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Last pregnancy I had hyperemesis for most of the 40 weeks, and this time it started at 6 weeks. I'm taking avomine, and so far since I've been on it, I only actually throw up a few times in the morning (nasty acidy, though) and mostly just once or twice in the evening, and I'm keeping some food down - salty crispy things etc. There's even usually a time of the day when I can get a good proper drink in.

Last time, I remember talking to people on morningsicknesshelp.com about things that are slightly less really-horrible to throw up. For instance, I found out the worst thing is cheese, because it doesn't digest at all and is literally painful, and cheesy and stays in your nose and oesophagus. But someone said instant Chinese/Japanese noodles are good, and I just found out tonight that they're dead right! They are sort of okay to throw up, they taste more or less the same. I'm now looking at food as okay to throw up or horrible to throw up, so wondered if anyone had any helpful tips to steer me towards food that's not really punishing the second time you see it. Serious question, sorry it's so horrible.

weetabix/porridge/soup and yogurt

main thing is to keep drinking water even if you have to force it in, makes it all easier coming back up

am sorry you're having such a hard time of it - have you tried nuxvom - natural remedy for sickness/nausea

travel bands worked for me too, well helped anyway

Oh dear, poor you.

Muller Rice is quite good - instant carb/sugar hit, neutral taste (get the vanilla ones) and not too bad coming back up.

AVOID muesli at all costs.

an NO rice crispies either

Hi EBenes. I had hyperemesis with my 1st pg and was hospitalised twice (7 nights and then 8 nights). I don't exaggerate when I say it was traumatic.

With 2nd pg I had severe sickness (but not hyperemesis imo), and coped a bit better as I felt less sick than 1st time round. So sending lots of sympathy to you.

I'm afraid I ate a lot of sweets, and ice lolly type things. Not nutritious I know. Clear chicken noodle soup was good, and slightly spicy things (like sweet and sour - NOT curry!) Potato was the worst - it has a kind of grainy texture on the way back up - sorry if tmi.

I could only tolerate fizzy drinks and occasionally mint tea. but suffered badly with heartburn too.

From bitter experience I would say avoid tomato soup (almost burns on the way back up)

Acupuncture can help ease it a bit

nothing involving dairy. or strong tasting. biscuits come up fairly easily if you chew them really well.
coffee is vile as are most fruits.
noodles and plain pasta both o.k. ice-lollies also good.
bread can be a bit hard and lumpy but crackerbread is better.
most vegetables are nasty - could manage mashed potato though.
mint tea is quite settling but if it is stron it can burn coming back up.
i sound like i'm from bullimics annonymous but spent an entire 41 weeks spewing with DD2. still can't even smell ginger without heaving.
and seabands, anti-sick suppositories and regular injections and bags and bags of IV saline.

Sympathy to all. I'm not pg (yet!), but having done my fair share of toilet hugging over the years I would heartily recommend avoiding boiled rice, or every time you blow your nose for the next week you'll pop out a few grains.

AN ex of mine nearly always vomited after a heavy night and usually ate oranges in the morning because he said they tasted the same coming up as going down. Might be a bit too acidic, though.
A friend of mine also swore by the travelbands.

I found that yoghurt, milkshake, soup (nothing too acidy), bread, pasta were all o.k. Basically everything that is bland and boring . Oh! Vimto was o.k too.

Hey, thanks all! lollipop: poor you! I remember potato being a no-no. Well this looks set to be a not-healthy-eating pregnancy, but that's better than the not-eating-at-all pregnancy last time. I'm going to stock up on fizzy drinks (which I've been craving but not buying) and mint tea (sounds lovely and cleansing). Quite like the idea of muller rice too! Maybe I'll try making my own rice pudding - I bought loads of it to make for my daughter a few weeks ago, and then forgot about it.

Thanks again!

EBenes - just a word of potential encouragement - this time may not be as bad as your first time. That's how it was for me anyway, but of course everyone is different.

I have 2 beautiful dds and I won't be having any more. Initially I wanted 4 children but we decided to stop at 2 because I could not face the risk of hyperemesis again.

Look after yourself, if anyone bothers to bring you ginger biscuits I would say stick them straight in the wheely bin!

Rissoto is ok. Digests quickly too, so you might get some in you before it comes back up.

Tagliatelle is Baaaaaad

Not very nutritional, but chewy fruity sweets taste okay coming back up

Avoid scrambled eggs at all costs!

Not popcorn. Ever.

I found tagliatelle Ok - but you have to chew properly. In fact any pasta, orzo (pasta that is almost rice sized) is good as it has a slippery texture. Cottage cheese was Ok. Like others I could usually manage to keep fruit ice lollies down, but just in case go for the Ribena rather than orange flavours as less acidic. Don't do pineapple. If you can stomach meat at all go for very low cooked lamb/pork belly so it almost dissolves in your mouth

Cheerios are sweet second time round...
Sorry to hear about your suffering!

Yoghurt is great to throw up, it neutralises the acid burn in your nose and throat.

Hate puking spaghetti though; the slithery feeling of it going out and then seeing it in the toilet looking almost unchanged from my tasty tea is a bit much.

Sorry haven't read all the posts, but Orange Juice was very bearable. Especially first thing in the morning

bananas - same on the way up - still quite sweet!

Raspberries I ate them all the time they taste the same coming out as they did going on .

Hope all goes well x

Definately not eggs - they reform in your tummy and come back up as whole lumps <gag>

nor the godforsaken ginger biscuits that everybody peddles onto you - major burns

oh, and banana gets stuck on the way back up

and the ultimate on the avoid - green beans - they DO NOT come out of your nose easily

Hobnobs are always a pleasure coming up or going down (but must chew thoroughly. Porridge is okay as long as not too thick.

Try green tea with lemon or mint too . I found I couldn't stomuch milky tea and these were a godsend

Oh god don't eat weetabix - I couldn't get it all up again and I thought I was going to choke!

oh and don't drink milkshake ewww