Morning Sickness

You can feel at ease to know that morning sickness usually decreases or stops by the 14th week of pregnancy!

Morning sickness
Morning sickness is very common. Most pregnant women have at least some morning sickness, and about a third have vomiting. Morning sickness usually begins during the first month of pregnancy and continues until the 14th to 16th week.

Some women have morning sickness and vomiting through their entire pregnancy. Morning sickness does not hurt the baby in any way. The degree of morning sickness during one pregnancy does not predict how you will feel in future pregnancies.

Does morning sickness tell you if it's a boy or a girl?
Does morning sickness vary in severity depending on the sex of the baby? Some studies linked the presence of moring sickness with having a baby girl. However the results were not conclusive. Each woman and each pregnancy is unique in terms of moring sickness irrespective of the sex of the baby. Morning sickness relief

1. Pyridoxine (Vitamin B6) has proven to be effective in reducing nausea. Doses of 10-25 mg orally every eight hours on an intermittent basis of 2-3 days at a time are recommended as a first-line therapy.
2. Try dried ginger root, ginger tea from fresh ginger root, and Zingiber officinale extract. Study showed that ginger effectively reduces both nausea and vomiting in pregnant women. The recommended dose is 250 mg four times a day.
3. A few soda crackers or dry toast when you first wake up, even before you get out of bed in the morning.
4. A small snack at bedtime and when getting up to go to the bathroom at night.
5. Acupressure wrist bands (sea bands) or acupuncture may help. You can find these bands in drug, health food, and travel stores. If considering acupuncture, talk to your doctor and seek an acupuncturist trained to work with pregnant women.
6. Avoid caffeine foods or drinks.
7. Avoid foods high in fat and salt, but low in nutrition.
8. Avoid fried, rich foods such as gravies, rich desserts, nuts, olives, sweet rolls, pastries.
9. Avoid gas-forming foods such as brussel sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage, onions, cucumbers, and sauerkraut.
10. Avoid getting extremely hungry.
11. Avoid highly seasoned and spicy foods.
12. Avoid large meals. Instead, snack as often as every 1-2 hours during the day and drink plenty of fluids.
13. Avoid smoking and secondhand smoke.
14. Avoid taking medications for morning sickness. If you do, consult a doctor first.
15. Bake, boil or broil foods rather than fry foods.
16. Drink liquids between meals rather than with meals.
17. Eat dry cereal or crackers before getting out of bed.
18. Eat ice chips, popsicles, fruits and cooked vegetables between meals.
19. Eat small meals, more often, on a regular basis.
20. Eating foods high in protein and complex carbohydrates, such as peanut butter on apple slices or celery; cheese; crackers; milk; cottage cheese; and yogurt.
21. Have lots of fresh air in rooms where you sleep and where you prepare your meals to reduce odors.
22. Lemons: drinking lemonade, smelling lemons, or just a small taste of lemon
23. Peppermint (scotch mints),peppermint essential oil, or sipping the tea (look for Pregnancy Tea) can help curb nausea. It's also known to help with sagging energy levels.
24. Sip water and juices slowly.
25. Take your prenatal vitamins at night. Increase vitamin B6 in your diet by eating whole grains, nuts, seeds, and legumes. Talk to your doctor about possibly taking vitamin B6 supplements.
26. Two fingers pressed firmly but gently on the your belly button, just for a minute, may stop the nausea.
27. Using an all natural toothpaste
28. When you feel morning sicknessted, bland foods like gelatin, broth, ginger ale, and saltine crackers can soothe your stomach.

Call your doctor if:

• Morning sickness does not improve, despite trying home remedies.
• You vomit blood or material that looks like coffee grounds. (Call IMMEDIATELY.)
• You lose more than 2 pounds.
• You vomit more than 3 times per day or you cannot keep food or liquid down.
• morning sickness and vomiting continue beyond your 4th month of pregnancy. This happens to some women and is usually normal, but have it checked out.

What can your doctor do?
Your doctor will perform a physical examination, including a pelvic exam, and look for any signs of dehydration. Your doctor may ask questions like the following:

• Are you only nauseous or do you also vomit?
• Does the morning sickness and vomiting occur every day?
• Does it last throughout the day?
• Can you keep down any food or fluid?
• Have you been traveling?
• Has your schedule been disrupted?
• Are you emotionally stressed?
• What foods have you been eating?
• Do you smoke?
• What have you done to try to feel better?
• Do you know for sure that you are pregnant?
• If not, is it possibly that you are pregnant? For example, do you menstruate and are you sexually active? Have you missed any birth control pills or not used your birth control method?
• What other symptoms do you have -- headaches, abdominal pain, breast tenderness, dry mouth, excessive thirst, unintentional weight loss?

