depression and all-day sickness...

[tizza]

Hi, I am first-time pregnant and was hit 2 wks ago in wk 7 with all-day sickness, thankfully with no puking, but gets close...I have a joyous job, starting at 6.45am as a quarantine officer, searching peoples' stinky luggage and dealing with their delightful attitudes!

I am very lethergic, grumpy, nauseous all day (maxalon isn't helping and I hate ginger) and the last thing I want to do is get up super-early to face passengers and their smelly bags...I'm starting to feel depressed, which I'm prone to. To those ladies who work through their pregnancies in full-on people-facing roles...how do you keep your spirits up?

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[melfunction]

how do you keep your spirits up?

Welcome to Bubhub :wave:

Anyhoo, in my first pg, I use to imagine all the people that p!ssed me off were walking around in big bloomer underwear :eek:

It helped to think they were making complete fools of themselves in public :D

[tizza]

Thank you kindly for the welcome...it's great to be able to reach out and gain knowledge from those who've gone before...I'll try the bloomers trick tomorrow!:thumbsup:

[Becteria]

Hopefully the sickness will pass. The hard thing for you must be your heightened sense of smell as well as the job. Is there anyway to get transferred to a desk job?

I found having mineral water and crackers or toast first thing in the AM made it easier for me to cope all day.

You poor thing I am glad first trimester is over for me its the hardest so keep that in mind not much longer to go before life becomes normal.

And if all else fails there is the big peg on the nose.

[wattle]

I was very sick with ms (ended up in hospital) but I refused to take the medication they wanted to give me as it wasn't safe enough.

So I went to a homeopath. He made me a little bottle of stuff which was totally safe. A few drops 3 times a day and I was all better! It was amazing. I wish I'd found him sooner.

I'd definately recommend homeopaths now!

[stephie]

You poor thing :hugs: I work in retail so people are in my face all day and sometimes i get so cranky and emotional i just want to walk out and tell them to stick their job lol, I cant really give much advice to you as im not dealing with it too well myself but i just wanted to let you know your not alone :o

[tasgirl]

hi Tizza,

I know exactly how you are feeling. I am 7 weeks pregnant today and have nausea 24 hours a day. Nothing works - not ginger (which I also hate), not peppermint, crackers. nothing. wakes me up at least 3 times during the night. At least I am not vomitting. But very close to it.
Lets cross our fingers and toes that by week 12 it stops.
This is my second pregnancy and with first I only had mild morning sickness in the afternoons.
Sure does get you down and you ever wonder how you will get through to 12 weeks let alone a day.
Thanks for the homeopath suggestion - i might look into that.

I read somewhere that if you put some lemon drops on a hankie and have it handy whenever so sniff whenever your nose smells an awful smell.

Stay strong. xx:)

xx

[wattle]

Just thought of this one too....

There's an accupressure point that helps. It's between the two tendons on the inside of your wrist about 5 - 10cm up your arm. Does that make sense? If you press there you can feel your tendons separate a little, just apply firm pressure for a minute or two and your nausea may ease. It's also used for motion sickness.

You could probably find a diagram if you google it.

[tizza]

Thanks lovely ladies for taking the time to make suggestions and offer support...I feel like such a big sook over this...all the best to each of you! My body's not feeling much better, but my heart sure is!!! T:o

[reAllytee]

Definately not alone !
Im on my second round of Hyperemesis & really wondering why i wanted to fall pg again !!!!
Im not as bad as i was with Boof but still bad enough & i think every day i have at least one sook over it.
Unfortunately i have tried all the remedies & drugs none seem to work but i do have to try a drug used on chemo patients as its meant to be the best so hopefully that works !
I think looking on the bright side that someone is always worse off & sorta using humour in regards to all thats going on is the best thing. Thats what gets me through !

[wannabemum]

Hi girls,

I am so glad that I'm not alone here! I am 12 weeks (1st preg) and been suffering with m/s since 7 weeks. It has only been since 3 weeks ago though that it has been unbearable :gloomy: . I am vomiting all day and night, not sleeping well because my body is in so much pain from throwing up and from the nausea. I have become really scared and quite down about it all, crying most mornings because I feel so terrible. I havnt left the house in 4 days except to go into hospital twice. The doctor put me on a drip and keeps trying me on anti-nausea medications but I react to most of them so I am taking nothing and just hoping that it will ease now I am 12weeks. Luckily I am not due to start back at work until the end of the month (not that I could go to work anyway), but that is one blessing.

The main thing I worry about is how weak and tired my body is feeling, its quite scary.

I want to send big :hugs: to all the ladies dealing with this and I hope we all start to feel better! xox

ps) a couple more things, I am finding that lemon/lime gatorade, vegemite toast and watermelon is staying down...

and a question: Has anyone had reactions to anti-nausea medications? If so what were they and did you find that any brands worked?