Top tips for morning (actually, all-day) sickness

[Nyborg]

Any good ideas? I'm being sick every time I eat today, no matter how little/often/ginger-filled the food. It's making me miserable, so all suggestions welcome.

[chocolatemartini]

Almonds are really good too I've eaten kilos of them

[MurderOfGoths]

Drugs, drugs and more drugs.

[Xollob]

Unfortunately, I think it depends on the pregnancy. A little of what you crave and stay away from smelly things. Morning sickness is the pits

[Junebugjr]

HG with both pregnancies, hospitalised a while for both two. An very experienced midwife or doctor (can't remember now) told me to buy freezing cold full sugar coke and crisps, an they were the only things I could keep down. I had an easier time keeping down either freezing cold or boiling hot food too, god knows why, if anything lukewarm hit my stomach it would just come back up. This stage passes soon x

[puddleduck16]

I second (or third?!!) carbs and cheese and anything cold, esp cold fizzy drinks.

I'm now at 19 weeks and still getting nausea (luckily no vomiting). My midwife suggested soor plooms to suck which I find helps immensely. Ginger did nothing for me.

[MsCatShoes]

I found stupidly cold fizzy water lovely and philadelphia cream cheese on toast was the only breakfast I could stomach.

I was also recommended to keep a mini bottle of really mild alcohol-free mouthwash in your bag/car to just wash your mouth out but still protect your teeth. Such a good tip.

[Petal7]

Mint Tic tacs and frozen grapes were the best things for me (in all 3 pregnancies). Hope you find something that works for you.

[CharLiz]

My morning sickness was hell, everything made me sick, I couldn't leave the house even the smell of toiletries made me sick. I found the only things that helped were ginger ale/wine (ice cold), fresh fruit, ice lollies and ready salted crisps. It turned out it that my vitamin d tablets were the cause, my doctor advised to stop them and the improvement was immense. I still get sick a couple of times a day but I don't feel sick all the time, I have my life back. I now only eat what and when I fancy and loads of fruit.

[mummyxtwo]

I found boiled sweets helped - cola cubes in particular, I couldn't stomach every flavour. And citrus in water is meant to help and was recommended to me by the hospital - a slice of lemon in a glass of water chilled with a ton of ice cubes was the only way I could sip fluids and keep them down.

[FreeWee]

Poor you. I really feel for you. It's vile not even being able to think about food. My recommendation would be to imagine a food/drink, kind of taste it in your mouth and see if the idea makes you nauseous. I used to shop twice a day for lunch and dinner. I'd buy what I could bear. Different things on an hour by hour basis but in general over the course of the 9 months:

Ham sandwiches with square cheap ish ham rather than nice off the bone stuff (not too cheap and gristly though)
Cheese sandwiches
Bacon sandwiches
Tinned fruit in juice/syrup
Lemon barley water squash
Pain au chocolat
Ready to eat fresh fruit pots from supermarket
Double chocolate chip muffins
Tinned tomato soup
Hummus and pitta bread

Nothing minty even toothpaste and certainly not Gaviscon and didn't eat a potato for 9 months! Hope you start to feel better soon and if not get yourself to the GP for help.

[Manzanita]

Hi I found really tangy Granny Smith apples, ice chilled apple juice and salty crisps helped a little. Plain salad or cress sandwiches usually stayed down, and I freaked my DH out because I often stuffed crisps inside too.

Lying down with cold flannel on forehead also helped.

I did have medication from the doc but tried not to use it too much.

Ginger nuts, anti sickness bands were useless for me.

[littlehorse]

I cant drink water which make me feel sick. Then I found drinking squash mixed with water work miracle for me. I even eat dinner now without feeling sick! And I feel almost normal now because being able to drink squash, I.e., liquid enough.

[mrsmonkey14]

i guess just echoing what everyone's said, in my experience:

• different foods work for diff people. Carbs and bland food were key for me, and eating VERY regularly (forcing food down as didn't want to eat)
  
• definitely sleep as much as you can. Hard to vom whilst you're asleep (although i have woken to be sick and then gone back to sleep)
  
• my boss lent me a nausea wristband for seasickness, but it actually vibrates (has different settings so you can alter intensity) and i did find that helpful, so worth a try? think you can buy them on amazon. May be better than just the wrist bands.
  
• drink as much of whatever you can, and don't fret too much about nutrition - just eat what you can
  
• it's exhausting - if you need time off work then get signed off. Stress made mine worse.
  

I was prescribed meds but didn't want to try them because i wasn't dehydrated and could keep some food down.

Try not to get too down about it, and try to grin and bear the "have you tried ginger biscuits' and 'you're still being sick? oh it should have stopped by now' comments.

I'm 25 weeks and went seamlessly from preg sickness at around 18 wks to indigestion/acid reflux vomiting. Tough pregnancy, easy birth right?! :-)