfull towards me as my managers wont get anyone in to cover me they will just let the other chef cope alone

i was really sick with both mine, with my daughter it got so i couldn't even keep water down, at jessops they put me on these little blue pills they said were usually prescribed for travel sickness,i took them from about 25 weeks, they eased the sickness and my daughter was ok( I was worried about takin owt) this was 15 years ago so maybe there are other things they can prescribe too now, regardin work as I was full time at the time i just kept goin to the loo to throw up, it became second nature!!! it was ages b4 I could go on a bus without a couple of carrier bags in me pocket!! good luck with yr pregnancy, maybe yr employers would let you start later in the day? :)

i was really sick with both mine, with my daughter it got so i couldn't even keep water down, at jessops they put me on these little blue pills they said were usually prescribed for travel sickness,i took them from about 25 weeks, they eased the sickness and my daughter was ok( I was worried about takin owt) this was 15 years ago so maybe there are other things they can prescribe too now, regardin work as I was full time at the time i just kept goin to the loo to throw up, it became second nature!!! it was ages b4 I could go on a bus without a couple of carrier bags in me pocket!! good luck with yr pregnancy, maybe yr employers would let you start later in the day? :)

my first one was nothing like this one i had no sickness and wasnt so knackererd with my son but this one seems to have totally wiped me out physicaly and emotionally. :(

im just worried about making my work mates feel resentfull towards me as my managers wont get anyone in to cover me they will just let the other chef cope alone


You only need to point out to them that you working in this condition is likely to lead to the place being shut down for environmental health violations, no matter HOW carefully you wash your hands after throwing up. I'm sure they'd rather keep their jobs and manage without you for a while.

congrats on the forthcoming baby, Katie.

I thought that, (staff shortages or not) you are entitled to take any time off you need for appointments - Doctors appts, ante-natal etc so long as it's to do with your pregnancy, and your employer cannot penalise you for it.

and as for the shortages, it's up to the bosses to ensure that your or your colleagues are "covered". it's not your problem, your priority needs to be you and the baby's well-being! end of.

Don't have time to post much but yes you are right.

Check out Unison Maternity pages (http://www.unison.co.uk/women/pages_view.asp?did=101) for advice.

andHSE page (http://www.hse.gov.uk/mothers/index.htm)

just chipping in again katy, to answer your comments about your boss es "guilt-tripping" you.

don't buy into it, (easier said than done, I know!) your priority HAS to be your own, and the baby's wellbeing. not the profits or the staffing levels. that's the bosses responsibility, not yours.

I agree with heysey etc, above.
they won't get another chef in to cover? then BANG! get health and safety in on it!

Congratulations on the baby Katy! Hope you feel better soon! x

what Sunshine said! Congrats Katy :) and erm, sorry you feel sick but I'm sure it'll pass in 7 months time... HTH ;)

You only need to point out to them that you working in this condition is likely to lead to the place being shut down for environmental health violations, no matter HOW carefully you wash your hands after throwing up. I'm sure they'd rather keep their jobs and manage without you for a while.

they are well aware of the food hygiene laws regarding food handlers and being sick. they dont seem to care about the fact there is a law against it and i think they think well shes pregnant so its not like she has a bug or a virus or anything that could be passed on.

My Dr must have been fobbing me off then when he told he there was nothing I was allowed to take unless I had the Hyperemesis

I would avoid taking anything until you look into the effects the drugs have no only on you and your child...but how it may effect the birth.

I don't work well with anti-biotics at all...and when pregnant they cause bigger problems for me.
Some drugs will actually hinder the birth process, making intervention an almost certainty.

Re work...take legal advice, you need to worry about you and your baby...your work should be worried about being taken to tribunal for sexual discrimination aswell as health and safety.

I found that those wrist bands for travel sickness did the trick for me. Might be worth at try.

I found that those wrist bands for travel sickness did the trick for me. Might be worth at try.

i got some of these today and they seem to work but only take it off slightly but a little is better than nothing i guess :D

I had hyperemisis gravidavum (or however you spell it) with dd, I ended up in hospital for a few weeks on a drip due to dehydration. I couldn't keep anything down and started to lose weight. not good for either of you.

Your work has a legal obligation to do a risk assesment on you - mines have and I'm only 5 weeks gone! If it causing problems to your well being and possibly that of your customers then they have no option but to put you onto alternative duties or suspend you on full pay (thats what my h&s guy told me this afternoon)

Good luck and congrats, I know how your feeling babes and you have my sympathy! Smells are triggering me and banana is making me gip at the thought never mind the smell and we eat tons at my house so my dd and oh have been forced to have other fruit instead lol

If you need someone to talk to pm me I we're about the same stage in our pg xx

Hi Katie,
Congratulations! :)

Gosh I do feel for you, it is absolutley awful going throught the first stage of pregnancy. I like yourself suffered really bad with all 3 of my pregnancys. When I was having my first 2 I was told there was nothing they could prescribe me for the sickness, but the pharmasist said to try travel sickness tablets- took the edge off it.
But, with my 3rd they persribed me some tablets to try and stop the sickness (im really sorry but I have forgotten what they call them), they did make me a little more tired but helped loads! There are 2 types of tablets that can be perscribed so if one lot dosn't work ask to try the other.

