Morning sickness medication questions

I am 13 weeks pregnant and have been going through really bad "whole
day sickness" from week 5.5 and on. As I wasn't able to keep anything
down, the doctor prescribed me first phenergan and then
zorphan(because Phenergan made me sleepy all day long which is a
problem at work). I have been taking one of each regularly(one zorfan
8 mg in the morning and one phenergan at night). This week I am trying
to stop phenergan and not only facing nausea/vomitting but can't sleep
at night. My questions a

1. Did anybody use phenergan and/or zofran continuously in first
trimester? Is there any side effect that you faced? Can taking these
medicines continuously be harmful to the baby?

2. Is there any withdrawal symptom that you faced when you stopped
these?

3. How long did your morning sickness last? I am afraid that as I am
taking these medicines, my body is not naturally getting used to the
rising hormone levels and I may have a prolonged morning sickness even
after first trimester.

Thanks a lot for listening,

- Bashuri

3. How long did your morning sickness last? I am afraid that as I am
taking these medicines, my body is not naturally getting used to the
rising hormone levels and I may have a prolonged morning sickness even
after first trimester.

Cant answer your first two questions..

I had horrible morning sickness the 1st and early 2nd trimester of this
pregnancy. I talked to my OB about it and he wrote me a Rx for something
(cant recall what) and also told me I could take an over-the-counter sleep
aid (don't remember which one, sorry) along with my prenatal but I never
ended up taking either. I was having a hard enough time taking my prenatal
and couldn't swallow another pill. I just grinned and bared it until it
passed. I get the occasional bout of morning sickness now but only seems to
happen when I let myself go too long without eating. I would think being in
your 13th week you are getting very close to the end of the morning sickness
period. Good luck.

On a side note...I never experienced morning sickness with my first
pregnancy and actually had no pregnancy symptoms until I started to feel the
baby move. I remember wishing for morning sickness so I would "feel
pregnant", luckily I never experienced it the first time. But what the heck
was I thinking wishing for that!

Cherie
mom to Jakob (19.5 months)
Grace EDD 8/6/2004

I had horrible morning sickness the 1st and early 2nd trimester of this
pregnancy. I talked to my OB about it and he wrote me a Rx for something
(cant recall what) and also told me I could take an over-the-counter sleep
aid (don't remember which one, sorry) along with my prenatal but I never
ended up taking either. I was having a hard enough time taking my prenatal
and couldn't swallow another pill.

Half of a vitamin B6 tablet plus one Unisom (doxylamine succinate).
It's called Diclectin, is available in Canada, and is the only nausea
medication that the FDA (in the US) has given the highest safety
rating to, for use during pregnancy (category A, proven safe). It has
a higher safety rating than Zofran or Phenargen.

I would have felt completely comfortable taking this, had my m/s been
as bad this time as it was with Sproutkin's pregnancy.

Mary S.
mom to the Sproutkin
and a new wee babysprout, due October 1

(Mary S.) wrote in message . com...

Half of a vitamin B6 tablet plus one Unisom (doxylamine succinate).

Hmm... are you sure it's not the other way around? I thought
Bendectin, the one that was taken off the market years ago, was B6
plus half a *Unisom* -- that was what my old OB told me I could try.,
saying there was no real reason to have taken it off the market.

It's called Diclectin, is available in Canada, and is the only nausea
medication that the FDA (in the US) has given the highest safety
rating to, for use during pregnancy (category A, proven safe).

Did anybody use phenergan

Oh, did I ever!!!!!!...LOL....but not during pregnancy, a few years ago
I was really sick on my stomach for some reason, and the Doc. gave me
phenergan...well it took the nausia RIGHT away...BUT ...LOL..i could NOT
keep my eyes open...and i started to depend on them for a WONDERFUL
nights sleep...lol...;-)

I dont think they'e addicting though....i just loved them....but i could
NOT stay awake!!!
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on the serious side!!!

the doc. gave me a vitamin that helped with nausia.... ( premesis ) that
worked good....

My all day long sickness lasted until I was in my 4th month...then it
went completly away...;-))

Good luck! and Congrats...