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The Motherisk Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy (NVP) Forum
Motherisk receives questions from around the world about morning sickness symptoms, effects, treatments and ways to cope. Those questions and answers are posted here for anyone to read, provided the reader acknowledges and accepts the proviso and disclaimer below.
NVP Counsellor
Date: 2008-06-26
Question:
I am currently almost 20 weeks pregnant and ever since the 5th week I have had severe nausea and vomitting. I have spoken to my doctor who put me on dicletcin but the nausea was so bad that I couldn't even get the pills into me. No food or water has been able to stay down now for 13 out of the 15 weeks i've been sick. I have spoken to a counsellor through motherisk but at that time things were better. Now I'm maxed out on diclectin at 12 pills a day and still getting no relief. My doctor tried another medication and it did not work either. I am a little concerned because to date i have lost more then 30 lbs.
Is there anything else that can be done to help? should i be worried about the weight loss and the baby?
Answer:
Your question will be better answered if you call the NVP line
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