Morning sickness

I had REALLY bad morning sickness during my 2nd pregnancy. All day, every day for the first 20 or so weeks. I couldn't keep much of anything down. Eating smaller, more frequent meals was what my doctor told me to do. It helped a little. Sorry you feel so
crummy

The red and white peppermints helped with my boy and sour candies helped with my girl. But yes eating every 2-3 hours helps a lot because your body wants that fuel for the baby.

my ex step daughter had this but she also had some medical thingy. Dont ask me the name LOL....there was no cure for hers but time. We spend alot of time is hospital with her. She would get very sick and dehydrated. Once she got past the first trimester it went away. THANK GOD!! Good luck and hope u find a cure nothing worst then morning sickness

hypermesis

I drank caffeine-free coke (full-sugar) before I even left bed. It helped immensely.

Nothing really helped me but Sea Bands eased it a bit as did never getting overly hungry. I found the healthier I ate the better I felt (even though I was craving Chef Boy 'r Dee and sour candies). It's awful and it seems like it will never go away (and I have some interesting stories that I won't share) but one day you'll wake up and it will be gone. Just know that you're in good company.

Congratulations on your pregnancy.

And shop the perimeter of the grocery store as much as possible. Not because that is where the healthy stuff is, but because that is where the BAGS are--ask me how I know(produce section and meat section and some bakeries have bags!).

Zofran and phenergan got me through my 2 pregnancies. Good luck. With my girl, I literally puked every day until she was born. The zofran and phenergan made the difference between puking 8-9 times and puking 1-2 times a day.

nightmare!! I had it from day one until I pushed my first out! lol the whole 9 long tedious sick awful months lol! congrats though, it will be sooo worth it :-)

I found the only thing was to keep something in my tummy and if it made me feel sick thinking about it, I'd stay clear. marmite...wotsit sandwiches and sour things like lemon, unripe plums, they were what eased it a little. good luck xx

I had hyperemesis gravidarum, which is Latin for "24 hour vomiting for months until you start losing weight and become dehydrated to the point of needing hospitalization."

Dehydration can cause you to miscarry because it causes the uterus to contract. So even if you can't eat anything, please drink whatever stays down. For whatever reason, that was Gatorade for me. Fruit punch, Orange or Lemon lime flavors with lots of ice only. They gave it to me at the hospital, and it just worked for me.

I wish I had better advice, but once you get into the 24 hour sickness thing, all you can do is keep down whatever stays down. If you're trying to ingest your vitamins, you might switch to chewables until you're feeling better. Try taking them at night. None of the things people suggested to me worked. Peppermints, saltines, ginger ale - I threw it all up.

Also check out http://www.helpher.org too.

i had hyperemesis as well. i threw up 11-31 times a day for 7 straight months with my first pregnancy and 5 months with the second. i was hospitalized several times for dehydration and once for super low potassium (the potassium drip BURNS like whoa). i was on a prescription drug, but i don't remember the name. it was not helpful.

strangely, what i could keep down was french onion soup; i ate french onion soup 3 times a week. applesauce was okay as well. bananas, toast and rice were recommended, but i couldn't keep any of them down. a lot of people said ginger ale was good for calming the nausea, but i couldn't drink it.

good luck. praying it will pass quickly for you.

I suffered with hyperemisis gravidium with all three of my pregnancies. I found what worked best for me after the first trimester (nothing worked during the first, even zofran,etc.) is to eat many small meals throughout the day basically never letting your tummy get empty. I found that a diet that is similar to the second phase of the south beach diet (low carb) worked best at staying on top of the nausea (thanks to a fabulous nutritionist I was referred to). Sugar tends to heighten nausea. When eating carbs make sure they are complex and eaten with a protein or healthy fat. Stay hydrated-drink lots of water (not juice) sometimes bubbly drinks helped sometimes they didn`t. Get lots of sleep, when I got stressed or overly tired the nausea became stronger. Before bed, eat a high protein snack-it makes mornings a little easier. Smells can trigger nausea and I actually wore a nose pincher for times when it got really bad. Carry nuts or protein bar some minty gum with you (and a gallon ziplock bag) when you start getting hungry it`s hard to get the nausea under control again.

Congratulations! I truly hope that the nausea does subside for you by the end of the first trimester.

Try candies you can suck on... Jolly ranchers were a life saver for me. I had it bad with all of my kids. Keep an eye on it... If its bad and you are losing weight and feel sick all the time... Your Dr can give you something to help. With my second I lost 20 pounds in the first 3 months. So I was given meds to help me keep food down. Good luck. Feel free to friend if you need some support.