when did your nausea end?

[Anonymous]

I won't admit this to anyone in my personal life but my nausea is making me not want to be pregnant. I feel terrible just writing it. I am only 9 weeks along and was initially thrilled as my husband and I had been trying for awhile. Then the nausea hit. I don't vomit every day but feel like I'm about to most of the time. I know there are PLENTY of women on this board who have had it much, much worse and not just in the first trimester. I just want to get an over all idea of statistically, how long is this going to last?!

Thanks so much.

[Anonymous]

I felt the same way, it was making me question if I wanted a larger family. I still have no idea how moms make it through the tiredness and nausea when they already have little ones at home. I was hopeless. It did finally end. Around 14 weeks. I found I was still not quite right with food at dinner time for 2 weeks after that, but it was much more manageable and not as disruptive.

[Anonymous]

With my first, it ended around 10 weeks. With my second, I was waaaay more sick and had to take medicine for it. I finally stopped taking the medicine midway through my second trimester. Good luck to you.

[Anonymous]

Mine was bad, and constant (24/7), from 6w3d to 12w. It started letting up a bit at 12 weeks (i.e. was no longer 24/7) and got progressively better, but still lingered, with a few bad bouts, until 16 weeks. At 16 weeks I felt like a new woman. There is a light at the end of the tunnel, hang in there!

[Anonymous]

With my first I had just some mild nausea from 5-8 weeks. Now with #2, it was much worse though I never actually vomited. The worst of it was from 6 -9 weeks. Completely gone by 10-11 weeks. And yes, it is very hard taking care of another one (in my case an active 2 year old), but you just get through it.

[Anonymous]

I also felt so awful that I questioned whether being pregnant was worth it. Right around 12 weeks it started to get better and I would occasionally even get hungry. Weeks 13 and 14 were great, basically back to normal, then a few bad days again in week 15. Now I'm at 16 weeks and while there are still things I won't eat, the nausea is gone.

Hang in there! 9 weeks also was when I got so sick of always feeling sick and thought it would never end...

[Anonymous]

hang in there! I felt the same way...I remember thinking that if I had a miscarriage, that would be it for me, no more pregnancies! Just didn't feel like I could go through it.

I felt awful from 6 weeks to 10 weeks and then it got much better.

I wish I could tell you that something worked to make me feel better...but the truth is, sleep was all that would do it for me. If you can go to bed at 6 or 7 and sleep through the night, it will help you get through.

[Anonymous]

First pregnancy from week 6 to 17. Second from week 6 to 15. Absolutely miserable every single minute of the day and then one day I woke up and realized I was not gagging while brushing teeth...
Third pregnancy I was feeling so great that a little voice deep inside me knew something was wrong. Miscarriage at 11 weeks.

[Anonymous]

I was miserable from 6 weeks to 10 weeks, nauseous every minute of every day, but by the 11th week I started feeling a little better -- even went back to reading the paper on the metro (which had previously caused bouts of vomiting on the street). Now I am at the end of my 12th week and I barely even notice it -- the slight twinge of nausea tells me it's time to eat something. As long as I eat I'm fine. If I have to wait an hour or two after I get that little "notification" I can start to get really nauseous, but usually I keep food around to avoid that. Doctor prescribed me something at about 10 1/2 weeks, but since I was already starting to feel a little better I never took it.

Of course I'm eating constantly, but isn't that what being pregnant is all about?

[Anonymous]

Mine ended at 11 weeks, while I was traveling for work and suddenly realized I could eat from buffet like every body else. I only vomited twice the entire time but had a 24/7 feeling that I was about to puke, so I feel your pain. Once it was gone, it never came back. Hope yours leaves soon!

[Anonymous]

Baby #1 -- Was sick as a dog until week 12. Then felt fine the rest of the pregnancy.

Baby #2 -- Wasn't sick at all. Felt great all through the first trimester.

Hang in there -- you should start feeling better soon!

[Anonymous]

OP here--thank you all so much. You've made me feel better and not quite so baby-ish! I really appreciate the support.

[Anonymous]

Mine lasted only from weeks 7-11 and after week 11 it has been gone thankfully. everyone is different, but it does usually let up as you enter the second trimester.

[Anonymous]

For what it's worth, what helped me with my absolutely horrible nausea were big glasses of cranberry juice on ice mixed with sparkly water, or ginger ale. Try it?

[Anonymous]

W/ #1, it was constant nausea for 15 weeks, then felt like a new woman.
Now 8 weeks w/ #2, and it's only very early in the morning and at dinnertime. And for some reason the smell of hummus...ugh! (it's my 19m's favorite food, but he gets none for now!) For me, the heartburn has always been worse, and that lasted 9months!