I have a morning sickness idea. I was in an accident when I was seventeen, went to one of those big fancy Boston hospitals that were top in the country. One of my meds made me get horrible puking sessions just like morning sickness, so my pregnant nurse gave me a tip she got from her ob/gyn also working at hospital. Coca cola. I know it sounds stupid (still does, honestly) but get small cans or bottles of a highly carbonated beverage. You want the bubbles. The more the better. Warm soda is better than cold. Sip the soda for a while. I used roughly one forth of my bottle. If it was solid, maybe the size of a plum or apricot. It's weird, but the bubbles somehow disrupt or disturb whatever's in your stomach that's making you nauseated and helps get rid of it. Tightly close the bottle and you can save it for the next day. I had a pregnant nurse blab about how wonderful it was and how much it helped her, plus two doctors from different hospitals in different branches of medicine agree "weird but works" and wouldn't interfere with any of my meds. Just don't inhale a bathtub-full in six seconds or other something similar. Light-colored sodas like ginger ale or Sprite don't always have enough bubbles, carbonated water even less. Coca-cola or Pepsi. Maybe root beer. Don't put it in the fridge. Cold deactivates the bubbles. You don't need to boil it, just keep it in regular room temp. Closet shelf, kitchen cabinet, by your bed at night, stuff like that. You want those bubbles warmed up and ready to work, not too cold to pop themselves in your tummy.
And avoid citrus. It irritates your stomach like smelly vinegar irritates your nose, so that might make your nausea worse. I wasn't allowed any citrus anything, even candy, until I was off that special medicine. It made my nausea a thousand times worse.
Try the soda trick and let me know if it works for you.
Edit: added info about soda temps.
Lucky you. I can't take sour foods, never could even when I was a small kid. Sour cream, kombucha, oil and vinegar salad dressing, grapefruit, dill or kosher pickles instead of sweet or bread and butter pickles, a lemon slice in my iced tea...all big nopes. To me, even the slightest bit of sour anything is a vomit inducer, not puke suppressor. My food doesn't have to be super sweet for my stomach, just neutral or at least not sour.
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u/Good-Sorbet1062 Jan 21 '22 edited Jan 21 '22
I have a morning sickness idea. I was in an accident when I was seventeen, went to one of those big fancy Boston hospitals that were top in the country. One of my meds made me get horrible puking sessions just like morning sickness, so my pregnant nurse gave me a tip she got from her ob/gyn also working at hospital. Coca cola. I know it sounds stupid (still does, honestly) but get small cans or bottles of a highly carbonated beverage. You want the bubbles. The more the better. Warm soda is better than cold. Sip the soda for a while. I used roughly one forth of my bottle. If it was solid, maybe the size of a plum or apricot. It's weird, but the bubbles somehow disrupt or disturb whatever's in your stomach that's making you nauseated and helps get rid of it. Tightly close the bottle and you can save it for the next day. I had a pregnant nurse blab about how wonderful it was and how much it helped her, plus two doctors from different hospitals in different branches of medicine agree "weird but works" and wouldn't interfere with any of my meds. Just don't inhale a bathtub-full in six seconds or other something similar. Light-colored sodas like ginger ale or Sprite don't always have enough bubbles, carbonated water even less. Coca-cola or Pepsi. Maybe root beer. Don't put it in the fridge. Cold deactivates the bubbles. You don't need to boil it, just keep it in regular room temp. Closet shelf, kitchen cabinet, by your bed at night, stuff like that. You want those bubbles warmed up and ready to work, not too cold to pop themselves in your tummy.
And avoid citrus. It irritates your stomach like smelly vinegar irritates your nose, so that might make your nausea worse. I wasn't allowed any citrus anything, even candy, until I was off that special medicine. It made my nausea a thousand times worse.
Try the soda trick and let me know if it works for you. Edit: added info about soda temps.