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Morning sickness remedies

Date: 2011.01.27 | Category: Pregnancy | Tags: morning sickness cures,pregnancy nausea remedies

Morning sickness, as this vomiting and nausea during pregnancy is still commonly but mistakenly called, can be one of the most challenging experiences of early pregnancy. Around 75 percent of all pregnant women will feel sick and vomit on a regular basis. There is no doubt that this is totally normal. But there are things you can do to make things a little easier for you. What are they?
- Let’s start in the morning. This is rather common advice, but that is because it is effective for many women. Eat a really bland cracker or dry toast before you get up, along with a glass of water if you want to. This might soak up some of those stomach acids and could prevent vomiting.
- Stay hydrated. Good hydration is the key to reducing many pregnancy complaints, and it’s very important for both mother and baby. Some women notice that an increase in fluid intake reduces morning sickness.
- Home-made lemonade is another potential sickness-reducer.
- Eat frequently, but small meals. Large meals can make you vomit, while small (nutritious!) meals help your blood sugar levels stay constant.
- Keep track of what triggers your pregnancy nausea. For many, it’s certain foods – especially greasy or spicy ones. Other women find that smells cause vomiting, or even rapid movements. Eliminating your triggers, if possible, can help!
- Go for a walk outside. Fresh air can help you to fight nausea, while stuffy spaces can aggravate it.
- Raspberry Leaf Tea is a great pregnancy tea. Some say it can help against morning sickness too.
- Ginger in any form is a great remedy for any kind of nausea.
Now, I might be weird, but what helped me fight pregnancy nausea (which I had until I was five months pregnant with my daughter) most was ice cream. Coca-cola helped both nausea and heartburn go away, believe it or not. That is not very natural, and not very healthy – I know! – but it did the trick. And another good “remedy” is just vomiting. Once you have thrown up, you might well find that the nausea clears up.

Moms, what helped you fight morning sickness?

7 Responses to “Morning sickness remedies”

Issa 11/01/27 01:42

I have to say that I love you for mentioning Coca-cola and vomiting as options! :-)

The thing that kicked my morning sickness was meat. I wasn’t eating very much meat when I got pregnant, but almost immediately, I started having this primal urge to eat meat. When I started adding it back in, I noticed that eating a little bit of meat would instantly cure my morning sickness.
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writenow 11/01/27 11:19

That is so interesting! The same thing happened to several friends of mine, so perhaps I should add eating meat to the list.
Rara 11/01/28 07:56

When she was pregnant with my younger sister, my mom had horrible heartburn along with her “morning” sickness, usually occurring at night. What helped her most was Malt-o-Meal hot ceareals. I’ve always thought it strange, but hey, whatever works. :)
writenow 11/01/28 11:17

It’s funny how pregnant women have all these “weird” remedies that seem to work only for them, isn’t it? Your mom must have discovered the thing about the cereal by chance, just like me with Coca-Cola.
TinkAe 11/01/28 19:48

I bet cola worked! Burping helps! Having something soak up the acid is good too. I read somewhere about a study done on people w/acid indigestion. They were asked to visualize a dry sponge in their tummy, expanding as it soaked up all the acid. Apparently, this worked for many people.

My mom never had pregnancy nausea (PN). My sister possibly had hyperemesis gravidarum (HG). She was under the desk at work (yes, she had to work through it) many days throughout her whole pregnancy. She vomited nearly every day of her entire pregnancy.

A friend was diagnosed with it, hospitalized & has scars from pic lines. Both my friend & my sister could eat whatever they wanted as soon as their babies were born.

The trouble & danger w/HG is that much of the medical community tends to disbelieve patients suffering from HG, telling them it’s all in their head or that they are being “princesses”.

I’m really hoping no one reading this needs info on fighting/treating HG. But her’s a link to The Whining Puker blog: http://whiningpuker.blogspot.com/2008/12/hg-protocol-semi-final-version.html
Here’s wikipedia on HG: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperemesis_gravidarum

Sad to say, this can be life threatening. So, if someone has tried ginger, etc. & is continuing to lose weight, can’t open their eyes, etc. they probably aren’t faking.
Cheers!
writenow 11/01/29 12:51

The whining puker is great! She also has a blog about homebirth here – http://birthingathome.blogspot.com/ and comments on my blog sometimes. HG is a whole other animal, and of course the remedies mentioned above are not going to work for HG sufferers.
TinkAe 11/02/01 21:36

Thanks! I’ll ck out her other blog :)