Hi Kelcat,
There is a HG thread on here that I found really helpful in my pregnancy! I’m so sorry you are feeling so poorly, it’s a hellish way to experience pregnancy so sending you hugs.
To answer your question, I took anti-sickness meds for a little bit in my pregnancy (unfortunately they didn’t work for me but I tried them for about a month), my little girl is six months old now and healthy and happy.
Your grandmothers advice is outdated, the medications have changed. It’s very hard to conduct “blind” trials of medicines on pregnant women, hence the “advice” leaflets in the packaging will say to “consult a doctor before taking”. This is not because they are unsafe. If you do have questions, I found the helpline at:
www.pregnancysicknesssupport.org.uk/get-help/
Had really kind people on the phones, who understood what it felt like to be so ill.
For me, there wasn’t a magic cure - despite being pregnant in winter, I worked out that I could stomach frozen lucocade sport crushed Into ice particles, and ice pops better than water which helped prevent dehydration. For some reason I also found I was less likely to puke if I drank water in the bath (a place I felt calm and enjoyed). I also stopped trying to eat a “healthy” diet, and ate whatever was more likely to stay down - mainly white bread and carbs. Again, my little one is now weaning, loves her food, and was a good birth weight. Being sick doesn’t damage the baby, they do get everything they need from you, it’s you that it’s hard for!
Hope this helps. I remember being really scared when I was first diagnosed. I lost weight, when everyone else was gaining, and felt worse than I’d ever felt before. It wasn’t a good pregnancy experience, BUT, didn’t effect my little one at all. Hope this helps reassure x