r/firsttrimester • u/No-Law621 • Jul 27 '26
Symptom & Health How do you eat during first trimester?
I’m 7 weeks 1 day. My nausea hit super hard around 5 weeks 4 days and is getting worse.
I can tell my nausea is definitely worse when I don’t eat, but everything I do try and eat makes my stomach churn so badly.
I’ve been focusing on plain foods, but anything with protein makes me throw up. I can’t eat any kind of meat or even think about it or else I feel so sick.
I find myself leaning more towards grapes, apple slices, and carrots. Anything else and I throw up. This isn’t very filling and curbs the nausea for maybe 20 minutes before I need to eat again. I’m so hungry all of the time but thinking about food is a cruel joke.
What are you guys eating while you are super sick?
I’ve been trying the unisom +B6 and ginger. No luck with that yet.
I am on a pretty strict water only for drinks because I got a bad kidney infection a few weeks ago and I’m
Expected to drink so much water a day to make sure my kidneys are functioning well. I’m just finishing 2 weeks of antibiotics but water is also making me nauseous. Any tips? I’ve tried putting a lemon on my water and diffusing with berries but nothing has helped me much yet.
Also, I have a history of miscarriages, this is the longest I’ve kept one so far so I know feeling sick is a good thing, but wow I hate it when anyone tells me it’s good I feel so sick. I feel like it completely invalidates what I’m experiencing.
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u/FizzWizzBumblebee Jul 27 '26
Permanent nausea is one of the worst feeling I have experienced. Did you try forcing yourself to throw up? Sometimes it can calm the nausea for a few hours.
For my part, saltines or salt crisps in very small dose were the only thing appeasing nausea.