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Original poster

to take anti sickness drugs in pregnancy?

91 replies

whatareyoueventalkingabout · 08/01/2014 22:05

have been prescribed for morning sickness. Have told three people all of whom who have said things like "you aren't going to take them are they?"

I feel so ill but I also can't help feeling like I might be missing something. Is it because people think they might harm the baby?

from a very very sicky mumsnetter

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CuntyBunty · 08/01/2014 22:41

Don't listen to those knobs saying, "surely you aren't going to take them?". Are they doctors? Have they walked in your shoes?

I would have bitten my GP's hand off for something to stop the nausea.Hope you feel better soon.

Purplefrogshoe · 08/01/2014 22:41

I took cyclizine as I had hyperemesis, YANBU

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whatareyoueventalkingabout · 08/01/2014 22:42

They have prescribed me pro chlorpromazine maleate. Is that the weakest one to start?

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anothernumberone · 08/01/2014 22:44

I don't know MS is awful I had it very bad on my first. That said I was prescribed steroids for a diabolical itch and difene suppositories on my last baby and I could not bring my self to take them. It didn't help that the pharmacist nearly jumped over the counter when the technician handed me the steroids and I so heavily pregnant Grin he took them back from me and did a detailed check of dose etc before handing them back and issuing tonnes of health warnings. I could not in clear conscience take them.

nicky2512 · 08/01/2014 22:46

I had cyclizine and metaclopromide. I couldn't even keep down water. Truly thought I was going to die. I was terrified I would harm the baby, but really had no choice. The baby is now almost 12. I can assure you she has not suffered in any way for it. Also it might help to know that I was not nearly as ill 3 years later with DS. Still pretty sick but bearable. Good luck.

Runwayqueen · 08/01/2014 22:47

If they have been prescribed then you must need them. Fwiw I took cylizine and metroclopromide (sp) during my pregnancy. They were a god send

whereisthewitch · 08/01/2014 22:48

Im on clorpromazine OP and tbh they are great but not without side effects. They make my legs jump and make me so unbelievably tired. They block my nose and make my mouth as dry as the Sahara. BUT they have almost eliminated the vomiting and nausea whichI a fair comcompromise imo. ...im 18 weeks and I thought by now I'd be over this but a day without the medication proved otherwise.

Dont listen to people and take them...I'm on clorpromazine, a daily aspirin for BP and ranitidine for reflux so am a walking pharmacy! !

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whatareyoueventalkingabout · 08/01/2014 22:48

it's my second time and I suffered for 40 weeks last time. I was so ill but didn't date take anything. I vowed this time would be different but people are SO shit at saying things like "I wouldn't take anything like that."

Thank you all so much!

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whatareyoueventalkingabout · 08/01/2014 22:49

yeah the indigestion has returned with a vengeance. I was sick at night last time and took omeraprazole from 8 months. Was amazing

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IneedAsockamnesty · 08/01/2014 22:51

I've had every single one allowed to be used in the uk and steroids.

The one pregnancy I didn't take them I ended up in ICU and my baby nearly died.

Anybody but anybody who goes down the ohhhh don't morning sickness is normal have a funking ginger biscuit road needs to be beaten round the head with a rancid festering pus ridden dead octopus

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whatareyoueventalkingabout · 08/01/2014 22:52

agree totally but retching at the image so thanks for that Wink

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IneedAsockamnesty · 08/01/2014 22:56

Sorry about that.

Can I just add that HG is not morning sickness it's very extream. My youngest is 10 weeks old and I am still struggling to swallow and eat due to oesophagus damage

MollyHooper · 08/01/2014 22:56

Take them!

Don't suffer because people talk crap about things they know nothing about.

TheBigJessie · 08/01/2014 22:57

Look, the people telling you not to take them have no idea what morning sickness can be really like. If they had, they'd be saying stuff like "research them carefully" instead of just dismissing them as dangerous and guilt-tripping you.

StatisticallyChallenged · 08/01/2014 22:58

Sock that is the best image ever. If one more person mentioned fucking ginger fucking biscuits to me I think I would have resorted to outright murder.

whereisthewitch · 08/01/2014 23:00

sockreturning what one was most effective? Im seeing gp tomorrow and thinking of asking for something else as I hate the side effects of chlorpromazine and cyclizine was rubbish.

whereisthewitch · 08/01/2014 23:01

Oh yes the sea sickness bands and ginger biscuits suggestions really wind me up! !

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whatareyoueventalkingabout · 08/01/2014 23:03

i don't know whether what I had last time was he or just really bad morning sickness but I was sick at least three times a day for the whole time, smells made me drop to my knees and retch and I felt like shit. I was able to keep some stuff down but it was a pretty miserable existence.

This morning I puked into my dc's bucket from the sea side. He wasn't impressed but it was the nearest receptacle to hand!!!

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TitsalinaBumSquash · 08/01/2014 23:07

I've only read the OP but I had to take 2 different types of anti sickness throughout all 3 of my pregnancies, was admitted so many times vomiting up blood because of the constant hurling.

Take them, anyone who says you're wrong to is an idiot. No one needs to suffer with bad health if they have the option not to.

IneedAsockamnesty · 08/01/2014 23:21

For me it was steroids combined with injections (can't remember what) and the one that goes under your tongue

Oh and inducing at 35 weeks that helped a lot!

MurderOfGoths · 08/01/2014 23:28

There is some really useful info here OP, and you can get advice/support from them too

hb1976 · 08/01/2014 23:32

I had zofran. It kept me out of hospital and has been used for many years in the states with no reported effects on mum or baby

Biedronka · 08/01/2014 23:38

Take them and ignore the dickheads.
Dr's now are terrified to prescribe anything that hasn't been tested properly to pregnant women. I merely mentioned TTC to my GP and had my medication swapped to a different kind as the one I was taking had inconclusive test results.
I've also been prescribed some heav duty painkillers while pregnant (from around 25 weeks) and even though I didn't like to take them that often there was times I had to.

Hope your sickness goes away soon X

StatisticallyChallenged · 08/01/2014 23:42

whereisthewitch I had to take a combination. I can't remember which way around it worked for me, but I think it was cyclizine helped with the nausea but not the actual sickness (so I'd just vomit with naff all warning!), and metaclopramide helped with the actual vomiting but not the nausea so I just felt sick all the time. Combining em worked (ish...was off work for about 8 weeks but....)

whereisthewitch · 09/01/2014 07:54

I've been off work for 10 weeks alrwady and I know if I go back and am still taking chlorpromazine I'll be a drowsy mess. I wasn't sick as long with my DD so I'm gutted that at 18 weeks I'm still in bad shape :(

Will see what the doctor says thanks for the suggestions.

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