Please tell me your coping strategies

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Hi ladies , please help me

I’ll be 7 weeks on Sunday so still early days and my Morning sickness is debilitating. I’m off work and going to the Drs this morning and I’m almost certain he’ll sign me off work for a week or so . I’m not sleeping as the nausea is keeping me awake. In a way the nausea is worse than the sickness because it is that anxiety and anticipation of waiting .
I can’t eat more than a bite of cracker . I can’t even face water.
I feel weak, tired, actually on the verge of depressed . My husband and I have been waiting for the day of becoming parents our whole relationship and I feel and for not feeling happy and thriving in pregnancy .
Please tell me your positive outcomes of morning sickness , loss of appetite etc . I also think I have low BP which won’t be helping.
But please anything , words of wisdom etc
I currently have sickness bands on to see if they help as they’ve just arrived from Amazon now. But I’ll try anything
Thank you

Anyone ? 😓😓

Contact Pregnancy Sickness Support for advice - they’re incredible. Ask your GP for medication also. There’s no need for you to be suffering to this degree. It WILL get better - I promise!

itsemily, I feel your pain. I’m just over 7 weeks too and am feeling horrendous. I feel so sorry for DP as I’m miserable and I know I’m taking the shine off his excitement.

I went to the GP yesterday and he prescribed cyclizine. I had one tablet yesterday and although I think I might’ve taken the edge off the nausea, I felt like a zombie! Will try again today and hope for the best. I’m off work too, I was hoping to go back in today but I can’t even function.

Good luck at the GP OP

Definitely ask for anti-emetic meds. I was prescribed cyclizine at 7 weeks as, like you, I had 24/7 intense nausea which was stopping me sleeping. They didn't work for me so I went back and they prescribed Stemetil (there are more options so don't be put off if the first one doesn't work).

I felt horrendous right up until I was about 13 weeks but weeks 7-9 were the worst. I'm 17+2 now and still have low level nausea but it's much more manageable.

I tried everything - ginger, peppermint, seabands, medication,etc. But the only thing that helped me (slightly) was eating little and often (despite not wanting to eat). If you allow your stomach to become empty then you feel much worse.

It will ease/pass but I know that doesn't help when you're in the throws of it. Take care x

@GoldPaperStars , @CoffeeAndCarbs , @Sickandsicker2020 thank you lovelies for making me feel less crazy and less isolated .
The dr said I’m very dehydrated, lost 4lbs since I went on Friday , got burns in my throat from the sickness and he’s prescribed me Cyclizine and signed me off work for a week. Only thing I’m worried about now is on the sick note he put ‘sickness’ and hasn’t stated that it’s PG related sickness . Work know I’m pregnant and have documented that it’s PG sickness that I’m off with but now I’m concerned the sick note doesn’t explain it enough . Hopefully they can trust me and take my word for it .
He’s told me to sleep, stay hydrated and ‘hang in there’ . Honestly one of the best Drs I’ve had and he said he thinks it’ll ease off by 10 weeks as I’ve been so sick since the start !

I remember those days with terror.

I was living on whatever I taught it won't make me vomit. Usually sparkling water helped, or ice cubes. Eating, I was eating whatever it wasn't smelling and would stay down. The good thing was that in second trimester it eased down.

Hopefully the medicine will help you a bit and you'll be able to keep something down.

Awww I feel your pain. I had terrible sickness up until about week 12 and then it magically disappeared and I felt normal again!
I lived on toast!! That was the only thing I could keep down...
I stayed away from my kitchen as any smell would made me feel so sick!
I'm 30 weeks now and I believe sickness is due to come back roundabout now... fingers crossed it's not too bad xx

Cyclizine didn't work for me but metoclopramide did. Ask your GP for a prescription. It seriously saved my sanity and gave me my appetite back! I was also able to work if I took one in the morning.

I know taking meds feels risky in pregnancy but the GP reassured me that it's been used for years by pregnant mothers with no harm to the babies.

If you are adverse to meds then get signed off and rest for as long as you need. HG is just awful and you physically cannot work if you're vomiting multiple times a day. You are protected in pregnancy and cannot be penalized for taking time off so try not to worry about it.

Hopefully it will pass for you soon.

OP, so glad the doctor was sympathetic. It’s bloody awful. Let me know how you get on with cyclizine. Think I’m just going to try half a tablet this morning and see how I go. I only got the medication so I could function enough to go to work and there is zero chance I could drive let alone work the way I was feeling on them yesterday.

Also, I managed to drink ice cold smoothies without vomiting. If you have a nitri bullet or similar try this one:

Few pieces fresh ginger
Half an apple
Few pieces of mango
Slices of tinned peach
Greek yoghurt
Ice cubes

Mr GP didn't state on my sick note that it is pregnancy related sickness, he just put 'sickness'. Do you think work will take my word for it or will I be penalised for being off sick? On the HR system so far they have documented Morning Sickness/Pregnancy complications as I have self certified this week and they write down whatever you say, but now the sick note doesn't back me up. Do you think it'll matter?

Tonic water and arrowroot biscuits worked for me (I don't like ginger biscuits but apparently they're really good too). I know you said you can't eat, but I did find grazing through the day really helped too. I'm 21 weeks now and occasionally still feel a bit sick but know it's because I've let myself get hungry.
Hope it gets better for you 😊

Things work different for everyone, so whilst most articles suggest ginger biscuits etc they don't work for many.

Just try different things and see what suits you.

I have HG and the only liquid I can keep down atm is full sugar pepsi. I also enjoy eating spicier foods so they leave a taste in my mouth and stop me salivating as much.
Lemon sherbet sweets have helped me too.

And I find as soon as I get hungry the sickness gets worse so I try to graze all day instead.

Tiredness and stress also makes me worse - so don't feel guilty for laying on the sofa all day and resting/napping as your body needs it, especially in the first trimester.

@3dogsandababy thank you I can’t bear this hungry feeling but also don’t fancy anything , definitely not ginger biscuits but I do like ginger beer (non alcoholic obviously)
@BeautyAndTheBump1 sorry you’re suffering too. I’ve also developed a cold which isn’t helping but my god I feel so sorry for myself . It seems to peak between 2-3am, then I fall back to sleep, then peaks again around 9am, and again at 7pm . But I still feel nauseas all day but they’re the worst times .
I’m just so unhappy 😔

Poor darling!! I'm just hitting six weeks today and woke up with some full-on nausea. It's very unpleasant, I can't imagine what it's like to have it around the clock, with vomiting too.

I hope the guidance from your doctor helps and that you start to feel better. On perhaps a bit of a happier note, I've read that sickness is more likely in pregnancies where it's a baby girl, or twins! Stick to the ginger beer, and try some boiled white rice. x

@SprogMaker DH would love a baby girl !! We’d be happy with boy or girl as long as it’s healthy but secretly want a girl more 😝 woken you starving hungry again but can’t face anything to eat . Boy this is miserable .

I don’t fancy rice but definitely sole ginger beer xx