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From: karl@osu-eddie.UUCP (Karl Kleinpaste)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Morning sickness
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Date: Thu, 21-Nov-85 13:18:10 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 21 13:18:10 1985
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Reply-To: karl@osu-eddie.UUCP (Karl Kleinpaste)
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My wife Lucy is pregnant, about 6 weeks' worth.  She is developing a
serious problem with morning sickness.  When she was pregnant with
Todd (our other child), she had morning sickness so badly that we
stopped calling it that; it was all-day sickness.  She was so ill that
she didn't leave our apartment for almost 2 solid months (mostly the
2nd and 3rd month) because such basic maneuvers as standing up made
her feel like throwing up again.  After the end of the 3rd month,
she started feeling OK again, and the remainder of that pregnancy was
utterly uneventful.  (And Todd was 9lbs, 15oz at birth!  Whew!)

She is giving strong indication that this is all going to happen again
this time.  She threw up three times yesterday, and felt pretty crummy
all day.  As you might guess, this leads to some fairly substantial
depression, because she gets to a point where she just doesn't bloody
well give a damn any more.  I try to help, but there's just so much
that you can do for a person for whom motion is a Bad Thing.  There is
the added complication this time that Todd, being a normal, healthy,
wonderful 2-year-old, wants Mommy to play a lot, and Mommy just isn't
psyched.

Last time, Lucy's OB/GYN prescribed Bendectin in fairly large
quantities, which seemed to help a good bit, but not completely.
Unfortunately, now Bendectin has been taken off the market, much to
our and Lucy's new doctor's dismay.  But the doctor says that
Bendectin was mostly vitamin B6, plus a few other goodies thrown in
for good measure.

So, the $2 trillion question is:  Does anybody have any suggestions on
what to do about this sort of problem?  Do you know of any (safe!)
`home remedies' that are known to help with morning sickness?  Is B6
really a good substitute for Bendectin?  Why was Bendectin taken off
the market anyway?  Is the moon made of green cheese?  Do elephants
eat chocolate-covered manhole covers?

Any suggestions would be *greatly* appreciated.
-- 
Karl Kleinpaste