How can you tell the difference between morning sickness and the stomach flu?
For the past week or so, I have been getting carsick, feeling generally queasy and not in the mood for things like coffee.
As of Friday, I started throwing up and dry heaving. I feel nauseated, especially between morning and 2. I am exhausted and just want to rest but not necessarily sleep. I am still eating. In fact, I am eating more than I normally do because I feel so sick when I don't eat. I don't think I have a fever.
With a few exceptions, this feels a lot like some kind of stomach bug except that it started Friday and is still going strong on Monday. My husband hasn't gotten sick. I feel awful.
This is probably an idiotic question but I didn't have morning sickness with my other pregnancies, so this is new to me.
Does this sound like morning sickness or the flu? How can you tell the difference between a bug and morning sickness (other than the fact the morning sickness sticks around a lot longer?)
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i'm definitely not an expert, but i think a virus usually hits harder and faster (like one or two days of general ickiness and then BAM! you're sick).
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Sounds like morning sickness to me. Sorry you're feeling so rough.
I often compare it to feeling hungover.... for weeks. -
Sounds like morning sickness to me. You'd probably have more symptoms (fever, aches) with the flu.
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When I had the stomach flu I couldn't keep anything down. Not even water. It sounds like you have some really bad morning sickness
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With flu/stomach bug, I've always had chills, achy joints, a fever or runny nose or other symptoms. Morning sickness was more like a really, really bad hangover. I definitely did not want coffee when I first got pregnant, and had to drive throughout my pregnancy because being the passenger gave me really bad carsickness (and I never got car sick before!).
good luck!
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Stomach flu for me would just be the world crashing down! Throwing up and/or diarrhea, fever, chills, aches, etc etc... With morning sickness, I never threw up but I was just nauseous all day long.
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Whenever I've had the stomach flu, I've gone through waves of it. I throw up, I feel great....about 50 min later, I get severely nauseated and light headed, then puke again. Then feel great. It's a cycle that lasts a good 12 hours. I always get fun diarrhea with the stomach flu, too. My stomach would hurt more, too, like something is working overtime in there...and then is totally gone a couple days later.
Morning sickness felt more constant to me. More hangover-like. I got motion sickness even while driving. Sounds like MS to me
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I just saw leftover cereal in a bowl and threw up three times...
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@simplyfelicity: Call in for a script, man! that's an unsustainable amount of vomiting.
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sounds like morning sickness to me
hope it comes and goes quickly for you. and i echo pp... get a prescription! it definitely helped me.
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@blackbird: Luckily, I had some Zofran left over from my last pregnancy, so I just took some. You're right. No need to suffer through it.
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Morning sickness feels like a disgusting stomach if not fed or pukey. Smells are the worst triggers for me. Stomach flu or another cold feels like I can barely get out of bed and function.
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@simplyfelicity: No ma'am! Feel better soon! hope you can keep some fluids down at least
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Sounds like morning sickness. if you had the stomach flu, you'd be throwing up everything you eat and you wouldn't have much of an appetite.
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@simplyfelicity: sounds just like morning sickness to me. Especially the puking after seeing leftover cereal! That was so me. I still can't clean up finner most nights. I hope you start feeling better!!
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Thanks everyone for the well wishes and insight...it's a new world for me.
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