1st time mum with m/s

[dream2bamum]

Hi I'm pregnant with my first baby and I'. 11 weeks and 2 days..
I have been really suffering bad m/s si ce about 5/6 weeks now. I haven't been able to work and basically have been in bed for weeks now.. i'm getting really depressed and feel noone understands what i'm going through... My hubby has been very helpfull but I feel sometimes he gets upset at me cause the house is a mess and all I do is sleep...
I'm really sick of people saying "Well it's all part of being a mum" or laughing when I tell them I'm really over it... or "it's not that bad I coped".
WTF everyone is different and I'm not coping so laughing really doesn't help me...
Please tell me this won't go on..
Not going to try anymore stupid remedies either and Ginger makes me vomit...
please help i'm desperate...

[emma26]

I'm sorry that your feeling really sick.

Believe me, i know how you feel. I got incredibly sick with my pregnancy too. I left work at 5.5 weeks pregnant and did'nt return till i was 14 weeks pregnant.

I could'nt get out of bed for weeks, i was vomitting atleast 10 times a day and i could never see the light at the end of the tunnel. I was in hospital at 7 weeks pregnant due to dehydration because i could never keep any fluids down.

Turns out i had hyperemesis (which is the worst case of m/s you can ever get).

I hope you start feeling better soon.

Try some fruit tingles - sometimes it gave me atleast 30 minutes free of that bad sick feeling

[defaipe]

have you seen a dr? are you keeping food down?

im sorry youre going through this. i was really lucky with m/s.. still felt awful but it didnt last that long. fingers crossed you start to feel better soon.

[MelandBen]

Oh you poor thing, I had the same, I was so ill I was wondering whether this pregnancy thing was worth it (of course it is now, but once depression kicks in it causes havic)
I went to the hospital at once stage and they supplied Zofran, this was the only anti naseua medication that would work for me, but you have to take it sparingly as it is not tested on pregnant ladies.

They only thing I can say is that, you do forget it... I know it sounds wrong, but I can't remember what it felt like now, just that I was really sick.
xx crossing my fingers for you that it doesn't last that long, and I would pop off to the doctor to discuss options. If you get an arrogant doctor who just tells you that's "pregnancy" & to get over it... go to another doctor.

[dboo]

I am now 21 weeks. I vomited pretty much constantly from 5 weeks to 20 weeks and I am still nauseous all the time although the vomiting has stopped. I was diagnosed with hyperemesis and spent a lot of evenings in hospital on a drip which didn't help much.
NONE of the supposed cures worked AT ALL -
full stomach/ginger/peppermint/accupressure etc.....

I had to keep working. I live in Tokyo and my commute was about one hour each way (standing and vomiting into a bag in a very crowded train - humiliating). I am a lecturer at a university and had to run out to puke so many times - very unprofessional.

No anti-nausea medication in pregnancy is approved here so I could get NO relief.
My husband found some research of an old study that mentioned a combination of Vitamin C and Vitamin K could relieve m/s. I don't know why this wasn't followed up -there wasn't much info.
Anyway, in desperation I tracked down some Vitamin K tablets and took some in combination with the Vitamin C and that is when I started improving. HOWEVER, this wasn't until about 19 weeks so I may have been on the mend anyway by that stage and it may be unrelated to the vitamins.

I can't offer anything else as nothing worked for me. This was absolutely the most difficult time in my whole life and has put me in a depressive frame of mind which won't go away. I am really hating being pregnant now - I know it's an awful thing to say.
Please ignore those people telling you to get over it/it's in your head/it's a part of pregnancy...you are SICK and believe me, there ARE people who know what you are going through. DO NOT feel guilty about doing nothing but lying down sleeping if you have the chance to do so.

[dream2bamum]

hi all I have finally reached the 12 week milestone tomorrow yay!!!
still feel like crap but really trying to push myself out of doing nothing otherwise each day becomes the same as the last which is really depressing... got my 12 week scan next Monday and the gyno on Thursday for results I will ask him then about zofran if it hasn't calmed down..
I think it is alot of anxiety mixed with m/s that's making it seem worse but here's to it easing off soon....
tomorrow I need to make a decision about work and if I will go back full time but they are not happy for me to stay full time if I'm gunna take too much time off but I don't know when this will end.. may part time will b the way to go... less money but maybe better for me... less stress,....
We'll see what happens...
hope all is well with everyone....

[embeloo]

Hi
I'm 9 weeks pregnant and I'm vomiting 5-10 times a day on a good day. :barf:

I don't have any advice but just wanted you to know that your not alone. I've been admitted to hospital twice in the last week and not much helps other than the Zofran which I'm worried about taking too much because its not proven safe for pregnant women to take.

My husband is trying really hard to be understanding but its difficult for anyone to be supportive when they haven't experienced it. I've lost 5kgs in the last two weeks as I can't keep anything down and thats stressing him as I was already a bit underweight.

Hopefully we'll get through it soon, thats what we've got to focus on. There are always people in the world worse off than us, I keep watching medical documentaries on Foxtel to make me realise I'm lucky really.

Try to stay positive.:)

[mizzmoo]

I'm sorry to hear you're so sick! I was afraid I would be like that (and still hope I won't be). I'm just over 9 weeks and from week 7-8 I came so close to :barf:so many times, but I found Sprite Zero, or something similar would help me with my nausea? Anything fizzy... I feel queezy now and then, but if it gets REALLY bad I take the generic equivalent to Maxalon? Which I was told by my doctor is safe to take? I don't take more than about 4 per fortnight -but reading there's no safe nausea medication...? I wonder whether there's a bit of difference in which doctor tells you what?

[neekynoo]

I went to the hospital at once stage and they supplied Zofran, this was the only anti naseua medication that would work for me, but you have to take it sparingly as it is not tested on pregnant ladies..


not much helps other than the Zofran which I'm worried about taking too much because its not proven safe for pregnant women to take.


Just wanted to clarify a couple of points on the Zofran. Technically it has not been approved to take whilst PG but it hasn't been proven to cause any problems either.

I and many other hubbers and women everywhere have had to take Zofran for our entire pregnancies and our bubs have all been fine. It is a very common medication given to women who suffer HG or severe morning sickness. Do not be worried about the effect it may have on your bub because the dangers of you being so sick and dehydrated are far more serious risks. Take the Zofran and try to get some normality back in your life.

I understand how difficult it is to cope when you feel like death and you are right, no one understands unless they have been through it.

I am currently 8 weeks and already back on the Zofran since 6 weeks. Things look like they are going the same way as with DD but at least this time I know what the hell is giong on and can stick up for myself with the docs who keep telling you "it will pass". :rolleyes:

DO what you have to do to be a healthy pregnant mum to be and then your baby can be healthy too. If that means meds all the way through then please take them all the way through.

I hope you start to feel better soon.

:hugs: