Congratulations, Leslie!

I'm at 21 weeks with my first child. I had horrible morning sickness, or, more accurately, morning, noon, and night sickness, until about 16 weeks. I lived on Diet 7up and Wheat Thins. Since the 16 week mark, I've been sick about once a week, so it has gotten better. I can finally walk into the kitchen without feeling the need to vomit.

I've progressed to back pain, and today had a very sad realization that I no longer have ankles. I called my mom in hysterics, and not only did she laugh, she told everyone in her office, too. Oh, well. I may have over-reacted a bit.

My advice is to enjoy your pregnancy as much as you can. I can't believe we're half-way there. Oh, and if you feel the need to read every book on the market, take things with a grain of salt. When my husband realized I had memorized the "What Could Go Wrong" chapter in What to Expect When You're Expecting, he took the book away from me.

I'm not and have not been pregnant, but I get nauseous pretty much all the time. One thing that has worked for me is this stuff called Emetrol. It's sold near the tums type stuff in the drug store, it has a rainbow on it with a white box. Idk how it works, but it does.
hope that helps?
congratulations and good luck with everything :)

Is it true that you fart A LOT when pregnant? That's got to be worse than morning sickness...socially, lol.

Sadly, it is for me. I usually blame it on a) the dog, b) my husband, or c) some other innocent bystander. Whoever smelt it, dealt it, and all that.:)

This thread is all the birth control I'll ever need. Thank you :)

Congrats Leslie! I'll be hoping for a ZA AGD legacy! I'm sorry you're having such a rough time but it should pass soon. I had a friend who ended up hospitalized and on IVs with both of her pregnancies and she just had to wait it out. I don't have advice to give, but I hope you're feeling better before the school year starts. The second trimester is usually the easiest, physically.

I had horrible morning sickness with my two girls - none with my boys (!). I ate a lot of chocolate Malt O Meal. I could usually keep it down, and at least when I couldn't it was easy to throw up - sad, isn't it, when you pick your foods not for what they taste like, but how easy they are to throw up. . . .but remember, it is worth it. Miserable, I know, but worth it!

I wonder if that is common, because I had morning sickness (and yes, did pick out food based on how it would be to throw up!) with my girl, but not my boy as well... I've thought it had to do with the unisom and B vitamins, but it may just as easily be the gender difference. I've also heard that it could have been harder on me with my husband being 100% Zapoteca Mexican...I read that mulatto babies are harder on the mother.

I'm on boy #3 and have had horrible morning/noon/night sickness with all of them- so I cannot imagine how bad it would be if I had a girl!
The sickness for the most part went away around week 16, however I still have certain foods (like Chinese Buffet) that I can't even look at without getting sick. I guess too many memories of what it tasted like the second time around.

Oh, and I still gag when I brush my teeth in the morning. Anyone else have this problem? My 2 year old now fake gags when I brush his teeth. I think he thinks that is part of the teeth brushing process.

That's cute about your toddler! Like you, I still gag when I brush my teeth... and so does my mom! :eek: So, I'm not expecting to ever get over that.

One of my doctors said she thinks that women whose first pregnancy is with a girl get sicker than those whose first pregnancy is with a boy. Something about the influx of female hormones, which are the ones essentially responsible for the morning sickness.

Oh, and Leslie, you should prepare yourself for some major heartburn. It seems like the women who suffer from morning sickness subsequently suffer from heartburn in the last trimester. I popped Tums like candy! (Hopefully, however, you'll avoid this pregnancy side-effect!)

you didn't overreact...poor baby! those mean non-pregnant people just do not understand! cankles are a preggo's worst nightmare! you look 65 from the knees down! :(

one word of advice for anyone pregnant or planning on ever being pregnant...if you are hurting/uncomfortable, tell someone and dont let up.

i was in a car accident two years ago, and thought that my back pain now was just flaring up a bit from it. as i mentioned earlier in the thread, the car accident was the cause for another condition i have...i'm on codeine for pain at night (doesnt help though :() and had i not bugged the living hell out of my Dr. he would have assumed like i did that it was "normal" pregnancy back pain. turns out, i may end up out of work and in a wheelchair the last month or so if it doesnt get any better...

i think that is why kids are so precious and such a blessing when they get here...if not, we'd have one and look at it like "huh, all that for this??" lol!

I am a Tums popper as well, but I figure that at least I am getting some extra calcium.

Oh, and the best baby gift I recieved was a prenatal massage. I am a stomach sleeper, so being stuck on my sides while preganant is killing me. But when you have a prenatal massage, the table has a belly-hole in it, and you get to lie on your stomach. that alone was wonderful!

Kinda along this line, anyone who is pregnant should swim as much as possible during the last trimester. It's amazing how much better your back will feel when you've been in the water - weightlessness is a pregnant woman's (or at least, THIS pregnant woman's) dream! So, find a pool, lake, ocean, etc., and get comfortable again!

i had heard this as well...i cant swim but i was told i can hold on to the sides and just let my body float...

When I was pregnant, I read in a book (wish I remembered which one!) that those holes weren't good for you. I had a few massages during my pregnancy, and I lay on my side for the entire time. Of course, they didn't help my back pain one bit, but they were certainly fun!