Try sucking on citrus boiled sweets, you can also buy ginger sweets from the herbalist try these too. I have seen on the net that you can buy morning sickness lollypops.

One day you will wake up and the sickness will have totally gone for me it was around 14 weeks.

Also wanted to say that you can request to be signed off with ms, I was signed of for 2 weeks, and was told that if I needed more to go back to the doctors. Don't feel guilty about work and don't let them guilt trip you either, think about yourself, you and your bean are the most important things ever.

Sending you lots of hugs, I really do feel for you, if you have never experienced it I don't beleive you can ever imagine what it could be like. Hope you are feeling much better very very soon.

Sam xxxv :)

as mentioned earlier i had small travel sickness tablets from jessops, i was also on a drip, the good thing was they told me for every day i was on a drip i had to have a week off work, so i got 6 weeks off, which would have been great had my head not still been down the loo, but not as bad as b4 the tablets! you cant understand how a small baby will be ok when the first weeks/months of its life in yr belly is so traumatic for the poor mother!! it DOES get better tho, then theres only the heartburn to deal with!!

well so much for the sickness bands helping :( yesterday the sickness just wouldn't stop even the water i was drinking was not staying down :gag: so after 4 hours of trying to do my job, with my manager and his " just keep trying hun, you don't wanna let the side down :rant:) i told him i was going home as my tummy hurt, i had a temperature a headache and i was knackered with all the running to the toilet. i got home and spent the rest of the day and night in bed

I'm going to the doctors tomorrow so hopefully he will be able to offer me some relief. :)

well so much for the sickness bands helping :( yesterday the sickness just wouldn't stop even the water i was drinking was not staying down :gag: so after 4 hours of trying to do my job, with my manager and his " just keep trying hun, you don't wanna let the side down :rant:) i told him i was going home as my tummy hurt, i had a temperature a headache and i was knackered with all the running to the toilet. i got home and spent the rest of the day and night in bed

I'm going to the doctors tomorrow so hopefully he will be able to offer me some relief. :)

Bless you! You have my complete sympathy love. I was exactly the same with baby no. 2. It was awful. Anything and everything would set me off - the times I've had to get off the bus on the way to work for fear of being sick! My doctor and midwife both said there was nothing I could take to stop it and that it wear off eventually! And it did at around 14/15 weeks although I still couldn't bear 'nice' smells like washing powder, perfume, air freshener etc. (still funny about washing powder - 2 years on! but that could be psychological). I found sipping ice cold lemonade helped (as daft as it sounds) ginger did nothing apart from make me worse! I also found I felt worse when hungry (which seemed to be most of the time) so eating little and often helped as well. Keep smiling love, you'll soon be over it and be able to enjoy your pregnancy! Good Luck!

If you are being sick a lot, flat coke. I have heard loads of praise from drinking this.

i suffered emmensly with it, borderline in the hospital jobby!
every time i went to the gp they all had a different opionion.
work were breathing down my neck etc etc

i tried everything!! the only medication my gp would prescribe was promethazine, it didnt work, i tried ginger, the anti-sickness travel bands, everything!!

the only thing i could suggest is plenty of rest, been stressed about work makes it worse! trust me!!! have as much time as you need off work, the gp will write you a note as there is nothing much they can do, they tell you to plod on... try to keep having water, even if you can't face it. your little baby will be getting everything that she needs from you, regardless of what you eat, they are like little parasites!!! :hihi:

im 29 weeks and still feeling sick in a morning. as soon as i wake up the acid/god knows what in my stomach comes up!

well ive been to the doctors who have told me i have a bladder infection hence why ive been feeling extra run down, plus she has given me something to help with the sickness :) hopefully these will help me start to feel a little bit more normal shortly :)

I know it will be worth it but oh god I feel pooh. I'm 16 weeks now and still being sick like a good un :gag:

When I was only a few weeks everyone kept saying, don't worry it will pass at about 12 weeks so I was focusing on getting past that stage but now I'm nearly 5 weeks past it and it's not getting any better.

Are there any old wives tales on what it can mean if you have 24 hour sickness during pregnancy ALL THE WAY THROUGH :(

Sorry to whinge but please tell me I'm not the only one on here suffering like this.

a friend of mine was sick all the way through,but i was only sick up until about 20wks...
i know its hard and its an awful feeling but id just try and get through the next few weeks and hopefully it will have subsided...:)

I never had morning sickness, must be lucky! But i've heard a few people saying they had sickness throughout pregnancy. And got advised to keep drinking water to keep them hydrated. Speak to your midwife hun. :)

I had sickness all the way through with my first (sorry!) I dont know if its an old wives tale that the sicker you are the more likely it is to be a girl? Lol! I hardly had it with my son, just a bit of nausea in the first few weeks...!

