Anti Sickness Relief: Cyclizine

I’m not saying I’m a pill popper, but before I got pregnant If i had a headache I’d take a tablet. Ditto with a bit of a sore throat, niggly back, you get the picture.

Not only have I gone cold turkey with smoking, I’ve also done the same with any kind of medication, including pain killers.

It’s been fine, until now. In the midst’s of sever morning sickness I’ve realised that I’m not coping anymore and I may need a little help to get me back on my feet, so when my GP suggested I try an anti sickness drug called Cyclizine, I reluctantly agreed.

I took my prescription home and despite being assured by my GP that it was one of the safest (and mildest) anti sickness drugs to use in pregnancy, I wanted to do my own research.

According to Google, it seems that lots of women take Cyclizine and have no problems, though it doesn’t appear to work for everyone all the time.

I spoke to my hubby and we agreed that as I was 11 weeks now (and was told by the GP that taking this medication after 8 weeks is even safer) that I would give it a go. I had to, I was a mess.

I only had 2 tablets a day, 12 hours apart, and while I still felt nauseaus, I stopped being sick so often, which was a blessed relief.

I was told to take them whenever I felt I needed them, so that’s what I did and personally I’m really glad I chose to take them as I feel they helped me get back on my feet a little.

Obviously, the decision as to whether to take medication in pregnancy is entirely down to the individual, and If I wasn’t so unwell I’d have liked to have been able to steer clear, alas, I did what was right for me at the time.

Have any of you suffered terribly with morning sickness? How did you cope? What are your thoughts on taking medication during pregnancy? 

Week 11: In A Nutshell...

This post will be brief as otherwise it’ll be dull as hell.

In a nutshell, still super sick. Still taking my anti sickness medication. Still feeling miserable.

When. Will. This. End!?

Next week perhaps I though, at around the 12 week mark.

‘’Oh no that’s a fallacy, its often more like 16 weeks and sometimes, women can suffer throughout the duration of their pregnancy’’ says my GP to I. I go home and sob ‘’please don’t let that be me, please let me be cured by next week!’’ through my heaving.

In case you can' picture what a REALLY morning sick person looks like. Here's me. Cant believe I've just shared this photo with the internet. Oh dear. 

Bad times. Hopeful for a miracle to relieve me of this current situation! 

9 Weeks: Resting At Home

So my Morning Sickness is changing. Some days I still feel like death, others, I think I feel somewhat, dare I say it, normal?

My GP signed me off for this week as I was feeling so unwell and was so exhausted and boy did I appreciate the rest without having to worry about work.

I mainly just pottered around the house and fed my face every few hours- sounds great but at this rate I'm going to be the size of a HOUSE.

I can't stomach meat, fruit or veg and am living on a diet of pasta, super noodles, crisps and carbs.

Bad times for my waist line but what can I do!

Little else to report this week really, just relishing some time to rest and hopefully, get myself on track again so I can get myself back to work next week!

Gah, and here I was thinking Pregnancy would be easy! 

7 weeks & In Morning Sickness Hell

Ladies, I am in a whole WORLD of pain. I wake up feeling sick and I go to bed feeling sick. This is relentless.

It is so bad in fact, that I did the thing I didn't want to have to do for a while yet, and I told my boss at 7+3 weeks. I had to. If this sickness is going to continue, she needs to know rather than me making up excuse after excuse as to why I cant come to work.

I told her on a Monday morning after I had been off for 3 days the previous week. I claimed to have caught a bug on the flight home from my holiday, but I wanted to be honest and knew I would need the support of my work. So I bit the bullet and told her.

I'm so pleased that I did too, she was very kind and congratulated me and made me feel like I had her support going forward, which was a weight off my mind.

Turns out it's just as well I did tell her as by Wednesday I was greener than a cabbage and spent the rest of the week at home, off sick, again.

As miserable as I felt I had something in the back of my mind to keep me going. On Saturday, I had booked a private scan to see my little bean!

I have been feeling so dreadful and 12 weeks seems like such a long way away, and I desperately needed something to make me smile, and knew that seeing my little bean would perk me up!

I'm actually excited and scared in equal measures about the scan. I know it's stupid given my levels of sickness, but what if they don't find anything? What if there's nothing there and they say 'I'm terribly sorry, you're mistaken and actually just have a tummy bug.''

I'm sure that won't be the case, but I can hardly wait! 

Week 6: 2 Words You Hope You'll Never Need to Acquaint Yourself With: Morning Sickness

Today I'm 6+6 weeks and morning sickness has hit me like a steam train.

I truly object to it being called morning sickness though, as I feel sick morning, noon and night.

I read online that if you are going to experience morning sickness it will rear its head by the end of the 6 week mark.

As I approached this date I felt a little smug- I didn’t feel ill at all! I was on a lovely holiday with my family in Mallorca, soaking up some sun and have a lovely time, totally unaware of what was just around the corner.

Happy and sickness free on holiday. If only I knew what was just around the corner!

The nausea started out of the blue at 6+3 days. The day we travelled home. I nearly vomited in the taxi to the airport, at the airport, on the plane and in the car home. I had to use every single ounce of energy I had not to puke and it was horrendous!

I had the following day booked off work to recover from travelling back from holiday, which was just as well as I could barely move without heaving.

Mum took me to the local shop and I stocked up on plain crackers, mini cheddars and ginger biscuits.

I then spent the next 24 hours trying to deal with the relentless nausea.

I had hoped that perhaps it was sickness from the stress of travelling home the previous day, alas, no.

I woke up the next day and felt just as horrendous. I made it as far as the train station then had to turn around, come home and plant myself on the sofa.

This pattern continued and I went to my GP to ask for advice on combating sickness. She checked my blood pressure and urine, all OK, and signed me off for the rest of the week while recommending that then I went back to work, that I altered my working hours to avoid rush hour trains- thank god!

What I have found to help (slightly) so far are the following;

  Eat something small every 90 minutes or so


 Sip diet lemonade (not sure why this helps)

        Nibble on a ginger biscuit every now and then

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Wearing my Sea Band Mama acupressure wrist bands (£8.50)

·    Keeping my Body Shop Satsuma EDT (£8.50) in my bag so if I feel unwell by a smell that’s surrounding me I can spritz it onto a tissue or my wrists and the fresh smell helps me feel better 

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