Tips of morning sickness that's now 24 hours a day

[Paulturbo83]

Hi all, my wife is in agony wife 24 hour morning sickness. Had it for 9 days straight, tried eating little and often, ginger biscuits etc.

It's keeping her awake at night too, any tips on how to smooth it out a bit?

Sorry no tips here but wanted to offer my sympathy. I had hypermesis until 18 weeks & its bloody awful. Just rest and lots of fluids, even if she throws it up. Has ur wife been to her GP? Xx

Ask gp for an antiemetic like cyclizine. If he's not happy to prescribe you need to be referred to anyenatal clinic and speak to an obstetrician. I suffered too and until I got the tablets was downright miserable. X

Hi, couldn't leave this post unanswered. Please tell your wife to go straight to her GP first thing in the morning. If its keeping her awake at night she needs some medical intervention ASAP. I've had hyperemesis gravida (medical term for severe pregnancy sickness) for two pregnancies and its appalling. When its really bad nothing helps and I ended up even being sick after drinking water so its important that she gets professional medical help in the form of GP prescribed anti-sickness pills or possibly even the local hospital. All the best, great to hear she's got such a caring husband.

Pregnancy Sickness Support

I was the same in both pregnancies - it was absolutely ghastly and your wife has all my sympathy. It sounds like she may have a condition called Hyperemisis Gravidarum- excessive sickness in pregnancy, and may need hospital treatment if she becomes dehydrated.

Has she seen her GP? There are a number of anti sickness drugs which might help her. I think I tried them all in my pregnancies!!! (They are safe to take in pregnancy).

The important thing is for her to stay hydrated - at my worst I couldn't even ketp down sips of water, but could manage melting ice cubes on my tongue. I still ended up in hospital for several weeks though.

The most important thing is to get her to the docs - she may need rehydration. Support her and do not be fobbed off with the 'eat small meals and dry crackers' approach. These may help with normal morning sickness, but once it gets beyond a certain point you need help

There are also things you can do around the house to help.

Take the bin out every day - the sense of smell is insane at this point!
Cook and clean up afterwards, remove anything that might smell
Make sure she's always got a glass of water
Let her rest - I found the only time I wasn't sick was when I was lying down with my eyes shut.

She has my sympathy, it can be absolutely miserable.

Thanks for all the tips,she is calling the go this morning. She keeps moaning the do smells bu i have bathed him yesterday.lol

Sorry to hear you're wife is feeling like that but at least she has a caring husband like you to keep an eye on her!
I had nausea 24/7 for the first 17/18 weeks. I just didn't know what to do with myself and had to take nearly 3 weeks off work (could of done with more, but couldn't afford to!).
There wasn't a single smell that I could stomach other than the drink I'm about to mention, and went off 90% of foods. I lived on volvic water lemon and like flavour, and Mcvities cheese flavour biscuits.
I went to the doctors but as I was eating little (very little at that) and could keep fluids down (only volvic water though!) they weren't too concenered. They say in the early days it's mainly fluid and if she can keep that down then it probably isn't Hyperemesis, which I was convinced I had!
I agree with what someone else said though, if it's keeping her up at night then she should be able to get some sort of help or medication.
Wishing her the best of luck

I've been really sick and Im afraid that I have to recommend medication. It's not a magic cure but it makes you able to swallow food and water and that's the main thing. The best you can do is be as supportive and helpful as you can - I'm sure you are :) also if she can't keep water down try fizzy water. I still can't stomach flat water now at 17 weeks. Also try ice lollies. Good luck. My heart goes out to your OH - just keep reminding her that it will pass x

She needs to get to the GP immediately. She should ask for an emergency appointment and tell them see is pregnant. In fact, you are best to phone and don't take no for an answer. They should check for keytones in her urine, you can also buy ketosticks from a pharmacy which you can self-check urine with.

Please, if she's complaining about any smell (like the dog) deal with it really quickly. You can't imagine how horrific the smell thing is.

They may prescribe an anti emetic like cyclizine but just as a warning, this doesn't work for everyone with HG so if its not working go back to the doctor.

I had to sleep with pillows along my back to stop myself waking up on my back being sick. That got pretty scary for my DH.

I agree with 5yearstime although your sense of smell is heightened in pregnancy anyway. I couldn't stand the smell of leather, it made me feel awfully sick and nauseous. I had bought a leather coat and couldn't stand to wear it once I was pregnant because I could just smell it, so I ended up selling it!

I hope she feels better soon! It must be stressful and upsetting for you as well. I had severe 24-hour sickness for the first 13 weeks (even on meds) then it suddenly got better within days. My partner found it hard to cope, his job involves programming/coding so he's used to finding solutions and fixing things! In this case there wasn't a logical solution and he got quite impatient and upset. He also felt neglected because I spent so long in bathroom each day and he fretted over nutrients and weight loss.
Take over meal prep if you can, offer your wife frequent drinks, snacks like dry toast or crisps, biscuits, ice lollies, yogurt, chopped fruit. Never contradict her if she says something doesn't help (even if it did the day before) and don't remind her the smells are all in her head! Encourage her to stay home, rest and keep her company while she's vomiting if possible. And do try meds, they really help some women.

Also keep in mind that it can last for the whole pregnancy too. Hopefully it won't though!