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Help my baby stay alive! (I need Recipes for nauseous dehydrated pregnant fiance)!
Death of Rats
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So, my pregnant fiance has been feeling awful lately. She's been feeling rather nauseous, and hasn't been eating well at all. I've been pushing her to drink, but most things liquid don't sit well at all.
Today we had our first OBGYN visit, and as it turns out she is dangerously dehydrated. The OBGYN had us go to and get some IV fluids in her until her output came back good, but what we've been doing is obviously not working. So I'm asking for any tips or tricks to help with this. Mainly the hydration. We've tried ice chips, juice, water, water heavy fruits and veggies. Nothing so far has worked. It doesn't help that more than likely a good deal of her nausea lately had been from the dehydration, but we need to get a good handle on this. If not, there's a pretty good chance she might lose the baby.
So I'm asking for anything. Recipes, personal stories that deal with this. We just need help.
Oh, and the baby is healthy right now, 8 weeks 5 days. Has little feet. It's humbling.
Today we had our first OBGYN visit, and as it turns out she is dangerously dehydrated. The OBGYN had us go to and get some IV fluids in her until her output came back good, but what we've been doing is obviously not working. So I'm asking for any tips or tricks to help with this. Mainly the hydration. We've tried ice chips, juice, water, water heavy fruits and veggies. Nothing so far has worked. It doesn't help that more than likely a good deal of her nausea lately had been from the dehydration, but we need to get a good handle on this. If not, there's a pretty good chance she might lose the baby.
So I'm asking for anything. Recipes, personal stories that deal with this. We just need help.
Oh, and the baby is healthy right now, 8 weeks 5 days. Has little feet. It's humbling.
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Did you not read the post? We have talked to the doctor. Pregnancy is a messy thing, and a lot of medical options just aren't available to pregnant women. What we need is good advice on tons of hydrating foods/drinks to try and find what will work for her.
I'll put it this way, we know what the problem is (dehydration and nausea caused by dehydration). We also know what the solution is (hydrating foods). What I'm asking for is hydrating recipes and any other things that people who have dealt with this might have. Things we can try over the course of the pregnancy.
Our OBGYNs advice is chicken soup. Tomorrow I will make chicken soup. But she can't eat/drink only chicken soup for 9 months. She'd go insane.
The reason ice chips are recommended is its a small but steady amount of liquid, its not overloading the stomach or making nausea worse (usually). Whatever you try, go with small sips, spoonfuls, and waiting a minute or so in between each. Slurping stuff can aggravate nausea.
Seconding mint or ginger tea and smoothies.
Best of luck and hope this phase passes soon!
I will tell you EXACTLY what I was told, and it's basically saved me... Gatorade.
Yes, Gatorade. Gatorade, Gatorade, Gatorade. I go through at least 32oz a day, and nothing else I can drink sits as well, not even water. It's like this miracle fluid that you can barely feel in your tummy, it's so easy... you drink it and it goes away and then you almost instantly stop feeling like shit because there's liquid in you. It doesn't taste awesome, but there are some decent flavors out there these days. I think my favorite is "Rain Berry." We clean stores out of it when we see it.
I started having this trouble around 8 weeks myself, actually, and I'm about 13 now, except at this point most of my nausea has gone and I'm just dealing with a severe lack of appetite. Back when I was nauseous, crystallized ginger is what really helped take my mind off it.
Good luck, man. I'm there with you.. just.. from her side. >>
Seriously though, try Gatorade if you haven't. I think I am going to love Gatorade forever now. None of the funny stuff they've got out these days, just the regular stuff. Don't worry about the sugar, it's not like she's getting too many calories right now.
Cucumber-Lime Gatorade is one of the foulest things I have ever tasted, but that's just my opinion. Get a few flavors at a time, and find a selection of flavors that she likes. There's something to be said for variety.
I can has cheezburger, yes?
That sounds like the WORST thing
I did, and you never mentioned anything about doctor recommendations. Did he mention anything besides chicken soup? Maybe you should find yourself a nutritionist who specializes in pregnancies?
As Ceres said, pregnant women are picky and what works for one isn't going to work for another. The fact that she can't even keep down water is a little extreme and makes me think that she needs to go back to the doctor. Try Gatorade and then maybe Pedialyte if the Gatorade isn't taking.
Also, try leafing through some of these?
