Crazy bad nausea without being sick

[dellabrew]

currently 7w+1 with my second baby and seriously losing the plot - I feel so sick all the time, like I am about to puke but never actually do. With my first baby I was physically sick a lot - but this one I just constantly feel it, there is no relief and I am really struggling to look after my little 19 month old girl :( Last time the dr eventually gave me medication which really helped, so this time I made a big fuss (!) and they have reluctantly given me it again - (but only a few days worth!?) but this time its not helping at all!! I know I should be grateful I am not puking all the time like last time but right now I am so ill I cant do anything - cant hardly get out of bed even, I have only managed to eat about one biscuit a day and even that makes me feel so horrific I have to lie down for a few hours, in reality its just like last time the way it has affected me and my life. Feel like such a wimp...nothing is helping...sorry folks I just really needed to have a rant lol! How on earth am I going to manage weeks moreof this!!!!

The nice and rcog guidelines are for Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy, not just vomiting. If the nausea is impacting on your life they should attempt to manage it for you. Also, all the evidence is that the earlier your start on antiemetics the less severe hyperemesis is at its peak, therefore if this, at 7weeks, is just the start it is better to manage it with antiemetics now.

If you look at the puqe score (assessment tool for Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy), you score maximum points in the nausea section for feeling nauseous for more than 6 hours a day. 6 hours a day... I'd have given my right arm to ONLY feel nauseas for 6 hours a day!!!

Is there a hcp relative or friend who isn't afraid to speak up who can advocate for you and get you the care you need and deserve?

No advice but I’m 8+3 and feel exactly the same. If it helps in the last week I’ve had a couple of “good” days where the nausea eases off for a couple of hours, but unfortunately it always returns. You have my sympathy. And congratulations!

I was the same, was totally preparing myself for sickness as I didn't feel great but nothing ever happened at the start. I felt really sick and weak in the mornings and sometimes in the evening. I was actually making all the noises to be sick and having to run to the bathroom but nothing would ever come up. I wasn't physically sick until I was about 12 weeks which I found bizarre, and was only ever sick about 5 times in total which is nothing compared to some pregnancies. If you're not eating much there's probably nothing to bring up, or it might just be you feel sick but not enough to make you physically sick right now. Hopefully it passes soon xx

I've been like this in all of my pregnancies. I've thrown up once in all 4 of them, (my oldest is 15 and I still remember puking all over my in laws driveway after a bacon sandwich! With my second it was all over myself in my car as there was absolutely nowhere to pull over!) The things I found that helped (and I honestly didn't know they could prescribe tablets for just nausea) were the wristbands that are meant to work on pressure points in your wrists, eating plain, beige food mostly toast, little and often. Not letting myself get hungry even when I felt so sick I didn't actually want to eat as I always felt even worse when I had an empty stomach, lemonade, and tea. I couldn't stomach strong flavours at all. Just some things to try and help ease it.

I second everything @Hatepickinganame said! The acupressure bands and eating constantly (even when it's hard) made the biggest difference. I was also on metoclopromide which helped.

Morning sickness is horrible, much worse than I expected, so I really feel for you. Mine was very severe but cleared up at about 11 weeks, and for the vast majority of women it goes away by 14 weeks or so. Hang in there!

This might sound random but are you taking multivitamins with iron in? If so, when do you take them?

The only reason I ask is because they can make you feel sick so try taking them before you go to bed :)

Thanks ladies! Feels so endless right now..but I know it will eventually pass! I tried the acupressure bands last time and they did nothing, but maybe I should dig them out again .. anything is worth a try at this point!! I literally can't eat anything really, force myself to eat a biscuit or something but it makes me feel so much worse. The tablets are doing nothing yet,, can't remember how soon they worked last time tho so trying to be patient, I will definitely go back to the Dr if they don't in a few days. I'd definitely forgotten how bad pr egnancy was lol!!!!! But hey...plenty others have got through it and I'm sure I will too :)

I am so incredibly sympathetic as years ago I had this trouble. It was 1963 (yes I am ancient) but have never forgotten it. It lasted day and night vomiting and avoiding the sight of food. Couldn’t even look at an advert for food in a magazine. I was mainly in bed as I felt so ill and I lost count of the times I found myself on the floor due to fainting. The local doctor without being asked used to visit most days. He shook his head as I puked in front of him and kept taking my blood pressure and giving me tablets that reps had left him. I went into hospital for awhile but when I came out it started again. Then one morning when it was 6months I woke up and to my relief thought I might like a high baked cracker with marmite on it and a tiny piece of cheese. I walked slowly to the kitchen terrified that the feeling would go away. It didn’t and I spent the morning until mid day nibbling at the same thing. Then I found myself so improved and from then on I had normal morning sickness only, five minutes it was over but I lived on snacks as I couldn’t tolerate a normal meal. By the time I gave birth I hardly looked pregnant but strangely my baby was a normal 7pounds 10 oz baby. Also, I left the maternity ward wearing an h line dress which required a flat stomach to cries of “look at her”. So there is an upside to most things. Hang on in there and I wish you so much luck and a speedy improvement.