Morning sickness fear

[Abbi95]

Hi,
Im 6 weeks pregnant with my second child. My first pregnancy was difficult with severe morning sickness until week 20 or really affected me I’m so excited to be pregnant but have a massive fear of going through the same experiance on top of working full time/ studying and taking care of my 2 year old! I do have help from my husband and In law’s but I want to be there for my little girl as much as possible has anyone else been in a similar situation so far I have only had mild nausea so fingers crossed!

I had bad sickness with my first son but barely any at all with second son, made me wonder if I was having a girl it was so different.
The biggest difference between them was that I was taking high strength B12 and B6. I didn't get on well with multi vitamins during my first, kept bringing them back up, so I took the key vitamins separately with the second.

That's just my experience, I'm not qualified to give medical advice. But I got my vitamins from phoenix nutrition.

I know what you mean about the fear of not being up to scratch for your child. That was my biggest worry about having a second. Fortunately I didn't have that problem though.

@Scramble1805 What made you take b12 and b6 specifically? Sorry for asking but I'd take anything to make the sickness stop when it does come.

@Abbi95 honestly feel for you and every woman out there that struggles with extreme sickness during pregnancy. I had a termination last time but this time I'm trying to stay strong and prepared before the sickness hits.

Thank you fingers crossed for me then!! I remember being bad from 5 weeks last time I have also booked an appointment with the doctor I saw last time to get the right medication of needed while discussing my other medication I’m on and if I can take any of it!

sending all my luck to you that it’s not as hard! I took medication last time that seemed to take the edge of it but I was 10weeks before we found one that helped but it was still really hard!! I also had time off work but I’m not even ready to tell my new job about this just yet!

@heartbroken22 B6(P5P B6 specifically) through research online, lots of people say it helps, but the B12 was partly luck.
I read it was good for pregnant women but couldn't see any explanation why. I got some anyway and tried it from 6 weeks, my sickness wasn't quite at its peak at that point, and the nausea I did have disappeared.

I was still sceptical though, until I ran out of both at 10 weeks. 2 days of not taking it and the sickness hit me full on, suddenly being sick 2 or 3 times a day. Quickly ordered some more and was fine when I started talking it again, all the way though pregnancy.

I was so awful with DS but so far quite mild with this baby! Yes I was sick this morning but absolutely nothing compared to 4 stone weight loss and not being able to keep anything down

@Scramble1805 thank you so much. Did you take any big standard ones? I'm going to see if I can find the b6 in home bargains. How sick were you after the pills? Like did it stop?

The B6 helped turned the sickness to nausea but the B12 almost took it away completely. Don't think B12 is easy to get in a good strength on the high street, that's why I got mine online.

I totally agree with the vitamin B6 advice, I'm on my 5th pregnancy and had no sickness at all with the others. This one I was so incredibly queasy all day long, tried B6 and it stopped within a couple of days.

I managed better with my second pregnancy , wasn’t any less though. I would have loved a closer age gap and maybe another baby but pregnancy sickness / nausea and me nope :(

Doctors, medication planned - much more willing to take it the second time. I found it helped if I had something in my tummy - not easy - especially if your body decides to then not like it. I only ended up I hospital a couple of times where as the first pregnancy every 2/3 weeks.

Good luck!

Spoke to soon it’s here and it’s horrible managed to get a doctors appointment for next week will be requesting medication as it’s the only thing that made a dent last time

What does of b6 did you guys take? I ordered the 100mg last night and took it and feel sane. But I'm scared it maybe slightly too much?

@Abbi95 I hope you got help x

It's okay I've just read taking more than 100mg would cause temporary nerve damage so it should be fine.