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One month pregnancy (constant nausea) PLEASE HELP
My wife is pregnant for 4 weeks now and she's experiencing
a nearly permanent nausea feeling and has become extremely sensitive to any scent even the slightest. Would like to know how to soothe her actual state. And what should she drink or eat in order to relieve her condition. Any advice should be helpful to us. We're surrounded by people who don't know a thing about it. Regards Mario |
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One month pregnancy (constant nausea) PLEASE HELP
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Mario Cyb wrote: My wife is pregnant for 4 weeks now and she's experiencing a nearly permanent nausea feeling and has become extremely sensitive to any scent even the slightest. Would like to know how to soothe her actual state. Hi Mario, and congratulations to you and your wife! Different things will work for different women, so I can only tell you the things that helped me. I was not hit as early as your wife has been hit, but I had 3-4 weeks of absolute misery. (Even now, at 21 weeks, I have occasional bouts of feeling not-so-comfortable.) A few things helped me: 1) I tried not to let myself get hungry. This was hard, since food had almost NO appeal; but in some cases morning sickness is linked to low blood-sugar, and I did find that it wasn't as bad if I had something in my stomach. 2) I stuck to foods that sounded good to me. This varied, sometimes from day to day. Some days I couldn't stomach anything other than cheese and pasta; some days it had to be meat, the fattier the better. For an entire week I didn't want anything but simple sugars - and no fats; just things like jelly beans. I tried to piggyback nutritious foods along with the nasty stuff, just to make sure I got down SOMETHING that was good for me. Some days it worked; some days it didn't. 3) Ginger tea. I'd have one cup at work, which I'd nurse all day, and one cup in the evening. It didn't make the morning sickness disappear; but it eased the misery a LOT. I also tried to take some comfort in the fact that morning sickness is normal, and generally indicates that your hormones are doing what they're supposed to be doing. It was a pretty big paradigm shift, convincing myself that feeling like throwing up all the time was a GOOD thing; but that attitude got me through the worst days. Best of luck to you, and I hope she feels better soon. Liz EDD 5/22/04 -- "No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings. Man's reason and spirit have often solved the seemingly unsolvable - and we believe they can do it again." -- John F. Kennedy, 6/10/1963 |
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One month pregnancy (constant nausea) PLEASE HELP
I was sick for the first while of my pregnancy to.. and although it is a
pain right now..... it will eventually stop. Let her pick what she wants to eat... becuase some days even the sound of the word "toast" can make a pregnant women hurl !!! LEt her tell you what she wants.. and get it for her if need be. Gingerale is soothing to the tummy in most cases, as elizabeth replied about ginger tea...... keep a good stock of light food in the house. Hopefully it wil get better for her soon. Karen "Mario Cyb" wrote in message om... My wife is pregnant for 4 weeks now and she's experiencing a nearly permanent nausea feeling and has become extremely sensitive to any scent even the slightest. Would like to know how to soothe her actual state. And what should she drink or eat in order to relieve her condition. Any advice should be helpful to us. We're surrounded by people who don't know a thing about it. Regards Mario |
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One month pregnancy (constant nausea) PLEASE HELP
I found that eating something before I stepped out of bed was a great help.
Just some dry crackers or a glass of milk or something that was appealing. I also found that anything with ginger in it helped, especially Ginger Ale and Ginger cookies. Fruit Punch was great too, though I don't know why. And like Elizabeth said, don't let her get hungry because an empty stomach was guarnteed to do it for me. Constant drinking was the thing that helped mainly. Hope she feels better and that it passes. For me it ended at around 14 weeks... Good luck and congrats! CY "Mario Cyb" wrote in message om... My wife is pregnant for 4 weeks now and she's experiencing a nearly permanent nausea feeling and has become extremely sensitive to any scent even the slightest. Would like to know how to soothe her actual state. And what should she drink or eat in order to relieve her condition. Any advice should be helpful to us. We're surrounded by people who don't know a thing about it. Regards Mario |
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One month pregnancy (constant nausea) PLEASE HELP
Hi Mario. Congrats on the pregnancy. I had the sickness pretty badearly
on in my pregnacy. It seemed to help me when i drink lots of water and always had something in my stomach. I couldn't eat a huge meal so i would have a lot of meals all day long. When my stomach was empty i would (and still do) feel nauseous. Also having some crackers or a granola bar a little bet before i got up out of bed for the day. Ginger helps a lot, either ginger tea or ginger snaps. Last but not least a lot of sleep would help. I would feel better if i got enough sleep the night before. I hope she gets better! I hope this helps you in someway. Take care, AnneMaire Mario Cyb wrote: My wife is pregnant for 4 weeks now and she's experiencing a nearly permanent nausea feeling and has become extremely sensitive to any scent even the slightest. Would like to know how to soothe her actual state. And what should she drink or eat in order to relieve her condition. Any advice should be helpful to us. We're surrounded by people who don't know a thing about it. Regards Mario |
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One month pregnancy (constant nausea) PLEASE HELP
