Hi, is it possible to start getting morning sickness after 3 months? I was not sick at all during the first three months but now I am 13 weeks and I have been feeling really quite sick for 5 days or so now. I know it is not common, but is it possible or is there likely something else wrong? I have no other symptoms...
Morning sickness after 12 weeks
- Thread starter Liquorice
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On my first child my morning sickness started at week 15 and continued right up until my son was born at 28 weeks. I ended up being hospitalised three times due to dehydration as even fluids would not stay down.
On my second child it started at week 8 and ended at week 12 so I was luckier second time round.
It is not pleasant and I don't know why they call it morning sickness because I was sick morning, noon and night throughout...
plain dry crackers first thing in the morning (before you even get out of bed) was recommended by my doctor for me and it did help a little, especially if you have to get up early for work.
Hope it gets better for you very soon.
On my second child it started at week 8 and ended at week 12 so I was luckier second time round.
It is not pleasant and I don't know why they call it morning sickness because I was sick morning, noon and night throughout...
plain dry crackers first thing in the morning (before you even get out of bed) was recommended by my doctor for me and it did help a little, especially if you have to get up early for work.
Hope it gets better for you very soon.
My morning sickness was at its worst around 12-14 weeks (I only had nausea before then), so it may be that you are going through the same thing... Mine stopped almost completely at 16 weeks though unless I let my stomach get too empty. I found that ginger tea was an absolute lifesaver as I found the plain dry cracks too hard to get down.
FutureHKmom
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For my second bub, who I am carrying now, I was really sick between weeks 8 and 13...though it started getting better after week 13, I was still a little sick until at least week 15 or 16. So I would hang in there for a few more weeks! I totally understand how miserable it is....
karmah1
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Unfortunately yes...I had very bad morning (all-day!) sickness from 6-36 weeks. I felt like i had a bad hangover and food poisoning, and at one stage I couldn't even hold down water. I found that acupuncture and homeopathic medicine helped. My son is now 18 months and I'm very reluctant for try for number 2.
Damn. Everything I had read suggested the worst is typically over by the end of the first trimester. I thought I had been really lucky and didn't have to go through it at all. It isn't going away though. I'll keep my fingers crossed that it doesn't last the whole pregnancy...
Boo to morning sickness 
Hi Liquorice,
I really feel for you, its not a nice feeling is it?
I was very sick from 5-18 weeks, with regular vomiting. I'm over 19 weeks now, thankfully I'm not really vomiting anymore, but I still feel quite nauseous.
Lots of mums-to-be feel sick in the second trimester, and some unlucky ones in the third trimester.
I hope it eases up for you!
Lali
Hi Liquorice,
I really feel for you, its not a nice feeling is it?
I was very sick from 5-18 weeks, with regular vomiting. I'm over 19 weeks now, thankfully I'm not really vomiting anymore, but I still feel quite nauseous.
Lots of mums-to-be feel sick in the second trimester, and some unlucky ones in the third trimester.
I hope it eases up for you!
Lali
karmah1
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Me too,in the end I stopped reading my pregnancy books! And i also had enough of everyone telling me it will be gone soon.
If it continues go and see Gianna Buonocore at IMI - Integrated Medicine Institute. I found that accupuncture and homeopathic medication really took the edge off my all day sickness and I could function somewhat normally. I tried all the usual things like ginger biscuits, ginger tea, eating small meals etc but it didn't work.
Sorry to hear that. I was sick for the entire pregnancy of my first, and most of my second. With the second, I was able to manage it through drugs actually. Odansetron (sp) is an anti-nausea drug that is safe for pregnant women - I took it and it helped, however, it turned out that my nausea was caused more by excess hormones in my stomach.
Because of my experience with no. 1, I was very conscious of what to eat/not to eat, when to eat, when not to eat etc., so when the nausea began for the second at 6 weeks, I started to realize that drinking water caused me to throw up (After all, you are always encouraged to stay hydrated). When I talked through everything that I was trying with my doctor, he caught my comment about drinking water and thought that reflux might be causing some of the nausea. To that end, he recommended Zantac (or generic form) to ease it, and surprisingly, it worked wonders. I was able to get off the anti-nausea drug and stick with Zantac. After a number of weeks, I was able to ease off the frequency of Zantac which was nice. By about 8 months, I was all done.
Message me if you like, I can walk you through some of the other things I tried which may or may not help. Everyone is different.
Hope this helps. I know how hard it can be.
Because of my experience with no. 1, I was very conscious of what to eat/not to eat, when to eat, when not to eat etc., so when the nausea began for the second at 6 weeks, I started to realize that drinking water caused me to throw up (After all, you are always encouraged to stay hydrated). When I talked through everything that I was trying with my doctor, he caught my comment about drinking water and thought that reflux might be causing some of the nausea. To that end, he recommended Zantac (or generic form) to ease it, and surprisingly, it worked wonders. I was able to get off the anti-nausea drug and stick with Zantac. After a number of weeks, I was able to ease off the frequency of Zantac which was nice. By about 8 months, I was all done
.Message me if you like, I can walk you through some of the other things I tried which may or may not help. Everyone is different.
Hope this helps. I know how hard it can be.