Loosing Your Cookies- Prego Style
June 30, 2012 by Lynn
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To all my pregnant sistas out there who are sick as dogs, I say TO YOU, “IT WILL GET BETTER!”
You are laying in bed, near a bowl/toilet, or just feeling green and thinking “shut up lady…”
That is okay, cuz I am here to help you out. I know how it is! I am not one of those idiots who says, (in my annoying know-it-all-whinny-voice) “Oh I just would get up and do what needed to still be done.” GOOD FOR YOU! SHUT YOUR MOUTH LADY! I Have been laying in the fetal position puking my guts out for 5 months now. I am now to a point where I barely even have the will to live! GET OUTTA MY FACE! WHOO there Lynnie….calm down…. hahaha….. Don’t tell me you don’t feel that way about some people and their “advise” HA! Some women….
Well if you are feeling sick like I was, here are a few helpful tips I would like to share with you. I hope at least one of them helps!! I lost 15 pounds in the first 3 months with my first child and lost 11 pounds from 2-5 months of my 3 third pregnancy. And yes both times I took prescribed meds from my baby Doctor. They helped a little, but I am just one of those people that will keep throwing up…stinky.
One of my awesome friends came over one day with grocery bags full of food and tricks that helped her AND she had another awesome friend in-tow with cleaning supplies. They shared some laughs with me, shared tips that helped them cope with sickness during pregnancy, then put me on the couch while they cleaned my whole nasty house.
HAVE A FRIEND OR TWO LIKE THIS! They are rare and I am not sure how I got so lucky. But, I am forever grateful for these two ladies- still makes me cry. Life savers!
So here are some of the tips that go beyond the BRAT diet (Bananas, rice, apples, and toast) or the pills from the doc. These are tips my friend shared with me and some of my own tricks I have discovered over the years I have been popping out kids. 
TIPS AND TRICKS TO SURVIVING MORNING/ALL DAY AND NIGHT SICKNESS
1. Lime slushy drinks. Saved my life! I would put about 2 cups of ice in a blender, fill with water about 3/4 of the way up the ice, add 2 table spoons of lime concentrate, a little package of Stevia sweetener (a natural sweetener), and a squirt of a fresh lime if I had one. Blend it all up and slowly suck with a straw. Some days this was all I could handle.
2. Bean burritos. Mostly I would have my husband make these. Just a can of refried beans and a tortilla. Occasionally I would ask for a tiny bit of cheese if I knew I could handle it that day. He would heat up the beans then lay some in a tortilla on the stove, fold up, and brown on two sides. Sounds nasty and might be hard to make your self. But YOU NEED the protein. It will help you not to feel so sick to get some protein in your body.
3. Oils- Peppermint oil and Frankincense oil. These will not take away the nauseousness completely, but they will give you a few mins or more of relief. I would dab these on my wrists, around my nose, jaw line, and temples. I have also heard that rubbing lavender oil on your feet with help your sleep at night, maybe try that if you want.
4. Lemon Popsicle. These helped more toward the end of my sickness phase to help take the edge off some days. Buy the most natural ones you can find with the least amount of sugar.
5. Pebble Ice. Some days all you want to do it chew on ice and can only sip water slowly. On these kinds of days have your hubs go grab a bag of pebble ice from the grocery store. It is usually sold in the back by the butcher. AGAIN- Might not want to go back there and see the raw meat. Have someone pick that up for you. 
6. Vitamin B Drops. These are nasty, but! they help a lot. Put a few drops under your tongue and in a few short mins you will get a little bit of nausea relief.
7. Vitamin B6 pills. These also will help you will your energy and nausea.
8. COKE! I really don’t like Coke, but some days when I couldn’t keep even keep water down Coke always seemed to do the trick. Mostly it was Diet Coke that helped me, but I am not recommending that b/c I have heard there are issues with the sweeteners in it that can harm your baby. BE WISE ABOUT WHAT YOU PUT IN YOUR BODY! Moderation my friends.
9. A Baked Potato with just a tiny bit of butter and salt. Not sure why, but this was another staple life saver. It filled me up and I always kept it down. Nice thing too is that IF you’re out and about you can pick one of these up at Wendy’s for like a buck.
