Struggling with nausea

[TillyG]

I'm 7 weeks and have been feeling really nauseous for the past 2-3 weeks now. I've not been sick though, which I guess I should be thankful for.

But I've lost 3.9kg in those 3 weeks (which isn't too big a deal as I was 110.9kg to start) and the constant nausea means I don't want to eat which means I get hungry, have no energy but can't do anything about it.

DH is getting worried about me, probably because I've spent the last couple of weeks crying too, but there's really not much that can be done I guess. I've got that Blackmores Morning Sickness stuff and it seems to help a bit but I'm really over this now.

Finding it hard to face the next however-many-weeks there are to go before this feeling stops. And it's just made it impossible for me to be excited about this pregnancy.

I had m/s with my first pregnancy (about 12 years ago) and with DD (she's now 5) so I know that it's probably just the way my body reacts to the hormones.

But I'm so fed up of feeling like this and just want a break.

[Pregnor]

I had pretty much what you seem to be having.

What i tried to do was have a mug of milk when I got up, with strawberry quick:p, to keep up my energy levels, and so i could take my vitamins. I found that snacking on things like carrot sticks and sugar snap peas worked pretty well too. I had to make myself eat it, cos i just didnt feel like eating. DF was pretty good, he refused to cook until i got home and told him what i felt like eating. If we didnt have it, he would drive to the shops to get it, so I was pretty spoilt and mostly just ate what I 'felt' i could deal with! Even if it was just orange juice and chicken nuggets!

[beaniebabez]

I was told about Preggie pops....Never used them but they might be good...

[TillyG]

Thanks Felicity.

At the moment, all I'm drinking is water (it's all I ever drink anyway - can't stomach anything else, even at the best of times) and food-wise I'm eating toast and plain baked potatoes. Last night, DH did some steak and I had a bit of that but the big problem I'm having now is that because I've hardly eaten in 3 weeks, I can't physically eat a lot anymore.

Also, I just don't know what I fancy eating either. Nothing is screaming out to me "eat me", iykwim? I keep trying snack-y things from the fridge/cupboard but nothing seems to help.

It doesn't help that I'm a relatively fussy eater normally so now that I'm feeling sick, there's very little that I can handle the thought of.

I think DH is going to insist on me going back to the doctor as I'm falling apart both physically and mentally at the moment.

I just want to feel like "me" again. Normally, I love my food, love working out, love sex, love housework (well, not love, but I love having the house in a good state) but at the moment I couldn't care less about anything.


PS - thanks for the suggestion re Preggie Pops (I posted as you posted!). I'll have to see if I can find out about them. I heard about them when I lived in the UK.

[StellaStellaStella]

I'm 7 weeks and have been feeling really nauseous for the past 2-3 weeks now. I've not been sick though, which I guess I should be thankful for.

But I've lost 3.9kg in those 3 weeks (which isn't too big a deal as I was 110.9kg to start) and the constant nausea means I don't want to eat which means I get hungry, have no energy but can't do anything about it.

DH is getting worried about me, probably because I've spent the last couple of weeks crying too, but there's really not much that can be done I guess. I've got that Blackmores Morning Sickness stuff and it seems to help a bit but I'm really over this now.

Finding it hard to face the next however-many-weeks there are to go before this feeling stops. And it's just made it impossible for me to be excited about this pregnancy.

I had m/s with my first pregnancy (about 12 years ago) and with DD (she's now 5) so I know that it's probably just the way my body reacts to the hormones.

But I'm so fed up of feeling like this and just want a break.


Ohhhh you poor thing, reading your post made me remember how i was feeling about this time last year. I really feel for you. I dont react well to the preg hormones either :no:
I remember how awful it was not being able to eat, i too got very sick and nauseous, no vomiting, but became really week and lost 3kg's from not eating. Gradually it got better, i just attempted to eat anything i would normally be happy eating, or that dh was cooking, most times those things were impossible to stomach at all though. i often asked dh to get a cheeseburger and fries on the way home from work of an afternoon, lucky i didnt put on too much weight with all the "naughty food" i was consuming.
My only tip would be cold things like icecream, smoothies with fresh fruit for energy or mildly flavoured foods like toast, crackers, cheese etc. Best thing with mild foods is the taste doesnt linger around for too long.
i hope this passes soon for you, good luck with the pregnancy!

