4+4 and the nausea has started already

[TeachingPuffin]

First pregnancy. I need you lovely people to tell me that:

A) early onset nausea will not develop in hyperemesis
B) early onset nausea does not mean I'm having twins

Please reassure me

My nausea started around the same time, vomiting since 7 weeks.
I'm now 16+4 and both are starting to subside. Luckily didn't develop into HG... and there's only one in there.... unless the other is very well hidden!!!! :-)
Hope you feel better soon!! In the meantime keep snacking!!! I always find hunger and tiredness make the nausea so much worse.

I’ve been very nauseous in two pregnancies. Roughly weeks 5/6 - 16.

I did not develop hyperemesis.
I did not have twins! (Although people often delighted in telling me it must be twins in there!)

Hope it doesn’t get too bad for you, it is grim.

Thanks ladies! Have just got some ginger beer from the corner shop. How did you manage to keep your pregnancy hidden while you were struggling with nausea and sickness? I can't decide which would be worse: hurling in front of top set year 7 or an unruly bunch of year 9s...

First time round was awful to keep secret Teaching. Was primary teaching full time, had to cram biscuits in my mouth during lessons, ask TA to step in so I could throw up, couldn’t go in the staff room as everyone’s food smelt awful. Kept having the odd day off here and there with a ‘bug’. It was report writing time too! Awful. I think colleagues were starting to think I had some terrible illness as I lost weight and looked horrific!

This second pregnancy (still in it!) I just thought sod this, I can’t do that again, and got signed off work. Had five weeks off in the end, just rested. Even walking around the house was making me heave so I couldn’t face being in school. Didn’t bother keeping it secret really this time!

Good luck! Try not to get too tired (hahaha hollow laugh as I know that’s impossible in teaching!).

The thing about hyperemesis is the earlier you treat it, the easier it is to control.

If you leave it too long, you have to increase the strength of the drugs.

But just nausea isn't HG. I was vomiting several times a day at 4 weeks.

If you start being sick a lot, see you doctor ASAP

My nausea started before I even missed my period, I only had one baby and I was never physically sick. I mean, I felt sick every day right up until the day I gave birth but I never actually threw up. Those anti nausea wristbands did help...

Nimble sorry, I didn't mean to sound flippant, I know nausea doesn't equal HG. I had read nausea usually doesn't start until 6 weeks, so I was wondering if the fact that mine started early might be an indication of future HG.

I had nausea quite early that slowly developed to HG around six weeks. I only had one baby! Fingers crossed that it doesn't for you & hope everything goes ok for you

Bad sickness with first 2 dc have had hg with this one my 3rd where ended on drips meds etc now feel okay at 24 weeks still sick in morning but can eat and drink now ...sickness started earky with all 3 xx

My first sign that I was pregnant and not just late for my period was nausea! That was at just before 5 weeks. I didn't get HG or have twins. I did feel very sick for most of my pregnancy though and ended up taking cyclizine to help me cope.

I found sucking sugar free polos helped a lot, and they're more discreet than ginger flavoured things.

Oh no, it's ok, I know - there ain't nothing flippant about morning sickness!

I just meant you should go see a doctor the very moment you start being sick more than once or twice a day

Aww thanks! I haven't actually been sick yet, just constant low-level nausea... But will bear it in mind!

A lot of people have nausea as their first symptom.

I believe hyperemesis is still pretty rare.

You have a 1 in 80 (or something like that?) chance of non-ivf twins.

I had bad nausea around 4 weeks then nothing much. I’m 6 weeks now. I wouldn’t worry yet if you’re not chucking up. The fun really started for me around 7 weeks 1st pregnancy so I’m trying not to worry until then. Generally it’s a good sign. Unless of course you do develop hg.

Just thought I'd update you all: no signs of HG. Have also just had an early reassurance scan and there only appears to be one baby in there :)