Wish I had any suggestion for you, but I was hyperemetic and nothing seemed to work for me at all, and I tried most of the above. Drugs worked to a degree, but never completely stopped it. There might be something new on the market, now.
It’s the primary reason I have only one child (he’s 13 now, yikes!)
You have my sympathy and sincerest wishes that it stops sooner rather than later.
I had morning sickness with this one up until about 20 weeks. And yes, morning sickness is a misnomer, because it never really went away. Zofran was the only thing that helped. And don’t worry too much about what you eat–eat what sounds good, because all the healthy yummy vegetables and lean meats in the world won’t help you if they just end up coming back up right after you eat them. The first trimester of pregnancy is not the time to feel guilty about what you eat, provided you get your prenatal and keep IT down. I lived off of Chef Boyardee beef ravioli for quite some time. It was the only thing that sounded good.
Disclaimer: I’ve never been pregnant, but I did go through chemo and I get migraines, and some of what’s worked for me also worked for a dear friend of mine with hyperemesis gravidarum.
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[li]Smells: It can help to control what you smell even when you’re not eating. This includes both being careful to avoid random odors *and *having something good to sniff on hand. Like Elenfair mentioned, fresh lemons and limes work for some; slices of fresh ginger worked for me; essential oils like peppermint or whatever work for others.[/li][li]**Avoid empty stomach: **'cause after that, even if you fill it up, it seems to want to be empty again. Something very bland and snackable on hand can help. I lurve nice fresh not-stale saltine crackers for this, while others like pretzels, rice cakes, dry Cheerios, ginger snaps, vanilla wafers, melba toast, etc. Sucking on hard candies never worked for me but has worked for others – ginger, citrus, and peppermint flavors seem to be favorites. They seem to work best if they are extremely simple, smooth, plain hard candies (aka boiled sweets), rather than crystallized ginger or Altoids or whatever, but YMMV. Whatever your preference, “simple” seems to be the key – you want to avoid sensory overload.[/li][li]Dehydration sux: It’s incredibly easy to get dehydrated when you’re nauseous, and then, of course, being dehydrated makes you more nauseous. The key is to take really really small sips of water, or even let small chips of ice melt in your mouth. Flavoring the water, or getting distilled or purified water, or plain carbonated (soda) water, or just using your favorite sparkling-clean glass, may help.[/li][li]IDing appetizing foods: When you feel like barfing, it’s amazing what seems appetizing that didn’t use to, and vice versa. When I was in chemo, I lived on plain Spaghettio’s (which now I wouldn’t impose on my dog). Conversely, I couldn’t manage any dish with chicken in it. It can take a lot of trial and error to figure out what tastes good right now. I definitely found that soups and softer foods, like pasta, worked better than sandwiches or salads – something about the texture seemed to matter. Whatever you find that stays down, have some more tomorrow![/li][li]Stop with the worrying: Like Drain Bead says, if you keep anything down, don’t worry about whether it was a balanced meal. Your body has a lot of goodies stored in it that your baby can use while you get over this. If you start to lose weight or are truly miserable, get a prescription – hassle your doc if you need to.[/ol][/li]Good luck! Feel better! Yay for babies!
What’s the current thinking on tea? I had the 24-hour variety of “morning sickness” with both my kids for the first trimester. With the second, I needed to be functional to chase after a toddler so I would have a nice cup of tea with milk and sugar and a piece of toast with peanut butter. It worked like magic. After that I would try to nibble through the day as others have said.
A herbal tea made from fresh ginger root is also very nice.
Thanks for all the advice folks. I gave in and got cyclizine today. It’s helping a little. My GP mentioned Largactil and steroids if this or Zofran doesn’t work out…I’m SO not going down that route.
I do feel like the biggest wuss for taking two days off work, but since all I have done is lie on a sofa or in bed and vomit every so often I don’t think my patients would be getting my A game if I went in, I just feel bad fo my colleagues picking up the slack.
Tupug Anachi- tea is in the bad boat (because of the caffeine) for pregnant women generally, and in the bad boat for me particularly because even the smell makes me feel sick.
My mum brought over a freezerful of food today- cottage pie, lasagna, chicken soup- well balanced food from my childhood that will hopefully taste good. Even in the worst case at least irishfella won’t starve!
I keep mentally reviewing lists of food to see if anything sounds good- so far prawn crackers, bagels with cream cheese and raspberry jam and fresh pineapple sound the best- I’m going to endeavour to shop tomorrow!
I found baked potatoes with lots of sour cream and butter to be the meal of choice when I couldn’t stomach anything else.
I am currently 35 weeks pregnant and was just sick all the time in the begining (24 hour nausea)… what I found to work for me was to keep something on my tummy all the time, hard candy (preggy pops - they are great but after I was finished sucking on one… It was back. also if you try this I was told not to bite or chew them), and fruit smoothies in the morning… I guess it may have been the cold that took the nausea away. but it was just fruit and ice. thankfully the coffee place that makes them across the street had a frequent buyer program 
I also noticed if I did take phenergan at night that it would make for better mornings.
Don’t be surprised if when you shop tomorrow, something entirely different sounds good. And then when you go to eat it, you want something you didn’t get because it sounded awful when you were shopping. My husband made a trip to the store about every other day because I had some odd craving or another.
I liked peanut butter cookies and almonds.
There are some nice ginger-scented soaps out there, I found those pleasant.
One thing I despised was my prenatal vitamin. Even just the smell of it. I’d put vicks vapo-rub on my nose first, it has a strong menthol odor.
Good luck!
I’ve had the 24-hour nausea without vomiting since the moment I peed on the stick with this one. I’m 10 weeks and so very luckily starting to feel better, but I’ve found for me so far Cheerios and English muffins have been the best.
Good luck and congrats!
I have to say that with two pregnacies, I never had any nausea.
However, I nearly puked on my husband during the 8th month during sex and I was on top.
That make you feel better?
Irishgirl, I empathize, I suffered from morning sickness 24 hours a day throughout most of my pregnancy. It took me over 2 years to gain back the weight I had lost during my pregnancy.
Flat room temperature ginger ale was one thing I could keep down. A friend’s daughter was told to keep pedialyte pops (frozen) on hand for the days when she couldn’t keep anything down. There is probably something similar in Ireland. They’re supposed to be for children who have a stomach bug, but they did the trick for her-- at least made her feel stronger for those moments when she wasn’t actually barfing. Her 24-hour sickness lasted only 3 months, however.
I wish you an easier pregnancy from now on, and am happy for you that you are expecting Irishbaby. 
My doctor prescribed an anti-motion sickness drug when I was pregnant. I still felt sick but it allowed me to keep down enough that I could stay out of the hospital.
I could get some relief from sipping sour lemonade - I had my mom send me the packets of unsweetened Kool-Aid lemonade and then add as little sugar as I could stand - while nibbling on something salty. That only helped sometimes, though; I’d have good days, bad days, and really bad days, and couldn’t much predict it.
With my first son, I had hyperemesis which fizzled out in the second trimester, with occasional bad days until the end. He weighed 4.7kg at birth. With my second, I had hyperemesis the whole way through (I threw up ten minutes before we left for the hospital…), and he weighed “only” 4 kg. Both are healthy as horses. We’re living proof that hyperemesis is a lot harder on Mom than on Baby!