Can’t take much more - morning sickness

[courtney251]

I’m currently 7weeks 2days pregnant. I don’t know how much more I can take. From morning to night time I feel so sick. I cant function. I have two children already who are 3 and 5 so literally have no option but to get up early and try to get on with it but at the moment it’s so bad I’m considering a termination. The doctor gave me some cyziline which I started taking yesterday but it’s not helped at all. I just don’t know how I’m going to get through the next few weeks.

I am so sorry you’re going through this. It’s so tough especially when you have your other children to care for. Please remember that with any medication, it can take up to 48 hrs to begin to work.
It might be too early to have a midwife but please contact the community midwife’s and ask them for support.

I'm so sorry you're going through this, I had HG with both of mine. Cyclizine was useless.
Ondansatron was the best for me (I was still sick but functional though).
My advice is to go back to your doctor and ask for something better, find a drink that stays down and drink that (water is a trigger for many people, I still can't drink it without feeling sick and it's been over a year).

Midwives won't do anything with sickness, but see if where you live has a clinic that you can drop in - Birmingham used to have a drop in HG clinic you could go for IV's and they could prescribe anti-sickness pills too.

It's my first pregnancy and I'm 13 weeks and feel very sick still. I can relate re feeling absolutely fed up and unable to function. Some people tell me it gets better at 16 weeks.

Did you feel this sick with previous pregnancies?

I've found these take the edge off it but don't cure it:

-Gentle yoga/some kind of movement (even if it's the last thing I want to do, and overdoing this also causes sickness, so it's a fine line)
-Swapping tap water for sparkling water. I can't drink tap water atm. It makes me feel terrible.
-Taking a combo of ondansatron and mucuogel (this helps with acid reflux, and indigestion has made my nausea worse)
-Paying close attention to my cravings. One day I felt absolutely terrible but desperately craved sweet potato fries. When I finally found them and ate them, I felt a lot better.
-Eating regularly even if you feel sick at the thought of eating.
-No coffee or caffeine -- not that I feel like it
-Not hot drinks unless creamy like an oat milk chai.
-Drinking a glass of rice milk to soothe my stomach.

I guess the only way to cope is knowing it's temporary and won't last forever...

Need to get ondansatron if the cyclizine isn’t working.

Ondansetron ASAP

I’m not sure how to link to it but there is a hyperemis support thread on here that’s amazing, got me through a very difficult pregnancy. Like a pp I started on cyclizine with no luck but tried a couple of others and found one that worked for me.

Hi! I’m here with you on this. Currently 5+2 weeks pregnant, off work and have been in bed all day due to constant nausea 🤢 I’ve been put on anti-sickness tablets yesterday but they haven’t help one bit so far.
Completely understand how you are feeling right now, it’s absolutely debilitating 😩 x

Honestly wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy. This is my third pregnancy. My first one I was signed off for 7 weeks from work and pretty much housebound. Second one was bad but manageable this one I just can’t cope. I just constantly feel like this room is spinning. It’s the worst feeling ever.

Agree on upping meds. And peer support. If you're on fb there's a great support group https://www.pregnancysicknesssupport.org.uk/

Please find this group on Facebook and join it. They have a treatment plan that you can take to your GP and offer so much support. My dd wouldn't be here without them, I was so bad I thought about termination :-(

So sorry you’re going through this. I had HG with my DD, cyclizine didn’t help me either. The only thing that took the edge off a little for me was travel sickness bands on both wrists, I wore them 24/7. I was still sick but it helped me feel slightly less nauseous. Hope it gets better for you soon x

My dc are adults now but l still remember that awful sickness and the feeling that the room was spinning. All l could do was lie in bed in darkness as light made me sick/ TV moving pictures made me sick/ reading me sick. It was a nightmare and nothing helped. There was no meds in those days. Its a matter of taking one day at a time. You have my sincerest sympathy.

Sorry to hear you are having such a rough time :(

I started to experience morning sickness around week 6, and I couldn't function at all and had to stop work.

I tried all the medications which did not work. I ended up seeking help privately and was prescribed a medication called Xonvea which was a miracle to me.

It's harder to get on the NHS as has to be prescribed by a consultant but it really saved me!

Ask for different meds. I had metoclopramide which worked enough to get me through. Hope you feel better soon.

