Is this bad while pregnant?

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So my ob stopped prescribing Zofran after 6 months saying it’s bad for the baby and blah blah blah. I told her I’ve only ate toast and saltines once a day for the past few weeks and I’m losing weight and just can’t function or hold anything down really. She said at least I’m eating. Is eating only crackers and one slice of toast daily healthy? I can’t believe a medical professional thinks this is ok, she won’t prescribe Zofran so I can just eat and function. Am I crazy? Or is my ob an idiot? Literally eating 10
Saltines a day and one piece of toast and that’s on a good day!! (I’m in the process of finding an ob who will take me on at 24 weeks and give me Zofran, until that happens my ob thinks that me eating only this is perfectly healthy)

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I was on Promethazine and I really liked it. Didn’t have to take a whole pill because it also made me very drowsy so I took a half maybe 1/4 a pill so the script lasted longer too. Maybe see if your dr can do something different instead of z. My dr 5 years ago wouldn’t even think about it because of the side effects

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Have you asked about promethazine? They have pills with just that that you can take orally or (yucky but helpful as well) anal. I had to take zofran and promethazine for the longest.

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I’m 23 weeks and at 9 weeks my doctor gave me zofran with 9 months of refills. Its a very low dose and I only take it when I need it because the sickness has mostly subsided but he said it was fine. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Try taking unisom and b6!! Diclegis which is safe for pregnancy is basically unisom and b6 combined into one pill. I started the unisom and b6 combo at 14 weeks and I’m now 25 and still taking it

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You are not being crazy! I have hyperemesis too and it is no joke. I am luckily feeling much better now and able to eat but I am a rare lucky one not the norm. Your dr should continue to give you the zofran! toast and 10 saltines is not enough nutrients especially if you are still getting sick and not able to keep it down some days. I would go to ER and have them prescribe you some while you search for new dr or meet with a GI! They can prescribe it and help with your HG and how the second and third trimester will impact your stomach and nausea. My obgyn doctors were also pleased that I was able to eat anything at all but wanted me to eat way more than the little bit I was able to and wanted me to continue to use the zofran when I needed to. I lost 10 pounds at that time and without zofran I would have continued to lose and have no appetite. Personally unisom and b6 and Diclegis (which is the name brand combo of the drugs that are unisom and b6) didn’t help me at all and were all tried before moving up to zofran.

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i would ask about diclegis! or as an alternative to that, take unisom and b6 (same stuff thats in diclegis-just dont have to pay for a prescription).

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That’s just insane. I am surviving on Zofran right now, I have HG. I’m 26 weeks and still can’t function without it. I took it with my first two until delivery and they were completely healthy. Not being able to eat can result in premature birth, low birth weights, higher chance of preeclampsia. Don’t be afraid to go to the ER if you can’t keep food down for 24 hours or clear liquid for 6 hours. They will give you whatever you need to be able to keep food down. And then show your doctor that it’s necessary for you to use that medication.
Has she tried anything else? Phenergan, Reglan?

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That seems silly. I have never taken zofran, thankfully this pregnancy I was sick only when I was actually sick with a cold or something. But otherwise I was fine, my first I was sick for most of it and still just managed to figure it out without meds. My sister had a high risk pregnancy didn’t gain much weight, didn’t have much of a belly, and baby wasn’t growing properly because she just couldn’t stop throwing up. Even with zofran. Her doctor thought she was on drugs because her pregnancy was just so strange(she wasn’t) they even did many drug tests. But she was induced a month early and now her little girl is extremely healthy and growing just fine. She’s just a small girl. But I don’t understand why a high risk pregnancy could use zofran and an otherwise healthy pregnancy couldn’t if needed. I hope you can find something to help you. I’ve heard pregnancy pops help some women. You might ask your doctor about anything else you might be able to take or anything to help your situation.

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I had really bad food aversions the entire first trimester, anything and everything would come back up. I lost weight that first trimester, gained 11 back in the second, and now I’m back down to my prepregnancy weight. But I’m overweight so losing weight for the first two trimester is healthy for me, according to my doctor. I don’t know if it’s healthy for anyone else. 
But I wanted to say, try ramen noodle broth. I know that sounds weird and I know you’ve probably tried everything under the sun, but when I couldn’t eat anything, I could drink ramen noodle broth and it helped a lot with feeling nauseous and hungry. I can’t even imagine how irritating and frustrating it must be to go through not being able to eat, I hope it gets better, or you find someone who can help you out

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Ask about diclegis. It’s specifically for pregnancy related sickness. That’s what my doctor prescribed to me bc I desperately wanted something but I didn’t want to take zofran

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