Morning sickness

When did people with really bad sickness start to get better? I’ve been off for work for 6 weeks now and only able to eat a handful of things. Maxed out on anti sickness tablets. Had one hospital admission because my blood sugar was so low from lack of food/vomitting I was passing out and the lack of electrolytes was giving me an irregular heart rate😭😭 I’m 13 and a half weeks and the vomitting seems to be getting worse not better, I’m sick to my stomach every single day.

I’ve genuinely never felt worse in my life! What were other people’s experiences when they had really bad/extreme sickness/HG that was keeping them off work/in hospital?😭

Feeling like it’s just never going to get better at this stage. Can’t leave the house because it comes on so quick I’ve had to be sick in public on the street 😢

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My sickness stopped around week 17. But it got better every week since week 14. You are getting there, you will probably be able to eat all the things you like again soon you'll see ❤️

Was sick all through with my girl
But I started feeling less worse at 6months😮‍💨hopefully yours get better x

Mine started to slow down around 20 weeks. I was pregnant with twins so I still got it every now and then. What medication are you on? They gave me ondansetron at 15 weeks and it helped so much, I was still sick but it helped with the nausea and I could stomach food again.

my morning sickness eased once I went into my second trimester around 12-14 weeks. I took Tums whenever I had morning sickness and found them a lot better and easier to take than other brands x

Mine started easing around 16 weeks then got considerably better at 20 weeks. It’s soooo hard. But you will get through it and you’ll forget about it eventually 💓🤞🏼

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