Brushing your teeth - Have you had this issue . . .?

I am 16 1/2 weeks Preggo - about a week ago I have started throwing up during brushing my teeth. I never threw-up in the beginning of PG.





I have tried brushing w/ just water - it is just not as clean. I have tried using only a tiny bit of toothpaste - again, I get sick. I also tried looking for Natural pastes that may not foam up as much - but didn't find one that said anything about it.





Any ideas? Did this happen to you?





It just makes my mornings so rough! I have to pull myself together to teach 18 5-yr olds!!





Advise is welcome :-)





Thanks.

Brushing your teeth - Have you had this issue . . .?
I had this problem as well. I found that Tom's of Maine makes a gel that does not foam and has a mild mint flavor. I also do not brush my tongue or spend a lot of time on the back molars:)
Reply:It happen with me with all my pregnancies. I guess it just your body being overly sensitive. There really wasn't anything I could do about it. I just put a little paste on the brush and was careful. Good luck!!!!
Reply:My gag reflex was definately stronger during pregnancy. Maybe it's the actual toothbrush and not the paste! This may sound silly... But make sure you stand in front of the bathroom sink whike brushing. Moving around while brushing always made me sick.
Reply:Wow- thought I might have been the only one! Brushing my teeth in my first trimester was horrid. I hardly could keep my gag reflex in check!





Possibly a rinse? Try children's toothpaste as well. Use small amounts at a time and try not to brush the tongue. (that always did it for me!)





Otherwise you'll just have to trudge on through. Wonderful thing pregnancy symptoms can be? right?
Reply:This happened to me as well. I found I had to brush my teeth when I was the least likely to feel nauseous, for me this was after eating because I always felt better when my stomach wasn't empty. Sometimes I avoided paste and just used water. Try not to put the brush too far back as this can trigger the gagging. Also, brush quick and then rinse and move on with your day and you may be able to avoid throwing up by not focusing on it. It worked for me. Good luck, I know it's not fun.
Reply:Oh my! It's good to hear I'm not alone lol! I got a very intense aversion to toothpaste for my 2nd month, it was exactly as you describe it. (Never once had morning sickness either)That darn paste makes you just loose your breakfast! I no longer have this problem as it seemed to pass just as many other food aversions did. (Now at 5 months)


To deal with it, I put a bit of mouthwash in my mouth and then brushed my teeth with it in there. It seemed to be less of a problem then, still a bit gaggy, but not nearly as bad. Give it a try (you really have to squeeze your lips together! lol) and see if it helps you get through this patch!


Congrats by the way!
Reply:Awww...happened to me too, I feel for you!!





The only remedy I had was to try and keep my mind off of it...I would try and listen to music that I liked (do you have an mp3 player or something? put on your favorite song...half way through start to brush). Or I would brush while doing something, like making the bed, or shaving my legs. As odd as it seems, if I didn't think about gagging, it helped stave it off.





If you start to gag, take a break, and get back to it :)





This is a hard one to solve...best of luck!!!
Reply:yes and all I can say is it will pass. good luck
Reply:Yea I have been having the same probable, I haven't throw up yet but it makes me gag a lot!! I thought it was so weird at first because I never had this before I was pregnant and I wondered if anyone else having this problem to so I guess I'm not the only one haha but I haven't found any solutions for this yet :[


23 weeks pregnant
Reply:it happened to me but not for long because 2 weeks after throwing up because of the toothpaste i had a miscarriage.
Reply:Vomiting


Pregnancy hormones soften the ring of muscle that keeps food inside the stomach. Gastric reflux (regurgitating food or drink) or the vomiting associated with morning sickness can coat your teeth with strong stomach acids. Repeated reflux and vomiting can damage tooth enamel and increase the risk of decay. Suggestions include:


Don’t brush your teeth immediately after vomiting. While the teeth are covered in stomach acids, the vigorous action of the toothbrush may scratch the tooth enamel.


Rinse your mouth thoroughly with plain water.


Follow up with a fluoridated mouthwash.


If you don’t have a fluoridated mouthwash, put a dab of fluoridated toothpaste on your finger and smear it over your teeth. Rinse thoroughly with water.


Brush your teeth an hour after vomiting.


thats just somethings but u might want to use mouthwash
Reply:I had this same problem. I threw up the entire nine months of my pregnancy and it wrecked havoc on my teeth. I am in the process of getting 8 cavities filled, and I had only ever had two before I was pregnant! You can brush with just plain ol baking soda if you need to, maybe that will be easier. Please try to get through it, and always brush your teeth when you get up for a midnight snack (this will occur at least once a night in the later months). I wish I had followed this advice 8 cavities and one beautiful 17 month old baby girl ago!!
Reply:Oh yes!!! I asked this question about a week ago...lol. I just brush them because it would be gross not to but I end up throwing up everytime. It sucks really bad but what do you do.
Reply:Yes, with my first one. It was awful. I would brush my teeth 4 or 5 times before I would be able to brush them with without being sick. Try not eating before you brush. You can also try drinking a Coke with all of the fizz stirred out of it before you brush. It will help settle your tummy.
Reply:Yes, you're not alone! :) I felt like I was having a gag reflex every time I tried to brush my teeth, and I asked my aunt about it. She shared she'd also experienced this and said it was "just one of those things".





The good news... it DID go away. I'm not sure if it was the toothbrush or the toothpaste, but I got through it and it didn't last too long into the pregnancy.
Reply:Oh god, if I think about how sick brushing my teeth made me in the first trimester even now at 36+5 weeks I can make myself sick. It was the action of the brush in my mouth. What helped me was plaque removing mouthwash and there are gums out there that have microbeads that sort of brush while you chew.





Of course after the issue with brushing my teeth passed I went to see the dentist and the hygienist said that you can get these rubber things that go on your finger to brush with, you don't even need toothpaste on them, they make them for people who travel/camp and you just throw them out when done. Also I have a special brush for flossing that I found I could use for brushing my teeth but it takes a long time to brush 32 teeth with what looks like a stiff paintbrush from a paint by number kit LOL.





I think that if I am blessed with child #2 in the future I am going to try a smaller brush since it seemed to be the brush I had the issue with. It doesn't help that I naturally have a strong gag reflex, pregnancy just made it worse. It's been torture these last 7 months just swallowing the prenatals and the iron pills. And in a few short weeks I have to confront my needle phobia for the IV and the epidural . No one ever said pregnancy was easy but I know it will be worth it!!



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