"Morning" sickness

[Liloosmum]

I am 9 weeks pregnant and have been feeling very nauseous for the past couple of weeks. I've been sick a few times as well. I was sick once yesterday, about 5pm, and it was just bile. I was really surprised. From 1 o'clock yesterday I ate half a sandwich (had the other half about 11.30), an orange, an apple and 2 fingers of twix. Surely I should have had some food left in my stomach?

I've had a search on the internet this morning and some people recommend eating beans and lentils to help with morning sickness. Apparently they help to absorb the excess bile. Has anyone heard of this and tried it?

[Cluckyagain]

Honestly - I tried every type of diet, etc, etc going and none of them worked past a mild reduction. Horrid, horrid times for the next few weeks but it does pass and it's all worth it. Use seabands, eat small amounts very regularly - graze basically and get lots of sleep - nausea is worse when you're tired. xx

[LondonL]

I feel your pain! The only thing I've found to help is constant nibbling. I can't stand the smell of really pungent or rich food, so I'm stuck with nibbling on bland stuff. It's a catch 22 because I don't feel like eating while being queasy, but I force myself to do it. I also read that drinking fluids while eating could be bothersome for some women.
Good luck!

[reikizen]

There really is no one magic answer to 'morning sickness' (early evening is another common time to get it), just trial and error really. Some women find like LondonL that little and often helps, and plenty or rest as Clucky suggested. Also, just eat what you fancy and what you can keep down, plenty of fluid too. Acupuncture has a good track record. Re: the bile, everyone's stomach processes food at a different rate so don't worry. It should slowly improve and pass by week 20, but if you find you can't even keep fluid down then you may need to seek medical advice. Good luck.

[LuckyC]

Liloos I feel for you. It's SO grim.

I was grazing all day and then worked out that I was not eating enough - forced a couple of bigger, healthier (non-cracker-based!) meals and felt better.

Also - message of hope! Recently I have had a couple of amazing days - no sickness, loads of energy - told my DH that I was feeling amazing and he said 'No, you're just feeling normal'. So, normality rocks, and you're pretty much guaranteed to get past the MS.

Good luck.

[flyingma]

Echo all the suggestions to graze. My sickness was how I first discovered I was pregnant and got worse around 12-14 weeks. When I passed the 14-week mark and had everyone reassuring me that it should go away, I was still constantly feeling sick!! It did eventually subside but that was around week 18. Bah!

Hopefully yours will peak in the next 2 weeks then start getting better. During those weeks, I just ate anything I fancied and therefore could keep down. Don't worry too much about the healthy/ unhealthy aspects of it - I was munching through truckloads of Danishes and crossaints then but I've made up for it since.

Also don't worry about the amount of food you eat... I went through a stage of eating constantly as that meant I didn't have time to feel sick. 2 of the 3 drawers at work were full of snacks but I also tried to stock up on heathier stuff like nuts (roasted but not salted/ sweetened) as apparently they are really high in fibre.

Good luck and though it feels like eternity, that too shall pass!!

[pepperonipizza]

Agree with all the comments here. Eating every few hours or so is really helping me. I read your OP and thought, 'ooh, not eating between 1pm and 5pm is ages!!', which of course it isn't at all, it's just that I have been eating every 1.5 hours for the past month!! Even just a couple of crackers or a glass of milk helps, just to put something in my stomach. Though I've been feeling sicky a lot, I've only actually thrown up 3 times, and each time it has been just bile. Have worked out that it's probably when my stomach is empty. So, in summary - eat more!! I cannot wait to feel better.....

[displayuntilbestbefore]

Agree that grazing is helpful but if you're feeling REALLY sick, lemon helps a lot. Traditional still lemonade is good to sip regularly and if it gets worse, sucking on cut lemons helps keep it at bay (although obviously it's not so easy to do when you're out and about!)

[upduffed]

Sparkling water, plain, or with lemon/chunks of ginger. Never drank carbonated drinks before but really helps. Also second the constant eating.

[heth1980]

I found that ginger tea and plain biscuits helped. I also wore seabands....not convinced they made any difference but I was too scared to take them off in case I felt worse! My sickness went at about 14 weeks......really hope yours lets up soon too X

[IckleJess]

I feel your pain! I spent most of yesterday in tears as I feel so awful.

I'm 9 weeks this week and the nausea is pretty constant. I retch and retch (to the point where every part of me hurts from the force) yet I seemingly am unable to actually vomit. On the rare occasions where I have brought something up it is just bile.

I have been eating quite well but have had very little over the past couple of days as I've felt so rough. I've had a couple of dry crackers and some Coke this morning but feel yuck now.

This is my 4th pregnancy so I should be used to it by now but every time I find myself asking why I'm putting myself through it again! It does ease for me around 14 weeks or so and is usually gone by 20 weeks so just counting down the days now! Am going to go get some anti-sickness bands tomorrow as they did help a little last time as long as I kept them on 24/7.

I agree that tiredness makes the nausea worse but having a 22month old tearing round the house is not conducive to getting much rest

Good luck, it will pass

[bigpreggybelly]

My nausea was cured by keeping eating, as soon as I felt hungry, I ate. Basically every 2 hours - that took the nausea away. My doc recommended carbs. I think not eating will probably make you feel worse.

[Ricci2]

Try and eat some dry provita or rusks. Black rooibos tea also helped for me. I cut out any iron rich foods and my doc said not to take a iron rich supplement untill morning sickness subsides just remember to take your folic acid. Hope this helps.

[upduffed]

today was actually alright - ate half a flapjack as soon as woke up, plus took 3 wholemeal cheese rolls, cut into halves and stashed in separate sandwich bags and ate half a roll every hour. and felt much much better than have done for ages.

this is the level of desperation I am reaching, entire life revolves around eating vs. nausea. if I am not eating, I am preparing more food.

I used to eat varied, healthy food and now it's pretty much potato/cheese/bread. on rotation. my baby is going to be a right dimwit.

[oopsandbabycoconut]

Ricci2 unfortunately neither provita or rusks are available in the UK I am feeling homesick and constantly morning sick - what a fab combo!

[lucy101]

I had it quite badly... and it only really stopped around 20 weeks (am dreading it coming back!). What helped me, rather miraculously actually, was a making pot after pot of fresh ginger tea and carrying a flask of it about. I also had to keep eating (hence dreadful 20lb gain by 22 weeks... but really no choice if I wanted to continue to work) every 2 hours. Carbs definitely help: lots of the slow burning ones, brown rice, porridge, oatcakes etc.