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  On 6/18/2010 at 12:51 PM, annabella said:

Hi, I have been to Glastonbury many times but this year am 3 months pregnant and still feeling nauseous and rough. Does any one have any experience of this as I m a bit worried about whether its going to be ok

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I'm sure you'll be fine - about 2 years ago to the day I found out I was pregnant, just before Glastonbury. My body seemed to block out the worst of the sickness for the duration of the festival thank goodness.

That said, I'd recommend having a suitable 'receptacle' in your tent, some nibbles you can eat first thing (as I found if I ate quickly on waking I wouldn't be as pukey), take some ginger biscuits/tea (or whatever works for you) and pick your toilets well. I did think about getting some of those Travel Johns (as you can be sick in them, as well as wee'ing), so they might be handy if there's an emergency.

Other than that, take it easy, lots of rests, and lots of eats! You'll have a wonderful time!

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I'm 17 weeks and luckily past the nausea stage. I'm at the pee'ing 20 times a night stage!!

I would get some ginger biscuits for before you get out of your sleeping bag, make sure you stay well hydrated and take your time wandering around. Graze all day if you can, it was only when I stopped eating that the nausea took hold. You will struggle more if the weather is warm but just go at your own pace and don't be afraid to retire back to your tent if you have to. Don't be a hero!!

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I am not pregnant but I seem to be coming down with another nauseous virus right before the festy but I am used to feeling ill on most days at the G over the years...in fact I dont recall a G when I wasnt unwell!

Tbh, there will be thousands of probably even sicker feeling peeps than your good self what with all the apple flavoured battery acid we all plan on drinking for 5 days solid. Think yourself lucky my lovely that its not coming out BOTH ends which dear old H&S has a tendency to cause! :ph34r:

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I would recommend taking some decent snacks such as flap jacks, dried fruit etc. I was 7 weeks pregnant at the Big Chill 3 years ago and the hormones decided to kick in right at the fest, which was difficult. I found that eating festy food eg pancakes, bacon sarnies etc just fuelled my mood swings as my blood sugar was all over the place. The other thing, right from the beginning I found sitting on anything without support really difficult, even at 7 weeks preg, so do you have a light camping chair your other half/mate could carry for you? Hope you have an amazing time, there's plenty of places to chill out and take it all in so it should be no prob.

Oh and congratulations btw :):):)

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hi there

have you tried sea bands? little acupressure wrist bands that you can wear to help with travel sickness (and also any type of nausea). they don't work for everyone, and you have to be careful to get them on the right spot but a lot of pregnant friends have sworn by them

also, oatcakes are great for carrying around for nibbling - nice and plain but full of slow burning energy

hope you have a great fest!

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Annabella,

First off congratulations!!!

My missus will be 11 weeks (with twins) at the start of Glasto. She is suffering terribly with morning sickness (although this lasts ALL DAY) and we are still thinking whether coming to the festival is a good idea. If she's not throwing up she is falling asleep all the time (its great for the World Cup though - I can watch in peace!).

We have family an hour away so I have suggested coming down on the Wednesday and seeing how she goes. If it isn't going too well, she can go to her mums for a day or two and return when the music starts.

We have been on IVF for some time now and due to the array of drugs she has been unwell for quite a while in some way or form. When I bought her ticket I purchased insurance as there was always the chance she would pull out.

Whilst we may have got away with using the insurance when she was on IVF, it doesn't now cover morning sickness!! The morning sickness was that bad last week that i did look at cancelling her ticket.

In regards to the morning sickness, the internet suggested ginger but they dont really work for my wife. She is sick of ginger biscuits and ginger ale and has a right moan when I give them to her (I suspect that maybe the hormones though).

As suggested on here, we find that the trick is to have something on hand to nibble on. Once she starts getting peckish the problems start. At work she always has fruit to hand or some of them breakfast bars. We will probably just ensure we have a similar stash on us when we leave the tent in the morning.

Our concerns at the moment are the heat of the tent first thing in the morning - this will be addressed by them foil blankets (subject of another subject elsewhere on the forum)

Also, the smell of the toilets will not help the wife. We suspect just one smell of them delights will start her off on the chundering again.

This promises to be our last Glasto for a few years (probably) so hopefully the sickness will give us a week off. If it doesnt then there is nothing we can do. It will be worth it in the end

Quinn

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  On 6/19/2010 at 6:27 AM, quinn_eskimo said:

Annabella,

First off congratulations!!!

My missus will be 11 weeks (with twins) at the start of Glasto. She is suffering terribly with morning sickness (although this lasts ALL DAY) and we are still thinking whether coming to the festival is a good idea. If she's not throwing up she is falling asleep all the time (its great for the World Cup though - I can watch in peace!).

We have family an hour away so I have suggested coming down on the Wednesday and seeing how she goes. If it isn't going too well, she can go to her mums for a day or two and return when the music starts.

We have been on IVF for some time now and due to the array of drugs she has been unwell for quite a while in some way or form. When I bought her ticket I purchased insurance as there was always the chance she would pull out.

