Question from a new father

[Marv]

My wife is in her second trimester with our first baby and she's having really terrible morning sickness. For you guys who have kids, do you have any advice on how to manage the morning sickess? The doctor put her on Diclectin (sp?) but it hasn't helped at all.

[Ford Prefect]

Take up jogging first thing in the morning. And return with pickles, chocolate and roses.

[ratech]

Not for everybody, but she should try smoking a little green.

[habernac]

Originally Posted by ratech

Not for everybody, but she should try smoking a little green.

she's pregnant. There's a great idea.

[Marv]

^^^ Yeahhhhhh, I'm thinking that pot is probably not the best thing for a developing baby.

[Bingo]

there is a medication that you can inquire about ... diclectan or something. Tell her to avoid strong smells, ... something with real ginger in it (safe check labels), dry crackers

mostly though ... tough it out

[Marv]

there is a medication that you can inquire about ... diclectan or something. Tell her to avoid strong smells, ... something with real ginger in it (safe check labels), dry crackers

mostly though ... tough it out

Thanks Bingo, but she's already on diclectin and it hasn't helped at all. She's eaten enough dry crackers to choke a horse and still throwing up. It was so bad one night I had to take her to the ER for dehydration. Thanks again, though...

[habernac]

sorry I couldn't offer advice, Marv. We were lucky, my wife had little or no nauseau. Just had to stay away from eggs.

[Marv]

That's OK habernac. Yeah, all our friends tell us they had no morning sickness or it only lasted for a couple of weeks then was gone. Her grandmother though had severe morning sickness with her first two babies, so maybe there's something genetic to it. I'm just hoping to find something to help control it.

[Ashartus]

What works seems to be a bit different for everyone. Some women find ginger helps a bit. My wife found hers went away when she started adjusting her eating habits - eating more small meals (including sometimes a snack at 3:00 in the morning).

[Buff]

For the first pregnancy my wife only got nauseous if she didn't eat enough for breakfast. During the second (and current) pregnancy my wife got nauseous quite a bit. It seemed like she was living off of soda crackers and ginger snap cookies for a couple of months. Oh, and ginger ale too... tums?

[pope04]

My wife swore by folic acid, two mgs per day. She felt that bread high in freshly-ground flax helped, as well as splitting up liquids and solids - drink an hour or so before or after meals.

Diclectin - prescribed by a doctor - helps, too. It contains a high amount of folic acid, but also contains an antihistamine which some people don't like to take.

[redforever]

I had terrible morning sickness with both my children, but by end of first trimester, it was over. Gosh, I would try to avoid medication for that if at all possible. Anyhow, as someone else mentioned, no strong smells. Perked coffee for me was immediate chuck up as was meat being cooked indoors. Worst of all was diesel fumes, those are hard to avoid if you are on the freeway trapped behind some vehicle.

For food, my gyno guy said to have some carbs in the morning, but not much of anything. I had a very small bowl of cereal, something like cornflakes or shreddies, no sugary stuff, and if I could tolerate it, a small piece of plain white bread toasted with a small portion of peanut butter. Soda crackers are a neutral food as well. And bananas, they were my faithful friend, half at a time. Nothing acidic, so no orance juice etc. If I could keep that down, the rest of the day was not so bad, but the morning was the worst part, especially those dry heaves you get upon wakening.

The other thing to consider if her morning sickness is going on for so long is your wife might be pretty dehydrated. That was the problem for 2 of my girlfriends. Both of them were admitted to hospital for 1 or 2 days and put on a saline drip, worked almost like magic for both of them. I know she might be trying to keep up her intake of fluids but when you live with your head over the john, that is pretty hard to do.

[Jagger]

My wife has had a heck of a time with her latest, and last(!), pregnancy. There really isn't much advice to give. She has had terrible morning sickness with all three of her previous pregnancies and nothing really touched it. She does not like medication so I don't know what works there. She has had to lie down much more with this one though and sometimes it will ease then. Bingo nailed it really though, all she, and you by extension, can do is tough it out.

Good luck man and congratulations on your first. It's a blast having kids. #4 on the way for us in January!

[Ice]

I had morning, noon and night sickness with both of my pregnancies. I don't remember how I discovered it, but gummy worms helped a lot. I had them with me at all times. I've heard jelly beans help too. I have no idea why it works, but it worked better than crackers. Also, if I really felt like I was about to hurl, I'd pop a couple of Altoids and the strong peppermint made my mouth feel cooler and would help with that as well, or at least postpone the vomitting until I got to a more desireable place to deal with it.

I have a friend who had horrible morning sickness with her daughter, she made trips to the hospital for IV's and was on medication. What they discovered is that she was throwing up so much she wasn't getting the benefit of the full dose of medication, therefore, she was given the medication in suppository form. She did better almost immediately. I know its unpleasant to think about, but her husband was a champ and she felt much, much better.

[Jagger]

Ok, just talking to my wife and she mentions to try these things that have worked a little bit with her, on the different pregnancies:

Ginger ale, ice cubes, slurpies, yoga balancing poses, water melon, lemonade, jolly rancher hard candies. I guess they might be worth a try, right?

[redforever]

Originally Posted by Jagger

Ok, just talking to my wife and she mentions to try these things that have worked a little bit with her, on the different pregnancies:

Ginger ale, ice cubes, slurpies, yoga balancing poses, water melon, lemonade, jolly rancher hard candies. I guess they might be worth a try, right?

OH, terrible memories come back for me if I think fizzy. Perhaps stale gingerale.

[Locke]

Bourbon and Duct Tape. Done.

[Stillman16]

FLAT ginger ale, try soup, ginger snap cookies, avoid mall food courts

[Marv]

Thanks for all the suggestions guys. We'll try them and see what helps. Just got back from another four hour stint in the ER getting her an IV drip to rehydrate her. Thanks again.