excessive saliva during pregnancy

Omg, I am a spitting mess!!! Since 9 weeks prego I have been spitting day and night!!!, the only rest I get is when I am asleep!!! However, before I knock out, I spit into towels, tissues, napkins, paper towels...you name it!!!!! I have been suffering from severe nausea as well since 6 weeks....goodness, this has to end.....worse than the horrible spitting is the Phlegm which is continuously producing in the back of my throat day and night as well....I then go to spit the saliva, then the phlegm, and their goes everything.....I just reached 16 weeks, is it because I am 40? I did suffer with nausea with my first pregnancy 8 years back, but the spitting, the phlegm, this onto of the nausea, and heartburn have me in tears!!!! Please advise!!!!anyone, anything!!! Please!!!

Oh man thank you all you ladies who have posted!
I am just glad to know I am not the only one with this freakish symptom.
It IS a nightmare.. drooling on my pillow, mouth filling up with bubbly spit while trying to have a normal conversation.. disgusting everyone around me. It is literally cupfuls and cupfuls of saliva just streaming out! And it totally doesn't work to swallow - just makes me nearly vomit.
What helps (sorta): sipping water flavored with stevia & lemon, sucking on sugar-free candies, tucking a tiny piece of raw ginger in my cheek, eating my food very, very slowly to take more time.
Hang in there ladies, it is totally worth it when you hold your beautiful new baby. (I'm on #3)

Wow IllmomA- i have the same problem with the phlegm in the back of my throat at all times! It triggers my gag reflex instantly and it makes me anxious about going out in public! My morning sickness nausea has gone away-but the phlegm and sinus problem makes me gag at any time- which is sooo scary! I do not like to vomit- so i catch anxiety attacks if i think i will come close....so this has consumed me. The only thing that helps me is sucking on jolly ranchers or chewing 'big red' gum....but then again that is what helps me...i know we are all different! I am 37 yrs old- first time mom....so i have nothing to compare it to! :( best of luck- let me know if you find something that helps and i will do the same!

Im glad Im not alone too !!!

I noticed reading this that we all handle it differently, some use cups, some bags, some towels.

I find it more compfortable to use bath towels when Imm home, since Im on bedrest for cercage because I also hae incompotent cervix and Hyperemesis!

   I go thru about 3- 4 towlels a day and could use more towels actually.

 

When I go out I bringboxes of kleenex and plasic bags to put them in and more bags to throw up in. :(

    My mouth breaks out from tissue kleenex so I apply vassaline when I get home over and over again.

 

 I would use a cup but its very uncompfortable especially when sleeping!Id rather snuggle with a towel.

Also it would be easy to dump the cup over since I have hyperemesis and would lose control of it when Im getting sick. :(

 

          Iv even brought a bath towel in the emergancy room with me from hyperemesis wich is severe vommitting in pregnancy and the nurse was rude to me!She came in giving me this dirty rude look at the bath towel I was spitting on and I did'nt look very good niether because I had been very very sick! I believe many DR's and nurses need to get educated on Hyperemesis and ptysalion!!!And treat these woman who really suffer with more understanding and care! Iv had some rude misunderstanding Doctors and nurses!

Also May 15th is now HG Hyperemesis awareness month!

 

              I dont know how Im going to get thru my flight ,I have to go to my moms so she can take care of my daughter and I because Im very very sick.

 

       This is my 3rd pregnancy and all were the same. I lost my first baby from HG Hyperemesis and Incomponant weak short cervix.

I had my baby girl in the 2nd pregnancy and she made it. :)Though it was very very ruff pregnancy to go thru, she was worth it all!

Im now 6 weeks pregnant and my ptysalion excess saliva started earlier this time, it started week 5 and has gotten worse!

Along with Hyperemesis.I have a weak cervix too and will be getting stitches , a cerclage and will need bedrest.

   To all the woman on here with HG Hyperemesis, there are forum sites for Hyperemesis, I just found it and they have referals to HG Doctors wich this time Im looking for an HG Doctor and hope I get better care this time for HG, because I believe Iv been left dehydrated.

                         As for my plane flight, it will be ruff, In plan on cutting up squares with bath towels for the flight and using kleenex in the airport and plastic bags for when I get sick, so embarasing but its worth everything to give birth to my own son or daughter who I love so much and soon ill have my child and this will be behind me. :)

My last pregnancy I thought this was going to last the rest of my life!
As soon as they cut me open in my C-Section delivery, I dropped my towel! Did'nt need it anymore. :)
7 months to go with this one.

Feels so good to know I am not the only one at first I was feeling so disgusted with myself. I amd 3 months second pregnacy did not go threw any of this at all but I feel a lil more at eas knowing not only women going threw this right now.

hi i am 4 and half month pregnancy and suffering from saliva problem i m telling it is really terrific please help me

Y don't u guys use pamper for spitting??u know d cheap value ones? I use 2 in a 24 hrs. Hope this helps some1

Sorry, 2 pampers in 24 hrs, if it fills up I simply chuck it! I kno it smells but I take a deep breath n spit n close d pampers:( its stays with all d time. When I go out I take a drink can with me. Tissue n towels does not work for me! It's too gross! There simply is no solution for this darn sickness, get use to it:)

I had ths spitting problem in my 1st and 2nd month of pregnancy but now that im 4 months it completely went away ....it actually eased up at 3 months for me ;).....but good luck hope it ends.

This is my third pregnancy and yep the spits are back! It's awful! I work 12 hours shifts as a nurse 2-3 days a week and I'm having an awful time trying to conceil my spit so that I don't gross people out. If I eat a little something all day it helps. Carrots help the best. They don't have much flavor but do seem to ease the saliva a bit. With both of my other pregnancies this symptom never went away until the second I gave birth. I mean the very second....and no more spit....so weird! I've had a girl and a boy so far so I don't think it really pinpoints what you'll have. I'm just trying to get by....i know it will be totally worth it in the end! Good luck to all the fellow spitters out there!

I can totally relate. Omg. This is my 3rd pregnancy i didnt have this problem with my two sons.

hi dear i m 16 weeks pregnant too and having the same problem i m so sick of with this problem i m spitting all day all night in the bin n its very painful even if i go out i carry a plastic cup .even i m in sleep i wake up n find myself there is full of saliva in my mouth n if by any chance those saliva goes into my stomach i feel vomiting,really dont know what to do n i dont think there is anything can help us to get rid of it ,i didnt seen any medicine for this problem.

Hello, like the other ladies, Im glad im not alone. I just use a plastic cup and stick a paper towel in it so it absorbs the saliva and doesnt spill over in case you do knock it over. It certainly is a pain when you have to leave the house but what works for me is just carrying a soda can and a straw (or no straw). Needless to say, I dont go out often but I am also lucky to be able to work from home. Hoping this will pass after the 1st trimester as Im in my 12 weeks. Good luck to you all and appreciate everyone sharing their experience.

Hey while reading your story i am feeling like its mine i am doing all these thing but in vain.The only difference is that its mine first pregnancy and I am in 7 month. The most funny thing is my mom joked me the same that i should fit the sucker with my mouth which dentist use.