What can a doctor prescribe for severe morning sickness?
There is no medical treatment for mild morning sickness. If morning sickness is bad enough to interfere with your everyday life, your doctor may be prepared to prescribe a drug to stop the vomiting (anti-emetic). However, no anti-emetic drug has yet been tested for its safety in pregnancy, so the effects on the developing baby will be unknown. This is the reason that many doctors will not prescribe anything, unless the risk to mother and baby is so high that something has to be done. Thus, in hyperemesis gravidarum, admission to hospital may be necessary so that the dehydration can be treated with an intravenous fluid drip. Chat with your midwife or doctor and find out if there are any additional tips they can suggest. Your local pharmacy may stock special acupressure wristbands. These have a button on the inside of the wrist that stimulates an acupressure point and this can help nausea. The Royal Navy ran a trial on these and found them to be useful in a proportion of seasick sailors.
These are some tips I’ve found for morning sickness: *Eat small meals throughout the day so that you’re never too full or too hungry. *Avoid rich, fatty foods. *Avoid foods with smells that bother you. *Eat more carbohydrates (plain baked potato, white rice, dry toast). *Eat saltine crackers and other bland foods when you feel nauseous. *Try gelatin desserts (Jell-O), flavored frozen desserts (popsicles), chicken broths, ginger ale (nondiet), sugared decaffeinated or herbal teas (be careful with teas though, some can be hazordous during pregnancy), and pretzels. *The iron in prenatal vitamins can bother some women. If you think your morning sickness is related to your vitamins, talk with your doctor and he or she may change your vitamins. *Wearing “acupressure” wrist bands, which are sometimes used by passengers on boats to prevent sea sickness, may help some women who have morning sickness. You can buy the bands at boating stores or travel agencies. I found this at http://familydoctor
I had hyperemesis in 3 pregnancies on a good day i was sick up to 10 times a day on a bad 30 in and out of hospital on a drip, I was prescribed a drug called metoclopramide which is an anti sickness but as soon as i swallowed tablet i was sick the best thing for me in the end where i could continue with everyday life was stemetil in suppository form not pleasant but stopped the sickness this had to be done first thing in morning and from week 18 i could get out the house and live a little i could also finally eat food which i knew myself and the baby needed and she was born very healthy.
