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First pregnancy and miserable!

Hello! This is me and my husband's  first pregnancy/baby :-) I am 8.5 weeks and the morning sickness is so bad  I can't anything! I go from bed to couch back to bed... I work full time and have had to call out several times so far... MD gave me some anti nausea pills they kind of work but mostly put me to sleep...any suggestions?
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I am 28 weeks I have try other med but Diclegis is working for me! I take two every night  can't miss it or I will be nauseous all day the next day.  Talk to your of to see what work best for u
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My doctor gave me ondansetron, it saved my life lol! I'm 17 weeks pregnant and I still throw up on the daily but its not as bad as a few weeks ago.  The ondansetron has a grape flavor but it does make me gag, what I do is place it under my tongue and then swish with a huge gulp of ice cold water.  
I noticed that my nausea was worse when I was super hungry but I would be so hungry that I couldn't keep anything down- frustrating! Try to eat easy fast things frozen blueberry waffles with only butter, or chocolate chip, green giant has frozen veggies covered in cheese, I made a fruit salad and kept it in the fridge- its crazy easy to stick a fork on there at 3 am, the trick is just to find something you'll want that's easy and accessible.  (I've been on a bagel bite and grape kick) once you get a little food down it'll be a whole new day.  
You will have days that you just puke all day and can't eat anything, I've left a trail of items with one bite taken on bad days lol... But its just proof that that little baby is doing everything its supposed to... :/
It does get better!
I've recently started feeling movements, makes EVERYTHING worth it!

Oh ps- that ondansetron will make you VERY constipated! Sometimes that's worse than the nausea- stock up on applesauce, apple juice and I got a mild dulcolax for the bad days.
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Morning sickness can be pretty bad. I'm sorry to hear. I ended up on h2 blockers and they helped a lot. Didn't get them until later though so not sure how they would work out for you. Maybe another thing to ask the Dr?
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Take your medicine before bed and try changing your prenatals. I switched to one a day women's and it helped a lot.
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I asked my doctor about Zofran but she said its more likely to cause birth defects. .. that scared me...
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Zofran! I have hyperemisis. So it's severe morning sickness until you give birth. Diclegis is ok at bed time, the phenergan made me sleepy and didn't work too well, but they both make you sleepy. Zofran does Not make you sleepy :) Also, try taking your prenatal before bed or after lunch.
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