whine about nausea

[Anonymous]

I realize that there are probably many more women on this board who have had it worse than I but this nausea is really bringing me down. I feel like you know what almost all day and get little relief. I am hoping what I've read that this probably won't continue past the 12th or 13th week is true.... is it?! Please share your stories!

[Anonymous]

Hang in there! It will get better. I felt awful between weeks 6 and 10, and then it got much, much better.

Starchy foods helped me a lot. And I just couldn't get enough sleep.

[Anonymous]

I was so, so sick from 6-14 weeks. Now at 20 weeks, I experience almost no nausea. Hang in there- it will most likely taper off soon and hopefully end!

[Anonymous]

I spent the entire summer of 2001 with my head in the toilet. It was awful. I tried just about everything. The one thing that definitely helped was a B6 supplement.

[Anonymous]

I vomited with pg #1 from wk 6 until the day before I delivered DD. Now, I am 22 wks with pg #2 (a DS) and I am still vomiting eveyr morning and usually every night. I control it during the day with Zofran. If it doesn't get better maybe Zofran is an option you can talk to your dr about. I don't know if they recommend it for nausea only though. It sucks, but hang in there as it can only last until the end of the 9 months!

[Anonymous]

I also felt horrible during the first 16 weeks of my pregnancy and lost 12 lbs in 3 months because I couldn't eat much. I felt like a new woman once I discovered papaya extract pills. They really help calm the stomach, are all natural and were recommend my my OB/midwife. I got mine at whole foods (make sure you get papay extract, not the actual fruit because it doesn't have the same effect) but I'm sure they are available at many locations. I know they probably wouldn't help women who are throwing up and have to take Zofran, but if you are like me and just have that constant lingering nausea, maybe it could work. Good luck and hang in there; it gets better!

[Anonymous]

From week 6-12, I was completely miserable. The nausea was manageable, in that I rarely threw up, but it was a constant presence and I was just so sick of feeling sick no matter what I did. But I slowly started feeling better in week 12 and have fully enjoyed the last two weeks of being able to eat a much wider variety of things - and that food actually sounds good, rather than simply tolerable, sometimes! There are still things I can't imagine eating, but the constant nausea is all but gone.

[Anonymous]

I hear ya sister(s). I was absolutely, completely miserable from weeks 6-16. For me it was all-day nausea, and occasional vomiting, from weeks 6-12. In week 12 it became intermittent and tended to be really bad only in the evenings. By week 16, it had let up almost completely. I'm 18 weeks now and I feel like a new woman. For 98% of women, it absolutely does get better, and typically between weeks 10 and 16. Hang in there, it's miserable while it lasts, but starting with the 4th month or so, chances are excellent that you will feel fantastic and have a whole new appreciation for your pregnancy!

[Anonymous]

OP here....thank you all so much! I appreciate hearing your experiences and will keep my fingers crossed that in a few weeks, it will subside.

[Anonymous]

My doc. said the nausea peaks between weeks 7-9. And that is where I am (week 8). It is really bad for me and I dry heave and sometimes physically vomit.

It is magnified when I change my 17 mo. old diapers (the smell just is trapped in my nose!!!) or have to prepare her meals (even boiling peas, carrots, etc. makes me want to hurl).

My sense of smell is definitely heightened so odors/fragrances will definitely make me feel worse so I try to avoid potent smelly things...not easy to do, but sorta helps.

hang in there...

[Anonymous]

I am almost at 7 weeks and I feel so terribly nauseaus. It's really making me down and I hate feeling like I am also bringing my husband down with all of my complaining (he's the only one that knows I'm pregnant). I hope it goes away soon bc I've never felt this "depressed."