8 weeks pregnant - vomiting and dreadful nausea - will Dr do anything

[lindso]

Hi

Am 8 weeks pregnant with second child and have been feeling progressively worse all week. Been vomiting since Weds and now feel so nauseous I can hardly stand it.

I think I may have to see a Dr over the weekend just to see if there's anything they can do - is there medication I can take or will I just have to keep with the ginger tea (which now makes me want to heave!)

Are there any other tips for nausea?

Thanks

Have you tried Sea Bands? They're acupuncture wrist bands designed for travel sickness but some women finds it helps with morning sickness. Eat little amounts but often to try and keep your blood sugar levels constant.

There is medication available but Drs are often reluctant to presribe prior to 12 weeks gestation as the drugs aren't 100% proven in pregnancy and the first 12 weeks is the main developmental stage.

Sympathies - I chucked up loads for the whole 9 months. Fingers crossed it won't last that long for you.

I think you should definitely see a doctor though - if you get dehydrated this is more dangerous than possible drug side effects. Only they are in the position to make that decision.

I did have some success with sea bands I would definitely try them. Ginger also made me heave (well any food based item did really!)

I vomited so much I ended up in hospital on a drip and they prescribed cyclizine, though at this point I was past 12 weeks (15). There are drugs you can take, but not sure if it's a good idea before 12 weeks. It would also depend on the doctor you got, I find some are more sympathetic than others. One might understand, another would brush you off.

Another vote for seabands - on both wrists, keep them on in the shower or you get waves of nausea! They dull it a little. Ice cold fizzy tonic water helped a little for me too - being able to burp something without throwing up. Past that, unless you're dehydrated to the point of needing hospitalisation, there's not much you can do. I had awful nausea with each pg and lots of vomiting in last one too - it;s utterly hideous and you have every sympathy.xxx p.s. ginger made me heave too!

Hi I am not in the uk but am on medication for hyperemisis (severe morning sickness) all the medications I am on have had extensive testing done and are safe. The doctors here don't prescribe them lightly and you do have to have a certain degree of hyperemisis to be put on them however. Definately see your gp as I have been hospitalised several times during this pregnancy due to dehydration and weight loss because of the nausea and vomitting...you can get to the stage where there is no quality of life as you feel so utterly dreadful. I tried the sea bands, ginger, acupuncture, etc but medication has been my only option so please do see someone and I hope that you feel better soon. My utmost sympathies and empathies to you.

oh - also tried the low acid diet - helped a little I think but with pg3 I hated everything on the list so only useful if you 'fancy' the food on the list.

Thanks all.

A Doctor came out last night (which was a miracle in itself) and prescribed Metoclopramide. I am a bit reticent about meds at this stage so may see how the day goes. Will also hunt out some sea bands.

lindso metroclopramide was the first one they tried here for me and was well reassured that it was safe to use. With what I am on now I start on the dose they suggested until I have a handle on things then slowly reduce until I reach my tolerance of nausea level in the hope that I am taking as little as possible to control it. I have been much worse this week however so this tactic may not necessarily be the best one.

I had hyperemisis and had metroclopromide, cyclizine and stemitil (jabs and tablets) whilst hospitalised and after discharge. At one point I was doing cyclizine every 4 hours and stemitil very 4 hours, offset by 2 hours. I had awful nausea from weeks 8 - 14.

DS is 6 weeks old tommorow and appears to be fine.

Seabands did absolutley nothing for me. Nor anything ginger - but DS does have ginger hair (he may have got that from his ginger grandad though, not all the ginger tea/biscuits/ale I ate and drank).

PS - Meant to say that my GP was brilliantly supportive and sympathetic, but his GP just signed me off work and told me to stay in bed.

A friend of mine is having a horribly nauseous pg and has found that accupuncture is making life bearable.

A family member of mine got precribed anti-nausea tablets as she was very sick throughout the first trimester. I wouldn't take them unless your sickness is really bad. I'm always a little wary of any precribed drugs that go in me while pregnant.