Nausea advice?

[noodleskooze]

It hit me like a ton of bricks this morning. I can't keep anything down, and food smells make it worse.

I picked up some B6 and Unisom and some ginger chews already. Any other tips?

[janedoe]

They say small meals. I'm not sure it works.

I was really sick with dd2. Lost over 15 and didn't gain any weight until 20 something weeks. Doc prescribed me some meds (something other than zofran) and I sipped Gatorade most the time.
I hope you feel better quickly

[janedoe]

Btw...I tried the B6 and unisom, it helped not at all

[imoan]

Ginger chews, exercise and (not kidding) eating.

[alzi]

Unisom did the trick for me. I hope it works and you feel better soon!

[noodleskooze]

The B6 and 1/2 a Unisom combo seems to have helped already. I finally ate something, so I'm hopeful.

Thanks everyone!

[emisi]

Not to hijack, but can a mod make a Nausea Advice stickie? We get this question a lot, it should go up on top so people don't have to make yet another topic on nausea or have to search for it.

[mudslide]

Can you keep fluids down?

[joolz]

I wasn't throwing up sick, but pretty nauseated and it helped to just be eating little amounts a lot. Saltines helped the gap between meals. I also ate lots of small meals.

[underwaterrhymes]

Unisom helped a lot when I had really bad morning sickness, but it knocks me out (obviously) so I could only take it at night. Aside from that, I just made sure I had lots of small snacks available.

I also keep hard candy by the bedside because when I first get up in the morning - despite being WELL into the second trimester - I still gag a lot. The hard candy helps me kill the gag reflex long enough to get something into my stomach. I gag periodically throughout the day, but only when my stomach is empty so the snack thing still holds true.

[VillainV]

The important thing is to get SOMETHING on your stomach -- gatorade, juice, soy milk. Then once that settles maybe something a little more substantial like crackers, fruit roll up, cut apple. Then when that's settled you can try eating like an english muffin, toast, etc.