[La Que Sabe]

sorry never suffered from MS but when ever i feel nauseas i find ginger tea helps. i'm not sure if it would help with MS but it might be worth a try.
:hugs: hope you feel better soon

[TillyG]

Thanks both of you :)

StellaAtariCoco - today (touch wood) it's not been as bad as before... my DH has been a sweetheart and has said he'll take DD to preschool as much as possible over the next few weeks. Which meant today I didn't have to get up - so I slept in until about 9am and then had a really leisurely "getting-up" - no rushing around which really helped.

I've been living on toast and also Ginger Nut biscuits (I had to get them from the British Shop in the city!) and earlier I managed to eat a sausage in a bread roll (just a chipolata one in a dinner roll) while DD had the same for tea.

Still feeling very tired... but I'm hoping the nausea passes soon. It gets worse if I'm tired really.

Also, I have to get the bus (no car) so I'm struggling with that a bit.

Had a big long talk with DH last night too which helped ease my anxieties so I'm hoping that the anxiety had a big part to play in my sickness.

I'm still a bit sad that I'm not enjoying this (yet)... hopefully it'll improve soon

T x

[Herchy]

OO when you find something that works lets me know. We sound like we are in a very very similar situation, except I will throw up every few days.
I am forcing myself to eat and finding dairy is going down well, and staying well away from sweet foods. I am right off chocolate which is very odd.
I was the same last pregnancy, and I had this the entire 40 weeks, so I know I am going to be the same this time.
Do make sure you eat, even if you don't feel like it. Bringing up food is better than bringing up stomach. yuk.
Once you find something you can stomach, always have it as a backup. I find steamed vegies go down very well, esp things like carrot parsnip potato.
Other than that drink plenty of water and get as much rest as you can. Hopefully you can get more than I can, running around after my 14 month old.

Best of luck, and I hope you don't suffer as long as I know I will.

[TillyG]

Blimey, you have my sympathies! The only way I can manage is that DD is at preschool from 9-3 for 3 days of the week so I try and take it really easy and rest as much as possible. Plus, some afternoons after picking her up from preschool I've been known to pop her in front of a DVD with a drink and snack and toys and know I can leave her to it.

I'm off chocolate too - which just isn't like me... and it's a bit annoying as I'd just stocked up on stuff from the BritShop before finding out I was pregnant so it's all sat in the cupboard looking at me!

DH cooked me some fillet steak the other night (just a tiny bit, he had most of it LOL) and it was divine! And I've just had a sausage a bit earlier and that went down well too. So I've got more steak out of the freezer for tonight - I think the extra iron in the red meat is helping a bit.

I guess it's hard to just accept that I can't do what I normally do and that I've just got to accept the restrictions on my body/mind at the moment... it's hard though

[Blueberry Crumble]

I so could have written this post. I am 10 weeks and have been feeling naseous all day every day since around 4 weeks, so when implantation occured I assume! I throw up most evenings, and haveto eat constantly to get any relief. But by the end of the day I am so sick of eating that I would just rather throw up to relieve the feeling.

I am counting down to feeling normal again! Hopefully 2 weeks. It is a hard hard slog and I have shed a few tears over it too. And I SO know what you feel about not being excited about the baby because it is impossible. But it will happen. Finger crossed it passes for you soon!

[Herchy]

It is very very hard to deal with, but oh so worth it!
I always think of my all day sickness as a blessing in disguise. That bubs must be doing so well in there for me to be feeling this terrible.
:)

[Lingo]

Tilly and everyone else with m/s I have had the all day nausea, not the being sick thank goodness. I had the pharmacist prescribe S.S 69 it's a mineral and it works really well. It's like a vitamin but is one the pharmacist keeps behind the counter. The Blackmores m/s tabs didn't do anything for me. Hope this helps maybe. I am no expert as this is my first and only pregnancy.

[bearmummy]

Hi
Yep, this is me too. I'm 9 weeks and have been nausea and vomiting since week 5, most days are awful for me, I get the occasional break day and I think it might be easing only to be twice as ill the next day.
As a fit and healthy person before pregnancy who swam and went to the gym every day, I am not coping with feeling so sick every day. I am getting depressed too, cry all the time (ah the hormones) and sleep so much.
I have tried many things to ease the ms but so far nothing works. Food does not interest me but I have to eat or I'm sicker. I cry watching the news and some days my DH just has to look at me and I get mad at him....poor thing!
I keep thinking about the end result and praying the second trimester will be better.
Good luck girls