morning sickness remedies

Liann · Mar 25, 2003

I was sick for the first 5 months or so of pregnancy and even jello would not stay in. I tried small meals eaten slowly, and avoiding strong odors and that seemed to help a bit. I ate plain pizza a lot which for some reason was tolerated well.

Coca cola or emetrol (OTC antiemetic) was also helpful since I worked up until 2 weeks before my son was born. By the way, he LOVES pizza....think theres a connection?

Aussienurse2 · Mar 25, 2003

Give birth:D Of course them you have to deal with periods again:o

I never had any luck with getting rid of the nausea, but a nice cold piece of watermelon took the foul taste away.

OBNURSEHEATHER · Mar 25, 2003

My remedy is the best: birth control.

PerkyCardiacRN · Mar 25, 2003

Those sea bands did nothing but leave decubitus-looking sores on the insides of my wrists.

What worked for me was Peppermint Life Savers (the only time I would not have one in my mouth was when I was eating a meal or sleeping), Chelmsford Golden Ginger Ale, ginger snap cookies, and root beer.

I did, however, land in the ER once for IV fluids and ended up taking Phenergan (PO & PR) and Compazine.

sunnybrook83 · Mar 25, 2003

I feel for your friend- I puked 24 hrs /day with 2of 3 pregnancies.

Things I found to help- popsicles, slushies and Lipton chicken noodle cup of soup. The soup was suggested by an OB I worked with- he said worked great- I was really skeptical, but tried it and it did stay down. he though it had something to do with hi salt and no fat. Nothing cures the morning sickness but delivery, however focus on finding foods to stay down and maintain hydration. I tried qthing- sea bands ( made my wrists sore and didn't help), acupressure, ginger, crackers, etc....Good luck to your friend and a happy, healthy baby!

delirium · Mar 25, 2003

Originally posted by OBNURSEHEATHER
My remedy is the best: birth control.

I have an awesome remedy: lesbianism.

:rotfl:

OBNURSEHEATHER · Mar 25, 2003

Originally posted by delirium
I have an awesome remedy: lesbianism.

:rotfl:

Even better! :chuckle

delirium · Mar 25, 2003

I just have to keep reminding my lesbian sistahs to stay away from the fargin' sperm banks.

That renders my remedy null and void.

colleen10 · Mar 25, 2003

I once heard that morning sickness can be curbed by taking lots of Calcium. Something about how your body uses Calcium up at night while you're sleeping and so, when you wake up you have low levels and this contributes to the morning sickness.

To combat this you should take a Calcium supplement before you go to bed at night.

I don't know many pregnant people so I don't know anyone who has tried it, but I would be interested to see if anyone else out there, especially OB nurses have ever heard of this too.

semstr · Mar 25, 2003

SEA-Bands and chewing little pieces of ginger.

neneRN, BSN, RN · Mar 26, 2003

Thank you everybody for all of your replies- I'm gonna print this out for her- something's gotta work, right?!

mert · Mar 26, 2003

Morning sickness!! Ah, the memories!

The first thing I did was BAN THE FRYING PAN!! The odour of anything fried set me right off. Saltines, gingerale and apple juice.(Munch here, munch there, but never "over do" it.)