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When did your morning sickness stop

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rascal1979 · 12/07/2007 15:28

Hiya I'm about 10 and a half weeks pregnant and my 'all day' sickness seems to be reaching a peak!
When did your morning sickness stop/get better? I've heard that it's usually 12 weeks but some say more like 16-18 weeks.....

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mjs12 · 23/11/2020 15:49

Hi there, noticed this is an older thread but sharing my experiences in case it helps anyone out there, as I know I was frantically looking for help in the form of virtual friends during my morning sickness stage not long ago :)

My sickness started around 6-7 weeks, I had been spotting early on so the nausea was a welcome relief that something was "there". However it escalated very quickly and by week 12 I was vomiting 5-6 times a day. It was really horrible and at one point I had to go to hospital because of a suspected tear/old blood coming up. I honestly felt like I was losing it, very very low mood, felt like I was going to lose my job, very isolated because this was the middle of Covid in London etc. Lots of times sitting next to the toilet telling my husband that I couldn't go on, this wasn't worth it etc.

I reached out to friends and midwives, importantly I also got in touch with Pregnancy Sickness Support (who have a specialty in dealing with hyperemesis), who helped me with "normalising" the idea of taking anti-emetics for the nausea. For some reason I thought (erroneously) that it was bad for the baby to take medication while pregnant. This is a very outdated view and probably skewed by the fact that I didn't have many friends who had had as bad morning sickness/had children.

I was on cyclizine for about 2 weeks WHICH REALLY HELPED. I would highly suggest that if you are suffering, to talk to your GP and get a prescription for these very safe medications. As my ob-gyn said, "there's medicine out there, there is no need to suffer".

At around 13.5 weeks, the nausea has simply disappeared :) It's been about a week and I am now eating like a teenager and feeling a LOT better. IT DOES END!!! Even if you feel completely rubbish now, I suggest that you take whatever medication is suggested by your GP, and know that there is definitely light at the end of the tunnel - sooner than you think!! Just take it one day at a time, know that some days will be better than others, tell everyone who is saying "take some ginger" to do one, and do what feels right for you :)

I also recommend reaching out to friends/professionals to seek mental health help, because pregnancy sickness is really horrible and you shouldn't have to endure it silently.

IncyWincySpiderOnRepeat · 23/11/2020 20:13

DD1 16 weeks
DD2 26 weeks

Started to improve around 14 weeks both times though and I think 26 weeks is rare so hopefully yours will finish much sooner!

Ilovesugar · 23/11/2020 20:32

40 weeks 😳

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