Morning sickness worse at. home

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I am 6/7 weeks pregnant, and suffering from awful morning sickness, to the point where I am barely eating, and having to force down food once a day.

I'm staying at my mums this weekend, and the sickness has really reduced. I even ate a takeaway dinner. I guess I am more distracted as my siblings plus small children were all here too.

But I think being at home makes it worse, I don't like our current home (we are planning on moving in June) but I need to make it more bearable whilst I am there. Mum lives 2 hours away so I can't spend much time there during this pregnancy (my 3rd) as I would like.

How can I make my house more bearable and limit the psychological association with morning sickness? I am already dreading being back there tomorrow :(

Can't help but am interested to hear the advice of others. I have noticed that my MS was worse at work but now it's weekend I feel fine wondered if my symptoms were waning for some reason or if work stress makes it worse. I'm 6wks 5 days too.

I think MS is definitely partly psychological. I've had dire nausea from 6weeks til now (but as a positive in week 11 it has eased and I can DO THINGS again) got anti-sickness pills, signed off my pt job etc etc but it was the worst on my own, especially at home alone as I am a postgrad student and work from home mostly.

I went to my Mum's too (after telling her the news on the phone crying about how sick I felt, oops) for several days when it was worst and even though the symptoms were still there it was the distraction that helped. At home even watching tv or reading couldn't take away from the sickness but with her talking and watching tv and discussing the positives of being pregnant with someone who has done it just made it much more bearable.

Even when I went back home I found it was easier to manage if you do focus on having something to do that day. Ok you basically can't do anything but even if it is just 'today i will watch my favourite movie' or 'today i am going to look at some of the baby stuff i'm looking forward to getting online' or 'today i will have a bath' it gives you a reason to keep going.

It's so hard but keep positive, when it is really bad think that this is another day's progress towards the end of the MS and the excitement of having a baby. Avoid the same routine each day as things will remind you of feeling awful. Get someone else to make you food. Don't even go in the kitchen, have plain snacks ready to go. Seriously eat anything that seems in anyway edible as soon as you can, do NOT eat anything if you don't want to. Alternate between different drink flavours as the same may start to remind you of feeling sick, so you keep fluids up.

Finally try and have family/friends over to visit. Even if you don't feel like it having someone who you don't mind seeing you at your worst (best friend/mum or dad etc) visit again gives something to do that day and some distraction and positivity.

I know for everyone it's different and it's going to end when it does and that is it but (on the whole) it WILL ease up. Just because people say it goes at 12 weeks, or 16 weeks or 40 weeks doesn't mean anything to when it goes for you and that is when it goes, not when it becomes easier. Personally my worst was weeks 6 and 7, then 8 was a bit better, 9 a little worse again for a short time, 10 better and now 11 is so much easier. Plus you learn better coping skills by then with what foods you can deal with and how to pass the time in a manageable way! Don't focus on negative stories, it won't help.

Hope you feel better soon and congratulations on your pregnancy :)

hamncheese thank you for your wise words. I also work from home - DD1 and DD2 go to daycare Tues-Thurs each week, which gives me a break, but also gives me more time to focus on being ill.

I'm finding it tough, having a 1-2 hour nap in the afternoons, and heading to bed around 9pm each night, just so I don't have to be awake and feeling ill.

I have been prescribed Gaviscon, which has helped, and also cyclazine, which, wierdly has made me feel better even though I haven't taken any. Just knowing I have an option helps, and I keep telling myself it's not that bad and I don't need it.

I think I am around 8 weeks pg now, I am just counting down to my 12 week scan (not booked in yet), as a target, by which time hopefully the MS will be easing.

I am definitely following your tip of trying to get one thing done per day. Today it's putting the Xmas tree away if I can (I started this on 6th Jan, but felt too awful to get it done. Ridiculous really, I need a kick up the bum).

I am finding it very tough to think about food and make myself eat though. Although the baby is very, very much wanted, I am really, really hating being pg this time round. :(