10. REST! It can be really hard to sleep when you feel crappy or have little ones that need something in the middle of the night breaking up your rest. Explain to the hubs that you need more help at night so you can feel better and be a better mom during the day. Also ask your doc what you can do. Mine had to proscribe me some meds to help me. I could only take them ONCE a month, but at least I got one night that I actually slept.
11. PHONE HOME! Call your mom, a sister, or a friend ask them to take your kids for an hour or a day or two or more A break will do you so much good mentally and physically. And while they are there helping or your kids are gone JUST SLEEP! Throw up and sleep and watch stupid TV and sleep and read your scriptures, go for a walk or just open a window to get fresh air. which brings me to #12
12. Fresh Air. With my first pregnancy fresh air felt soo nice. And this time I was in my sick part of pregnancy in the middle of winter in Utah. I didn’t want to go outside much cuz it was freezing and I didn’t feel like moving AT ALL. But, opening a window and breathing the cool air seemed to help a lot too. Some times you just need a breath of fresh air.
13. Ask for and Accept Help. I really hate asking for help and accepting it when people offer it. But accept the meals people bring over and say yes when they offer. It will give you or your hubs a break for one night. Even if you are not eating the meal, your family will be happy to have something to eat (after months of you not being able to cook) :) Sometimes it helped me to be able to eat if I didn’t have to cook the food or see or smell it being cooked. :) Let people help you and your family. It is a good thing.
14. Phone a friend again. This can be a mental game, this prego sickness stuff. A game that can be draining on you and your family. Call a friend to talk about things other than your sickness. It can really boost you up even if you aren’t thinking it will help, do it!
15. Have a good cry, then try to cheer-up. Laying in bed and throwing up for months on end can get really hard. So it’s okay to cry. But, be careful not to let your self get too down and out. Talk to your doctor if you can’t seem to pull your self out of a funk. You can get depressed during pregnancy and that doesn’t mean anything is wrong with you. It only means you need a little extra help. You are creating a child and that is a big job to do, don’t feel bad asking for help.
16. Take a bath! Throw some epsom salt in the tub, dim the lights, watch a show on your phone, Ipad, nook, and relax. You deserve it. Take a big glass of ice water with you and don’t get too hot. I used to lay down on my shower floor before I realized I was allowed to take a bath while pregnant. Then I took like 30 baths haha… just relax your tired body.
17. Nausea Bracelets. These may or may not help you. It is worth a try! I have tired TONS of different things. Some helped right away, some helped only once or twice, and some made things worse. But, if you are sick like I was you are willing to try anything that won’t harm your or your babe.
18. Pay it forward. Some time when you are feeling better, or when your children are grown up a bit; help a new mommy to be out. Take her a bag of groceries of tricks/food that helped you. Or take her husband and children a meal. Or! Go clean her house- don’t give her a choice- just push your way in and do it. She will hate it at the moment, but be forever changed and grateful later. ;) Or! Go bring her a meal after her baby is born. Go hold the baby and let her take a shower or a nap. Fold her laundry. Go on a walk together. Invite her out and remind her to get out Tell her your remember what is was like and that you are there for her. Be the friend that you wish you had had when you where there in that stage of life. I hope I am this kind of friend, but am hoping really spread the love and help when I get to another stage of life.
19. Be married to an amazing husband. Or tell him to shape up! Hahaha, you are taking a big one for the team here, I HOPE he is helping you to through it. This is my most important tip. My husband NEVER complained about making me food, cleaning up puke, (sometimes complained out helping out with kids while managing his company- but rarely) OR running to the store for whatever it was I needed that day to help, OR holding me when I sobbed on days that didn’t know if I could do it one more day. I give huge props to my husband for going through this with me and comforting/cheering me on every step of the way. I married a great guy. Talk to your husband, be honest and nice. You both have a lot on your plates and this is a beautiful baby you both helped to make- BE A TEAM. A team that talks nice, is open, helpful, supportive, emphatic, grateful, cheers the other on, and above all MADLY IN LOVE. Your baby needs you and your man to be this kind of team from here on out.
