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[starrigyrl]

So I'm pregnant with (planned) baby #2. Yay! Except for the terrible morning sickness (misnamed as it lasts all day). I fear that it may be worse this time than it was with Astro. I've already had to take a break and step out of class once to upchuck. I am using all my previous techniques... ginger ale, peppermint tea, lemon drops, etc., but I'm miserable and just barely making it through the day. And Astro, being a toddler, isn't helping. I love him, but for the love of God and all that is holy, I need to get some sleep, kid! How am I going to get through at least ten weeks of this without killing myself, my students, or Astro?

This is really just a vent, nothing more. But it makes me feel better to do it.

[irhack]

I escaped morning sickness with #1 but got it with #2. Yogi teas do a nice ginger tea with lots of real ginger that was good. But the only thing that really helped was diet pepsi. I felt so guilty drinking it, all those chemicals for my poor little baby. But it worked great!

[newbie]

How far along are you and how much do you have left in your semester? Maybe it's time to break out the calendar to do a countdown of how many lectures are left in the semester.

Good luck.

[theatremom]

First, congratulations.

Second, I had progressively worse morning sickness with each of my three pregnancies, and my impression is that it's not unusual for this to happen. With my third (and final) pregnancy, my doctor suggested sea-bands. These were rubber bands about 1/2" wide that went around each wrist, I believe. They were designed to put pressure on specific pressure points that relieve nausea and (at the time) were often reccommended for people suffering from motion-sickness.

They worked reasonably well for me. I still felt vaguely nauseated, but I stopped vomiting and could usually go about my day with minimal interruption. Predictably, at about the end of the 3rd month, the morning sickness resolved itself.

Now, take this with a large grain of salt, as my youngest child was born in 1995. I have no idea if these bands can even be found anymore.

Good luck to you!

[volfan]

I found that eating Lorna Doone cookies helped with my morning sickness, as well as chewing on candied ginger. I also found Diet Pepsi to be helpful.

[starrigyrl]

I actually did try the Sea bands with Astro. I'm not sure if I was using them incorrectly, but they weren't too helpful. I have found the candied ginger to be a good strategy. I also carry around a piece of cut ginger root and take it out and smell it. I actually sat around sniffing my ginger yesterday while meeting with a student. I'm sure it seemed weird, but I just said something about a particularly pungent chemistry lab in our building this week... Word may still get around that Dr. S. is sniffing plants.

[mccfan]

I found it crucial never to have a totally empty stomach. I kept saltines and string cheese hanging around. When I was late eating my lunch, things got worse and worse. Consuming small amounts of protein and lightly salted things (but not nuts) at regular intervals was helpful to me. You know it will eventually pass.  Good luck til then.

[johnr]

I can't speak from personal experience of course, but my wife reported that adoption was a great cure for morning sickness.

[mntwins]

I had nausea all through my pregnancy and throughout the day.  Gatorade helped quell some of this for me.  Also, find whatever food works for you (for me it was chocolate covered doughnuts - go figure!)

[newbie]

Consuming small amounts of protein and lightly salted things (but not nuts) at regular intervals was helpful to me.

What was wrong with nuts?

[littlefred]

Interesting... thanks starrigyrl! I didn't know this thread was around. I was thinking of starting one.

I am terribly ill with this. There have been several days where I worry I am going to be in the hospital, because I cannot keep ANYTHING down. Even water.

I've tried the bands, no help. gingerale, ginger... nada. acupuncture, chiropractic... nothing.

McDonald's breakfast (Bacon egg and cheese biscuit) seems to help some, but if I eat that every day for the next  7 months, I'll be big as a house!

Has anyone heard of unisom for morning sickness (or as a book I read called it  "progesterone poisoning") I have been reading up on it, and I'm thinking about it.... its on the list of 'approved' drugs....

Here , here, and here  is some info about it.

*diclectin is a drug prescribed in Canada (for a very long time) it is the active ingredient in unisom and a bit of B6)

[petshopgirl]

i was just browsing when i saw this thread...

i had terrible morning sickness with my first throughout the pregnancy (although it was only sporadic my last trimester).  i was so sick that i burst the blood vessels around my eyes and couldn't drive anywhere without being violently ill. i looked and felt dreaful. i had to take sick leave from work for 3 months because it also gave me stress incontinence when i was sick.

sea bands, ginger ale, eating when hungry - none of those helped. acupuncture was the only thing that helped me (my dr refused to prescribe meds and i live in an area where i can't dr shop). junk food and sucking on hard candy also helped.  you've got to do what you can to get through it. good luck!

[lizzy]

Consuming small amounts of protein and lightly salted things (but not nuts) at regular intervals was helpful to me.

What was wrong with nuts?

For me, the problem was that the very smell of nuts (which I love) made me upchuck.

Saltines helped me--I carried a sleeve of them around with me and nibbled on them through the day.

[mccfan]

For me, the problem with nuts was two fold. In general, nuts are a bit sweet, and sweets made me feel worse rather than better (except for coke slurpees and occasionally ice cream). Also, I flew Southwest across country in my first trimester, and all they gave me was bags of peanuts for 6 hours. They came back up in short order. Didn't eat another nut for many, many years.

[slinger]

The only thing that worked for me was sucking on lemon drops.  Constantly.  I think I went through three or four jumbo size bags in the two months or so I was sickish. 

I tried the sea bands - nothing.  I tried saltines - nothing.  I tried eating every hour - that just meant puking every hour.

I think it's different for everybody - you just have to keep trying new things until you find something that works.

As far as getting sick during class, is there any way you could tell your students what's going on?  At least it might be less embarrassing that way.