I am having a REALLY hard time drinking even close to the amount of water I'm supposed to be drinking. Every time I drink more than a few sips, I feel really sick. I tried flavoring it, thinking maybe I just had a weird water taste aversion, but no luck. The only thing I seem to be able to drink is ginger ale. I'm 10 weeks and this has been going on for the past 2 or 3 weeks probably. I'm getting migraines, too, which dehydration is usually a big trigger for me. I used to drink 3 or 4 14oz bottles of water a day. Now I'm lucky if I drink 2. Can I live on just ginger ale for a few weeks until this passes?
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Babies are resilient. Puking is worse than just not eating/drinking what you "should." Do what you need to do to survive this and your baby will be FINE. I found that smaller sips were better than glugging a lot at once, that carbonated stuff helped when it was really bad, and that generally if I kept some carbs in my stomach it helped a lot (I ate a nonstop supply of cheese crackers all. day. long.... I even kept them on my night stand so I could eat them before sitting up in the AM). But mostly-- do what you gotta do mama
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@littlebug: yeah this happened to me too. Plain water was making me gag. I drank a ton of Gatorade and half lemonade half water a lot... The nausea got better for me after a few weeks... Good luck
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I'd try Gatorade
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Water was/is a big puke trigger for me too. If I mix it with lemonade and drink it SUPER cold I usually have better success.
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What about selzer water? Our soda stream was in constant use during my first tri!!
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Yes! This was me too. I found I could tolerate ice cold water.
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I also found adding LOTS of ice helped. But as others have said, do what you have to do, mama!
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I was the same. I had to take small sips of ice cold water. I also tolerated fuze drinks. I drank a lot of those. Eventually it passes.
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@littlebug: I had this happen, and it's actually pretty common with HG pregnancies. I know a lot of people who only drank ginger ale or slurpees or coke for the whole HG pregnancy and had perfectly fine babies. So do what works, and don't worry about it.
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Yes, you can. Do what you need to do to hydrate. Water made me feel sick too so I had naked juice or lemonade or soda or whatever I could stomach.
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Ugh, I had this soooooo bad! I lived on carbonated water (soda stream FTW!), cherry coke and lemonade. Luckily that symptom completely disappeared after I delivered. When I got to my recovery room I had to keep calling the nurse for more ice water!
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I drank Gatorade and San pelligrino lemonade sodas allllll the time. Drink whatever you have to!
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At that stage I was drinking lots of ginger ale or whatever sounded good. I did find that water with lots of ice helped me. But I definitely had to do small sips throughout the day.
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Yep- drink anything you can. Water made me barf instantly, and I was told, as I went in for an IV at 11 weeks, that I could sip coca cola all day if that's all I could stomach. Hang in there
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I can only do ICE cold water.
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Like for others, sparkling water was a lifesaver. Ginger tea might also be worth a try.
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@littlebug: I barfed water for a while and it was suggested to me to put citrus in it, but that made the nausea and vomiting worse for me. I could keep down artificially flavored water though. Like Dannon lemon flavored bottles. You do what you gotta do, regardless of what it is.
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@littlebug: I could NOT drink flat water- I did sparkling water, Izze, San Pellegrino, Big Sky Ginger ale.
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Drinking anything you can get down, at least for now, is fine!
What about adding sliced fresh ginger to your water (or trying plain carbonated water)? Or trying different temps (hot water with lemon, ice cold, room temp, Etc?Good luck!
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Water was always so gross. I could drink ginger ale and coke and maybe water if it had tons of ice.
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Also you could try just chewing or sucking ice chips.
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I could only tolerate ice water too. Drinking seltzer cut with plain water helped (straight seltzer was too fizzy for me somehow) over tons and tons of ice. This too shall pass!
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Pre-pregnancy, I always struggled drinking water. Unless I was dying of thirst. I drank lots of juice, sodas or anything that didn't have a weird after taste (like iced tea). I know it's a lot of sugar but I needed to stayed hydrated. I'm at 25 weeks and I'm finally drinking water. I can finally tolerate it. I like Arrowhead water. I tried Desani water and hated the taste. DH said he prefers Desani water. Maybe try different brands.
Oh, there was a phase where I could only stomach a McDonald's coke. Canned coke was too carbonated but fountain sodas were just right. It helped with my nausea on some days.
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What @Rockies11 said was true for me as well - Coke was one of the only things I could stomach. My doctor preferred me being caffeinated to me vomiting and needing IVs constantly!
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In the first trimester I could stomach water only if it had lots of lemon and lime in it. I drank a lot of lemonade, ginger ale, and iced tea. I truly believe you do what you have to do to get through it. The baby is going to be just fine!
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I think as long as you're able to drink something everything will be ok. If you get really dehydrated then you may need IV fluids. But ginger ale vs water isn't something I would worry about right now.
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I know it feels weird to not drink water, but just drink whatever you can until you're feeling better! I couldn't drink water from 6-12 weeks, then I could only stomach bubbly water for weeks after that. Even now, at 21 weeks, I can't drink more than about 16 ounces of water per day without feeling off. Hang in there!
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@littlebug: yep this was me. Ice cold made it worse, warm water for some reason felt better. Maybe gentler on the stomach? And I've heard cold water is harder for the body to process. (No idea if true).
And I did a lot of Gatorade. -
I agree that you shouldn't hesitate to ask for IV fluids, if you're feeling dehydrated. I did that twice and felt so much better for about three days each time.
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Hot water helped me - maybe because it was soothing and I could only sip a little at a time? I drank ginger green tea and mint tea for the same reason. I went through an iced diet McDonalds sweet tea phase and a lot of milky hot decaf black tea. Blue Powerade and Red or Lemon Gatorade also helped.
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Oh dear, I'm sorry to hear you've been feeling so sick!
I would talk to my doctor for suggestions. You may find an IV helpful. -
Yes! Ginger ale is totally a fluid too, drink it if you can't deal with water! I don't know why, but plain water tasted absolutely awful and smelled worse to me in first trimester. Carbonated drinks didn't have that awful smell, and ginger ale was the best!
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