Be careful and smart with your body and your baby. And, take care of YOU mentally and physically. Talk to other people about how sick you are feeling. Talk to your doctor and ask for tips or medicine if you are at that point. Be open with your spouse about all your feelings and pains. Hopefully he will support and console you. If not tell him is has to OR call his mama on him lol, I’ve never done that, probably won’t make things better (but it’s funny to joke about). And remember!! This too shall pass. It may feel like it won’t but try your best to remember it will. I promise
One last thing, don’t worry about being crafty with your hands right now. (Unless you need something to do while to lay in bed feeling like poo, chances are you just need to lay there and not do a thing though). Don’t worry about a dang thing besides your handsome husband, beautiful kids, and the sweet baby you have growing inside of you. Those are the ONLY things that matter. And YOU are the only thing that matters to them. YOU ARE LOVED AND DOING SOMETHING ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! Try to enjoy this baby or look forward to the days to come when you can enjoy being pregnant and/or holding this precious baby.
UPDATE!
MEET MISS RUBY LOU
I had the babe! She was worth all the hard moments, hours, days, weeks, months She is absolutely beautiful! Thank you for all your comments. It makes my day to know that this MIGHT be helpful for those of you out there going through this same thing Every time a new comment comes in I get so exctied! I show my husband, sometimes I shed a little tear, and sometimes I do a happy dance. Thanks for leaving me comments. I love love love them. You are amazing.
Much love!- Lynn
This list is awesome! I remember with my 2nd pregnancy I just wanted to punch my former pregnant self in the face. I think it made it worse, I wasn’t sick the entire pregnancy. Then the 2nd one I was extremely nauseous all day every day! One thing I would add, would be taking the B6 along with 1/2 a Unisom twice a day. My doc recommended this and it worked most days for me. Totally pinning this for the next pregnancy! -Kelly @ Semi Homemade Mom
I really needed this tonight. Thanks for posting, it’s good to know there are others out there that get it. My mom has told me over and over. “I never really got sick when I was pregnant” well it’s no wonder you ended up with seven kids!!! I can totally relate to the “Good for you, shut your mouth lady!!!” especially those that have to post on fb all the dang time that they “just love being pregnant” ok, I have calmed down. I appreciate you posting some tips/advice and will definitely try. Thanks again.
So … this post made me cry! Thank you very much! I’m in the middle of this. I have two beautiful children already, but I’ve now had 3 miscarriages, and it is even harder to cope with being so sick when I don’t want to get my hopes up too high that I will have a baby at the end of it all. Anyway, you really helped me to feel understood, and I’m going to get the stuff for lime slushies and try that asap! I’ve used peppermint sticks as well.
My husband is way supportive, but he’s also a service love language, which means it’s hard on him when I’m not up to doing things around the house. He tries to be understanding, but he sees me taking care of the kids as being out of love for them, so I don’t know how to communicate love to him without pushing myself to do things that make me a basket case. Anyway, Thanks for this post! I’m really grateful for it.
-Aubrey
thanks for the reminder that the only things that matter are your hubby, kids and the baby inside. i’m tired of feeling so guilty that I can’t go near the dishes or even stomach the thought of vacuuming.
i have forgotten to feed the kids lunch once or twice… but thought my “help” had done it… it sucks.
good thing it IS worth it in the long run!
Wow I thought I had tried everything when I was pregnant. I ended up being put in the hosptial b/c I couldn’t keep anything down and ended up losing 30 pounds with my first child and about 15 with my second. It was kinda funny having to explain to the nurses why my weight was less at the end of my pregnacy than it was at the beginning. Well, I just happen to be one of those lucky(not)women that has a disorder called HG which leaves little ways to give relief but pills, rest, and…well anything my stomach could handle. If I decide to have any other children I will definitely keep these tricks handy.
Thanks
Thanks for the great tips! I belong to a mothers of preschoolers group (MOPS) and we are always encouraging our moms to help each other out. Many want so much to help but are afraid of offending someone if they show up unannounced to offer help. My sister had morning sickness like you did and it killed me to live so far away from her that I couldn’t help. She was really lucky to have a large church family that came over with meals, slurpee’s, grocery’s, cleaning, just being there, prayer, etc. A few times she heard the lawnmower but was too weak to see who it was. Yep, someone came over once a week and mowed their lawn knowing that her husband had a lot on his plate helping her when he came home from work. If they hadn’t walked through her door when she said she didn’t really need help (meaning her house was a mess and didn’t want someone seeing it) or just mowing her lawn without asking, she would have never agreed to it nor thought of some of it. It made all the difference. Thank you for explaining what it is REALLY like and how to help or ask for help.
