Maxolon

[hayleylea]

hi there

I visited the doc today for the first time. I have been very sick with morning sickness. He prescribed maxolon. He said try and bare it without it but if it gets too bad then take it because its safe in pregnancy. I am still a little wary though, would love to hear from anyone out there that has had maxolon during pregnancy and if all was ok and also if it helped?

Cheers, Hayley (9 weeks 5 days pregnant)

[razzle]

Hi Hayley

Sorry to hear you're having so much morning sickness - poor thing, it's awful! I had maxolon when I was about 19 weeks pregnant. I had a virus and couldn't keep anything down and the maxolon helped enormously.

Just remember that your doctor knows what he's doing - it's better to have no medication but not to the detriment of your health!

[Elfin]

Hi

Sorry to hear that you have morning sickness. It is just the worst thing. It is like being constantly sea sick. I had to have Maxalon as well and my children are absolutely perfect. I found it didn't help me a great deal but it may be worth a try especially if you are constantly vomiting. I can understand that you are worried but they give pregnant women Maxalon in hospital so it must be pretty safe.

The thing that helped me the most was ice. Things like kool pop icy poles and slurpees from 7 11. I also found cheese twisties helped a little. Just temporary relief anyway. Gosh I hate morning sickness. I hope it passes for you soon.

Easterlily

[our little treasures]

Hi

I too had severe morning sickness with my first I was hospitalised three times
with the drip being run through me due to dehydration. Although some people find times during the day are good I however was vomiting all day everyday from weeks 7-17, I was off work obviously and bed ridden (lack of energy). I was prescribed 6 different perscribtions and nothing helped I tryed everything herbal and nothing worked after losing 15 kg and tearing my throat and stomach to bits I thought it was never going to end. Finally it all ended and I was able to keep food & water down. Keep this in mind when I went to my 37wk u/s they found that my placenta was heaps bigger than my bubs, so all that illness gave my girl a good start to life. I'm preggers with a second and it's nowwhere near as bad as the first so there is hope.

Good luck and I hope it ends soon

[hayleylea]

Thanks everyone for your advice. Well last night it got too much to bear so i bit the bullet and had a maxolon. It did alleviate it a fair bit so im happy about that....it only lasts 8 hours though as i found that out when i woke up this morning . I took another one this morning and for the first time i was able to eat breakfast and not throw up

[Elfin]

That is such great news hayleylea. Morning sickness is so debilitating. I remember one day I threw up 11 times!! But the good news is it does pass and you do eventually get a healthy glow. Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy.

[WeThree]

hi everyone, im allergic to maxalon but i know it is safe to have during pregnancy. i was given stemetil during my pregnancies as i couldnt have maxalon and the doctor said that this is also quite safe, although with my 1st child i had hyperemesis, sick 24hrs a day, in hospital on the drip and nothing helped, luckily it went away at 18wks, and then for some reason came back at the end. thankfully with my other 2 i didnt suffer from morning sickness to much. someone else mentioned cold stuff, and i found that helped me to, homebrand icypoles are great for morning sickness! good luck and i hope it all passes son so you can enjoy the rest of your pregnancy!

[jlrjyeboah]

I am pregnant and sick with my 3rd baby. I have vomitted so much I had to go into hospital over the weeked to be rehydrated. My doctor prescribed me maxalon tabs, but they made me feel very strange. I felt anxious and kept getting hot flushes until they had cleared my system. I don't have any allergies and I was wondering if anybody else had a similiar experience whils on maxalon.

[WeThree]

maxalon makes my body go all stiff and yes i also get very anxious, but i htink that is more because of the strange sensations in my body, apparently the stiffness can be something that happens to some people when they take maxalon, dont know about the hot flushes though, maybe try stemetil(although when i was as bad as you are nothing helped ) you poor thing i know how you feel jlrjyeboah i hope it passes soon, try iceblocks too, i also found a cup of chamomile tea with a bit of sugar used to help a little too.

[jakobsmum]

I took Maxolon on 2 separate occasions whilst pregnant.

One course was just the tablets which worked to keep me from vommiting all day apart from first thing when I had to take one.

The second was a needle then the tablets, which had a much more immediate effect. Though still felt nauseous.

It didn't affect my pregnancy and Jakob is the life of any party