Help with Morning Sickness???

[LokiDog]

Hello All,

I need some help. My daughter is pregnant with her first baby and is having terrible morning sickness. We have tried everything I know of and am hoping somebody has some advise or recommendation for something we haven't tried yet.

Thanks to all in advance

[JenBKR]

Hi, I don't know what all you have tried but one thing that worked for me was eating before I'd get the 'morning' sickness (which lasted all day for me, don't know why then call it morning sickness!). I had crackers I kept by the bed and I'd eat some before even getting out of bed. Then I munched all day, on crackers or anything like that. As soon as I was feeling better I swore off crackers for quite a while Also those little Campbell soup on the go drink containers were good. I ate lightly all day, no heavy meals. I also had to recognize that certain smells, such as meat cooking, set me off. I had to avoid anything like that. It wasn't until about my 14-15 week that I was feeling all better, but these ideas helped me. Good luck to your daughter!

[LokiDog]

Thanks, we have tried the cracker thing and it has not helped. I'm having her try to have a few pieces of plain bread right before going to sleep so that if she has any grease/bile in her stomach it will soak it up.
I did not think about smells setting it off. I'll suggest that to her and she if she can remember if anything like that makes it worse.

[moosmom]

Certain odors DEFINITELY play a part in morning sickness. When I was pregnant with Amy, I couldn't stand the smell of popcorn or Pillsbury sticky buns. The one thing I couldn't get enough of was Arthur Treachers Fish & Chips. I ate there 3-4 times a week (brought along a bottle of Tum).

I was gonna say crackers too. But they obviously haven't helped. The first trimester is the worst. Tell her to hang in there. (I know that's not much consolation.)

[sparks19]

sometimes... there just is nothing that will help. I know it was like that with me. the second I opened my eyes in the morning I had to be sick and it would last until about 8 pm. There was nothing I could do that would keep it at bay.

The doctor told me to stop taking my prenatals and start taking some flintstone vitamins instead since the prenatal vitamins can make it worse.

and I always kept a little baggie of honey nut cheerios with me wherever I went. they were sweet so it was something I could tolerate, small and easy to pop a couple without feeling like I was swallowing a lead brick.

But unfortunately... sometimes you just cna't do anythinga bout it and you just gotta ride the wave.

My saving grace was when I hit three months... it disappeared for me.

it was kind of funny becasue after a while I was working at the bead store one day and my boss brought out this bag and asked if it was mine. We both ended up laughing because it was my "morning sickness kit" LOL. I had a rice heat pad in there, some crackers, cheerios, chips, some containers of soup. I forget what else was in it LOL

[LokiDog]

She is right at 14 weeks now, and it seems to be getting worse. I don't want to tell her that mine NEVER went away with my first. But, that was 30 years ago, and I'm hoping that there might be some new techniques that I didn't know about back then
All advice is greatly appreciated!

[JenBKR]

That's true about prenatals, I had to take mine at night with food and I was ok (not too hard since I had to constantly eat anyway). I saw at Motherhood (maternity clothing store) these lollipops, called mommy pops or something like that, that are supposed to help. I never tried them, so I don't know if they work, but I understand being to that point where you'll try anything!