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@pinkcupcake: My nausea was too severe to just take the unisom at night--I ended up needing a full tab every 6 hours. Your body adjusts to the meds after the first week and you stop being so tired. Luckily, I was six weeks pregnant over Christmas vacation and we were visiting family, so they watched LO and I took a lot of naps. By the time I was back at work, I was mostly adjusted.

I kept throwing up the B6, but I took unisom nightly and it helped a lot. I was actually afraid to stop taking it once I felt better.
Also sea bands helped me a lot. They are a bit more conspicuous, but really did help.

I took unison and b6 together at night for weeks (8-17?) and I think it did help. I was too sick in the mornings to keep meds down, so found that evenings worked better for me. The nights I skipped were a lot tougher the next day, so it took the edge off for certain

Haven't delivered yet, but my 37weeker is definitely on track!

The Unisom B6 combo works best if you take it together. You can take 1/2 tab during the daytime and a full at bedtime. The 1/2 tab didn't make me sleepy during the day. The combo has been shown to help with noise but not so much with stopping vomiting. Thankfully I never vomited while pregnant so this combo worked well for me.

@gingerbebe: Reglan has its own safety issues that make it less than ideal.

It took the edge off for sure. When it stopped working, I upgraded to diclegis. I was on it until about 5 months

I tried and it definitely helped but made me so sleepy. I'm on diclegis now which has helped tremendously and doesn't make me as sleepy.

It did not help me. I had to take zofran both pregnancies.

@pinkcupcake: The B6 helps a lot--not with the nausea or vomiting for me, but for being able to eat more when I do eat, so I stopped losing weight as fast. I've got 25mg 3x/day, but usually only keep it down 2x/day.
Still experimenting with this. Tried the unisom on top of my B6, didn't throw up for 2 days but I was so tired constantly that I couldn't even do basic life stuff. I decided it wasn't worth it.
Last night I tried real Diclegis, I think it was better than the unisom (maybe slightly lower dose? maybe the extended release pill?). I'm undecided on using it again tomorrow BUT I haven't thrown up yet today.
I have zofran for emergencies. Also doesn't help with weight loss/eating, but it is nice for not looking green during an important meeting.

@pinkcupcake: I was nauseated from weeks 8-14...I also have a terrible sleep pattern when pregnant (this has been consistent with both pregnancies). Early on the nausea was just annoying - so I assumed it would go away around 12 weeks like it did with DD. Around 14 weeks I was fed up with the sleep - contacted my Dr and she told me to try Unisom Sleeptabs (there are multiple unisoms with diff active ingredients). I started taking it to sleep at night and it worked wonderfully.

I also noticed that my nausea was going away. I was so thrilled I finally crossed into the anti nausea zone. Nope...the unisom I take at night is just curbing it. I have two or three times not taken the unisom (usually bc I am tired enough I dont feel I need it) and I wake up in the morning with AWFUL nausea.

So - I have confirmed with my Dr and will continue my 1/2 pill unisom each night for the rest of the pregnancy. I asked if I needed to take with the B6 and she said no - unless I see the nausea rear its ugly head during the day - mine appears to be controlled by the dose of unisom at night.

FWIW - on the nights I have not taken the unisom and woke up nauseated - I have taken 1/2 pill in the AM and the nausea goes away within 2-3 hours plus I havent noticed intense sleepiness.