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_17?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=recipes+for+pregnancy&sprefix=recipes+for+pregn,aps,0?
He is communicating with a doctor and this is something you have no experience with, so you might possibly be better off not continuing along this line.
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I found them at the local Wal-Mart, so it might just be a bulk thing.
And yes, Rain Berry is awesome. I have five bottles in my apartment fridge right now, as a matter of fact.
I can has cheezburger, yes?
Don't fret *too* much about the solid foods right now. The important thing is to stay hydrated. It's pretty common for pregnant women to be horrendously ill their first trimester and actually lose a bunch of weight. DO take any vitamins you've been prescribed (well not YOU, obviously), and drink as much liquid as is humanly possible because blood volume is increasing right now and what isn't blood volume is amniotic fluid, but for the next couple weeks she can get away with a good bit less food and still have a perfectly healthy baby. I mean, she should do her best, but it's not the end of the world if it's not as much as she would normally keep down.
With Gatorade I can see it being fowl because it would be artificially flavored, but cucumber and lime actually go well together. Death, blending homemade chicken soup sounds like a great idea. Hope it works for her!
I can has cheezburger, yes?
I need to find this. Like...now.
I can has cheezburger, yes?
I can definitely get behind preggie pops though. I actually had the most trouble with getting carsick for a while, and those really helped.
I had heard the sour thing so I started with lemons, but the thing about them is that you can't use them all the time because they'll wreck your teeth.
I was also going to suggest something like the V-Fusion drinks that have lots of fruit and vegetable juices in them, but taste only like the fruit. That might be something to see if she can keep down- any additional nutrition can only help at this point.
EDIT: You might already know this, but it might be a good idea to keep her away from caffiene. A pregnant woman's blood pressure is already up there, and there's no real sense tempting fate for a Mountain Dew or a Monster.
I also remember that they put my sister on a blood-sugar reader- apparently they were concerned with prenatal diabetes and fat babies, but everything worked out well for her in the end. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they put Death of Rats's wife or Ceres on watch for that eventually, too. She had to test her sugar a few times a day, so there might be something to finding things that you can keep down that try not to spike your sugar.
I can has cheezburger, yes?
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Good luck keeping her away from anything, though, and heaven help you if you try. Chances are she'll do enough reading to know that caffeine can be bad, or salt, or whatever. You still have to let her make the decisions about what she ingests because unless you're doing something very illegal, she's still an adult.
Give Pedialyte a try. Make sure you look at the label, though - it's really unclear as to what flavor they are. Look for the plain one - has the word 'unflavored' in blue against a blue/white background.
If it's nausea she needs an anti-emetic. We used Emetrol when wife was pregnant, but you may want to call your doc/nurse and talk about it.
Once ske keeps the anti-emetic down she should keep a bottle of liquid (gatorade, water, cucumber water, whatever she will drink) with her at all times, and she should be taking little sips constantly throughout the day, no chugging (as she might not keep that down). Once she's used to not puking you can add stuff like broth or jello.
1. We were there yesterday.
2. The doctor knows what's going on, had suggestions as far as what sort of diet would help.
3. Made sure she has a prescription for anti nausea medication.
4. Has a standing order for us to be able to go get more iv fluids if she gets dehydrated again.
The main issue is a lot of liquids just aren't sitting well. And the doctor put the fear of god into her about making sure to stay away from sugar (her dad is a type 1 diabetic). But man, some of these suggestions are great and will really help.
if going with gatorade, i would probably cut it in half with water. it will be more tolerable taste wise
ginger sometimes works, but not for everyone. my wife ate ton of saltines
Baby, we got a soup goin.
Also, went and bought about 10 different types of Gatorade/Sobe Lifewater/Poweraide. Had her try all of them, and the Rain Berry was an excellent call. Found that, and the orange flavor Gatorade that she likes. Guess I'll have a large amount of sports drinks to drink for the next couple of days. For now it looks like we have this under control, but I'll update this if anything happens.
On a sidenote, I'd just like to thank everyone on here for your help over the last several years. From random worryings, finding out how to deal with relationship, health problems with relatives, and just random advice, this forum has been an excellent rock for me. I always end up getting something useful out of questions here, and everyone deserves a big hug if I ever get the chance to meet anyone off of here someday. This forum is an amazing family of strangers who all have really big hearts. That goes for all of the subforums, but especially here in H&A. :^: