I wrote one of these post with my very first pregnancy back in 2013, but I thought it was due for an update. During my first pregnancy with Brody, I really had little nausea which was amazing! But with both my second and third pregnancy, I had major nausea. I remember searching high and low for the magic solution to make me feel human again. The devastating news is that there really isn’t one! There are things that can help you, but nothing that will take it all away. Everyone always wanted to make sure I was trying ginger and tea and any other common nausea remedies, but really none of those helped or I felt completely adverse to them. What I found to be most helpful or tolerable were preggo pops that I could suck on or sometimes any sour candies would be helpful. I don’t really know what it was about sucking on things other than that it helped take your mind off the nausea. I diffused Peppermint, sniffed peppermint, rolled peppermint on my skin and had a little success with that. The only ginger that I could really tolerate were ginger cookies, but give ginger a try in whatever form you can handle. I just don’t really care for it.
Here is a round-up of a few things that helped me this pregnancy and my last!
Yeti Tumbler– Pregnancy makes you SO thirsty. I always wanted to have water close by and I love these Yeti tumblers because they keep my ice which means my drink stays cold! I also would get sick of water and would add other cold drinks to this as well!
Crystal Light Caffinated – I loved these Crystal Light packets. I would get so sick of water and nothing would quench my thirst. So I started using some of these to help change things up. The caffeinated ones were nice later in my pregnancy because it would give me a little boost in the afternoons when I was super exhausted.
Lip Balm – I had this next to my bed, in my purse, on my kitchen counter or anywhere else that I would frequent because my lips stayed chapped! It didn’t matter how much water I drank, my lips were always peeling.
Belly Cream– There are so many different ones out there and I’ve used and tried several different kinds. I really just love the smell of Palmers Cocoa Butter. It smells amazing and goes on thick so it feels effective. I have small stretch marks on the side of my upper thighs and on my love handles from my previous pregnancies. So be sure not to forget those areas.
Peppermint Oil – I’ve been using essential oils for almost two years now. Peppermint is known to help with nausea and relieve tension from headaches. I would sniff, roll, digest or do whatever possible with peppermint to try to take away my nausea. Nothing worked 100% at all. I think it helped a bit, but it didn’t take it away.
Preggo Pops – I loved these. I loved being able to have something to suck on and the sweet/sour flavor of them seemed to help me. I don’t know if it’s mental or what, but I do highly recommend these things to help you throughout the day.
Tums – Just know you will need this somewhere after you enter the second half of your pregnancy. Acid reflux or indigestion just comes with the territory. I like the smoothie flavor and they also make a candy coated one now that is really good too.
Pregnancy Pillow – I used this a lot with my first two pregnancies and haven’t used it that much yet. I’m 25 weeks and I think around 30 weeks or so is when I really start to want it. I’ve used a small lumbar pillow between my legs some so far.
Prenatals – I put the chewy prenatal on here because that is all I could tolerate for the first half of my pregnancy due to the nausea. My doctor prescribes Concept DHA as a prenatal vitamin, but I figured anything was better than nothing during that time!
Tea – I actually had a hard time even tolerating tea at first, but once I could, I loved this one at night. Yogi teas seem to be my favorite, so try a few different ones out and pick your favorite. I was never keen on Ginger tea either, but thats supposed to help nausea if you can tolerate it.
GingerSnaps – This is about the only ginger-related item that I could tolerate while really nauseous. I wouldn’t say it cures things by any means, but it helped a little. It’s worth a shot!
I hope this helps. This round-up is obviously aimed towards those that get nausea during pregnancy. I will remind you that sadly there is no absolute cure for it. You just have to wait it out which totally sucks. But it finally will pass and you can start to feel human again!!!
What helped you during pregnancy??
Gosh being nauseous constantly is the worst. All worth it though! Glad you are over that stage!!
My daughter is just about 4 months old and this post brought me back to how rough those early weeks of pregnancy are! Interesting that you say you did not experience it when you were pregnant with Brody and they say it’s a girl thing! The thing that helped me the most was lots of iced tea!
you should get the boppy pregnancy wedge!!!!!
Is that for sleeping? I think I’ve seen those!!
YES to the Yeti and Peppermint oil for pregnancy. And after 😉
I’m 16 weeks along and was soo nauseous in the beginning. I lucked out and got an awesome nurse at my first appt who gave me samples of a pill called Diclegis. I think it’s normally pretty expensive but it’s worth asking for samples. I would take it after dinner, when my nausea was the worst, and it definitely helped. It also made me sleepy which was great in those first few months when I would be exhausted all day and then wide awake at night.
Oh man my first trimester, the pregnancy pops were the only things that helped me! I always had to have some on hand just in case!
Me too! I don’t know what it was about those things!!