Solidarity op. I'm 7+2 as well and also struggling. I don't have other dc though and can't imagine how tough that must be.

Are you managing to rest/sleep during the day at all? Tiredness seems to make it worse for me. I'm counting down the days with you.

It’s awful! The kids break up
from school and nursery on Friday as well meaning they will be at home with me for nearly three weeks so no time to rest. My partner works such long hours too. Every day just seems like a month at the moment. I can’t help but wish away the time. Have you been prescribed any medication? My doctor really didn’t want to prescribe me anything and only gave me medication for one week 😩

This sounds awful! I’d try to get a private GP appointment and ask for something else asap.

Is there anyone you can ask for childcare help from? Family? Maybe a teaching/childcare student off uni for hols? The thought of next few weeks is probably making you feel worse.

I had hyperemesis when I had DD, so sick I lost a 25 lbs in 6 days. I felt much better after being sent to hospital to be rehydrated with an IV. I was then put on motilium which stopped the vomiting. I survived the pregnancy largely on Heinz tomato soup, jubbly ice lolly things and salad.

A trick I learnt is if you eat refreshers (the chalky ones not the chews) it almost makes vomit taste nice which is weird but if you are sick several times a day a welcome change.

I have 5 DDs and when pregnant with DD1 I was still teaching. I literally remember being sick in my classroom sink one day and then bleaching it out. It was awful.
I kept a packet of plain digestive biscuits in my drawer and nibbled those, as well as sips of full sugar lemonade. Another thing that helped was sucking really sour hard boiled type sweeties from old fashioned sweet shop. Poor DH had to nip out of the office on a search some days to stock up for me when they took my fancy. I also wore the travel bands, I did feel they helped if in correct position.

You have my sympathy! Hard to imagine now but it will all be a distant memory when you’ve got your little one here and you’re back to normal life.

Sorry, me again! Lemonade ice lollies also helped take the edge off for me at times. Hope you find something that works a bit, OP.

I am 9 weeks and am really feeling crap very very sicky vommity🤢🥴 this is my 5th baby so have 4 dc's to look after and I'm at my wits end with morning sickness at the minute, I got morning sickness with all my others up til around 7 months, but never this bad struggling to keep anything down! I find that the apple juice helps but then it gives me heartburn after a little while, which then makes the sickness worse!

Hey, I’m 8w 3days. I went back to my doctors and instead if cyclizine she prescribed me prochlorperazine. Seems to be helping a bit. I’ve managed to Do the school run the last couple days. It’s horrible isn’t it. I would love ish this on my worst enemy.

I am going through exactly the same! I have two children 5 and 1. I’m only 9 weeks and have had sickness since 6 weeks. I had it bad with both pregnancies. It’s amazing how you just push it to the back of your mind as a memory. Then it comes back and you can’t cope. I’m struggling finding the right food to sit ok in my stomach. And end up snacking on really unhealthy food. I really do feel your pain xx

I could've wrote this myself 2 years ago. My first pregnancy was a dream, my second I felt sick morning noon and night for more or less the whole 38 weeks. I considered termination until I was 24 weeks and it was no longer an option I'm ashamed to say...

Have you actually vomited or just nausea? I 'just' had nausea but it was awful. I felt too sick to eat or drink, I was hospitalised and put on a drip. I look gaunt and so thin and unwell in photos just before having her and for a good while after. I weigh more now when she is 18 months old than I did the morning I gave birth to her.. by quite a bit!! It took its toll on my mental health in a severe way.

I tried Cyclizine, Stemetil (I think that's prochlorperazine), Ondansetron.. some took the edge off but nothing really worked.

I found I had to get in a routine, I would take Cyclizine every morning as soon as I opened my eyes, then some Stemetil midday, and again before bed. Ondansetron if I couldn't bear it as it made me constipated. I tried to reduce stress (easier said than done), drink plenty of water, get enough rest. And just take it a day, hour, minute at a time. It was a dark time. I begged the doctor for a termination at one point.

She's now a beautiful, curly haired, green eyed, mischievous 18 month old and I absolutely adore her. It feels a lifetime away but it will - I promise - be worth it. Xx

@courtney251 have you tried crystallised ginger? I've used it in the past for seasickness and have been struggling at 6+6 and it has really helped (for short periods). Sending strength! x