Nausea help!

[honeyjean]

Hi everyone, I'm currently 7+1. We're trying for a couple of years and the month we got a fertility referral we found out we were expecting, typical!

Obviously thrilled and feeling very grateful and lucky but the nausea has just been unrealllll. It is ALL day and constant. I'm lucky that it eases off at night. I know some have it a lot worse so I shouldn't complaint but it's really impacting my mental health and I feel miserable. I used to be super active, going for runs a few times a week and lots of walks but I've hardly been able to drag myself out of the house. I'm snacking more to try and ease it but worried about gestational diabetes and putting on unnecessary weight - we are also getting married next year and can't move it.

Any advice on how to deal with the nausea and the mental health side of things? I knew to expect a bit of an identity loss when baby comes but didn't expect it so early on.

I had morning sickness throughout most of my pregnancy and it started early. I ended up going to my GP and asked for anti sickness tablets. They’ll try to say they can’t guarantee the safety, but there’s one that is fine. Also don’t beat yourself up about not being active. I was so sick that I couldn’t exercise like I did before pregnancy.

I remember feeling better mentally when I’d had my 12 week scan. At the moment you feel awful, but when you see your baby it will hopefully feel more real and worthwhile!
Dont worry about eating too much, your body will tell you what you need.
And the thing that helped me through the nausea was sipping, not drinking, cold Diet Coke. I had a sip every time I felt the nausea starting.

Go see your GP
They can help !

Don't even think about GD and putting on weight at this stage - the first trimester is all about survival.
Eat what you can, when you can. Drink plenty and rest as much as possible.

Many women consider this bit the hardest of the whole pregnancy but it won't be like this the full 9 months.

Go to your GP. I was hospitalised with this. Use ice chips if drinking water is hard - it was for me. Your priority is getting fluid inside you. Please seek help

Definitely go to your GP! I had some rough days when I was vomiting every 40 minutes. Initially I tried cyclizine, (did nothing), then doctor prescribed prochlorperazine and it stopped everything immediately. Only took it for 3 days and everything was gone.

As per milder cases - what helped me to keep it under control (until it got too bad), was keeping ginger biscuits on my bedside table and having one or two when I was waking up at night. And also have another 1-2 before you get up from bed. Don't have to be ginger biscuits - at some point salt and vinegar crisps worked for me.