8 weeks pregnant constant nausea

[Kitkat10]

Hi All,

I am very grateful to be 8 weeks pregnant after a FET, but the nausea is constant. I had a baby in 2021 and I can’t remember the nausea being so constant but he was a fresh transfer so fewer meds.

Does anyone have experience or know if the morning sickness/ fatigue is worse after a FET due to the extra meds (oestrogen 8mg daily and progesterone 1200mg daily) ?

It’s manageable but I’m struggling a bit at work as nothing improves the constant feeling of nausea and I’m running out of food options that i can face.

I had mild morning sickness for 32 weeks with my son, just really hoping this becomes a bit milder at 12 weeks 🙏🙏🙏

I’d love to hear people’s experiences and any tips they have 🙏🙏

Thank you x

[Me_and_Sparkle]

hi there, I don’t think the meds would interfere with the nausea at first. Many people had different symptoms from one child to the other..

I personally had nausea until week 16 then it magically went away.

I should say I had bad progesterone/estrogene withdrawal symptoms when I stopped at 14 weeks but then it all went away.

Congrats on your second baby and I hope it will all go smoothly x

[Kitkat10 in reply to Me_and_Sparkle]

Thank you - praying it eases by 16 weeks. I feel exhausted by it and my memories from my first pregnancy were so positive. My clinic told me to stop at 12 weeks. Does your clinic routinely stop meds at 14 weeks? I remember being scared to stop progesterone at 12 weeks with my son and begged the clinic to let me carry on 😅

[Me_and_Sparkle in reply to Kitkat10]

It’s totally debilitating! Looking back I would have asked to be off work completely. It will probably start to ease off around 12 weeks then be gone completely by 16…

I stopped slowly. Reduced at 10 then again at 12 and stopped completely at 14.

You could keep taking the progesterone if it makes you feel better and more at ease?

You shouldn’t be worried as your body would produce it naturally at that point x

[Dinobaby05]

Hello! I bought an electronic relief band recently and it’s really helped. I also have a stash of digestives and pancakes in my bedroom that I make myself eat the min I wake up. Setting my alarm a half hour earlier to do this has allowed me to eat and then rest before I get ready for work. I’m 7 weeks this week and I’m just praying it eases soon as I’m exhausted!!

[Kitkat10 in reply to Dinobaby05]

Thank you - yes I agree, I just can’t function normally at all. My food likes are usually very consistent but at the moment I’m all over the place! X

[Purpledoggy]

I was so much sicker the second time around (first one wasfresh, second FET) and it was definitely in part the FET meds-I would feel so much more nauseous after taking the oestrogen and it let up a bit when I stopped the meds at 12w, within 24h. I have been more nauseous in general this pregnancy and at 35 weeks it’s still here 🙄 I did get antinausea meds from the GP this time around and they kind of helped a bit, so do contact your GP if you’re struggling xx

[Kitkat10 in reply to Purpledoggy]

Thank you - I’m really hoping it eases at 12 weeks but then I’m nervous about stopping the meds 🙄

Seems there is plenty of evidence to say that placenta should be efficient by then 🤞

Not long to go for you now! So exciting 💕

[Kitkat10 in reply to Purpledoggy]

Hi, thank you for replying, I phoned the GP and she prescribed cyclizine tablets. Do you remember what meds you took?

[Purpledoggy in reply to Kitkat10]

I had cyclizine too. I was on a lower dose than usual due to a reaction to the iv form years ago but was fine on the tablets. The lower dose was probably why they didn’t work quite so well. They can make you feel a bit groggy so just factor that in with work/driving etc. hope you feel better xx

[Fruitandflowers]

I think there may be something in the theory that the FET meds make you feel worse while you're on them as I felt absolutely wretched on oestrogen (so much so had to reduce it massively, even before transfer) and I had really bad nausea 24/7 from about 6 weeks. The headaches eased when I stopped the big doses of progesterone but I carried on with the 24hr nausea and other symptoms until about the third trimester, so can't see the FET meds would have had anything to do with that. I read that if you're sensitive to oestrogen (not just IVF, but women who've taken the pill etc) there's a link to also getting bad morning sickness, which might explain some of it. This pregnancy's natural and I felt even worse this time and was worried it would carry on like last one, but around 11/12 weeks it just went, almost overnight. So I also think it can also differ between pregnancies. Fingers crossed it eases for you when you come off the meds and naturally it tapers off x

[TeddyBear5]

hey Kitkat10

Please see your GP! With my first pregnancy I had only a bit of nausea but my second was awful. I tried to struggle through using relief bands and ginger etc but it was so horrible.

I went to see my GP. First doc I saw didn’t really understand pregnancy I don’t think so meds helped a bit but weren’t great. I went back and saw another GP and she gave me stronger meds and I felt like a normal person again! If I ever manage to get pregnant again and I get sick like that, I’m going straight back to the GP and I’ll try and find one who understands pregnancy x

[Kitkat10 in reply to TeddyBear5]

Hi, thank you for replying, the GP prescribed cyclizine, do you remember what meds you tried?

[TeddyBear5 in reply to Kitkat10]

Mmm I think this was the first one I tried, then I moved on to a stronger one - I think it was used for nausea in cancer patients.

Give this one a go and if it doesn’t help go back xxx

[Positivechangeplease]

hey there, I think you will have finished the oestrogen now and just be on progestrogen at 8 weeks no? In any case I had a naturally modified transfer so was only on the progesterone and had fairly bad morning sickness from week 6 that slowly got more towards physical sickness as the weeks went on. I read you’re more likely to have sickness with a girl than a boy so that might just be your lot and every pregnancy is different. Your womb is entirely new after a birth so you can’t compare your last pregnancy with this one I’m afraid. It’s probably a case of get the ginger biscuits and crisps in and count down the days to your next trimester. 💪 you can do it!

[Kitkat10 in reply to Positivechangeplease]

Hi, the clinic told me to continue both medications until 12 weeks but it was a frozen transfer so no corpus luteum or anything to drive endogenous oestrogen. Ryvita and cheese slices has kept me going today 😂😂

[Positivechangeplease in reply to Kitkat10]

Ah right, sure that makes sense, I had a scan at 7.5 weeks and they said my ovaries were making the hormones so I could stop it all. Still, I doubt it’s the meds causing it. It could be very likely you’re having a girl

I had terrible food aversion as well as nausea - crisps and sweets got me through - I reckon I could stomach fruit too. In the middle of the night ginger biscuits became a must! By week 13 it was getting better and went pretty soon after that. Not long to go!

[Christianbaby]

Progesterone made me nauseous. It will ease up. Mine did at about 15-16 weeks. Hope everything goes well for you. x

[Twinbelgium]

I am sorry you are experiencing this. I can say I understand. I just posted here too about my experience and how bad it’s been for me. Wishing you the best

[Kitkat10 in reply to Twinbelgium]

Thank you ☺️ I’m pleased to report that the nausea resolved at 12 weeks and by 14 weeks I felt very much better. I did get some cyclazine from the GP but it made me too drowsy so I didn’t take many. Now 28 weeks and feel fine 🙏🙏