I think I've found a cure for morning sickness!

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With my 1st pregnancy I had awful MS for 16 weeks and vomited like clockwork every morning.

I am currently 6 weeks pregnant and for the last few mornings I have felt sick but have yet to vomit, however I read somewhere a 'cure' for MS and have been trying it out for myself this week.

Eat a high protein breakfast.

I have had eggs in one form or another along with some toast and it really works. I really can't face a breakfast at the moment but have forced myself to make one and as soon as I have finished it, the sickness dissapears!

Everyone tells me to eat a dry biscuit/cracker/something plain but maybe it's not carbs we should be eating. Maybe it's protein?

Try it and see! Granted I'm only 6 weeks and it could get a whole lot worse but at least I'm getting some relief for now. If it helps anyone else then great!

I'm 11 weeks and i have tried everything the only thing worked for me is travel sickness bands. Might try the eggs tomorrow

H x

It was one of things for me that seemed to help some days, but then other days didn't help at all. I don't think there is a "cure" - just things that help some people for a little while.

I ate 2 poached eggs and beans nearly every day for 12 weeks and i still had MS, morning, noon and night!

Ah well, I live in hope! Dreading the next 16 weeks and desperately clutching at straws for a cure!

am 34 weeks and even the thought of eggs still makes me want to puke..

I'm 34 weeks and still puking. The "cure" I believe is childbirth.

I am nearly 11 weeks and now down to only bread/water/cheese/tomatoe soup. Not very healthy but everything else makes me feel terrible. Wish there was a cure, but I am sick every morning like clockwork! One thing for me I have got used to it (the being sick not the nausea). Hope the eggs continue to work for you.

Ooh, I might try the eggs.

I'm 11+4 and have been constantly being sick and feeling sick since week 6.

Who ever coined the term 'morning sickness' needs a slap as like sassy34264 I'm sick morning, noon & night (I'd also like to inflict similar acts of violence on anyone who suggests ginger biscuits - they don't work).

C X

CTJ82 I'm with you on the ginger biscuits, if someone else tries to tell me they're a 'cure' then I'm going to give them graphic detail about bringing them back up! (slight pregnancy rage today I think)

Have you been to your GP. My friend was sick all day long and ended up on a drip because she couldn't keep liquids down.
She ended up taking an anti-nausea medication from the doc and it did help her. She still vomited, but it was manageable.

Trouble is, I went off everything, why the hell does your body make you feel so ill? Where are the benefits if you can't eat a thing and vomit everything you do swallow up? Ditto ginger biscuits and anything plain like crackers. They all made me want to heave, and often succeeded. God knows how I managed to gain 5 stone

How come some people manage to escape MS and others, like myself seem to suffer so much with it?

As somebody once told me: the nicest thing anyone's Dp can do for them after finding out their wife is pregnant, is give the toilet bowl a good clean out.

Crying sometimes helps.

I got down to plain popcorn and plain chicken at one point. And even they were touch and go some days.

'crying sometimes helps'

It certainly doesn't leave you with much else to do! It's amazing how the developing baby manages to get any sustenance at all!

erggh eggs. just the smell of them cooking would start me off

DH has been waiting till I go to sleep to cook his dinner now (not that I go to bed very late) as all smells are setting me off! And I agree with the crying

Erm, boiling eggs releases no smell sanielle, and poaching very little, if at all.

I've been sticking to a diet fairly high in protein such as eggs for breakfast and chicken for lunch and so far, it seems to be helping.

Protein and carbs together about every 2 hours worked for me. Like an oatcake and cheese or a handful of almonds. Now at 12 weeks and it has thankfully nearly passed. Still totally off food though, and the sight of someone frying a steak on TV makes me gag. Actually, just typing that made me gag.

I totally agree about the ginger biscuits. "I have been feeling sick ALL the time for over a MONTH do you seriously think I have not heard that ginger is meant to help? Ginger now REMINDS me of vomit and I can NEVER EAT IT AGAIN". Of course, you just smile gratefully and nod.

Black tea, toast and fresh air seemed to keep the worst of it at bay for me. Then eating every 2 hours throughout the day.

The week before I started feeling sick I went on a Chinese cooking course and even now at 22 weeks if I say the words 'kung po chicken' to myself I have to run for the bathroom.

For about the first 15 weeks I lived on overcooked red meat smothered in gravy as it was all I could stand. The midwife said I had one of the highest haemoglobin counts she had ever seen!

I'm feeling sick just reading this. I am at my end today. It has been a week since it started and I am desperate to eat, but it really seems everything makes me ill. If I go in the kitchen, the food smells make me heave or vomit.

I will try more protein. I've been living on bread and water and pears, with the occassioanl carb or veg or protein or something I can stomach thrown in.

I'm so tired..and hungry. I just feel like crying.

in case it helps....Milk getting through 4 pints a day. Really works when nausea starts, shreddies & milk, boiled rice with peas (who'd have thought it could taste so good?). In fact I can't stop eating & snacking (no actual hurling yet, but we'll see....). Ooh and lots of walks with dog, tho lots of embarrassing peeing behind bushes on my part. Nice!

OK - I'm sure this has been asked elsewehere, but poached eggs? I would love some but I thought the yolk had to be cooked solid?

Of course they're OK.

Unless you're buying them from a back street in Hong Kong.

You do understand what lion-stamped eggs mean right?

No I'd be buying them from a local farm in New Zealand.... So probably not for me then.

(Sarcasm very much appreciated though...)

Salty food (for example any ready salted crisps and strangely enough - mini cheddars) worked for me.

Made me laugh when I thought about how bad everyone says salt is for you...it saved my life (or my sanity at least)!!!

penguin Apologies for my sarcasm. OK, seriously - I've just been looking through my bookmarks because I know I've got a link somewhere (possibly on my work laptop - I'll look tomorrow for you) which talks about this whole salmonella "risk". Basically - unless you're eating dodgy eggs from an aforementioned Hong Kong market, it's fine. All supermarket eggs (probably in NZ too) are vaccinated against salmonella - and I'm guessing your local farm is very clean too. On top of this - there were tests done on 19,000 (I think it was) chickens who'd not been vaccinated against salmonella. Guess how many had it? Yep, a big fat zero.

I personally would have no qualms about eating super fresh eggs from a nice local farm - in fact, I'd rather those than than stuff that's sat in a supermarket warehouse for 3 weeks. Add to which, farm/genuine free-range eggs are super high in Omega 6 which is wonderful for pregnancy/health.