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If you had bad morning sickness with 1st pregnancy,...

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PeppermintPatty · 16/11/2008 18:52

....did you have it with subsequent pregnancies?

Are some people just more 'prone' to it than others? And why do some poeple not get it at all?

It all just seems quite random really, so I'm wondering if there's any pattern to it. How does it work, and what determines whether you get it or not?

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Twiga · 16/11/2008 19:45

christina - give the bands a try, not used myself but my pal who had hyperemesis certainly thought they helped her.

Anyone else find they only get travel sick when pg? I normally travel great but really don't do well when pg.

LaTrucha · 16/11/2008 19:52

The bands took the edge of my hyperemesis. I'd say they're worth a go.

christiana · 16/11/2008 19:55

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hobnob57 · 16/11/2008 19:57

I tried travel bands last time and didn't feel they helped, but I think I'd let myself starve too much and coudn't find a way back from there so I don't think anything would have helped.

As for travel sickness, my DH got me a gliding lesson for my birthday and I still had MS when it came to doing it. We had to abort pretty soon after take-off and I puked the whole time I was up there.... and the whole way home in the car as well! Very embarrassing

I was usually ok-ish in the car, but the bumpy flying had put me past the point of no return that day!

christiana · 16/11/2008 19:59

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janeite · 16/11/2008 20:00

Re: coping with the 1st child whilst suffering hyperemesis with the 2nd pregnancy: I must admit I didn't cope very well at all. When I was in hospital dd went to stay with my parents for a week, so that dp could just cope with to-ing and fro-ing to the hospital.

claireyBANG · 16/11/2008 20:04

Hyperemesis with first pregnancy, bad sickness weeks 6-9 with second that then eased off to only feeling sick when hungry or tired.

jenniferturkington · 16/11/2008 20:05

I was sick at least 5 times a day until 18 weeks with first pregnancy (boy), and I felt terrible from conception to birth! This time I have been sick 3 times in total (am 28 weeks now) and only felt queasy until 12 weeks. Scan has shown it is a girl this time.

EBenes · 16/11/2008 22:32

mummyloveslucy, and everyone in your situation. Please do consider talking to your doctor about medicine. Mine was called Avomine, it's an antihistamine that was used a lot in the 60s and has never been connected to any problem with babies, despite being around for a long time and being used by pregnant women then. It IS too hard to deal with a toddler when you're being sick every 10 minutes, and my little girl was desperately unhappy when I grabbed her and ran upstairs and she had to watch me being sick (she was too little to leave alone downstairs and we have only one bathroom). There are other drugs, but my GP has used this one for decades and believes it's safe. It was not developed for morning sickness. It did not cure nausea. But it controlled my vomiting massively, so that I was, during the worst months, usually only sick once or twice a day, and even on the worst days came nowhere near dehydration/hospitalisation. With a toddler, it's impossible to contemplate vomiting taking over your life to that extent again.

lovemuch · 17/11/2008 01:10

My sickness lasted until 5 months and tbh I haven't regained my old eating habbits or food likes. I def don't feel completely normal but it is a lot lot better than feeling so awful constantly. I thnk stress made me worse, the arrow root and ginger biscuits did not work at all, neither did tums tablets (safe in pregnancy) travel bands etc, u just have to wait it out and try and eat as plain as poss from my experience. I did say i'd never have another baby after my bout but i'm soon forgetting. I've been told by lots of my friends that they've been different in each pregnancy yet others told me they stopped the sickness at exactly the same points. My friend with twins was just dreadfully sick tho. Feel so much sympathy for anyone that is, it really is horrible I know.

tryingtoleave · 17/11/2008 04:27

It was exactly the same both times - pretty awful until 20 weeks. First time boy, this time it is meant to be a girl. I think I actually threw up a bit less the second time but that was because I knew how to deal with the sickness better. Contrary to everyone's advice, I found that if I didn't force myself to eat I actually vomited less.

Flightattendant4 · 17/11/2008 06:57

I had what was called hyperemesis both times - funnily enough I didn't vom with either, but I have a very very strong anti vomiting thing in place, as I am scared of it - so I felt unbearably sick the whole time.
I lost weight both times, then put some on - second time I put on more.

I was given intramuscular injection in hospital one time, then had various medications, none of which worked very well.
It eased off around 14 weeks with both, by that I mean I could do other things without it taking over completely - but still felt gross till about 22 weeks.

I was Ok after that. Just a bit of a gag reflex problem!

It definitely has put me off - I waited 4 years after first, the broodiness took over, oh how I regretted that! But mind you both pregnancies were incredibly stressful for other reasons which did not help I am sure.

I would LOVE another child, but not sure I can ever go through that again - I needed a lot of help.

