Has anyone tried the pressure bands for travel sickness/pregnancy nausea and if so do they work?

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Going on a long boat trip on Friday, 22 weeks pregnant, have a tendency towards travel sickness and obviously can't take anything. Chemist suggested the pressure bands but before shelling out £8 for them wanted to know if they'd worked for anyone?

Thanks, ladies

sorry, but yes i get really bad travel sickness an the bands did not work 4 me! everyones different though, a girl i work wiv wnt travel without them an swears by them!

I've used them form when my sickness started, they help a bit with sickness i was getting on the train but its a bit random! I got mine in boots for about £4-5

How are you usually on a boat? As I went on a rough boat trip when I was about 25 weeks pregnant last time, everyone else was chucking up but i was fine so you might be okay!

HTH

Never found them helpful for pregnancy sickness. (but I was eventually hospitalised so did have it quite severe)

You can try other strategies, worth a try if nothing else, such as eating small snacks every hour or two (crackers, biscuits etc). Have a refreshing drink on hand such as lemonade. Try to get plenty of sleep before the trip.

Hope you have a fab time.

I took them on a boat, and didn't help a bit. I almost died throwing up. Ask your doctor for somehtign you can take during preg!

thanks ladies - it's actually a cruise I'm going on - 6 days. Sounds utterly ridiculous doesn't it but let's just say it was a good last-minute offer with childcare included! Will look into the Avomine business. I'm hoping as it's a cruise ship it'll be big enough that it doesn't roll around too much - it just never occurred to me that it would be an issue until someone mentioned how sick they'd been on a transatlantic cruise.

I used the bands during the 20 weeks of MS I had with DS and they worked really, really well. I flew during that time and I was OK too.

ooh, good feedback. Excellent, worth the investment just in case I reckon...

i used these for both pregnancies. they did'nt eliminate the sick feeling but did help take the edge off it. I got a pack of them (i think 6 in total) from the poundshop so its worth cheking in there as they were just as good as my boots ones.

I had a couple of sets of the bands as I was paranoid about forgetting them so had a set at work, handbag, car etc!

I would suggest taking lots of things you can nibble on aswell. Gingernut and rich tea biscuits and plain crackerbread saved me while working as i only felt human when eating!

Enjoy your cruise.

I have been wearing them all the time for my MS (for the last 5 weeks) and I thought that they were making no difference until yesterday when I forgot to put them on after my shower and went to work without them. I really suffered! since putting them back on last night, all is better.

I regularly wear these bands, I have a balance/inner ear disorder so suffer vertigo & nausea & since having this find travelling a nightmare. I wear them whenever I'm in the car, don't always work completely but defintely help. I bought some from poundland or you can get packs of 4 on ebay quite cheap.

Haven't needed them myself but someone at work swore by them and recommended them to me if needed.