Morning (Noon and Night) Sickness

Posted on 06. Feb, 2010 by in Morning Sickness

Yet another morning where you have to control the urge to empty your already empty stomach while brushing your teeth.  Morning sickness isn’t something that affects every pregnant woman and it isn’t to the same degree either. Some just have a mild queasiness for part of the day and some have it so extreme that it is called hyperemesis gravidarum. My first pregnancy and my current pregnancy both had morning sickness. Some days it was all day, some days it wasn’t. Some days it was manageable and some days I was pretty miserable.  Morning sickness for me this last time around was worse than the first.

There are a variety of helpful tricks to helping control morning sickness even medications for those who have trouble keeping food down. One of the things I was told to help with the nausea was to eat small frequent meals.  Another thing was to never let yourself get to starving or on the flip side to stuff yourself with food.  Both made the nausea worse for me.  Eating a few crackers first thing in the morning before moving around may help make the start of the day easier.  Vitamin B6 is available over the counter and taken once a day may help with morning sickness. If needed, prescription medications like phenegran and zofran have been known to be used when morning sickness keeps you from keeping food down. However, don’t take any medications without first consulting your health care provider.

Mamakat- My name is Katie.   I’m a full-time working mother to one son who is 19 months old and expecting another in June.  I’ve been an active member of the APA forums since November 2007.

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6 Responses to “Morning (Noon and Night) Sickness”

  1. cheeksy

    10. Feb, 2010

    My friend had a horrible morning sickness and what helped her was drinking lemon water in the morning and eating a cracker. I, on the other hand, didn’t have it bad, I was queasy in the afternoons and for lunch all I felt like eating was pizza Margarita or just bread and cheese.

  2. Helen

    20. Apr, 2011

    Cheeksy is right – lemons can help. Also it’s recommended to eating dry crackers in the morning, drinking liquids 30 to 45 minutes after eating solid food.

  3. Cassie

    10. May, 2011

    I was suffering from the worst case of morning sickness, where the nausea was lasting for 24-hour periods. I ended up in the ER because I couldn’t keep anything in my system. Everyone tells me to try crackers, but they are not working. One morning good old fashioned Cheerios worked for me, but the next day, they didn’t work at all. I have tried so many different things, but nothing seems to work with the nausea. I need help~!

  4. MamaKat

    10. May, 2011

    I ended up needing to take zofran, a prescription, with my second pregnancy. It was the only way I could keep anything down. I was on it for two weeks and then it just wasn’t as bad anymore.


  5. 12. May, 2011

    This is my first pregnancy and is just few weeks. I feel vomiting some days ago and is not coming, also i find it very difficult to eat in the morning but later in the day i feel a bit ok. I need help.

  6. MamaKat

    12. May, 2011

    Put crackers by your bed to nibble on when you first wake up. Ginger can help as well. They also make something called a preggie pop which Babies R Us and other places might carry. It’s supposed to help with nausea. A friend advised me to make sure I never just had an empty stomach as that made the nausea worse and I agree with her. I felt so much worse on an empty stomach.