I'm not doing well this pregnancy with my nausea and with an 18month old it's not fair to anyone. I have nausea from 2 minutes after I wake up, strong waves of it all day until I go to bed. Not throwing up but I just can't function. I'm extremely nervous to take anything while pregnant, never took so much as one Tylenol with #1 but I'm desperate.
Did Diclegis make you drowsy? Did you Dr prescribe it without hesitation? Anything else I should know?
persimmon / 1023 posts
DW was on the max dose of diclegsis until literally the day our son was born! Her midwife didn't hesitate as she was so ill...nearly had to go to the hospital for fluids a couple times. It did make her drowsy at first so she took it at night and figured out other times during the day that weren't as bad (I'm not sure) but she got used to it I believe.
Seeing her so sick, I would not hesitate to take it for yourself. It's extremely common and safe to take. It's not worth it to suffer IMO when there is something that could help and has no adverse effects.
nectarine / 2180 posts
I took it from 5+5 until 19+2. My nausea started shortly after my positive test and was only getting worse, I never threw up but food didn't sound good and I just felt awful. It did make me tired in the beginning and so I only ever took the lowest dose, 1 pill at night. My RE prescribed it without issue but my insurance took over 2 weeks to approve it, thank goodness for free samples. Good luck mama
grapefruit / 4466 posts
I called the nurse line, and they called in a prescription for me, no problems. I paid $40 for 120 pills and had no problem with insurance approving it. I'm still on one pill at night at 16 weeks. I probably puked on average once per day even with diclegis for most of first tri and felt pretty blah, but it would have been much worse I think without it. I'm so glad for the people here who encouraged me to get on it fairly early, even though I could have held off a bit longer.
It did make me tired, but it's also hard to separate how much was diclegis and how much was normal first tri exhaustion. I think eventually my body got used to it, and it didn't really make me tired. I weaned my dose from 2 (1 in afternoon, 1 at night) to 1 this week and have noticed I've had more trouble sleeping since then, but am hoping I'll get used to having less of it within a week or so.
nectarine / 2530 posts
@pachamama: I was like you, didn't take anything with my first. For me I had a love/hate relationship with diclegis. I was constantly trying to decide which was the more debilitating: being nauseous all the time or being exhausted to the point of falling asleep. Even though I took it at night, it always seemed to knock me out in the middle of the day when I was at work. My body never seemed to acclimate to the effects.
I'm pretty sure my reactionwas atypical, and I do believe it's perfectly safe.
apple seed / 1 posts
loved it loved it loved it!! i was sick my entire pregnancy and without it it was terrrible. My insurance wouldnt pay for it which sucked.
blogger / persimmon / 1231 posts
I took Zofran with my first two pregnancies and did not want to do that again this time around. I was skeptical that Diclegis would work, but it was truly awesome. I think it worked better than the Zofran with less side effects. I took it until I think I was about 28 or 30 weeks. Started with taking two pills in the evening, one in the morning, and one in the afternoon… But was able to slowly drop down as the weeks went on.
blogger / persimmon / 1231 posts
And I got a prescription at my first OB visit, they were happy to write it! Overall a very safe drug.
nectarine / 2262 posts
I took it every day until the day I went into labor! My OB said it is totally safe so no need to suffer. I found in the first tri it helped, but wasn't a miracle worker. It did make me tired at the beginning, but I was tired anyway. I got used to it though. My insurance paid for it, I think a month's supply was $30.
nectarine / 2806 posts
@pachamama: My doctor prescribed it without hesitation. It's calassified as category A in pregnancy, which is excellent. It's very safe. However, it makes me very drowsy and gives me a very dry mouth, even if I drink tons of water. I've switched to only taking it before bed to avoid feeling these side effects. It really does help with the nausea, though, so it's very worth you giving it a try.
coconut / 8079 posts
@Mrs. Deer: I'm glad to hear about your positive experience with Diclegis compared to Zofran. I took Zofran during my first pregnancy, but I don't want to take it again. My OB is going to be out of town for a bit and she called me in some phenergen in case my nausea gets awful like last time, but I looked it up and I think it's a category C drug so I won't be filling it.
nectarine / 2436 posts
@jhd: (Hi!) Category C yikes!!
I have good days and bad days, with exercise, eating better, and staying superrrr busy helping so I think I will hold off on the Diclegis. The possibility of sleepiness (literally the ONLY pregnancy symptom I don't have 
) makes it not worth it.
coconut / 8079 posts
@pachamama: I know! Yikes! Not going to fill it. I literally couldn't function with #1 I was so sick, but this time so far (knock on all the wood) I have had some good days and not so good days but nothing like last time. Of course I wake up feeling good this am and then freak out that it means something is wrong. I'm just crazy!
nectarine / 2436 posts
@jhd: oh girl, that's me every day. It's weird how good the good days are and how bad the bad is. How could it vary so much?!!
grape / 90 posts
I didn't take anything with DD1 & DD2. I didn't like taking anything (and do not like medicine or over the counter things in general). With DS, I had to, I couldn't function or work starting 7 weeks. Doctor suggested Unisom and B6. I took it until 21 weeks when I started finally feeling better. I would do it again if needed.
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