https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:48:56 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-diclegis-for-morning-sickness#post-2551579 Wed, 18 May 2016 19:56:34 +0000 artsyfartsy 2551579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They tried to prescribe that to me and AFTER insurance it was $400 for a month's supply! I had to turn it down. Then my doctor's office hem hawed around about getting me something else. I never did get any meds. Luckily I finally got my MS under control around week 16. Lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-diclegis-for-morning-sickness#post-2551551 Wed, 18 May 2016 19:00:26 +0000 wheres_c 2551551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just picked up my prescription, plan on taking my first dose in a few.<br /> The receipt said that without insurance it would have been $850! Insane!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-diclegis-for-morning-sickness#post-2551422 Wed, 18 May 2016 15:29:50 +0000 stratosphere 2551422@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Miracle worker for me. With my first I had HG, which lasted until the day I delivered. But on Diclegis I could just take two at night and then I would almost never vomit, and the nausea was bearable. I was prescribed Zofran but didn't take it due to the insane constipation side effects, and the Diclegis made life bearable so I also didn't feel like adding another drug to the mix with less of a long track record of safety (Diclegis has 30+ years of safety data in North America and Europe - my mom took it while pregnant with me and my sibs in the 70s!). Also, a great Canadian study showed no effect at all on kids' IQs whose moms took Diclegis (aka Diclectin in Canada): <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3038813/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3038813/</a><br /> (fascinatingly, morning sickness was associated with higher IQ, and correlated to the severity of the morning sickness, if that's any comfort!)</p> <p>The only side effect I experienced from Diclegis (again, I took two at night only) was difficulty waking up early for work and a bit of grogginess until about 10am. I never took it during the day because it made me too sleepy and the night dose alone staved off the vomiting mostly and definitely made the nausea bearable. I took Diclegis with my last pregnancy until the day I delivered--kept trying to go off it and would promptly spend the next day vomiting every time I tried that.</p> <p>This pregnancy I am having a boy (sometimes associated with less severe morning sickness) and I didn't have HG, and also this time my morning sickness actually went away by 22 weeks! So I stopped Diclegis then. I had a devil of a time getting my insurance to cover it this time, which was incredible frustrating. So I paid for it out of pocket (it is $$$$!) - that shows you what a miracle it is for me! Eventually my insurance conceded but now I have to get them to reimburse me for my out of pocket purchases. GRR...</p> <p>In any case, good luck to everyone dealing with morning sickness! It is so rough, but take comfort in that study that shows it can lead to smart babies! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-diclegis-for-morning-sickness#post-2551114 Wed, 18 May 2016 10:47:24 +0000 YouGotMe 2551114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Charm54: yep! That's the name of the Canadian brand.</p> <p>I'm still taking it at 17 weeks, I didn't have to take it as long with my first pregnancy but this time it just won't go away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-diclegis-for-morning-sickness#post-2551052 Wed, 18 May 2016 09:36:06 +0000 Anagram 2551052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@marley: you might be. I'm not super sensitive, so I just felt super tired but able to stay awake. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-diclegis-for-morning-sickness#post-2551051 Wed, 18 May 2016 09:35:02 +0000 catlady 2551051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@marley: Maybe call your OB and ask if you could take them at night? My ms is worst in the evenings too, but they still told me to take 2 at night to start. I wonder if taking them during the day is making it worse for you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-diclegis-for-morning-sickness#post-2551050 Wed, 18 May 2016 09:34:03 +0000 marley 2551050@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@catlady: @Anagram: I've read about people getting used to it. It hit me so hard that I'm scared to take it again. I'm still super dizzy and drowsy this morning and actually called in sick. I wonder if I'm just super sensitive to medication. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-diclegis-for-morning-sickness#post-2551045 Wed, 18 May 2016 09:30:05 +0000 Anagram 2551045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@marley: your body gets used to it. I'm a teacher and happened to be 5.5 weeks pregnant over my winter break (1.5 weeks long) and that's when my nausea hit. We were traveling to my in-laws and my mom's house, so I pawned off LO1 on them and slept a lot till my body adjusted. I felt a normal level of pregnancy tiredness by the time I was back at work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-diclegis-for-morning-sickness#post-2551040 Wed, 18 May 2016 09:25:16 +0000 catlady 2551040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@marley: I felt like that the first few days too. If you can handle it, try it for a week. It took about that long for my body to get used to it. These days, I'm still tired but no worse than before I started taking it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-diclegis-for-morning-sickness#post-2551034 Wed, 18 May 2016 09:14:32 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2551034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I took it for a week with my second. It made me go from nauseous to asleep. Falling asleep on the job, barely able to open my eyes asleep. It made me so foggy. I quit taking it and endured the nausea. Fortunately that was over fairly quickly around 11 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-diclegis-for-morning-sickness#post-2550988 Wed, 18 May 2016 08:42:46 +0000 ValentineMommy 2550988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Worked great for me. I wouldn't have survived without it.