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8 wks pregnant & terrible sickness- some advice!

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chocolatte3 · 05/12/2010 19:00

I have constant all day, all night nausea. Tried all the usual things- Ginger, seabands, peppermint tea, acupuncture etc. I truly can't cope.

Is there any medication the gp can give me that is safe. This is a really wanted 3rd baby but I can't muster any excitement at all. I am a terrible wife & mother at the minute. Getting through the day is a struggle. Going go bed makes the nausea worse.this is a living hell. Can medication make this stop or is it too dangerous?

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missmapp · 05/12/2010 19:12

I cant answer your quest, but wanted to bump your post. I know medication is given in extreme cases, have you seen your gp? It might be worht a visit.

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chocolatte3 · 05/12/2010 19:24

Thanks am going to go tomorrow though last one I saw, a man of course, said would just have to get through it. My sickness started 3 wks ago & I am at the end of my tether- this is the worst I have ever felt in my life. In my other pregnancies I had sickness but it didn't start till 7 wks & tailed off about 12wks.

It is getting worse & now vomiting about 2/3 times per day- although this is caused by my strong gag reflex. Aaaaaagh! I HATE THIS!

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JingleJulezbooBells · 05/12/2010 19:34

By 9 weeks in this pregnancy (also 3rd!) I was vomiting 30+ times a day, I couldnt even swallow my own saliva, its was horrific! I am 30 weeks now and "only" vomiting 2/3 times a day.

I have been on cyclizine tablets sinc week 4. They do help me. And they are safe to take in pregnancy, there are a lot of ladies on the board here who have taken them :)

I hope you can find a sympathetic GP x

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chocolatte3 · 05/12/2010 19:42

OMG, Jingle- you poor thing- cannot imagine how you are coping. Your life must be such a struggle with 2 children already. I cannot compare my sickness to yours. I really can't stand the constant nausea- it floors me. I will ask gp tomorrow but not holding out much hope as I am vomiting only a few times a day. It's the nausea that is torture. Does that medication stop this?

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thelittlebluepills · 05/12/2010 19:55

I can totally understand how you are feeling - my wonderful GP was able to put me on Buccastem - which made the symptoms more bearable

The medication reduced both the nausea and the vomiting for me

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chocolatte3 · 05/12/2010 20:06

You girls are giving me a life line that there is some help out there. Fingers crossed I get a sympathetic GP

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JimmyChoo17 · 05/12/2010 20:21

Would love to hear how you get on - when i do have the nausea or sickness there really is no point me being in work! But i wont call in sick and they dont know i am preg. But it really floors me. Had 3 days off of feeling il and has kicked back in today. Nothing is supressin it

JingleJulezbooBells · 05/12/2010 20:43

Tablets did make a huge difference to the nausea. Its reflux which is making me sick now. I am growing another big boy :) It WILL all be worth it though... 8 weeks and counting, then my first meal will be a steak!

gillykins2011 · 05/12/2010 21:42

chocolatte3 - I had awful morning and night sickness like you. I was actually sick probably 5 or 6 times a day but the nausea was worse than being sick. I eventually went to my GP, where I sat and cried and they just gave my cyclazine straight away. He did say its untested in the sense that you can't test anything on pregnant woman but that lots and lots of women have taken it with no side effects. At 11 weeks I was so desperate and took it - it made me feel much better and could get thru the day! After about 5 days of taking it I woke up and suddenly felt better - not sure whether it was because I had got out the of the cycle of being sick and was eating better or whether it was going anyway - but now I am only sick at night when my stomach seems to produce enormous amounts of gastric acid. So at 12 weeks I am no longer on it. Hopefully, it will pass for you in the next few weeks - I know its easy for people to say take each day as it comes but it is truly the only way to get thru it and hope/pray that it doesn't go on all the way thru like poor Jingle. I have to say I found it like a living hell which sounds dramatic but it was just hideous. Even 1.5 weeks later it does feel like a distant memory tho...

Take care

NeedToSleepZZZ · 05/12/2010 21:58

You don't need to actually be sick to be given medication, the nausea is so awful that if you have a sympathetic gp they should help you. I had ketones++ in my urine and I was finding it difficult to even drink water so was dehydrated. My OH phoned him on a particularly bad day when I couldn't lift my head off the pillow (felt like I was sailing on a rough sea and was so shaky) and he sent a prescription to my nearest pharmacy straight away.

I know it's horrible but insist on getting help and good luck. One day the medical professionals will figure why this happens and find a cure so that no woman will hav eto go through it, I hope!

growing3rdbump · 06/12/2010 13:01

I also experienced terrible all-day-nausea with this 3rd pregnancy (didn't have any with the other two!). I found it so difficult to cope with feeling ill all the time, but was told there isn't a safe medication they can give you. I am happy to say that I'm now 17 wks and was completely over it all by around 13 wks... it's hard to think you can cope until then, but you can!

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