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scrufhead · 15/01/2014 11:07

hi! im currently 8 weeks pregnant and struggling badly with morning sickness!! i can't keep anything down at all today! I've had it since around 5 weeks, im sick around 4 times a day, and constantly exhausted. I've tried ginger, bland food ect but nothing helps, so i went to my doc to see about sickness tablets but he advised against taking them as I've just found out that i have underactive thyroid. Just wondering if anyone has had it this bad before and if anything helped to ease it?? thanks xx

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StarsInTheNightSky · 15/01/2014 14:34

I've got hg which is a bit different, but there are a few tricks I picked up just from trial and error and also from the ladies on the hg support thread.

I've been on medication for months now as I got so ill that I had to be admitted to hospital (being sick 30+ times per day, not able to keep any fluid at all let alone food down for days etc etc), and I've been in and out of hospital ever since about the 6 week mark. That being said, for me on a good day even on medication, I'm still sick around 10 - 15 times, so medication isn't a cure sadly although it can help.

I'm not sure if it is different for morning sickness, but you say you're sick around 4 times per day, are these at set times or just after you eat? Are there any times of day or night when you feel less sick? If you can figure out any safe periods, then I would just try to cram as much food and fluid in during those as possible, even if it means getting up in the middle of the night to eat and drink.

Different things work for different people too, I found the smell of anything orange or lemon scented really helped, I have been known to sit in a nice deep bubble bath using orange scented bath foam and with citrus candle lit whilst eating little bits of mashed potato or drinking capri sun or sucking on ice lollies! Sounds crazy, but the water and the citrus scent helped me not be sick for long enough to keep things down. I still felt extremely nauseus though, it just helped delay actually being sick.
On that note, sniffing a cut fresh lemon I found really helped me, as did ice cold fluids.

Are you also taking a pregnancy multi vitamin? I tried to keep one down every day, and although I dind't always succeed it made me feel less worried on the days when I did as I knew at least I was getting a nutrient boost.

On the exhaustion front, I still feel exhausted all the time and I'm 20 weeks, my iron levels are very good (which I found shocking, considering the hg) so I think this is just a part of pregnancy. I think it does get better for most people in the 2nd tri, as does the sickness for most, so hang in there.

Sorry, just realised that I've written an essay, hope some of this is useful anyway!

Nugget1984 · 15/01/2014 19:51

Hi scrufhead sounds like we are in the same boat. I have been using sea bands for the last week and so far they seem to stop me being sick though I'm still feeling nauseous! Maybe worth a try for you? Good luck in finding something that works for you!

scrufhead · 16/01/2014 12:27

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scrufhead · 16/01/2014 12:31

thanks ladies!! its random tbh, yesterday was the worst as i was quite violently sick- it kept coming and coming and i could barely breathe. did frighten me a bit! i went to the emergency docs and he gave me some sickness tablets which he said are safe. the other option was to be admitted into hospital. so far so good today i haven't been sick but the constant nausea is still there so i still feel like im gonna vom. doc said to give it a day and if no better be admitted. i have no appetite which is strange for me, think ill try some fruit ice lollies later on. thanks so much ladies xx

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Nugget1984 · 16/01/2014 18:38

Fruit ice lollies are just amazing aren't they!! Hope the tablets are working for you! Not much fun is it!

Snobble · 17/01/2014 11:37

I agree fruit ice lollys.

Another thing i could JUST about stomach 20% of the time, jacobs crackers with a very very thin piece of cheese.

I tried all the sickness tablets but they made me sicker lol.

Sorry im not much help but there wasnt really anything that helped me but it did go away after 12 weeks, keep your fingers and toes crossed it doesnt last longer then that!

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