| The Alynora Helpful Hint Guide to Throwing Up:
(or rather, how to prevent it or at least make it easier to handle)
As Gwyndolyn has pointed out, ginger is good (as cookies, or otherwise as tea, in food, etc). Dry crackers are good.
But also:
Raspberry tea (good for pregnant women in general)
Peppermint tea
Anise (or fennel) tea (mornings)
Getting up slowly from bed, or eating the cracker before you get out of bed..
Eating bland things, easily digestibles like oatmeal, soup, etc (gets really boring after a while though) but when you have the oogies, it's easier to rid yourself of it...avoiding spicy/greasy meals basically
Eat very small meals frequently
Making sure to rest a bit afterwards.. and drink tea.. slowly...
Or, if it's really really really bad, you can always ask your doctor if it's allowed to take medication for it while you're preggers. My first suggestion would be to see if they have something like "domperidon" (which is an over the counter anti-nausea thing here in NL)
How do I know?
Because unfortunately, while I don't have nasty things, or adorable things in my tummy, I do throw up a hell of a lot. For years now. I sometimes go through bad phases which last a month or so of throwing up ~5x/day. Sheesh, try going to the doctor with that one? "oo let's check if you're pregnant..".. hrmph. They put me through all the tests... I don't have an eating disorder, just a way super sensitive stomach, and sometimes they put me on heavier medication for it when I'm in a bad phase. Otherwise I just use the domperidon now on bad days, and the other advice above for regular days. Oddly... it doesn't hurt so much to throw up anymore... and you know, this makes me grumpy that I still have to put up with this problem and that they can't fix me.. I want my spicy food back! *misses lamb vindaloo, but soooo wouldn't want to have morning sickness on top of the tummy issues* |