Morning sickness - please help me! :(

[Cally123]

Hi, I'm new to this so please be kind haha. I'm 9 weeks pregnant and have been cursed with horrendous sickness from week 5. I have tried pretty much everything from ginger tablets to travel sickness bands but nothing is helping :( it's starting to really get me down I was actively trying for this baby but now it just feels like hell. I've been to my doctors but they refuse to give me anything, i seem to be able to keep somethings down by eating and going straight to sleep. But day and night I'm met with dreadful nausea and sickness it never seems to go away even when I'm sick afterwards i still feel horrendous I really don't know what to do. And if I'm honest I don't know what I expect from posting this maybe just some reassurance? I don't know :( I was literally sick in the middle of writing this. I'm getting so down that I have even been considering termination I know that I could never go through with it but does it make me a bad person for even thinking it? Please help!

Poor you! That sounds awful. I had quite bad sickness with my first and a few things I found helped included sipping ice cold water as much as possible, nibbling regularly rather than attempting a full meal, very, very early nights. I think the sickness is generally worse when you're tired so try and rest when you can, a good bit of advice I got was 'never stand when you could sit, never sit when you could lie down.' Have you had your first midwife appointment yet? It sounds like you could do with talking to a health professional again about how bad you're feeling - emotionally as well. Good luck! I hope you feel better soon.

Thank you very much. I really appreciate it will definitely try your tips! Yes I am due to have a second appointment soon so I think I may mention the issue to her when I see her. Again thank you for your advice and kinds words. Wishing you all the best with parenthood x

Hi Cally, I'm 10 weeks and suffering too. Go back to the GP and insist that they give you something (vom on them if necessary, this worked for me).

In the interests of full disclosure the first three things they tried didn't really work, but at least we tried something! I spent the morning at hospital and am on something new so we'll see.

Massive massive sympathy, because it is rough. Lots of support on the HG thread too!

Again thank you for your words of wisdom and kindness. Will definitely take on board what you have suggested and hopefully will be able to report back with good news one day haha. Fingers crossed that it works for you and everything starts to improve. Wishing you all the best x