The dreaded morning sickness, so many pregnant women go deal with weeks, even months of nausea/vomiting in their first months of pregnancy. But, what causes morning sickness, why does if affect some women when others sneak by relatively unaffected? Most importantly, how can YOU get through your morning sickness? Many times, an early sign of pregnancy is that queasy feeling you get one day out of the blue. You may not initially recognize this as morning sickness as you may be very early in your pregnancy.
Morning sickness can occur at any period throughout the day, even though the name labels “morning”, many women feel poorly during all hours of the day or night while they suffer through morning sickness.
Morning sickness can occur at any period throughout the day, even though the name labels “morning”, many women feel poorly during all hours of the day or night while they suffer through morning sickness.
Not every woman that is pregnant will go through morning sickness but most will, to some extent. The symptoms of morning sickness may range from only causing a mild bout of nausea to that of full on vomiting and being truly miserable. Usually by the end of your first trimester you should be finding some relief, but here are some tips and tricks to help you feel better in the meantime!
A few tips to help deal with the rough days… Eat lots of smaller meals throughout the day. Make sure to eat meals that have a good amount of protein in them, this will help to keep your blood sugar levels more stable. Foods, liquids or herbal teas with ginger in them can help to relieve nausea. The most important thing to remember while feeling bad is to stay hydrated! Learn to recognize triggers and try to avoid those (smells/foods that make nausea worse) and increasing your intake of vitamin B can also help to alleviate those morning sickness symptoms.
A few tips to help deal with the rough days… Eat lots of smaller meals throughout the day. Make sure to eat meals that have a good amount of protein in them, this will help to keep your blood sugar levels more stable. Foods, liquids or herbal teas with ginger in them can help to relieve nausea. The most important thing to remember while feeling bad is to stay hydrated! Learn to recognize triggers and try to avoid those (smells/foods that make nausea worse) and increasing your intake of vitamin B can also help to alleviate those morning sickness symptoms.
Unfortunately, part of growing your new bundle of joy can be dealing with morning sickness. While it isn’t pleasant, the nausea and vomiting (in most) cases won’t harm you or your baby and is entirely normal to pregnancy. Be sure to stay hydrated and take care of your self!
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