This is a great list, I’ll keep it for next time! I know my morning sickness wasn’t as bad as some people’s, but feeling nauseous 24/7 really wears on you – and now that we have the first kid, I’m dreading trying to deal with feeling that way again and having to try and take care of a toddler instead of being able to just go take a nap!
I’d have to agree about the Unisom – I took one every night for a few weeks when it was the worst. I also really liked Propel Zero waters – they’re fruit flavored, which always sounded really refreshing to me, and they have vitamin B6 in them, which I figured could only help. I’m so glad someone else felt that they were more likely to eat if they didn’t have to cook the food. I gained way too much weight with my first pregnancy because my husband was working 2 jobs and wasn’t home to help much, so I would eat anything I could just microwave and basically hide in another room until it was done. If I didn’t think about the food or smell it while it was cooking, then just wolfed it down as fast as I could, it was basically the only way I could eat!
Thank you! I have been feeling so lazy and useless lately! This is my first baby and my husband and I just moved away from both of our families! We don’t have anyone close by to help us out which makes it really difficult! I feel so terrible putting most/all of the housework on him, but I cannot get off the couch! My “morning” sickness is waaaaaay worse the more I get up and move around. About 10-15 minutes is my max. Any longer and I am running for the toilet! Eating is now a chore and no longer enjoyable at all! But the only advice I keep getting is “just keep eating, you have to eat for that baby!”. No really? Trust me I would if I could, but when people tell me that I want to punch them in the face. I am so glad to know I am not alone! You have some wonderful suggestions. Popsicles are one thing that really does help me. So my lovely husband got creative and made me some ginger ale Popsicles! They are so yummy and a nice way to change up plain ole ginger ale! I highly suggest them! Thank you again for your great ideas!
Thank you so much for posting your tips and what helped you. I feel like I’ve tried everything- I’m sure, like everyone else. Tha k you for posting not just food tips, but keeping your sanity as well. Bless your heart!
So, here’s some advice my doc told me about the B6 – don’t expect it to help that day, usually it only helps if you take it consistently. The B6 is beneficial in the extra blood production of pregnancy.
And bananas! The potassium can really help. I couldn’t stand the texture of bananas, but I could put it in my smoothies. I could palette any smoothie over “real” food, so I drank lots of them.
Starlight mints and ginger candies too. These are natural anti-nausea herbs. Look for ones that have real ginger and peppermint. I added some grated ginger to my water, this helped make the water go down AND the ginger settled my stomach!
I did lots of research about Morning Sickness and there isn’t an exact cause- because the cause various person to person and thus remedies very person to person. So, when people are make crazy suggestions trying to help, they aren’t crazy!
My first OB always said if you’re going to invariably throw up, keep food down as long as you can. The longer you can keep any little thing in your belly, the better chance your body has to get some nutrients from it. Same for water- sip slowly and just keep what little you can as long as you can. Some days it was impossible, but whether I was lucky or this really works, it kept me out of the hospital.
With my second I always tried to eat protein first thing and that seemed to help a ton, but then did nothing except make me feel more sick with the third.
The only universal advice I’ve ever heard is rest. Turn on movies for the older kids and make that couch your best friend. Also keep a bowl near by because just rolling over might be enough to do you in!
Words cannot express my elation and the joyful tears I shed as I read this post!! I am a first-time mommy and this pregnancy I’m sure was going to do me in! You have given me light and hope and God bless those friends of yours. I have tried everything even weird remedies and I am so excited to actually GO to the STORE and get this stuff (hubby works long hours). THANK YOU!
Spearmint gum was what worked best for me. I was sick all day up until the middle of my second trimester. After that I would get sick once a day up until about 2 weeks after I had her. But really the only thing that helped was spearmint gum and hard lemon candy…Now I hate spearmint gum, even the smell of it and lemon candy. LOL
I agree with the bean burritos. The protein TOTALLY helps and since I don’t eat meat and dairy is NOT my friend right now its beans. The lemon or limon Popsicle worked well but anything too sweet was right out the door. Ugh have another 3 months to go since my normal throw up stage is 6 months.
I too was horribly sick, hospitalized 4 times in my first pregnancy and 3 in my second. Prescription meds helped some, however my BEST help were the following:
1st pregnancy
Mint gum
Plumbs
swimming classes (the more the better!)