You can also get ginger capsules at the health food store, it is likely
that someone there can guide you to the appropriate dosage.I think I was taking up to three 250mg capsules per day. While you're there look for ginger ales or ginger flavored juices or teas, which are likely to contain actual ginger in them and therefore be more effective. Also, if she is taking prenatal vitamins, sometmes the vitamins are too much for some women to stomach, especially if it's just one huge pill or dose all at once. I think it's usually the mega dose of iron which upsets the stomach. If this might be the case, just try switching to a brand that requires more than one pill to give the complete dosage and she can take the number of pills over the course of the day rather than all at once. I use Solgar prenatals, which has four pills for the full dose, so if I neede to I could split it up and take smaller doses over the day. If she does remain really incredibly sick moving into the secong trimester, there is a technical name for it and the OB can treat her with more serious medication. This doesn't happen with everyone, and chances are she'll eventually get past this stage, but if it does seem severe and long-lasting, the OB should be able to help. -Karen, mom to Henry 3 1/2 and someone due 4/24/04- |
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One month pregnancy (constant nausea) PLEASE HELP
Mario Cyb wrote:
My wife is pregnant for 4 weeks now and she's experiencing a nearly permanent nausea feeling and has become extremely sensitive to any scent even the slightest. Would like to know how to soothe her actual state. And what should she drink or eat in order to relieve her condition. The most important thing is for you to be understanding and quickly remove anything that makes her nauseous. Nothing helped me, ginger tea, crackers, NOTHING! If I had a craving for something, my husband would get it. But, by the time he came home, it would make me sick, so he would have to throw it outside. Sometimes, he'd have to sit on the other side of the room; I would be so sensitive to the soda he was drinking or something. The things that made me nauseous changed daily. It is a terrible time... you and she will just have to suffer through it... I lost 10 pounds in the first trimester and did not get back to my pre-pregnancy weight until 5 months. -- Anita -- -- SUCCESS FOUR FLIGHTS THURSDAY MORNING ALL AGAINST TWENTY ONE MILE WIND STARTED FROM LEVEL WITH ENGINE POWER ALONE AVERAGE SPEED THROUGH AIR THIRTY ONE MILES LONGEST 57 SECONDS INFORM PRESS HOME CHRISTMAS. |
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One month pregnancy (constant nausea) PLEASE HELP
1) I tried not to let myself get hungry. This was hard, since food had
almost NO appeal; but in some cases morning sickness is linked to low blood-sugar, and I did find that it wasn't as bad if I had something in my stomach. 2) I stuck to foods that sounded good to me. This varied, sometimes from day to day. Some days I couldn't stomach anything other than cheese and pasta; some days it had to be meat, the fattier the better. For an entire week I didn't want anything but simple sugars - and no fats; just things like jelly beans. I tried to piggyback nutritious foods along with the nasty stuff, just to make sure I got down SOMETHING that was good for me. Some days it worked; some days it didn't. 3) Ginger tea. I'd have one cup at work, which I'd nurse all day, and one cup in the evening. It didn't make the morning sickness disappear; but it eased the misery a LOT. Mario, All this advice worked for me as well, except I took capsulse instead of the tea. I used to work in a dive shop and it was the only thing that stopped our seasickness dead in its tracks--works like a charm. (Plus, after a few days, your skin starts to smell like ginger!) You can get the tea or the capsules at the local health food store. I took two in the morning and two at night. Sk |
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One month pregnancy (constant nausea) PLEASE HELP
"CY" wrote in message news:LI_Lb.429113$J77.144912@fed1read07... I found that eating something before I stepped out of bed was a great help. Just some dry crackers or a glass of milk or something that was appealing. I also found that anything with ginger in it helped, especially Ginger Ale and Ginger cookies. Fruit Punch was great too, though I don't know why. And like Elizabeth said, don't let her get hungry because an empty stomach was guarnteed to do it for me. Constant drinking was the thing that helped mainly. Hope she feels better and that it passes. For me it ended at around 14 weeks... Cy, my doctor has a little saying framed in one examination room: "How do I know I'm pregnant? Let me count the ways... I'm living on saltine crackers/and gaining a pound a day!" HA! Sk |
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One month pregnancy (constant nausea) PLEASE HELP
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 15:48:03 -0500, "Karen Ray-Stewart"
wrote: but then again I might just have mucked up the snipping as usual! Gingerale is soothing to the tummy in most cases, as elizabeth replied about ginger tea...... Peppermint or lemon tea helps some people as well. I found sucking on tictacs helped some (we were travelling in France and Spain between 6 and 8 weeks and I am still unearthing tic tac boxes in the car 18 months on!). I also drank a lot of lemon Fanta that trip. If things get too bad, there is medication available to stop the nausea. I got to the point where I could not hold down liquids or even swallow saliva without throwing up. Thats the point where you go to the doctor. Landed in hospital dehydrated. After that they gave me the meds and apparently I will get them again next pregnancy straight away. Megan -- Seoras David Montgomery, 7 May 2003, 17 hours: sunrise to sunset (homebirth) To e-mail use: megan at farr-montgomery dot com |
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