PTSD From puking?

Question

Okay this sounds sooooo silly but my last pregnancy my first trimester was so horrible I swore I never wanted to go through it again. I have so much anxiety around puking. I would puke so hard I would wet myself all the time. I swear I almost have PTSD from it was so bad. It was all day everyday 8W-16W then it just vanished. Next week I’ll be 8W and I AM TERRIFIED. I already feel like crap. Waves of nausea all day. I’m already doing B6 and Unisom at night. 
Thanks for listening.

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Oh it’s 100% a thing. I had HG with my daughter from 4-37 weeks and was convinced I’d never get pregnant again for years. Luckily I only threw up 4 times this pregnancy (I’m 28+1 weeks). 
If your nausea gets too bad def talk to your doctor for medication 😊

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I had severe morning sickness my entire first pregnancy. I lost weight. My hair was falling out. I threw up all. Day. Long. Even medicated, still threw up so much but could at least semi function between bouts of puking. 
My second I think I threw up MAYBE 5 times around 7-11 weeks. & then nothing. I was terrified it would happen again, & I also was afraid of having more children because of it. 
Every pregnancy is different so just roll with it as best you can!

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The fear of throwing up is called “emetophobia”. There are several support groups on Facebook regarding this phobia. My suggestion is this, get therapy for it immediately. And when I say therapy I mean someone that specializes in it. It’s very hard to find a specialist but you really need to find one because this phobia is like no other. And as soon as you get treatment, the quicker you will recover from it. Unless someone suffers from this phobia or has worked directly with it, they have absolutely no idea what it entails and often times treats it like they do a fear of heights or a fear of spiders, and it simply is not the same. It grows and grows until it is uncontrollable.

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I have a phobia of anything to do with vomit. So, I know how you feel. Anytime I’m sick like that, it’s as if it’s the end of the world to me. That’s actually one of the main reasons why I’m afraid to go into labor. I heard it can make you vomit or even the epidural can… I’ll pray for both of us lol.

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All pregnancies are different!
With my first I had such severe nausea I lost 25lbs from just not eating anything my first trimester. I’d take a bite of something and instantly feel sick to my stomach I wished I could have throw up for relief, never did. I was pretty much sick my whole pregnancy. 
2nd pregnancy my first trimester I had nausea but was able to actually force myself to eat. I only
Lost 10lbs and it didn’t last my whole pregnancy.
3rd and current pregnancy I had one week where I started feeling a little yucky and I thought it was the start of my version of morning sickness. It never progressed. And besides extreme fatigue I felt and feel great!
Moral of my overly long post, try super hard to not think of it, easier said then done. But you just never know what this baby could bring ya!

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Definitely feel for you, my dr just cleared me to start coming off my meds and I am so scared- mine also told me there’s lots of other meds she can give me if it gets worse, so definitely call in if the unisom and B6 doesn’t do enough

PTSD From puking?

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