2nd pregnancy
strawberry lime trident
rice (white, prepared like your potato!)
a miracle homeopathic remedy called Nux Vomica (consult your physician, my nurse midwife approved, along with my mom (a physician), but you MUST check with your own doctor/nurse before taking ANYTHING!
rest and the friends ARE awesome!
I love your ideas! Thank you for sharing!
I’ve been pregnant five times now, puking like crazy for all five of my first trimesters and beyond! I thought I’d heard it all, but you actually gave me some new tips for next time! I really hope that these work for me. Morning sickness can be awful, but I was always grateful for those friends who would show up with dinner one night, many without even knowing I was pregnant yet, just that they felt that they should help me out in some way. Family and friends have been the only things that have saved me (and my kids!) during those trimesters. Thank you SO much for sharing!
Oh, I wish I could have found all these helpful tips when I was pregnant! I was sick the whole 9 months and I got SO tired of women telling me that they were either never sick, sick for that long or if they were sick it didn’t bother them. It made me want to puke just hearing comments like that!
I am however still glad I came a crossed this because my sister is pregnant with her 2nd and she’s always feeling terrible.
I definitely sent your link her way. I know she’ll be excited to try something new and hopefully find “the one” thing that helps her out all the time.
Every prego is diffrent and not everything that works for on preg works for another preg,
But thi was a really cool list and some great advice. I hope it works well with others as well and will try next time im prego
I found that ginger was wonderful for morning sickness as well
Thanks so much for all the tips especially about coping mentally. I have been feeling so guilty about being miserable because everyone always says what a “magical time” it is. So glad to know that I am not the only person who has sobbed over not being able to do this any more.
This list is amazing! Great advice & you explain it so well. I had terrible all day & night sickness the whole 9months during my 1st pregnancy it was hell & my midwives really didn’t get it – one midwife even told me it wasn’t possible to have morning sickness in the 2nd & 3rd trimester. I assure you it is! My 2nd pregnancy my all day & night sickness lasted 5months. I’ve tried many of your tips & they do help ease the sickness. I was really affected by even the faintest wiff of food smell & threw up EVERY time I opened the fridge. I needed strong clean smells in my house oddor neutralizers & scented things. The coke tip is a good one it helped me so much in my 2nd pregnancy & although I limited myself to 1 can a day & had 2/3 days off a week my teeth suffered badly – lots of post natal trips to the dentist
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Just wondering if anyone’s read this awesome post about helping prevent morning sickness before you get pregnant:
http://www.mommypotamus.com/the-real-cause-of-morning-sickness/
It’s pretty good, and was SO helpful for me. It has a link to ideas that help once you’re pregnant too. It makes sense, super-severe morning sickness is kind of a “modern” ailment (did you ever hear about ladies 100 years ago puking all day long, their entire pregnancy? They would’ve died.), so eating “old fashioned” food and using traditional remedies sounds like a good idea.
Here I am with pregnancy number 4, I have had nausea with the 1st but it was never this bad, some of the things you have mentioned I am looking forward to trying. Thank you all for the recommendations!
This post actually made me cry! (I’m going to blame it on the pregnancy hormones…) I’m 16 weeks preggo with my 5th and am just barely starting to feel like I might survive. Every single pregnancy is crappy so after the first I always knew what I was getting into, but that doesn’t make you feel any better as you’re hugging the toilet 24-7. I have SO much empathy for anyone else who goes through this during pregnancy. My one tip I wanted to add was that for some reason milk has helped a little. I don’t usually drink much milk because I don’t really like the taste. However, with this pregnancy, chocolate milk has been my best friend. I have no idea why, but hey, I’ll take it! Good luck!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE ALL your comments! Thank you for taking the time to share. I have never had this many comments before. Maybe I need to write more mom thoughts
I will post a pic of my sweet baby soon. By they way, easiest baby ever. She was worth the trouble! 
Danielle- actually women DID die from morning sickness back in the day. Until the 1900s when IV fluids were made, hyperemesis was the leading killer of pregnant women. Now, it’s murder. I am all for natural health- I’ve had two natural births and one was a home birth. However, I have hyperemesis will all my pregnancies and it’s unavoidable for me.