Flightattendant4 · 17/11/2008 06:59

I think dehydration is a big issue actually - I don't drink enough generally, and I believe this might have a big impact as it dilutes the hormones in your bloodstream I suppose. If I learn to down a pint of water one day, maybe I will do it again

Or portable drip might be good

Ineedmorechocolatenow · 17/11/2008 07:14

Throwing up all day, every day from week 7 - 14 with DS, I'm now almost 12 weeks pregnant with DC2 and I've been sick about 3 times and had about three 'write-off-days' where I've been crippled with it, but other than that, just a bit of nausea... Much better this time round.....

squeakypop · 17/11/2008 07:20

I felt really rotten in my first pregnancy, even having to take time off work for MS. It was not as bad with each subsequent pregnancy, and by the fifth, very sporadic.

A lot of people think that it is worse when you are carrying a girl, but for me, I had two boys followed by three girls.

I breastfed in all my pregnancies (except the first, of course), so perhaps that contributed to it getting easier.

squeakypop · 17/11/2008 07:24

I found that I felt better if I actually was sick in the morning (the was basically mega-coffing, wretching and producing a lot of saliva, so not a stomachful of food). If I tried to fight it by eating a biscuit of whatever, I wouldn't be sick but would then feel rotten all day.

Flower3545 · 17/11/2008 08:46

3 pregnancies 3 lots of morning/all day sickness.

Almost from day one of each pregnancy I was sick, its the most awful thing to go through and by the time I was 34 weeks with my final baby I was hospitalised for 6 weeks with it.

I had the tiniest bump on a ward with huge ladies and the doctors kept telling me, following scans every few days, that this baby would be very small and I'd be lucky if that was all that was wrong[anger]

DD2 was born weighing 6lb 6ozs and scored 9 on the apgar test!

akhems · 17/11/2008 08:53

first pregnancy I had awful morning noon and night sickness for the whole 9 months, I lost 3 stone, lol and she was a girl

2nd pregnancy no sickness or nausea at all and that was a boy

mummypingu · 17/11/2008 12:50

sorry, it got worse with each one..or seemed to, it may be because i had more children each time to look after!

LaTrucha · 17/11/2008 14:57

Flower3545 - don't say day 1!I have a sneaky feeling I might be pg. There is only a fairly remote chance but I feel it- including nausea. I was telling myself I was being silly because it's too early to even test yet. I was really hoping for no hyperemesis on second pg. GULP.

mrsbabookaloo · 17/11/2008 15:07

1st pg: sick up to 17 weeks, sick several times a day most days, on the street, at work, jumping off the bus.

This time: I'm 9 weeks, been feeling sick since 5 weeks. feel dreadful, every day's a struggle, but not as bad as last time, only actually sick once every few days. Hoping it'll ease off earlier too! Trying vitamin B6 to see if it helps.

There are lots of reasons why I wouldn't have more than 2 kids, but morning sickness is definitely high on the list!

MrsTittleMouse · 17/11/2008 15:14

I've had two girls and the morning sickness was the same intensity for both. It didn't last as long with the second pregnancy, thank goodness, as I had a toddler to look after too.

MummaMon · 02/12/2008 11:25

I had bad morning sickness for my entire pregnancy. And I was overdue too. I gave birth at 42 weeks and vomited daily from week 6. Vomitted twice daily and then again if I got a whiff of anything that smelt quite strong, including washing detergent, deodorants etc. I even vomited during labour. I had a beautiful, 8lb 10oz boy. I am terrified that I will be sick again with my second pregnancy. If ANYONE has ANY information on what I can do to minimise the chances of being so sick again, please post.

queasy · 02/12/2008 12:29

It seems there's no rhyme or reason to it but i agree with previous posts, it is so cruel and horrible. I was sick up to 16 weeks with first pg (a boy), then developed SPD so it wasn't much fun after either. Now am 9/10 wks with second pg and am feeling worse than last time. Vomiting a few times a day, off pretty much all food and just so tired and miserable. Have even had thoughts that it wouldn't be so bad if the pg didn't work out - which is a sign of how awful it is as we tried really hard for a second baby. I guess we all just have to hang in there and try to remember the wonderful results at the end and how luck to be pg in the first place but, god it's hard!

Cosmogirl · 02/12/2008 12:55

Only read OP, but there is a big difference between morning sickness and hyperemesis gravidarium (HG). I have had this with my first preg. It started at 6 weeks and got very bad up until 16 weeks - I lost over a stone and became dehydrated. Now, I feel better but am still nauseous all the time and vomit once or twice a week and can't eat very much. I weight less at 23 weeks pregnant than I did before I fell pregnant.

I don't think there is any pattern, even the doctors don't seem to understand the condition that well. My mum had 'normal' MS until 3 or 4 months, but didn't lose weight and was able to maintain a reasonably similar diet to before preg. Just seems to be random and how your body reacts to pregnancy.

I found HELPHER website really useful - it is a US site but there are people from all over the world on there.

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