Comments on: Why Am I Throwing Up Everything I Eat? Is My Baby Going Enough Nutrition?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:45:32 +0000

You might have a condition called ‘hypermesis gravidarum’. http://www.gentlebirth.org/archives/naus… Has more information about it that might help you. I’m sure your baby will be fine.

By: arfiegel

arfiegel — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:45:20 +0000

Ok several things you could try. Keep in mind though that it is different for every woman who is pregnant.
1. Anything that is ginger or mint. I ate those andes mints all the time for my nausea and they really helped. Or tea.
2. Try eating something really plain like crakers or bread before you get out of bed in the morning. This puts something in your stomache to help fight the nausea. Sometimes, morning sickness is just because your stomache is completely empty.
3. Try toning down the spices and variety of your food. A certain spice may be making the nausea worse. Sometimes its something like milk that could be causing it.
4. Avoid strong smells. Not just strong food smells either. Whenever I smelled a hint of Pine-Sol, I got sick.
5. Eat something right before bed and take your prenatal vitamin then.
6. Graze all day. Don’t eat “meals”, just kind of munch all the time. Basically, spread your food out throughout the day. This will help when you get farther along and have less room for your stomache. After a few bites my last few weeks I felt like I swallowed a rock. I got very used to constantly eating.
If it gets really bad, where you can’t keep anything down, then go to your doctor. You need to keep hydrated and get enough nutrients right now. This is one of the key times during the pregnanacy where the baby is growing by leaps and bounds. So you need to keep yourself healthy. I also ate tums all the time. Should have invested in them when I was pregnant. They are one of the very few medicines you can take, and they give you extra calcium too!

By: Your Momma

Your Momma — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:30:58 +0000

I don’t usually reccomend meds but I was sick like you too, I threw up at LEAST 10 times a day and unfortunately if you are that sick it can be harmful to the baby because if you are not getting enough nutrition neither is the baby. Ask your doctor about a medicine called Zofran. It really worked wonders for me and I didn’t throw up once after I got on it. It is also very important that you take your pre-natal vitamins and if they make you sick like they did me take them at night with a small snack. Also try eating foods that are high in floic acid, cereal has alot of folic acid in it. It is VITAL for a baby to develope. Just a tip – grapes really made my stomache feel better =)

By: JiLLIaN

JiLLIaN — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:33:07 +0000

welcome to pregnancy.. you baby will be fine though eat a lot of fruit and crackers!

By: peterpan

peterpan — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:10:12 +0000

your baby will be fine….make sure you are not getting dehydrated and are drinking alot also try small meals at first its good to try and eat healthy but try eating what sounds good not what you think is the best choice for the baby this does not mean just cookies and cakes but you will be surprised how you will pick something that is healthy with my last daughter all i wanted was beans and cheese at first and this is full of protein and calcium and i ate it everyday for like 3 weeks my Doctor said it was fine and my baby was great and as the throwing up got less and less i added in all the other foods! so try what sounds good and hopefully it will work!! good luck