Anxious

[Becca.lms]

Does anyone else get sick during pregnancy?
I'm so anxious thinking about it. Like, panicky.
With DS2 I was in and out of the hospital numerous times due to sickness. There was only one meal I kept down all nine Months. It not a simple first trimester thing. It's a nine month long flu.
My Esophagus is scarred from it.
There is just no way to prepared physically or mentally for it. I was depressed during my pregnancy and do not enjoy it. Growing a baby is a full time job.
With DS1 I couldn't produce any breastmilk from malnutrition. With DS2 my milk didn't come in until day 9, but I didn't give up and was successful with him.
I've tried Diclectin and Zofran. None worked a bit.
Any advice or suggestions? Anyone know of a miracle product that may help?

[Rainbow baby]

Gosh ...I hear you on the mourning sickness... I keep going back though it is lucky for me and even my doctors have said it is better I am over weight because by the end of pregnancy there is nothing left. I am honestly very anxious about it ....I just don't want to feel like I am dying again because I remember what it was like but I desperately want another.. hummmmm if you find any magic cures let me know. The only thing I found was sipping ice water felt good and the dehydration was better and there for the sickness wasn't so severe lucky for me though I could eat a small meal if in the mourning and usually keep it down till lunch but if it was more than a piece of toast or a bikki...I have had some people say going on a very low carb diet helped.....but I would vomit water so I doubt it would help me, Maxolon was the magic drug I took it helped some days some days it did not, problem with it is you have to keep the pill down to work if they put it straight in your vein it is heaven sent, I felt normal for a few hours !

[black&gold]

How much Diclectin are you on? With DS1 I had to take 6, with DS2 and this baby I've been on 8. I take 2 at 6am, 12pm, 6pm, 12am and found that it actually worked. Like you I get deadly sick for the entire time and if I didn't have diclectin I think I'd actually be in a hospital the entire 9 months.

I know some docs say the max dose is 4 pills so thats why I asked as I have always been on way more than 4. I know it's all about how you take them and I make sure to stager them perfectly - and yes, I set an alarm to wake up to take the one at 12am. I'm 24 weeks now so I'm down to only 1 a day, but when I miss that one it's deadly!

[Becca.lms]

I'll look into Moxolon!
I swore to my husband Id never have more, but here I am.
I can't keep down fluids either. IV'S are a lifesaver!

[Becca.lms]

I read somewhere breastfeeding helps so we will see about that!

[Becca.lms]

I'm not pregnant yet.
For the boys I was on 12 a day. It really did not remotely help.

[MatildaMai]

My morning sickness didn't last the whole nine months but the 4-5 it did last were horrendous. Zofran did stop the vomiting for me (as long as I took 3 a day religiously) but the constant nausea was somehow worse when I couldn't get the relief from vomiting if that makes sense. This last time I did find that taking a large dose of B6 (150mg) at bedtime helped a little bit. So did acupuncture. I would feel immediately better for several hours afterwards. My acupuncturist started leaving a little stick on needle patch in my ear. I wasn't sure it was doing anything until I took it off one day and about 20mins later I started feeling much worse. No foods or drinks ever helped me at all though. Good luck.

[Becca.lms]

I will look into that too! Acupuncture. Thanks!

[Becca.lms]

Just pricey!

[atomic sagebrush]

Oh you poor poor thing.

This sounds weird but the only thing that's ever helped me is sucking really tart candy like Jolly Ranchers. I would keep them by the bed and pop one in my mouth before I ever got up and keep one in there all day long.

The good news is that even if you've been super sick with some pregnancies you may not always be that sick. I threw up daily with DS 1 but it only happened with that pg. Then I was barely sick with DS 2 and DD, and with DS 3 and 4 I was quite nauseous all the time but it wasn't the horrible level that it was with DS 1.

[AKMommy]

I was admitted into the ER every week for a banana bag for the first 25 weeks of my pregnancy. I tried just lying in bed and sipping water or sprite before getting up, sitting up for 5 minutes before getting up (sudden movements can make it worse). Ginger can help, the smell of it would ironically make me nauseous. So hubby would infuse stuff with ginger and I'd be gone the entire time he made it. Acupuncture helped a tiny bit for me.

I was on phenegren for a while, and I couldn't work on it (the military doctor I went to actually had the balls to ask me if I "planned on working at all this pregnancy." He almost lost his balls that day and I refused to see him ever again (even on my deathbed and I made that clear). I was switched to zofran with a new doc. It just reduced the amount of times I got sick a day (probably halved it).

Still couldn't stay hydrated (nothing sat well on my stomach). I ate preggie pops, I actually like the Preggie Pop drops the best. I'd have one, while sipping a drink to try and get hydrated (yes I was on pedialyte pops too). It got to the point where my body had no more fat left to eat, and was eating my muscle. At this point they put me on Hagen Daz full fat ice-cream with protein powder and full fat milk added to make a milkshake. I had to have 3 giant ones a day, and if I continued to lose weight they were going to hospitalize me for the rest of my pregnancy (18 weeks)!

If you do get sick and none of the above helps at all, message me and I'll do everything I can to help you. Sidenote: the baby I was carrying was born perfectly healthy and is a rambunctious (stubborn and strong minded) 7 year old now. :)

[Rainbow baby]

awww AKMOMMY I could imagine being forced to eat any dairy gosh.....I am a pretty big lady and have always been about 15kg the only time I was ideal was after each pregnancy but I gained it back so so fast even with breastfeeding I was wondering if you ladies did too and if not how did you stop it? I found as soon as they popped out I was constantly starving and filling u on carbs and water... did you have the same thing when the baby came out?

[Becca.lms]

Thank you AK!!

[Becca.lms]

Drink more water? Most of the time dehydration is mistaken for hunger. And with nursing your fluids are constantly being drained.
Also, don't eat for too. 1800 cals, nothing more. I told myself I didn't want to gain after birth so I just watched what I ate and have maintained my weight.

[atomic sagebrush]

Personally I found that water MADE me puke with DS 1. Anything was better than water for me.

I do not think 1800 cals is enough, I think you should discuss that with your doctor. The average woman needs 2000 cals just to maintain weight and then 250-300 cals beyond that (a little less in early pg, a little more in late pg)

[Becca.lms]

I mean for after birth. When nursing.

[Becca.lms]

I thought that's what she meant.

[atomic sagebrush]

I mean for after birth. When nursing.

I see you were replying to Rainbow and not AK. Sorry I was assuming since this thread started off about MS that's what you were talking about!! :)