Forget Zofran. Totally useless for me, as it turns out. Did nothing.
My new, new BFF is crystallized ginger. Several previously pregnant friends who also suffered from the constant, debilitating nausea I am living with at the moment recommended that I try it, and last night, in a fit of total desperation I had Jon drive me over to the food coop just before 9pm closing time, where I picked up some of the sugary ginger. I started nibbling it, and felt better almost immediately.
PRAISE JESUS!
This morning I’ve been noshing on the stuff every hour or two and in combination with carbonated water, it’s definitely, definitely making a difference. I feel almost normal today, if still a bit sleepier than usual. But I can live with that.
I also plan to pick up some of the accupressure sea-bands that other friends have recommended, so I’m hoping those help as well. One important thing I’ve discovered is that I have to be super picky about what I eat in order to avoid total and complete nausea hell. For example, I learned the hard way after attending a movie on Saturday night that no matter how tasty it might look at the time, consuming half of a giant tub of buttered movie popcorn is NOT a good idea for the sensitive pregnant tummy. I paid for that indiscretion for the next 24 hours – literally.
No, the best thing is to eat smallish meals of things like saltines and cream cheese or orange slices and small bites of turkey. All of which will now be topped off by a generous helping of crystallized ginger.
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You may also find some relief from ginger beer, which is like extra spicy gingerale. I also found salted Indian lassis, homemade yoghurt made into smoothies with ice, salt and optionally toasted cumin seeds. At this point I’d leave them out, but they do taste good nonpregnant.
I love ginger candy and eat it regularly.
Try this candy, it’s what is popular at the moment for the morning sick population in NYC.
They sell them on a morning sick website, but you can get them at wholefoods or Asian grocery stores.
http://www.morningsicknesshelp.com/ginger.html
We LOVE candied ginger around our house. and the coop has a reallly good ginger beer (Reed’s), which i would gladly go and get for you
The sea bands worked for me, as well as the frequent eating of small meals. Sometimes, all I could handle was potato chips and 7 up. And cold orange slices with cottage cheese for some reason. Glad the candied ginger is working for you!