If you had severe nausea during PG,

other than Zofran, what helped you?

A friend of mine is PG, and she has tried the Zofran... it made her sicker.

She tried B6.... made her sicker

Tried preggie pops - nothing

What worked for you?

Re: If you had severe nausea during PG,

I was sick on zofran too but not as sick as I "could" have been without it...tell her not to stop it that even take 3xs a day and eventually it will level out.
other things
spearmint gum
cinnamon candies
bagels

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Carbs and never getting too hungry.

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I think mine was pretty severe, and it lasted through 26 weeks. I would have to pull over all the time on the way to work onthe side of the parkways. Everyone must have thought I was hungover....

Lemonaid worked somewhat. Also carbs....

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Gingerale saved me

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I thought Zofran was for severe vomiting while pregnant? so if she is just nauseous, maybe that's why it made her sicker. I had nausea every single day from 6 weeks to 17 weeks. Tried it all (except medication), nothing helped to be honest

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I tried everything too. Sometimes a peppermint taste would make me feel alittle better.

motion sickness wrist bands
preggie pops
gingerale

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zofran and powerade. couldnt live without these two things for the first three months of my pregnancy. i thought zofran was for nausea and vomiting.

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lemons
water with lemons

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I got sick sometimes on zofran, eventually we found out that in slow doses all day long it helped me. Unfortunatly I needed to have a Port in my leg and receive it via IV, but it helped me survive.

I was sick from 6 weeks - 40 weeks.

I lived on Ginger Ale, it was the only fluid I could keep down. Water was the devil. Water makes nausea worse.

Sometimes I could tolerate stale coke ( the syrup helps) and when I could eat , I would have bagels and or cheese. Studies have been done that cheese helps with severe nausea.

I always carried lemons with me, lemons worked great, the smell helps.

I also had IV fluids at the hospital a few times and was good for a day or so after.

Dehydration leads to worse nausea...

Message edited 7/23/2008 6:36:20 PM.

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Does she have HG? (Hyperemisis). You know I went through this. Zofran did not help with DD#1 or #2 but did with #3. I had it through an IV throughout the pregnancy though coupled along with other medications. FM if you want to go into it more.

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I vomited multiple times a day for the first seven months of pregnancy. None of the medicine worked for me. What did work were those seabands, lemonaid, gingerbread men cookies, and this orageaid drink and mangos. I found that eating soft food was best because it was not so bad on the revisit.

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Eating lemons
Drinking snapple regular lemonade

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Posted by PrincessP

Posted by dm24angel

I got sick sometimes on zofran, eventually we found out that in slow doses all day long it helped me. Unfortunatly I needed to have a Port in my leg and receive it via IV, but it helped me survive.

I was sick from 6 weeks - 40 weeks.

I lived on Ginger Ale, it was the only fluid I could keep down. Water was the devil. Water makes nausea worse.

Sometimes I could tolerate stale coke ( the syrup helps) and when I could eat , I would have bagels and or cheese. Studies have been done that cheese helps with severe nausea.

I always carried lemons with me, lemons worked great, the smell helps.

I also had IV fluids at the hospital a few times and was good for a day or so after.

Dehydration leads to worse nausea...

OMG 6-40 weeks??? how did you survive? I had it until week 18 and I thought I wouldnt make it.

Message edited 7/23/2008 9:02:31 PM.

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Honestly, I was sick for 19 weeks, and commuting to NYC, it was awful...tried all and what worked best, charms sour apple blow pops--worked better for me than zofran.

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I hate to tell you that nothing worked for me at all.... we tried everything and i threw up for 39 weeks everyday

Re: If you had severe nausea during PG,

Posted by PrincessP

Posted by dm24angel

I got sick sometimes on zofran, eventually we found out that in slow doses all day long it helped me. Unfortunatly I needed to have a Port in my leg and receive it via IV, but it helped me survive.

I was sick from 6 weeks - 40 weeks.

I lived on Ginger Ale, it was the only fluid I could keep down. Water was the devil. Water makes nausea worse.

Sometimes I could tolerate stale coke ( the syrup helps) and when I could eat , I would have bagels and or cheese. Studies have been done that cheese helps with severe nausea.

I always carried lemons with me, lemons worked great, the smell helps.

I also had IV fluids at the hospital a few times and was good for a day or so after.

Dehydration leads to worse nausea...

OMG 6-40 weeks??? how did you survive? I had it until week 18 and I thought I wouldnt make it.

Re: If you had severe nausea during PG,

Posted by KateDevine

Posted by PrincessP

Posted by dm24angel

I got sick sometimes on zofran, eventually we found out that in slow doses all day long it helped me. Unfortunatly I needed to have a Port in my leg and receive it via IV, but it helped me survive.

I was sick from 6 weeks - 40 weeks.

I lived on Ginger Ale, it was the only fluid I could keep down. Water was the devil. Water makes nausea worse.

Sometimes I could tolerate stale coke ( the syrup helps) and when I could eat , I would have bagels and or cheese. Studies have been done that cheese helps with severe nausea.

I always carried lemons with me, lemons worked great, the smell helps.

I also had IV fluids at the hospital a few times and was good for a day or so after.

Dehydration leads to worse nausea...

OMG 6-40 weeks??? how did you survive? I had it until week 18 and I thought I wouldnt make it.

I was right there too...it was miserable.

Nothing works, it really doesn't.

I s zofran making your friend worse, or is it just not working? I still threw up with the zofran, but I could function a little bit with it too.

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Kristina, I used Zofran pump (small doses through out the day through the cathiter along with Relan, Phenegrin, Pecid and an IV of fluids during that time of my last pregnacy. The pregnancy before this past was the worst for nothing helped. I did after the last hospital visit go on steroids. I felt better for a couple days but ultimetly lost the baby (not saying she will). Most importantly she needs to discuss seeing a specialist other than her OB. The speicalist will help her with whatever else she may need. If she has been hospitalized and on IV's she qualifies for a high risk specialist dotor and home health care. this is what I did. I don't take this stuff lightly obviously for a lot of people are mis treated. I hope she gets some relief. It's awful

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I sent her the link to this thread via email, so I'm sure she'll read all of u'r suggestions in the AM.

Thanks for all the suggestions ladies!!!!!!!

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If it is not too late to add my 2cents, tell her to stick with the remediies she is trying. When I thought that something was not working, I would stop and then get worse. That's how it was with the Sea Bands. I would decide that they were a crock of BS, take them off and then get worse. The preggie pops worked sometimes but it was worth it to use them even if they worked 40 percent of the time!

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