I heard that old wifes tale, and also if you're really bad with heartburn its meant to have lotsa hair. Eek..i've had nothing but heartburn hope he doesn't come out with lotsa my ginger hair :hihi:

Aah poor you Raychul, its horrid aint it. I must be lucky, I am 16 weeks today and mine stopped around 13-14 weeks although I have just gotten over a tummy bug which was just as bad.
I reckon that even if you have the most persistent morning sickness, by 20 weeks it should be getting better, just think positive hun! :)

I know it will be worth it but oh god I feel pooh. I'm 16 weeks now and still being sick like a good un :gag:

When I was only a few weeks everyone kept saying, don't worry it will pass at about 12 weeks so I was focusing on getting past that stage but now I'm nearly 5 weeks past it and it's not getting any better.

Are there any old wives tales on what it can mean if you have 24 hour sickness during pregnancy ALL THE WAY THROUGH :(

Sorry to whinge but please tell me I'm not the only one on here suffering like this.

PM 'Lapis Lazuli' - she's spent the whole of her pregnancy (up until now) being sick. I think she's about 16 weeks too.

Apparently she's just been prescribed something that's helping reduce the sickness.

Worth a try.

:)

I think the old wives tale could have some truth imo.

I had severe sickness until I gave birth last time (I ended up on a drip in hops due to dehydration) I couldn't even keep water down. I had the worst heartburn ever all the way through I had a girl with the most black hair the midwife had ever seen!

This time I've had a couple of days of feeling a bit sick but nothing to shout about to be honest and I really think I'm carrying a boy (will hopefully find out for sure at the re-scan on friday)

I do feel for you sweetie, I found the last time a pack of ginger biscuits kept in the bedside cabinet and having a couple before you get up gave me a bit of respite (well until I stood up and had to rush to the loo)

It's such a horrible time for some women being pregnant (me being one of them, I hate being pregnant, hence I waited nearly 10yrs for baby number 2) My sister was one of those women we all love to hate, she bloomed through all 3 pregnancies and enjoyed every minute of it!

Good luck though and I hope you feel better soon xx

I was sick all the way through, and had heartburn so crippling that I became a shareholder in gaviscon, and could barely move at night, and could barely stomach anything edible - I tried some of the antivom drugs, but they made the heartburn much worse, and left me with stinking headaches and dizziness.

However, I had an incredibly easy birth - nearly the mythical pain-free one, in fact. The midwives kept telling me that crapsy pregnancy often results in easy birth (but not always).

Don't do what I did - worked all the way up until the birth - because I was a physical and emotional wreck, although I wouldn't have admitted it at the time, it's absolutely exhausting living like that for 9 months (followed by sleep deprivation and all the rest). Make sure you take some time off to look after yourself a bit before the due date.

when i waspregnant with Oliver I had sickness until I was 20 weeks, with this one, Im now 15+2 and my sickness stopped whe i was 13 weeks

Hi
just a quick questions morning sickness did you have it or not or sickness at all
with my other 2 i had right bad sickness but i havent been sick at all yet i've felt sick but thats about it.

Thanks

I didn't have morning sickness as such, yes, i felt sick but no, i wasn't sick. For the weeks i was pregnant, i ate that many Gingerbread men it took it away :D

I do feel sorry for the women that are sick an awful lot of the time though :(

How many weeks are you, cuteykat?

im not sure about 8 weeks i got to go to doctors on monday so ill no more then i was right sick with my other 2 through

I ws sick maybe once but seriously lost my appetite, altogether, until aout 25 weeks.

i was constantly sick with my first till 6 months (a girl), nothing except a bit of nausea with my son and then a bit of sickness with my third (another girl) if i was to have another i'd guess the sex via the sickness :hihi:

i was constantly sick with my first till 6 months (a girl), nothing except a bit of nausea with my son and then a bit of sickness with my third (another girl) if i was to have another i'd guess the sex via the sickness :hihi:

i was terrible like that with my 1st also a girl :loopy: not as bad but still sick with my second a boy maybe this one will b a boy also :suspect::hihi:

I felt sick until about 13 weeks, but was actually only sick once. Was fine in the morning and most of the day then about 4oclock I started to feel awful, so didnt eat proper tea for a good 2 months. Had this horrible taste in my mouth too which made me feel sick and made everything taste wierd.

I'm now 6 months and still being sick all day everyday :( It's awful! When I was about 20 weeks it seemed to ease off a bit but these last few weeks have been herrendous. :(
Everyone says it's usually worse with girls but I'm having a little boy so don't know where I went wrong there.
My mum was sick with my brother all the way through and then 2 months after!!! :(

I'm now 6 months and still being sick all day everyday :( It's awful! When I was about 20 weeks it seemed to ease off a bit but these last few weeks have been herrendous. :(
Everyone says it's usually worse with girls but I'm having a little boy so don't know where I went wrong there.
My mum was sick with my brother all the way through and then 2 months after!!! :(

Aw i hope you feel better soon

Cheers sweetie, not long left now and it'll all be worth it in the end when I've got my little man here :)

Cheers sweetie, not long left now and it'll all be worth it in the end when I've got my little man here :)

i'v got ages lol but got my other 2 to chase after