Other websites

• American Pregnancy Association: Morning Sickness
  Overview of the condition with helpful things to do and things to avoid to manage nausea symptoms.
• Clinical Practice Guidelines for Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy
  Clinical practice guidelines for the management of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy (NVP) or morning sickness. Prepared by the Obstetrics Committee of the SOGC. Requires Acrobat PDF Reader
• Discovery: Morning Sickness
  Article that addresses causes, symptoms, diagnosis, prevention and related risks.
• eMedicine Health - Vomiting during Pregnancy
  Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes and treatment of vomiting during pregnancy.
• HER Foundation
  Offers education and support for mothers suffering from hyperemesis gravidarium.
• Hyperemesis Education and Research Organization
  Information about the non-profit organization which is dedicated to providing a multi-disciplinary forum for exchange of information related to Hyperemesis Gravidarum, HG.
• Hyperemesis Gravidarum
  Information about this rare disorder characterized by severe and persistent nausea and vomiting during pregnancy.
• Motherisk: Resources for Nausea
  Offers facts and resources on morning sickness through a publication on nausea research; offers a toll-free helpline for North America.
• Parents: Nausea and Vomiting
  Presents insights from a new study showing how ginger helps relieve pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting.
• ParentsNest - Morning Sickness
  Articles and advice, as well as a listing of signs, symptoms and remedies to ease this diagnosis.
• SOS Morning Sickness
  Provides several articles on facts, descriptions and various remedies for relieving morning sickness during pregnancy.

Comments: Morning Sickness

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shug1stbebe - 3 hours ago.
Ok, its official. I can no longer use my Bath and Body lotions. Just regular ole Keri. I thought I was getting away with not having a problem with my personal lotions (I already told my BF all his colognes stink!) but now my own lotions make me woozy! I already gave up perfume a long time ago...oh well!

sasa - 9 days ago.
hey all, ok so i had my pms 3 weeks ago,last week i start to bloated all the time,i cant eat coz i get so stuffed very fast,now this taste came along pepsi dosent taste nothing like pepsi, i took test last nite and it was negative hmm im confused i have 3 kids and never had this problem..i feel like im getting cold, my stomach feels like one big sour but no m/s, i feel sick time to time also have pee more often..i have 1 week and half before my pms comes why they cant make a test which u can take at 2 weeks before u missed pms? lol

dnmjoc - 11 days ago.
Okay... So with my first pregnancy.. I had absolutely NO symptoms... no morning sickness or anything. Perfect pregnancy. But, this time around I am sick all the TIME! I can't wait for my first trimester to be over. I have talking to some of my girlfriends and they said that with their boys the never got sick, but with their girls they got morning sickness. I wonder if there is any truth?

lin - 11 days ago.
Not so much the morning sickness that I have...more like evening sickness. I feel good all day, but tired of course, and by around 8pm I start to feel so crummy!!! Didnt have much for morning sickness with my son, just for a few weeks in the am and felt nauseous. Im only 5 weeks and its started already and much worse...perhaps its a girl!! I suppose we will see!

march3rd09 - 11 days ago.
Does morning sickness come and go? I am 7 weeks pregnant and some days are really bad while others are so mild. Is this normal?

trying4baby3 - 12 days ago.
Hi all I am 6wks and 2 days and I am now getting m/s, I went to work today and there was a lovely lady I work with she brought me in a 'rescue Kit' She made it up herself it contained - dry biscuits, Twinings ginger and lemon tea and some mints - she is so sweet - the dry biscuits and tea really helped - for a couple of hrs at least!

mz ree - 17 days ago.
im in week six and iam experiencing being sick but iam doing alot of spitting i have not vomit not once just spitting

Angiepangie - 25 days ago.
When you are pregnant with multiples, pregnancy symptoms can come on much quicker AND stronger...having said that you probably just ate something that upset your tummy, or you're fighting off a stomach bug...make sure you wash your hands really well after changing your baby...you would be surprised to find how many moms unknowingly infect themselves with poop-borne bacteria (rubbing those tired eyes, scratching your nose). It is easy to do accidentally. If that is what has happened, your symptoms will go away in a couple of days.Hope this helps.

mochas4me - 26 days ago.
someone want to verify for me that it is not possible to start having pregnancy symptoms 2 days after conception? it takes longer right for morning sickness?

sara-in-oregon - 29 days ago.
Recently discovered I was further along (15 weeks) than the doctors first thought... still having the morning sickness though eating every 4 hours (even during the night) is helping. It's funny, before being pregnant, I was a very healthy eater... now it's all I can manage to do to eat frozen dinners, mcdonalds pancakes, icecream and other stuff I don't have to prepare... at least I've been eating tons of cherries and strawberries from my garden. I really hope the morning sickness goes away soon... I saw the baby on the ultrasound yesterday. it was headbanging, drumming and wiggling off the screen... the ultrasound technician was literally having to chase it around with the wand... no wonder I've been so nauseous.

littlemisspgt - 31 days ago.
CharCharSuperstar, How unreal! For whatever reason you and I are having the exact symptoms to the T. Maybe we are just hopeful? IDK, but good luck to both of us honey!