Whilst we may have got away with using the insurance when she was on IVF, it doesn't now cover morning sickness!! The morning sickness was that bad last week that i did look at cancelling her ticket.

In regards to the morning sickness, the internet suggested ginger but they dont really work for my wife. She is sick of ginger biscuits and ginger ale and has a right moan when I give them to her (I suspect that maybe the hormones though).

As suggested on here, we find that the trick is to have something on hand to nibble on. Once she starts getting peckish the problems start. At work she always has fruit to hand or some of them breakfast bars. We will probably just ensure we have a similar stash on us when we leave the tent in the morning.

Our concerns at the moment are the heat of the tent first thing in the morning - this will be addressed by them foil blankets (subject of another subject elsewhere on the forum)

Also, the smell of the toilets will not help the wife. We suspect just one smell of them delights will start her off on the chundering again.

This promises to be our last Glasto for a few years (probably) so hopefully the sickness will give us a week off. If it doesnt then there is nothing we can do. It will be worth it in the end

Quinn

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Thanks very much Congratulations to you and your wife too Quinn. Hope it goes ok for you, I'm sick of ginger too. Best of luck with Glasto and more importantly the twins- how brilliant. My sickness usually stops by 14 weeks hope hers does too Cheers

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congratulations from me too! I've not been pregnant at a festival but have had three babies, so I know how you will be feeling - I would echo what the others have said, particularly about smells setting you off - can you get a tester of a perfume that you really like (at the moment, not usually like, as your sense of smell goes mad when preggers!) and then you can spray it onto a hankie to smell if you have to visit the loos and the smell gets to you?

I would definitely recommend a Potette travel potty for the night, as you may be waking up constantly needing the loo - all women should take one of these to festies, they're ace!

I never found ginger to help particularly, but I agree with other advice that not being hungry helps to alleviate the sickness feeling...it can leave a horrible taste in your mouth as well, like metal, so sweets or something to cope with this may be an idea.

Enjoy your festie and take it easy!

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Congrats to all you newly pregnant people!

I've done one Glasto at 11 weeks "gone" with horrid sickness and have no words of wisdom that haven't already been imparted, i.e ginger biscuits / ginger tea, foil blankets to keep the temperature down a bit, a jug / bowl to hand just in case, lots of healthy nibbles throughout the day, keep hydrated and take it easy!

I found the people in the healing fields were fantastic for a bit of TLC when I was a bit tetchy and fed up with it all.

I had an odd Glasto last year, we've been trying for another for over a year and "testing" day fell on the Saturday we were there (negative obviously) so I had no beer and lots of anticipation until that point. Wonder how many others take pregnancy tests in their essential items bag :D

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Congrats to the newly bumpy people :) I suffered with terrible morning sickness until I was 32 weeks, I did 7 festivals that summer ('08) and found that whilst I was in a field I didn't feel ill at all. I guess all the fresh air and good vibes helped, others have told me they too had a much easier time over the festival, hopefully you'll be the same.

The things I do remember though were having to make time for sleeping when I'd rather be dancing, and having to find proper deep shade when it was hot otherwise I wilted a bit. And on the odd occasion I had to pee right now I'd find an understanding looking person at the front of the queue explain my predicament and look appealing :D it worked every time (except the drunk bloke but I don't think he was capable of much).

Enjoy it :)

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Hi

Congratulations.

I was six weeks pregnant last year and the morning sickness kicked in about two days before we went to Glastonbury. I made sure I had dried fruit and nuts to nibble on, those nature valley bars, dry jacobs crackers and tuc biscuits are also good. Ginger did nothing for me but salt and vinegar crisps did, however make sure noone steals your food as everyone I was with used to look on very enviously as i sat eating my delicacies.

I did find it hard work last year, especially as everyone else was drinking and I couldn't join in. It was also incredibly hot and with no shade and lots of walking is tiring at the best of times, I found the acoustic stage was a great place to go and lie down and have a little snooze. Also near what was the jazz world and is now West Holts there was a little drink stall that made fresh lemonade with ginger and mint, although I've said ginger did nothing for me this drink was like a miracle, i just wish i'd found it earlier than Sunday evening. Also when I was starving and everything seemed to make me feel ill, I found a crepe stall and that was exactly what i wanted with chocolate and bananas.

The toilets were hard work as they stunk due to the heat and there were large queues and of course when pregnant, when you feel the urge, you have to go immediately. I found that the long drops were less busy than cubicles and again the ones by the acoustic stage were always available as well as the ones by what was the queen's head last year. Also long drops were easier to stomach in terms of the smell as they're open to the elements.

Finally if you are camping make sure you take an inflatable bed or camp bed as the ground is just too hard when pregnant, I wish I had because if i could have had a good sleep at night then the day would have been easier to handle.

I'm making it sound like I had a terrible time, I didn't, I had a great time. Just take it easy, make sure people you are with are dictated by what you want to do, don't go traipsing over to the park stage when all you want to do is sit down exactly where you are. If you need to eat, then eat, don't wait for others to be ready. Don't try and rush around the different stages, take it easy.

We're going this year with our four month old daughter, so i suppose this will be her second Glastonbury.

Have fun

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