How did you deal with working and having morning sickness?

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Its my first night going to work after getting morning sickness, Im quite nervous about it, although my manager already knows. anyone got any tips on how to cope?

Well with my first I had to have a bacon buttie every morning at 10am break.

This time my MS has not been limited to mornings, plus I've had a lot of time off. Lucky really, as we don't have a canteen.

Butty, not buttie.

oh it's awful...I used to sit on the tube with a plastic bag

then, unfortunately, I was working for someone with a subsidised canteen so I ate a full English breakfast at about 10/11 and that seemed to help (aside from probably contributing about 15kg to my weight gain in pregnancy )

strange though it may seem, eating seemed to make it better

have plenty of food and drinks on hand and take it as easy as you can get away with! I managed to get away with 8+ weeks of all day sickness whilst teaching - passed off my constant intake of ribena as 'a low blood sugar issue' and frequent loo trips as 'just taking something next door'!
good luck!

I'm generally the first one in to the office so have been able to make the emergency trips to the loo unnoticed. As the day goes on it's been a matter of suddenly stopping talking to concentrate on not gagging

hmmm, feeling a bit wussy now with all you ladies still going to work and suffering! Am so impressed and a bit ! Have been off since 6 weeks, (now 15+1) with Hyperemesis, think am getting the better of it slowly now though. The nearest toilet in work is 2 (very busy) corridors away, also I've got hyperptyalism (sp) so I have to spit into a tissue every min! Sorry TMI! so it is very hard to speak!!

erhianj don't feel like a wuss! We're all different and it sounds like you've got more to contend with than simple nausea (did I say simple, reaching again for lucozade..)

tattifer - thanks

You're welcome.

I'm finding it harder at home - I love cooking and I'm used to being the one who throws a meal together out of nothing (dh does housework, we split laundry and I cook). I'm just not wanting to be near anything other than a stack of oatcakes, nice and spicey savoury nicnacs and lucozade. Can't really expect the rest of the family to eat that as a staple diet!

erhianj, if it makes you feel any better, I haven't been at work since 6 weeks either. Had 3 weeks off for Xmas/wedding/honeymoon and have never made it back. Now nearly 18 weeks. Last two days I haven't thrown up to maybe the MS is improving, but also have SPD and longstanding depression that has hit me with a vengance.

I used to have a bottle of water and a travel toothbrush and toothpaste with me. Also found gingernuts helpful so would keep a small tub with a few in my bag.

If I felt dodgy and had any situation where I might need to rush out (like a meeting), I would always mentally check the location of the nearest toilet and quietly forewarn the person running the meeting to avoid having to explain. You don?t even need to say morning sickness - just quietly say that you are feeling a little unwell and that if you suddenly get up to leave, please understand it is not personal and will be back as soon as you can

Often it falls into a pattern - straight after you get up and then fine after a careful cuppa and something to eat, or late at night around bedtime. If you do identify a pattern it is easier to handle and work around. I found car journeys difficult and so worked out about 5 stop points on my daily journey where I could pull over. Just knowing that they were coming up would help me wooze my way through the 25 min car journey as I could talk myself into going for another 5 minute stretch etc.

congratulations btw!

Was very hard especially as no-one knew. Had to leave lengthy meetings to throw up, go back pretending nothing had happened. Fox's glacier fruits were the only thing helped for short periods of time. Did feel like calling in sick a few times but managed to ride out that storm finished throwing up around 18 weeks...good luck hopefully you'll feel better in a few weeks.

Congratulations. I felt dreadful working night shifts and after throwing up in the street on the way home from work one morning I changed to permanent days, I was still frequently sick for the whole 9 months but days were far easier to manage. The only thing that really worked appart from eating little and often was to rest, rest, rest. Good luck

Thanks for all the messages, first night went ok, the new boss is very layed back and even bought me sweets to suck whilst working. hoping it doesnt get worse though otherwise it'll be very hard-going.