charcharsuperstar - 32 days ago.
hi ladies.. im ttc.. going to take a test mext week. i had my 1st baby in Feb, (pls read my angel Maxs story on my page). anyway.. i've been feeling.. nauseous. I don't know if i'm psyching myself out possibly ? Does anybody else have diarrhea , too? I know it's not the stomach flu, i had that 2 weeks ago.. I feel fine , other than the nausea and loose BM ( sorry tmi) . My boobs aren't really sore yet, though.. hmm.. keeping my fingers crossed!

shug1stbebe - 32 days ago.
Gee Wiz ladies! Somebody should have told me! LOL! I'm soo tired I can barely function. I feel queasy all the time. Oh except when I'm stuffing my face! I wish I could throw up but it feels like its just sitting there. Yesterday, i guess I didn't eat enough and caught a massive headache to go along with it. I'm only about 5wks, is this normal? I had a m/c in February and had no symptoms at all. So at on one hand I feel like this is a lil more real to me but on the other, whew, this is uncomfortable!

fastlane609 - 32 days ago.
Hi Ladies~ I've been having my ms usually on the evening, which I never had with my other 3. Also, i wanted to know if anyone else feels achy, along with it? I feel almost like I'm getting the flu. Let me know if any of you have had the same.~~~~ Thanks

bigmuma - 34 days ago.
I have the fridge problem too and it must look pretty funny to see me standing there with my top over my nose. I really dont know how long i can handle this for....

newlifehopes - 36 days ago.
hi everyone... still sick at almost 14 weeks, When will it all stop? i so want to enjoy my food again and not vomit every time i open the fridge door. oh, and i cant stand the smell of onions frying! and it lingers in the house for days after! please god if you're listening, make it stop!

Pregowith3 - 39 days ago.
It never fails with me..morning sickness attacks me.lol. I had it bad with my first lost 45 pounds and gained 17 the whole pregnancy, my second I lost 32lbs and gained 18lbs. now with this onw I have already lost 4lbs and I am only 5 weeks! Good grief! I get it all day everyday and its a lot worse with heartburn. I found taking my vitamin at night helps some to! I am anemic and the iron in those pills makes me sick as well!

MrsB - 39 days ago.
hey ladies..has anyone else taken B6 vit. for their morning sickness? my doctors approve 100 mg a day and I've been taking it my entire pregnancy because my morning sickness never stopped. I'm nervous the baby will be B6 dependent or something when he is born. Im 36 weeks.

bigmuma - 40 days ago.
Ive lost 5 kilos with mine so far and im nearly ten weeks lol.

TTC1986 - 44 days ago.
i do not have any morning sickness or nausea . it's really scary to me. in nov i m/c at 4-5 weeks and i was already nauseated and dizzy. now i am 7 1/2 weeks and feel NOTHING at all. no sore boobs or anything. i did hear the heart beat on week six exactly. anyone else have no symptoms at 7-8 weeks and everything turn out ok. at what week did your symptoms start?

EarthMomma - 46 days ago.
TTC1986...I'm 17 weeks now and I never had morning sickness, not even once and my pregnancy has been healthy...so I wouldn't worry too much...I just read the other day that female fetuses cause more morning sickness than males and i just found out i'm having a boy so maybe thats why! My boobs were extremely sore at the begginning though so i don't know what to say about that except maybe you are just lucky!

obscurette - 47 days ago.
ok so i am now 11 weeks and the ms has become worse this last week! i was so disheartened that I decided I needed some form of motivation so I have a sticker chart. lol every day that goes by I get a sticker and every time I am sick I get one too and at the end depending on how many stickers i end up with I get treats for them! example 1 sticker is a yummy treat, I can turn 5 stickers in for a massage from my Fiance, 10 is dinner out, 15 is something new, etc. ..lol... I think I have way to much time on my hands but at least now when I am losing my breakfast I can think.. ooh.. I have enough for dinner now! lol

PzBaibi82 - 48 days ago.
ooo morning sickness, I had it usually in the evening during my dinner.. I am nauseated whole day cant really eat anything and when dinner is out after the first mouth, i got all puking up again. I'm just around my 10 weeks but the nausea and vomitting has been very very bad, just like passing by a bakery or smell smone's cooking i will just head for the toilet.. :( those sour plums and candy just wouldnt help.. I hope could pass through this quickly..

Super~Auna - 51 days ago.
P.S. I have been wearing those sea bands (for motion sickness) and they are really helping. Sometimes they take the nausea completely away and other times it takes the edge off so I can function! Just a thought...you should be able to find them in any drug store and are completely safe..my ob/gyn recommended them.

Super~Auna - 51 days ago.
Hi all--with my 1st pregnancy I was sick all 9 mos and the 2nd I was sick 6 1/2 mos. I am currently around 4 wks. pregnant and already nauseous some...I'm so scared. I don't mind being nauseous but I hate the violent puking esp. with 2 other kids. The only thing I kept down last time was Ramen noodles w/o the seasoning. I really hope it's better this time!

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