Okay, I know, i'm venturing into stormy seas, but I have to recommend - HOMEOPATHY!
find a good homeopath, my first homeopath was clueless, but i am convinced that the homeopathy given to me during my second pregnancy did the trick, I only threw up until the 13th week, unlike the first where it lasted 5 and a half months, and during the first pregnancy i had a overflow of saliva even until after i gave birth. An extreme overflow, I would go through a roll of Kitchen paper in a day.
Its all natural, worth a try.
I used Ipecacuanha.

All the luck, ladies! Focus on that precious being you will be holding in your arms in a few months time.

The plastic bags are a great idea, I had forgotten about that. I carried zip-loc bags everywhere with me & also had a stash in the car. They saved me a few times.

As for the anti-nausea pills, when you are as sick as I was choice does not come into it. Without them I would have been hospitalised for months and medicated anyway with them I managed to get vomitting down to between 6 & 10 times per day and could just about function at my job & as a mother to my older son.

I can only imagine, there are tough choices sometimes, I would probably do the same if I were in your position, sure. I was actually thinking about some friends who would always bring some meds from their docs without even questioning and getting informed, just trusting the doc, "these are safe" was the mantra they wouldn't even check. Pharmas push, even here. It's always good to check, though, more so while preggo. I come form a hugely conservative culture in terms of pregnancy and meds, they would ban you from working rather than dope you up with chemicals so you could function. I was banned from working, it was depressing to be sick and at home, no fun.

We had a ped here who wouldn't mind completely overmedicating a baby with painkillers instead of treating the cause, so that makes one wonder, too...Docs aren't gods, and I grew up with, uhm, 6 of them.

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“The only difference between a rut and a grave is a matter of depth.” S.P. Cadman

"Imagination is more important than knowledge." A. Einstein

Thanks, Lou and others..it is really great to get good advice and comfort from the forum..I read the book saying that 70% of the pregnant women would have MS, but strangely enough, none of my friends and my mom had this...sometimes I feel really bad that i spent most of the time suffering the nausea and cannot enjoy that much about this wonderful experience, hope I will get there soon..

I am free of MS since almost too weeks now. What a luck! It gives you back some energy!

Don't feel different, one has all the images of beautiful glowing preggo women, and then you are hit by the reality, a lot of my friends were sick, I was for 9mo, the last month was easier. I felt like a truck has hit me, tired, edgy and large, vagely remembering all the pretty pictures of pregnancy phantasy from the mags, haha..I was able to manage to just be nauseated and not puke, but only because I let myself eat like a monster. It was a vicious circle when I was hungry, I would get sick so much more, it was paralizing. So, keeping the stomach constantly full actually made me keep the food in if it makes sense, sorry if I am making you queesy. I would also eat outside, I needed cold air on my face to kill the nausea, cold wash cloth on my forehead, and neck, very acidic aples also worked, acidic drinks and mints seemed to work after I ate. I couldn't stand strong odours, perfumes, coffee stench, cigs, so I actively kept away from all those. (actually drinking coffee was fine, just smelling it was hell).

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"L'homme ne peut pas remplacer son coeur avec sa tete, ni sa tete avec ses mains." J.H. Pestalozzi

“The only difference between a rut and a grave is a matter of depth.” S.P. Cadman

"Imagination is more important than knowledge." A. Einstein

Though Motilim is the drug of choice for MS in France, it is indeed considered potentially dangerous in the rest of the world.

My doc prescribed me Primpéran (Metoclopramide), and it seems that several well conducted research showed no effect on the foetus, whether animal or human.

My doc is very careful with what is allowed or not, and I trust her. For instance, she said that only 1 pill is allowed per day., and she's always careful before prescribing anything, and checks it in her medical compendium.

I teach at university, and my great fear is to throw up in front of my students in my classroom

Yeah, they fuss over it in the US, actually I don't blame them. I tried it when I was really nauseated and not preggo, it did stop nausea but I saw everything through this thick fog, was dizzy and things were spinning around me. It's good you have an understanding doc.

Good luck with students, that's hard. I remember mom telling me about being preggo, teaching and throwing up in front of the class, she was teaching medics so it was ok, but it was still quite...ungraceful. I always worried about puking on someone's shoes in public transport, would keep away from people. Or ate, like a monster, I took train with the same folks, they must have laughed at this preggo eating like a pyranha. Little did they know I am trying not to puke.

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"L'homme ne peut pas remplacer son coeur avec sa tete, ni sa tete avec ses mains." J.H. Pestalozzi

“The only difference between a rut and a grave is a matter of depth.” S.P. Cadman

"Imagination is more important than knowledge." A. Einstein

Actually, having suffered from severe stomach problems, I'm quite used to Motilium, and those secondary effects stop pretty quickly.

Motilium can be bought over-the-counter here, and is very commonly used. I find Primpéran much more threatening: it's on prescription only, and the notice says it's not unusual to have neurological secondary effetcs... Brrrr...

True - remember Thalidomide???

The fact it is over the counter drug does not make the domperidone lighter, I wouldn't just pop it for longer periods (which I am sure people here don't, if they read up on it, anything that affects dopamine popped for longer time has consequences, and whoknows if just for the mom). This is interesting, comparing both (domperidone and metoclopramide), but it's in cases of nausea caused by chemo, heavy duty (last paragraph). I had a terrible motion sickness which was triggered by empty stomach, so travelling with eyes closed and keeping my stomach full managed the situ ok without meds, but I am not sure how I would function at work. Both meds are used to support lactation, weird, didn't know about this, while metoclopramide shouldn't been used in long spans (depression,etc.) I read somewhere, I can't remember, I am sure you can access articles at uni easily.

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"L'homme ne peut pas remplacer son coeur avec sa tete, ni sa tete avec ses mains." J.H. Pestalozzi

“The only difference between a rut and a grave is a matter of depth.” S.P. Cadman

"Imagination is more important than knowledge." A. Einstein

Oh god, so sad. I was actually listening to fabulous Bach concert just a few days ago on the eliptical, there was a wonderful soloist, typical Thalidomide child T. Quasthoff, his performance was phenomenal. (warning for preggos but I don't want to put the warning here and sounds disrespectful to Monsieur Quasthoff, he is a true artist).

I am now getting closer and closer of the old chap sitting at the pub at the end of the night burping and farting like no one can possibly hear....

It takes the grace out of graceful.... and just keep the full! My husband is an hero! He so didn't signed up for this!

If you gotta puke...rinse, rinse, rinse afterwards. I am a RDH

This is exactly what I thought too! Especially the whole giving birth part.. If roles were reversed I honestly don't know if I would be able to handle it.

I wouldn't. If he complains about a little pain here or there (which is really rare) I am quite bad to play the ''poor little boy, come to mommy'' kind of...

Yes, between the burping, farting and vomiting in public places, pregnany is a fascinating bodily experience...

And with all those ladylike symptoms, my partner dares complaing of the lack of sex between us, as if I could have my mind on such a thing at the moment! When I don't sleep I'm nauseous, and vice-versa Men......

You know the funny thing is that you are talking about all the burping, farting and barfing right now but once you have the baby and you come back to your senses after that you will DENY everything. My wife denies all of it and says that it was a figment of my imagination.

What? You don't feel sexy?????

I must be very weird, I didn't. So many women told me that you forget all about the labor! WRONG! I remember every single moment of the whole freaking 42 hours! 2 years later....

I think women forget what they want to forget.... Try to forget an anniversary... I can assure you, she'll remember for years if not for ever!