# Pregnancy Nausea **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 17, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-nausea/554088 "2010-09-17T15:10:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Amara\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7993a0/32.png) [@Amara\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amara_1)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-nausea/554088/21 "2010-09-21T17:31:25Z")
> [@flodnak](#): > > If she’s miserable or if you’re seriously worried for her health, one of you should call whoever is handling her pre-natal care. If she can’t keep water down over a period of more than a couple hours, CALL THE DOCTOR. The big risk here is dehydration. Second this completely. Dehydration kicks in faster and is generally more of a concern than poor nutrition for pregnant women. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-nausea/554088/22 "2010-09-21T18:09:23Z")
Not sure where you live, but i used a drug called Diclectin. Worked well for me… ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-nausea/554088/23 "2010-09-21T19:19:52Z")
> [@maggenpye](#): > > I’m glad the ginger worked for your wife. I was told to eat apples, which sometimes worked and sometimes failed _spectacularly._ My sister also had some luck with apples. The variety of apple can make a difference; keep trying different ones until she finds ones that work for her. (Personally, I think that was partly placebo effect --the distraction of looking at a dozen different varieties of apples and choosing one helped her keep it down. Whatever works.) ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-nausea/554088/24 "2010-09-21T20:16:44Z")
Had bad morning sickness with all three of my kids. The middle child put me in the hospital twice for IV fluids. I wore a scopolomine patch until the 20th week of pregnancy. When I first took it off I had a few more really bad days and never felt right. What was odd is that I could tolerate a few foods each pregnancy - and they were different foods each time. Sprite and ginger cookies for kid number 1 Stove top stuffing for kid 2 Taco Bell Mexican Pizza for kid 3. Sugary sodas- coke or sprite are worth a try. But I’d suggest having your wife try different foods and settle on whatever seems to help settle her stomach best. There are also wrist bands available that are supposed to put pressure on the nausea accu-pressure points. They didn’t do squat for me, but you might see if they work. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-nausea/554088/25 "2010-09-22T06:43:54Z")
> [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](#): > > What was odd is that I could tolerate a few foods each pregnancy - and they were different foods each time. I’ve heard that from a friend, too. The smell was what set me off - burgers? Yum, feed me! Pies? Pass me the bucket, blergh. And the _idea_ of certain flavours. I had a (shamefully out loud) argument with the fetus about why I wasn’t going to buy the godawful banana milk she wanted, only to get dangerous rumblings when I reached for the chocolate milk. We settled on strawberry, which neither of us likes even now, eleven years later. **[t-bonham@scc.net](mailto:t-bonham@scc.net)**, you could be right about the variety of apple being important - I don’t know about the placebo effect, there were too many ‘sure fire’ cures that did nothing for me. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-nausea/554088/26 "2010-09-22T18:24:48Z")
> [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](#): > > There are also wrist bands available that are supposed to put pressure on the nausea accu-pressure points. They didn’t do squat for me, but you might see if they work. [These](http://www.sea-band.com/) have helped me and I am nine weeks along. But I’m thankfully not even remotely as queasy as I was the first time around. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-nausea/554088.md?page=1)