Sick as a Dog

So that you are not eating peppermint candy all day - put the peppermint candy in a glass of ice water or water bottle. The candy will slowly melt and you will be able to have the mint all day. Also try tums - they will help your stomach to settle. I have also used a lilac eye pillow to help relax and the smell helps with settle the stomach also.

I can sympathize, I lost over ten pounds in the first trimester with both my kids. There are several things you can try. Sea bands are bands that you wear on your wrists that have a button that pushes on a pressure point in your wrist that can help with the nausea. It helped with my first, but not with my second. Never letting your stomach get empty helps. Nuts, crackers, and salty things (for me potato chips, not the healthiest) really seemed to help a little. I was so sick of crackers by the time I gave birth I don't think I ate another one for 6 months. Also anything with ginger in it is supposed to help. I don't know if this works or not, since I couldn't tolerate the smell. My one saving grace was sour candy. The sell special preggie pops, but I found just buying a tin of sour candies worked just as well and was a lot less expensive. If it gets really bad, your doctor can give you a prescription which they did with my second, but I was too scared to take them since they tell you they won't cause any birth defects, but little is known if there are any long term effects (say when your kid is older) That freaked me out enough that I didn't end up taking them. I think knowing that I had them seemed to make me feel a little better. For me, I started feeling better at about 18 weeks. Good luck.

Peppermint altoids had the same effect as the candy for me. I also used sea bands and ate candied ginger. When I could no longer take saltines, I ate graham crackers and dry cherrios. I found that eating constantly helped control the nausea and pretty much relieved the vomiting. Even though I was vomiting (not every day), my doctor wouldn't prescribe me the anti-nausea medicine.

Try raspberry leaf tea -- get it at a local health food store -- loose leaf tea, good for you tummy and strengthen's the uterus too! Also peppermint tea -- great for morning sickness. Soda crackers and small frequent meals are the best way to get through it. Also really important to stay hydrated -- little sips of water frequently. -- hope this helps.

I was almost bed ridden with my third one it was the worst. I used sea bands on my wrists and that helped a little, I went to that maternity clothing store in arden mall and they have morning sickness suckers and they helped. With my first soda crackers and ginger ale worked really well, eating and drinking before my feet hit the floor. With my third my doctor ended up giving me some pills for the nausea but they do make you sleepy which is hard if you have other kids. hope some of this helps I know how you feel and I never want to be that sick again. Also when smelling a lemon when it was bad helped me for some reason really helped.