CONSTANT nausea and vomiting: how to get adequate nutrition?

[franch]

This happened to me last time round too (I'm in week 8 of my 2nd pregnancy) but this time I seem to be even less able to eat - even drinking water is an effort. Today so far I've eaten a small bowl of cornflakes and have vomited 5 times - the rest of the time I've felt so sick even the thought of food makes me retch.

I'm trying to have a cup of Complan every day and some Dioralyte, but am now finding them hard to stomach too.

Worried that the little one might not be getting adequate nutrition from me - particularly calcium - I have a family history of osteoporosis and have read that if you don't take in enough calcium when pg, it's leached from your bones to provide for the baby.

Any ideas welcome. (Please don't post MS 'remedies' as I've honestly tried them all!)

sesame seeds are good for calcium,
I too had hyperemesis and found tomato soup toast and a pear were all I could manage along with milk at certain times of the day
I was offered drugs but as I found out they were an anti psychotic I resisted taking them and instead went to a homeopath who helped me immensely and got the 8-20 x a day vomiting down to nausea and the occasional vomit I do not even care if it was pacebo or not!
Also the wristbands you get for sea sickness
took mine off after dd was born!
Good luck I totally sympathise

www.hyperemesis.org.uk has worked for me today.

Franch - My GP told me to take fluids in on a teaspoon every 10 minutes - so just one teaspoon of water or coke or whatever, every 10 minutes. She also said not to drink and eat at the same time but to wait 30 minutes either side.

I am pleased to hear a homeopath worked for someone as I am thinking of going down that route. I don't care how much it costs.

Hi sorry it's so rotten for you. I couldn't keep anything down for the majority of my last pregnancy. I tried to eat soup, in very small batches. I've nothing else to suggest really. i couldn't keep water down, but strangely I could keep guiness down. If you find something that stays down then stick with it and try to introduce something new occasionally. Sorry I can't help.

Thanks MarsLady

Beatie, glad to hear your GP gave you some advice. I'll try the fluids thing. I also heard the tip about not drinking & eating together - have kind of been doing that, but will give it a proper go now.

I guess I should've tried homeopathy, although I did self-medicate with it last time and it didn't work. Spent a fortune on acupuncture too. Nothing was ever going to help but time, I think - it wore off by 12 weeks. So less than 3 weeks to go, with any luck .....

hula hoops? seabands were quite good but at that stage i didn't want people to know i was pregnant so didn't wear them much.

Seabands didn't work for me (I really did try everything!)

bum. a friend of mine was admitted to hospital with dehydration during both pgs. only stopped 10 mins after each c/s. packets of hula hoops (pref. plain) really worked for me, just a tiny something in my stomach, specially salty things really helped.

Hula hoops worked for me last time. My dd was grown on hula hoops but this time I cannot tolerate anything salty. Perhaps I should try the beef ones.