These are great tips! I was also very sick with my pregnancy! Lemon drops worked great for me. You think the sickness will never go away but it will and once you see the beautiful baby… It’s totally worth it!
I thought I was crazy and the only one when the thought of water makes me sick right now….lime slushies….yum
Bless you for this post, it made me cry. I am in the middle of it right now and can barely crawl out of bed. Thank you for the reminders about what truly matters and that it will end. It is very difficult when it seems that no one understands what you are going through. I appreciate your understanding most of all.
Thank you so much for this article! I’m newly pregnant, newly married, and newly a step mom to 3 kids. I’ve been a bit of a basket case emotion wise and haven’t gotten sick much at all yet, but all of your very real thoughts and ideas really encouraged me. I feel so guilty about not having everything put away in the house yet because I’m too exhausted to face it and want to burst into tears every time I walk into the living room. Anyway, all of you veteran moms, I appreciate the honesty.
Morning sickness suckers I got some at the maternity store worked somedays
Peanut Butter! I swear by it right now. When I get off work at night I come home and sit down with a jar of peanut butter and a bowl of rice krispies. I’ll get a little PB on my spoon and then dip it in my dry cereal. Eat this right before bed seems to help keep me from being sick the next morning. You don’t have to eat the PB and cereal together. The PB is what really does the trip. I’ve even started carrying a small jar in my purse for when I start to get sick/hungry at work, etc.
What in inspirational message. It’s just what I needed to read. I’ve been dealing with morning sickness for just two weeks and I don’t know how I will make it how ever many months this will last. Thank you for the wise words.
I enjoyed reading all the posts. My son will be 19 in a couple of weeks, he was my first pregnancy.
I was completely exhausted. I would come home from work at noon, go to bed,my husband would same me up to eat supper and I would crawl back on bed and sleep until I had to get up to go to work again. I also slept on a heating pad, because I was freezing, in June in the Midwest. I was fortunate with him, I only got sick two times. I felt nauseous with my second pregnancy, but lost the baby at 12 weeks. My third pregnancy, I was not nearly as sick as most of you. But, if I ate too much or not enough or the
wrong thing I would get sick. I’ve always blamed it on the hormones and because I was expecting a girl. (I know a lot of people have morning sickness with both boys and girls.)p I was sick for 5 months, during that pregnancy. I found eating a handful of salted nuts helped me, or having some kind of protien going in every 2 hours. I would eat a meal on the way to our friends house to eat dinner, because I couldn’t wait until the time they wanted to eat. Don’t get me wrong. By the time they had food ready I was ready to eat again. By the way my daughter ate exactly every 2 hours after she was born.
I was huge and I remember trying to clean my bathroom, sitting on the edge of the tub, using my feet to try and mop the floor, crying my eyes out, because I could no longer reach between them on my hands and knees. I wish I had friends like you did.
Accept any help you can get. Thank your husband for everything he does. Enjoy the awesome friends and family you have. (Even when they drive u crazy)
I’m an only child because my Mom was Sooo sick the entire pregnancy, and I was born in the 60’s when they didn’t induce. So she was sick for 10 months. I was a month over due.
WOW, I am like many others that have also commented before me… I am in complete tears reading this post! I’m 15 weeks and have been sick and on bed rest for the last 8 weeks with HG. I’m so miserable but trying to very hard to keep my spirits up. I can’t even explain how comforting it is just to read that other woman feel like I do… I love and want my baby so badly and try to remind myself everytime I’m hovering the porcelin goddess that its a good sign to be sick, even all the time. But it sure doesn’t make it easier… and I almost cry every time I step on the scale and it goes down instead of up. I have a wonderful husband and I think he is the only thing getting me through this… Can’t wait to send him to the store to try out some of these new remedies! Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us
Great tips from someone who really gets it. I am 14wks into my 3rd pregnancy and it has been the worst sickness. I wasnt able to hold anything down and lost 15lbs in 2wks. Looking forward to trying out some of your tips. The only other tips ive gotten were to try to eat very bland foods. Thanks
What an awesome post! I was feeling down today and def needed that! I am just about 11 weeks and I just feel like poo all the time. i have an awesome husband who is very supportive but I just want to eel better! I am def looking forward to trying the lemon pops and lime slushy! Sounds very soothing for my belly and my baby! thank you so much for the encourgement!