Drinks to try with morning sickness

[Picklesandpies]

Hi all,

I'm 13 weeks today and still feeling nauseous and being sick. Drinking water (even small sips throughout the day) makes me feel really yucky and usually results in vomiting. I've gone off tea (tried black red bush tea last night and that's a no too) , ginger ale, squash, coke, 7 Up, soya chocolate milk, soya strawberry milk, sparkling water with/without lemon slice. It's like drinking full stop makes me feel sick. I don't know why I'm posting really but does anyone have any other suggestions please? I'm not dangerously dehydrated or anything but I really miss having a good drink - especially when it's hot.

Thanks!

boiled teabag in milk with green cardamom in a saucepan

Lukozade sport light

Wow.. just checked back and there are s many good suggestions. Thank you so much. I will work my way through and see what works. Intrigued as to how some of you came to find what worked for you - the boiled tea bag in milk with cardamom sounds interesting. @furlinedsheepskinjacket I hope you feel better soon. I did buy some apple and ginger juice so will try that diluted. Thanks so much!

Caprisun worked for me (and shepherds' pie)

Fridge cold sparkling water or hot Ribena were the only things that worked for me!

Hope you find something which works for you asap - and that you feel less rubbish very soon.

Peppermint / mint tea & iced tea helped me

Ice cold water - absolutely freezing and cold soda water. Some very light green teas were ok too.

I have ribena so might try it hot tomorrow, thanks. Sparkling water now makes me think of being sick unfortunately as I overdid it a few weeks ago. I've even had to change the type of bread we buy as touching the packet makes me think about it...

Fresh ginger tea, slice some ginger and steep in boiling water

Couldn’t keep water down but could keep coconut water down.

I remember this, my sickness didn't stop till 16-17 weeks.
Lucozade all day everyday. Had to start the day or I'd throw up.

I have gone off my usual things. Loved Ribena but not now. Used to love a Starbucks hot chocolate but doesn’t appeal to me at all now. I have had one and it didn’t make me sick but I don’t “want” one”.

I’m finding really cold and fizzy drinks appeal. The innocent bubbles drinks are nice and feel somewhat healthy despite being dizzy! I can also drink orange juice. I don’t drink tea or coffee anyway. I find myself wanting Coke sometimes but I’m trying not to drink any caffeinated drinks during my pregnancy. I might try the caffeine free one.

I recommend ginger lemon and honey or flat coke. It worked miracles for me. I mean flat cokes quite hard to get your hands on unless you let it go flat and that takes some preparation haha.

I am currently ten weeks and I find orange juice with lots of ice keeps me going and less sick. I also brought the sick bands that go on your wrists! They have actually helped surprisingly!

Orange juice, full fat coke. Water made me hurl. But the only thing that really helped in the end was taking the drugs. Why haven’t you taken your meds? You’re just suffering unnecessarily.

I drank icy cold sprite and ate salt and vinegar squares for the first 16 weeks. Mmm.

13 weeks at the mo and living on Lucozade sports drinks. They have to be cold!

Rehydration salts solution. One teaspoon at a time.
Flat coke (I loathe coke but it works...) one teaspoon at a time
Drinking through a straw.

I hate to be a Debbie downer but if your sickness is severe you need to be aware that could last many more weeks. In this heat you MUST keep drinking even if you’re vomiting. If you’re dehydrated then get seen and get a drip in.

There’s something about salt n vinegar crisps. I craved them at about 6 week’s and had loads. Now the thought makes me feel nauseous. I’ve gon right off them!

I got on well with San Pellegrino as it is quite alkaline.

Lucozade for me here too

Really feeling your pain OP, I'm almost 12 weeks and still vomiting a fair bit. I've definitely had some improvement though, I remember having total aversion to all fluids a couple of weeks back too- that gluggy feeling in the stomach after just one sip What I found helpful was finding the thickest liquids- so things like orange juice with lots of bits and super thick smoothies. Also, for me the colder the drink the better and taking the pills I was prescribed regularly really helped. Hope your symptoms ease up soon!

Can't believe all these tips. Thanks. Interesting about San Pellagrino. As in the sparkling water or the fizzy orange? Am I thinking of the right thing. I did try Lucozade before but I think that made me sick.

Freezing cold can (had to be a can - maybe gave it a slight metallic tang?) of Irn Bru.

However this was before the sugar tax came in and they changed the recipe to half the amount of sugar so it may not be as effective anymore!

The only thing I could stomach was caffeine free coke. It was the only drink I could keep down for weeks. My midwife encouraged me to have the caffeine free but other than that she said there was no problem drinking it .