Chronic orning sickness...toddler...desperate! Acupuncture??

[FlirtyThirty]

I'm 7 weeks and suffering all-day, debilitating morning sickness. NAusea, vomiting, utterly exhausted. No desire to eat or drink anything...though trying hard to force some things down. My poor 2 year old is suffering as I have no energy to go out and have had to resort several times to sticking him in front of the Tv as I feel so bad. I have at least 5-8 more weeks of this (stopped 16weeks with 1st DC) and am not sure how I'll cope...

I will try anything now...has anyone had acupuncture? What results?

Flirty x

Could not read and run, poor you ! I dont know whether it would help or not, have you asked an acupunturist who has treated pregant ladies before ?
Try and eat a liitle and often, have some dry biscuits by the bed to eat before you start moving in the morning. Ginger is meant to help . Make sure you are drinking enough as it is easy to get dehydrated. I found it got worse when i was hungry, but i was never actually sick just felt it. Ask your doctor about a vitamin be supplement as that can sometimes help. I hope you feel better soon. x

vitamin b supplement :)

Will look out for Vit B...thanks ladies...didn't know about that.
I had forgotten just how truly hideous these first months were...I knew it was bad, but it is just so utterly draining and depressing feeling unwell ALL the time! I don't feel pregnant, just sick. It is hard to see past the awful feeling...and I consider myself a glass-half-full person normally!
It's just grim and depressing at the moment...

Get some sea sickness bands, v cheap on amazon. Also ask your doctor for ciclizine tablets.

Fwiw I had severe ms too but found it stopped earlier with each subsequent pregnancy. Hopefully you will be the same x

Vanimal...that is the best thing I've heard in ages. I will pray this ends sooner! :-)

Tilda - my heart goes out to you for the nappy incident. My DS is nearly potty trained but yesterday (I suspect in response to my lack of proper attention) had 3 accidents...I had to just bin the poo-filled pants as could not even begin to cope with the cleaning! Yuck!!

I have some sea sickness bands...wore them once but seem to have bruised my right wrist with the 'button'...now really painful to put them on...may try and ride the pain out later in a bid to ease the misery.

I am holding on the the hope that I felt fabulous after 4months right until the bitter end with DS...I'm hoping I can make up the current mediocre parenting to DS in a few months!

Flirty x

www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnancy/nutrition/b6morningsicknessexpert/

vitamin b info link :)

Have you been prescribed anything? I had some anti sickness meds from GP from about 7-14 weeks. Didn't cure it, but made me able to function enough to care for my toddler.

Are you eating regularly and getting enough water/isotonic drinks in? Nausea can be exacerbated by low blood sugar and dehydration.

And in pregnancy your blood sugar is much more reactive (so it can get really low really quickly). A lot of women find their nausea resolves when they switch to a higher-protein/fibre diet (i.e., low GI rather than high GI).

Something like wholegrain bread with butter/marg, cheddar and perhaps some apple slices might be good to start with. Something small without too many additives. My GP has said eating little and often is better for pregnancy nausea too.

So sorry you're feeling so crap :(
FWIW I've also heard the Hypnobabies anti-nausea self-hypnosis is excellent, though I've never used it myself.

I tried acupuncture at about 9 weeks and it stopped the MS totally. On the drive there I went past some sort of creosote factory which made me feel really sick. On the way back past the same factory... nowt