Morning sickness causing back cloud over everything

[maggiehilltop]

I'm currently 8.5 weeks pregnant with my second child (already have DS, 2)This baby was planned and wanted and we were ready to do it all again (this was when COVID seemed to be on its way out, before this new fecking strain appeared)

BUT the constant nausea and now massive excess saliva is stripping any joy. I'm feeling so ill that I now can only see the rubbish bits about having a baby and it scares me - I can't play with my son for any length of time and DH is trying so hard to do everything that needs done.

Not sure the point of this post really, but writing it all down has helped. I'm scared I won't look forward to this baby at all and I REALLY want to.

Poor you, that's horrible. Speak to your gp asap. There's medication that can help

Have you seen your gp there is medication that can help.

I thought I'd only get medication if I was actually vomiting? That's amazing news if it's there for nausea too. I'll phone on Monday.

I’m 17wks with my first, have had constant nausea from week 5 with lovely dry retching as well 😬 No actual vomiting, but I suspect just because stomach was empty. Lost nearly a stone, and developed a really low mood.
Like you this pregnancy is planned, but I couldn’t even bring myself to think about the baby. I spoke to my GP and midwife about both the nausea and the low mood, GP was very happy to prescribe meds. It took a few changes to find the right one and they didn’t take it away completely, but reduced to a level I could function and it is improving now although not gone yet.
I’ve found my mood has also improved with it, I can think about the baby now and look forward even though I wouldn’t say I’m excited as I thought I would be. I think the impact of constant nausea/sickness on mental health is really not considered enough. Defo speak to your GP and hope you feel better very soon 💐

I should add the meds were for the sickness, I wasn’t very clear! But I found as the sickness settled my mood started to improve

Sucking on hard sweets can help disguise the excess saliva.
I used to suck on sherbert lemons daily. Took the manky taste out my mouth too

@BeautyAndTheBump1

Sucking on hard sweets can help disguise the excess saliva. I used to suck on sherbert lemons daily. Took the manky taste out my mouth too

Yes! Such a disgusting taste. I'll send DH out for some boiled sweets. Thank you.

@Allsizes8to14

I’m 17wks with my first, have had constant nausea from week 5 with lovely dry retching as well 😬 No actual vomiting, but I suspect just because stomach was empty. Lost nearly a stone, and developed a really low mood. Like you this pregnancy is planned, but I couldn’t even bring myself to think about the baby. I spoke to my GP and midwife about both the nausea and the low mood, GP was very happy to prescribe meds. It took a few changes to find the right one and they didn’t take it away completely, but reduced to a level I could function and it is improving now although not gone yet. I’ve found my mood has also improved with it, I can think about the baby now and look forward even though I wouldn’t say I’m excited as I thought I would be. I think the impact of constant nausea/sickness on mental health is really not considered enough. Defo speak to your GP and hope you feel better very soon 💐

Thank you - I'm really glad you're feeling better x

It gets so much better, hopefully, I felt the same at your stage like a walking and puking corpse really, now 24 weeks and feel like a different person. Hope the GP can help you.

I have constant nausea, not so much actual vomiting. I had great drugs that really took the worst off it. Other things to try

Accupressure bands on your wrists
Salty crackers nible on one every 10 mins
Ginger chewing gum
Flat warm ginger ale
Eating in the bath
Dont think about specific foods, think about categories of food that you can bear to eat, so crunchy or soft, hot or cold, salty or sour etc...then ask DH to magic something up in the category like cold mashed potato

This is a really good one. Get essential oils (try lemon and mint to start with) out the one you prefer on a hankie and every time you get a wave stick it over your nose and breath in deeply

Above all remember, this too shall pass. You will have eighteen years to get to love your baby and there will be stuff LO does as a teenager that will make you remember morning sickness as a walk in the park in comparison, and you will still love your teenager...the human heart is a miraculous thing

So sorry to hear you are having a rough time. If the sickness is affecting your mental health, you should be given medication if your GP is any good. I didn't vomit that much (about once every two days on average) but I had such crippling nausea that I couldn't sleep or leave the house and was having panic attacks. The GP seemed to think it was a no-brainer to give me medication. I had to try a few different kinds but ultimately cyclizine has worked the best. Now just over 15 weeks, down to 2 cyclizine per day, a bit of nausea still but very manageable. Fingers crossed you will get there too, you don't have to suffer

@maggiehilltop I felt so so ill from 6 weeks, I gave in at 8 as I couldn't even function, it was mentally affecting me quite badly, the doc then pound me on cyclizine, it's by no means a cure, but stick with it and take it religiously three times a day, my sickness and nausea nearly stopped about ten weeks but is unfortunately back at 14 so will start tablets again.... you have my deepest sympathies it's so so hard xxxx