Morning Sickness Help and Remedies

Morning Sickness Triggers

nurture — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:55:25 +0000

Though Morning sickness is believed to be due to hormonal changes or increases in the body during pregnancy, it is also known that certain foods and situations can trigger an attack of nausea or vomiting.

During pregnancy especially during the first trimester, pregnant women often experience overwhelming changes in their bodies. In many cases, this leads to expectant mothers either throwing up or experiencing extreme nausea. This occurs in 65-75% of pregnant women and in most cases stops between the 12th to 14th week of the pregnancy.

The main cause of morning sickness is the hormone progesterone. One of the effects this hormone has is to soften the muscles in the body. This especially affects the muscles of the stomach and intestine.

Some things that trigger or worsen pregnancy nausea include:

Empty Stomachs
Since your stomach produces acid to digest food, if there is little or no food left in you stomach i.e. if you don’t eat because if makes you feel nauseous you may actually trigger vomiting because the acid will attack and irritate your stomach lining.

On the other eating a large meal may also irritate your stomach, so you should eat small but frequent meals and snacks so there is always some food in your stomach.

Fatty or Greasy Foods
These can easily disturb your stomach and make you queasy – apart from being generally unhealthy.

At night you should also eat a high protein snack before you sleep so that you avoid morning sickness in the morning when you wake up – e.g. a slice of bread with peanut butter.

Other surprising triggers of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy include:

Stuffy Rooms or Small or crowded spaces
These could easily make you feel crowded or claustrophobic triggering an attack of nausea. Basically you need to avoid anything, place or situation that makes you feel physically or mentally uncomfortable.

Strong Smells or Odours
Strong odours such as Incense, Perfumes or other strong smelling liquids can trigger nausea. If you discover one that triggers or sets off nausea, take note of it and get rid of it in your environment.

Sudden Motion
The same area is responsible for motion sickness as is for morning sickness so it makes sense that anything that would trigger motion or vehicle sickness would worsen pregnancy nausea. Avoid sudden motion such as bending down or standing up quickly.

Bright Lighting Systems, Sudden Very Bright Lights and Loud Noises
These can trigger pregnancy nausea since all of these sense detectors are somewhat connected and designed to help you take flight in an emergency. On the other hand, they also cause a release of hormones to gear you to escape from danger which may however disturb your body triggering an attack of sickness when you are already in a sensitive state.

Temperature Changes
Sudden swings of temperature in your environment can easily set off episodes of morning sickness

Lack of Rest
You especially need rest during pregnancy. Anything which stops you resting enough may cause you to suffer from morning sickness attacks.

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What Causes Morning Sickness

nurture — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:35:44 +0000

Morning Sickness Causes

Morning sickness is also known as Hyperemesis or pregnancy or nausea of pregnancy. Though most people call it morning sickness, it doesn’t only occur in the morning. It can happen any time of the day. However, in several cases it does start off first thing in the morning.

The name morning sickness is rather misleading. It is not a sickness but a normal part of pregnancy and is actually a good indicator of health in your baby.

When do You Get Morning Sickness?

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In most cases it only lasts for the First Trimester (three month stage or period) of pregnancy, but it may in some cases continue throughout pregnancy. It is believed the reason for the nausea and vomiting is because your new pregnancy hormone levels such as Progesterone are elevated – which is a healthy sign that your pregnancy is progressing. These hormone levels in a pregnant woman are thought to be highest during the the first trimester.

On the other hand, if you don’t experience any such discomfort during your pregnancy, you should not worry that your baby is unhealthy. It has been found that 25% of women experience no symptoms at all.

Women More Likely to Experience Morning Sickness

Some women suffer more severe symptoms than others. These include:

women who are pregnant with multiple babies (expecting twins, triplets or more).
women who were previously on birth control pills and felt nausea during this period
women who commonly suffer from motion or travel sickness or
women who have very close (1st degree) female relatives who also experienced morning sickness e.g. sisters.

It has also been found that women who have several pregnancies are more likely to experience nausea and vomiting of pregnancy. In other cases while the symptoms don’t disappear entirely, they do decrease as the pregnancy develops further.

Morning Sickness Remedies

nurture — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 07:19:14 +0000

Nausea and Morning Sickness occurs in 50-80% of pregnant women. The nausea and vomiting pregnant women experience is a major issue, but there are many known remedies for Morning Sickness or ways to reduce or get rid of it.

Since you are unique and may be affected by foods or allergies different to other women you should check with your Doctor or pregnancy counsellor before using any method or changing your diet.

Many women have found that eating saltine crackers and sipping water at intervals during the day helps them greatly. Remember since you are vomiting during pregnancy morning sickness, you are losing water which needs to be replaced, otherwise the lack of it will make you feel even more ill.

If you are one of those who finds that you produce lots of saliva in addition to feeling nauseous, you can try sucking on a mint as well as frequently brushing your teeth.

Try eating smaller meals but more frequently. This stops acid from building up in your stomach. Acid is as you know irritable to the stomach lining and will increase your tendency to vomit. However make sure you avoid poor, fatty or high calorie foods or snacks. Avoid eating large meals while pregnant as this will also stimulate your stomach to produce lots of acid.

Another one of frequently mentioned remedies for morning sickness is this: Avoid eating spicy foods. Spices increase stomach acid production.

You may, like many women find that taking a mix of Apple Cider, water and vinegar is an effective remedy for morning sickness and nausea.

Drinking a mixture of mint and lemon such as in Lemon tea helps stop pregnancy nausea. Even the smell of Lemon can help.

You may find that drinking Ginger tea works as this is very well known to be effective in stopping pregnancy nausea in women.

Try eating bananas. They have been found useful, possibly because they contain lots of vitamin B.

Keep yourself well hydrated. You should avoid drinking drinks such as coffee which can actually make you more thirsty and dry during morning sickness.

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