</p> <p>I had no side effects and was on it until 32 weeks. I had tried, unsuccessfully, to wean off of it 3 times prior and was unable to. So, yea, I was on it almost my entire pregnancy and it worked for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-diclegis-for-morning-sickness#post-2550896 Wed, 18 May 2016 07:07:56 +0000 Charm54 2550896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used diclectin (I think it might be the same thing?) and it worked great for me - I wasn't throwing up so much as I was incredibly nauseous though </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-diclegis-for-morning-sickness#post-2550895 Wed, 18 May 2016 06:56:38 +0000 pastemoo 2550895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did but it made me sleep like 16 hours and I couldn't handle that so I went to b6 3x/ day and zofran before super important stuff. And I made sure I was always close to the exit/bathroom<br /> I also has lemon ginger tea on me at all times </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-diclegis-for-morning-sickness#post-2550884 Wed, 18 May 2016 06:07:06 +0000 travellingbee 2550884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@marley: yeah I can't handle any medicines like that. I can't even do melatonin! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-diclegis-for-morning-sickness#post-2550883 Wed, 18 May 2016 06:05:47 +0000 travellingbee 2550883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gingerbebe: congrats-- yes I think that combo is the same. This thread is from when I was preggo but I ended up not really using it because I'm really sensitive to medicines that make you tired. Like I can't handle half of a Benedryl. :silly: Anyway, I took zofran but it didn't do much for me this pregnancy. I was still nauseous and throwing up at 30 weeks but it mostly faded sometime after that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-diclegis-for-morning-sickness#post-2550856 Tue, 17 May 2016 23:20:09 +0000 marley 2550856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just took diclegis for the first time. Since my nausea and vomiting are worse during evening and night time, I was instructed to take one in the afternoon instead of two before bed. I felt like I got hit by a truck. I passed out and could barely walk. Now I feel like I got the flu. Didn't help the nausea but maybe I need to take it a few more times. Not sure if I want to though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-diclegis-for-morning-sickness#post-2550114 Tue, 17 May 2016 08:27:54 +0000 kes18 2550114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tried unisom and b6 and i didn't do much but I did take unisom at night to help sleep better. I tried some zofran but it didn't do anything really. I tried phenergan and that worked the best. I just happened to have had zofran and phenergan on hand from a terrible stomach flu the month before I got pregnant. My OB told me I could take them if I wanted. I wasn't throwing up much but I had nausea all day or most of the day. I didn't take it everyday, but I took maybe one or two a week when I was feeling really bad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-diclegis-for-morning-sickness#post-2550036 Tue, 17 May 2016 04:58:45 +0000 gingerbebe 2550036@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: so this is just the Unisom + B6 combo right? It didn't work for my early bad MS (I was on Zofran the first time and Fenergan the second time), but took the Unisom/B6 every night because it helped me sleep and it might take the edge off and help me skip a dose of the stronger medicine if I was having a better day with the nausea. I just delivered DS2 on Sunday and I took it up until he was born. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-diclegis-for-morning-sickness#post-2549634 Mon, 16 May 2016 11:07:13 +0000 avivoca 2549634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wheres_c: I took it while I was on strong antibiotic's and it helped me so much! I was a lot sicker this time, but with the antibiotic's I was waking up in the middle of the night with severe nausea and I ended up throwing up my dinner once. Once I got on Diclegis, My nausea stopped or was down to a tolerable level (i.e. I didn't feel like dying). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-diclegis-for-morning-sickness#post-2549626 Mon, 16 May 2016 11:01:48 +0000 ShootingStar 2549626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I took it until about 15 weeks. It definitely made me more exhausted, especially at first. I was instructed to take 2 at night, and then I could take more during the day if needed (1 morning, 1 afternoon). But it would make me too tired and useless during the day if I took it. </p> <p>I did get mostly used to the tiredness, and at this point I'm not sure how much was just 1 tri stuff. But it was a huge, huge help with the nausea. