Constant nausea and sickness

[amieeb]

So I'm currently 7w5 and I am struggling with lots of sickness. I currently work in a nursery so I'm always busy and running around after children which I find doesn't help. My work schedule means that I eat breakfast (usually 2 slices of toast) at 8 and then I have a half an hour lunch break at 12:30 then I get home around 5:45. Atm everything I eat seems to either come back up straight after or try to all through the day. Obviously this is making hiding the pregnancy from my coworkers very hard and also just affecting my everyday life. I almost feel scared to eat cause I know I'm gonna feel awful afterwards. I spend most of my day feeling dizzy and sickly which as you can probably imagine in a busy nursery/preschool setting this is a nightmare. Has anybody got any tips. I can't usually eat except from on my lunchbreak due to child's allergies etc.

Milkshake! I had sickness for forty weeks and milkshake saved me! Can you inform your boss? Would she allow you to split your lunch so you can eat little and often?

I'm a carer and now 14 weeks, I wasn't able to keep anything down from week 5, if I was you I'd book an appointment with your doctor because it's interfering with you normal life and they might be able to prescribe you some anti sickness pills which help a little bit!

Definitely take anti-sickness pills which help to a certain extent. I've been taking them since my first day of morning sickness started as I knew I wouldn't be able to function at work without them. I still have really bad nausea some days but no throwing up.

I live abroad where you buy them over the counter. Are they only on prescription in the UK?

Also, it's important to eat little or often or the nausea will be much worse. If you're not technically allowed to eat between breaks and can't tell them you're pregnant, could you take some fruit or crackers into the loo to eat and make sure you wash your hands thoroughly afterwards? I'm not saying to put any child at risk but I'm trying to think of ways around it.

You really need to tell your boss about your pregnancy.

They have a duty of care to you and you work in a nursery. You are at a very high risk!

If one of the kids had chicken pox or shingles, you could be seriously putting yourself and your baby in danger.

I don't want to scare you but your work should be aware and they should make provisions for you. You could also address your sickness with them then and they can adapt accordingly.

Crackers? My mum swore by eating a Jacob's cream cracker every morning before getting out of bed.

That did not work for me. I ended up calling the doc and they prescribed me some anti-sickness meds safe for pregnancy. Try that?

Eating little and often seemed to help. And exceptionally bland foods too like toast, pasta, cheese etc.

Hope you start to feel better soon. It's gruelling 😖

Hey OP,

Sorry to hear you're feeling ill. Clare, a midwife, recently ran over things you can do to manage it.

Hope it helps!

Nausea sucks. I teach albeit adults rather than pre-schoolers but I feel your pain with regards to scheduling. I used to suck on mints all day, it’s the only way I could cope.