Elitsirk wrote in message
om...
The other threads about morning sickness medications have got me
wondering. At what point do doctors treat morning sickness? I don't
think that my MS is really bad enough to worry about, but everyone I
talk to is surprised that I'm still having issues with it.

I'm at about 16 weeks right now, and I am still throwing up about 5
times a week. I have whole days where I don't throw up at all, but
also days where I get sick multiple times. Earlier on, I pretty much
felt sea-sick all day long in addition to the hurling. Lately I feel
pretty much normal in the middle of the day, but around dinner time
and later I get that sea-sick feeling back. However, the sea-sickness
and the throwing up aren't necessarily linked--I tend to throw up
first thing in the morning more than any other time (and most of those
are before I have a chance to eat anything). I've tried eating
crackers right when I wake up, eating food right before bed, changing
what I eat at different times, and nothing really helps. If I do
manage to eat before I throw up in the morning, it's almost worse--I
think I prefer the mostly dry heaves :P

I'm not losing weight (mostly probably because I don't manage to
actually throw up food that often), and have actually put on about 7
pounds so far. Several friends have suggested that I should ask my
doctor about it (these are some of the same friends who either never
puked at all or only 1 or 2 times their whole pregnancies). Is this
really something that should be treated, or am I normal and should
just be dealing with it for now?

To me you sound pretty mild-I was feeling sick 24/7 for weeks 5-27 (#1) and
4-21 (#2) with both during that time I was being sick more often than once a
day. After those times I was still sick for the rest of pregnancy, (until
about 2hrs after delivery) but would have good patches where I didn't feel
as though I wasn't about to be sick. And, I'll add, I was nowhere near
needing help (other than sympathy!) from the dr.
If you haven't lost weight (I had lost at 20 weeks) then I wouldn't think a
dr. would worry at all.
I think you sound normal to me. The good news being that most people ms
seems to clear between 16-18 weeks. The bad news is that it doesn't always
and you don't know whether you'll be one of those :-(
Mention it at your next appointment, (if it's still going on) but I don't
think you'll get much help. If you're not keeping anything down at any stage
then you do need help.
Debbie