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-diclegis-for-morning-sickness#post-2549601 Mon, 16 May 2016 10:40:03 +0000 catlady 2549601@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wheres_c: I'm on it and have been for about 3 weeks. I started with 2 at night and the first week was really hard. My nausea was better but I felt so exhausted all the time. Then after a week, it was like "poof!" and fatigue was gone. The next week was awesome, I felt almost like normal for the whole day except in the evenings, when the nausea would come back. Then I noticed the nausea creeping in again during the day so I added one pill in the morning. I can't tell if it's helped because I've been feeling worse for the last few days. I think it's probably just my morning sickness peaking though. I'm about 10.5 weeks now and have a week or two supply left and I'm hoping I won't have to refill.</p> <p>ETA: Even with the nausea creeping back in, I still feel worlds better than in previous pregnancies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-diclegis-for-morning-sickness#post-2549598 Mon, 16 May 2016 10:31:57 +0000 wheres_c 2549598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bumping this as I am feeling awful and thinking about asking for it.<br /> Any new experiences? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-diclegis-for-morning-sickness#post-2202430 Mon, 08 Jun 2015 20:04:39 +0000 Kali 2202430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee Don't worry too much about being a wuss. If your nausea is keeping you from going about your day normally, and the meds help, you're better off on them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-diclegis-for-morning-sickness#post-2202405 Mon, 08 Jun 2015 19:36:49 +0000 travellingbee 2202405@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well I got a prescription for it and I guess I will try it tonight. The nurse sounded kind of iffy about prescribing it for me since I am not actually throwing up. Just constantly nauseous. So now I dont' know. Am I just being a wuss and I need to buck up and deal with it. Sigh... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-diclegis-for-morning-sickness#post-2201752 Mon, 08 Jun 2015 08:15:28 +0000 BSB 2201752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That was one of the first drugs they gave me. Worked for a few days but then I threw up after taking it and decided I needed something different. Though, I ended up going to the hospital for HG at 8 &amp; 12 weeks. I'm at 21 weeks and I'm still taking anti-nausea meds. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-diclegis-for-morning-sickness#post-2201657 Sun, 07 Jun 2015 23:52:50 +0000 Kali 2201657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been taking diclectin since week 7. I'm now almost 12 weeks. At first, I was on 2 at night, one in the morning, one early afternoon. The first day after I started taking them, I felt amazing, like my pre-pregancy self. Then 2 weeks later, it wasn't working so well. I started throwing up again, but in the evening this time. I didn't know if it was okay to take more than 4 a day, so I toughed it out until my next Dr appointment. She told me I should try taking 2 at each time (so 6 total), and I can take up to 8 if I really needed to. with 6 a day, I am no longer throwing up at night now (yay!). I haven't really noticed any sleepiness. I mean maybe I have some but it's hard to distinguish from general pregnancy fatigue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-diclegis-for-morning-sickness#post-2201339 Sun, 07 Jun 2015 11:35:24 +0000 MrsADS 2201339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm still taking it at almost 29 weeks! When I first started it, it did make me sleepy during the day and that was a huge pain. And, during the first 13-14 weeks when the nausea was the worst, I would say it took the edge off, but not a miracle worker - still took Zofran as needed. (But Zofran gives me awful constipation, like bowel obstructions, so I try to avoid it)</p> <p>Now, I usually take just 1 or maybe 2 pills at night and I am feeling fine. But when I try to stop taking it, I start feeling nauseous on and off again. Not like the first tri, but just icky. When I take it, I don't feel icky. I told my OB I feel totally guilty still taking it now and she said don't, it's totally safe so take it if it helps! It doesn't make me sleepy during the day anymore, either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-diclegis-for-morning-sickness#post-2201321 Sun, 07 Jun 2015 10:35:05 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 2201321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I took Diclectin (same thing? Different name in Canada I think) for both pregnancies and it was wonderful. Used it from about 8-20 weeks, took two at night, one in the morning and one at lunch. It made me a little sleepy, but since I was already so tired from typical first tri stuff, I didn't really notice. I was still a little queasy, but way, way better than when I didn't take it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-diclegis-for-morning-sickness#post-2201312 Sun, 07 Jun 2015 09:52:27 +0000 Banana330 2201312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I took two in the afternoon, one at night and one in the morning. I took it from 6w-28w. It really took the edge off and made me functional. I'd start taking it on a Friday, it makes you drowsy until you get use to it. The first few days are the hardest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/have-you-taken-diclegis-for-morning-sickness#post-2201305 Sun, 07 Jun 2015 09:36:45 +0000 macintosh 2201305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It didn't work great for me. It made me very tired, so I couldn't take it during the day. I took it at night for a while, but Zofran was cheaper so I kept taking that day and night. </p>