All day queasiness - any tips for relieving?

[Hobbes39]

Hi - I'm currently 6w1d pregnant following IVF. I am obviously delighted (and v v nervous, we have had multiple miscarriages before this). The thing is I am queasy ALL day. There is almost no let up at all. I have yet to be sick but I feel useless and awful! In some ways,given our history, I am grateful for it as it does give me hope that all is progressing ok, but it's beyond exhausting at the mo. I have a DS who is 5 and while I had a bit of queasy feelings on and off with him, it was nothing on this...
I know I'm lucky I'm not actually throwing up - eating some things seems to help briefly, but not for long and some things make it worse.
I'm totally unable to concentrate at work as I am distracted by this feeling all the time.
Has anyone who has had this constant sick feeling without being actually sick got any tips for what might help alleviate it?
Thanks

Firstly huge congratulations!
Have you tried ginger biscuits? Apparently they help although I only heard about them once my queasiness passed

Congratulations!

Ginger biscuits didn't help me at all. The only thing that did was eating. But then the queasiness came back pretty quick and i gained 7 stone so probably best to avoid that!

Im sure someone will have better advice soon.

I've had it better this time than first pregnancy - I think the difference is having to get up early with the toddler so having something to eat early, then keeping eating through the nausea.

Eg cup of tea and toast early (plain, settles stomach)
Then whatever you fancy, crisps, sweets, anything to get food in.
Once you've eaten quite a bit, you might fancy a proper evening dinner to get some real nutrition in.

Good news is it will likely be over by 12-14w

I used to eat pineapple at night and it definitely helped ease the queasiness the next day. Discovered it after I had pineapple one day then felt much less nauseous the next. By process of elimination I worked out it was the pineapple. Think I used to have about 1/4 (core removed). Worth a try as pineapple is lovely anyway!

Tictacs worked for me, I ate them pretty much constantly for the first few months.

I also ate - just a cracker was enough - about every 90 minutes.

Congratulations! Breadsticks helped me, and cereal bars and apples and cheese when I was at home. As another poster said for her, eating all the time is the only thing that stopped the nausea. I wasn't sick with either pg, but felt nauseous until around wk 17 (sorry!). Good luck!

Yeah, reading other replies i can see how i probably took the eating to stop the nausea way too far which is why i put on so much weight
I'm guessing as long as you graze rather than eat 2 bags of crisps and 3 chocolate biscuits every time you feel sick you won't put.on as much!

Thanks all! @HerRoyalFattyness - I am in danger of being a bit excessive with the eating thing too I reckon...😬 - it's like eating relieves it while I'm actually eating, but it doesn't last for any length of time sadly, so I'm sat here scoffing a (oh so healthy!) packet of bacon crisps - salt seems to help - but I know as soon as I stop actually eating them, I'll prob feel just as bad but now I'll be fat ☹️. I'm average sized usually (10-12) so eating constantly will def show! @AlwaysaLittleBitTired - 17weeks?! 😱 with my DS I felt much better around 12/13 weeks - but wasn't as bad in the first place.... god I hope it gets better before then!!

Congratulations!

Carbs. That's all in gonna say.

The only thing that helped me was eating outside in the fresh air, preferably in a nice cool breeze! I was sensitive to smells which put me off eating so it helped not to be able to smell as much IYSWIM!

I found seabands took the edge off-I got a pack in Boots. Carbs like little cheese sandwiches and little bowls of pasta helped also. Eating often helped and resting regularly. I had a drawer full of crackers and snacks at work. Congratulations on your good news!

Cream crackers dry will soak it up.

I'm currently suffering too, I agree carbs help but I'm trying to not give in to temptation. I find sucking on polo mints help so I've always got a packet of polos in every pocket of jeans, coat etc I also have some tablets prescribed by the doctor. I'm 11 weeks today so hoping it will ease off soon. I think just eating little and often and making sure you don't have an empty stomach helps, hopefully you'll find a food that works for you. I find soya milk helps and Diet Coke from the tap in pubs hope you start feeling better soon! I feel your pain!

Drinking lime and soda was the only way I could survive. It’s really important to keep hydrated as if you don’t you you will feel more sick. You also need more liquid in early pregnancy.

I feel the same! I'm 7+5 and I'm literally heaving at my desk unless I shove something in my gob and then I can't concentrate when I'm sat there feeling sick! Then when I go to eat proper meals it's like my stomach can't handle it but eating snacks all day is fine! In huge danger of gaining way too much weight. Already gained 3-4lbs and I've only been eating like this for 2 weeks but it's literally to stop the nausea! Desperate to find a healthy way out of this! Especially seeing as no one but me and my husband know yet!

Sherbet lemons helped me with dd. This time around they are helping again and also chewing gum. But I agree, if i eat a little something it settles it down

Sour lolly pops worked for me, the extreme change of taste seemed to do the trick.

Congratulations! Anything sour or bitter took the edge off it for me.

I wore almost permanently those wrist bands for travel sickness. Even just sitting watching tv I’d have to wear them. They definitely helped me.

Congratulations on the pregnancy! I was sick until around 20 weeks this time and so little actually worked. I think eating as and when you can manage it is the best advice - I lived on doctor pepper and mints most days.

Hi there, first of all congratulations!!!
My friend had horrible sickness too and she tried acupuncture and that really helped her.
Good luck x

HerRoyalFattiness me too! I would get through a whole packet in the name of sickness. Put 6 stone on ha ha

I wore Seabands during my second pregnancy and found they helped better than anything else. I also tended to eat smaller meals more often.

Early breakfast and a ready supply of sports mix sweets for me