mine lasted til 17/18 weeks. after that felt great such a relief to feel hungry again. now 31 weeks and can't stop eating!!!

Hope yours goes away soon, it really is horrible.

I got much much worse in the second trimester. But for my SPD, I could have kicked all those 'it will be better by 12/14 weeks' people in the face!

On the bright side, 21 weeks seemed to be a turning point. Am 23 weeks now, only slightly nauseous in mornings (and not every morning), and I only threw up once last week.

Still have cravings and aversions, just not quite as dramatic as before. Though I have just called DH up at work and demanded tacos for supper as a matter of urgency.

This post sounds so familiar I almost wondered if I had written it before and forgot about it. My fairly mild "morning sickness" went away at 10 weeks, and I thought I was home free, then about 2 weeks ago I started vomiting every morning and every evening. Now it's increased to where I vomit after nearly every meal. I wondered if I'd had a relapse or something. This is my third child, but I've never experienced this before--usually I'm just sick all 1st trimester, but once it was over it was over.

Thanks so much all, I really appreciate your ideas and experiences. Will start eating more little and often and keep hoping it will fade soon!

I had exactly this too, nausea in 1st trimester but went about 10 weeks and came back with ferocity (sick in the street!) until about 16-18 weeks - then pretty much went. I too was annoyed about everyone saying it was a 1st trimester thing!

hatty, the same happened to me. Nausea in the first trimester and then being sick virtually every evening and sometimes mornings, too. Always between 5-7pm though and even brushing my teeth became a nightmare because of the gag reflex.

I was lagging behind in weight big time because I couldn't keep anything down. Baby measured fine for dates.

Doctor advised to rest, particularly late arvo and keep on snacking (muesli, porridge, banana, dried apricots, etc) and never to go without food for more than 2h. Putting my feet up in the early evening helped. The sickness disappeared, as if it was a sign I wasn't 'feeding' baby enough and it went hungry for too long, letting the hormones take over and the puking begin.

Try eating a small healthy snack every 2h, drink plenty of water (1.5l min and rest betw. 5-7pm if you can). I'm sure you'll feel better soon.

hattyyellow - I'm 24 weeks pregnant and have had a farily good pregnancy. Nuasea but not vomiting in the first trimester, and eating helped with the nuasea.

But in the second trimester, I've had less nuasea, but I have had vomiting , and I think this is due to the physical pressure of the womb and baby pressing up onto my stomach. Sometimes I eat a meal and feel fine, but suddenly my stomach does a somersault and it all comes out again.

This happened with my previous pregnancies as well.

Btw i was starting to feel better at about 14wks, but it didn't go entirely till about 20 wks. There is medication available if it is really trying your stamina.

I expect you will be Ok by probably 20 weeks if not well before that.

What's happening is that the baby is causing your body to produce a lot of hormones, progesterone I think being the culpable one - it is circulating in a manner much like chemo, and making you feel rotten.
However around 14 weeks (I think) the placenta takes over the manufacture of the hormone, and thence it is contained within the womb and surrounding area - trying to remember if this is correct! - and so it isn't circulating like it is at the start. Therefore you feel less sick as it gradually wears off.
The reason it gets worse first is that it's reaching it's peak production before the change happens - it increases bit by bit and then starts being produced in situ, which stops it affecting you so much.

HTH...very confusingly put, forgive me!

I was as sick in the second trimester as in the first in all my pregnancies. With dd2 I do remember a bit of a lull around 20 weeks but then by 22-24 weeks it was so terrible I went to the GP - he was no use whatsoever! If you can keep fluids down that's good and otherwise just eat very small amounts of things you can fancy constantly!