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Morning Sickness

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?
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rogueswan - 137 days ago.
I believe in acupressure bands to ease morning sickness. I used these and they erased my symptoms completely. There are some really nice bands on the market today. There is one company that makes all acupressure products and I used their wonderful products. I hope this helped!!

Kiley315 - 137 days ago.
Hi Ladies, I just found out that I am pregnant yesterday. I thought I was cause my allergies get horrible when I am pregnant. also I have been extremely light headed and if I don't eat every two hours I am so sick to my stomach. Katie

Spot - 137 days ago.
I have had no morning sickness at all. The only thing I have to be careful of is eating. If i miss a meal, I feel Ill. So all I do is eat and snack. I do feel for those who are not like this. Just think of the purpose! A wonderful little blessing! Keep going.

fleshtears - 137 days ago.
Ugh, I'm almost nine weeks and I feel nauseated from the time I wake up till I fall asleep. I went out and bought some ginger from the health food store and the B6 Vitamin but I have yet to see any improvement. Blah. -Kat

ExcitedMommyToBe - 150 days ago.
hi ladies, im new here.. ive been reading comments the whole day =) went to the dr this morning and im 8weeks and 4 days. I'll get to hear the baby's heartbeat next month. My morning sickness kicked in last week.after eating i will feel like throwing up and i would purposely force myself to throw up just to feel better.any suggestions and advices?!.. thank you.

xcited2BAmama - 164 days ago.
Has anyones MS stopped around week 9?? I'm soooo hoping mine will be done soon! I think my students are tired of hearing me dry heave during class! Luckily summer vacation is almost here...so I can take my pillow in the bathroom and hang out! LOL!

Beautiful Bre - 165 days ago.
i was sick from like the very very beginning.. was actually my first sign of being prego! till like 19 weeks. i wasnt always throwing up but anything i ate nothing went good with my belly. car rides nothing! but man im very happy i finally got over it. sooo much different with this pregnancy then my last. i barely noticed i was prego with him

mommy2b-dec16 - 165 days ago.
i'm 13 weeks today and i hadn't gotten any morning sickness until week 9. Now it keeps getting worst.. isn't it suppose to get better in the secong trimester?

cncmom - 173 days ago.
Bri-So glad to hear that the Zofran is working well for you. I had mentioned a few weeks ago to ask your doctor about as my sister in law swore by it. I'm glad you are feeling better!

Bri - 174 days ago.
So I'm on Zofran now and have stopped loosing weight! I love it! I'm also on vacatiton right now so I'm thankful that I'm not throwing up anymore. HAHA! For those that can't seem to move ten feet from the toilet, talk to your doctor. It's a wonderful drug.

1moremakes3 - 174 days ago.
I am 5.5 weeks with NO morning sickness. Still tired, sore boobs ect. This is my third pregnancy and with both of my previous pregnancies I was EXTREMELY ill!! I had to be put on meds and they both turned out to be boys. (sorry to anyone who hopes it means a girl) but this time....nothing (so far!) I suppose I will know for sure within a couple of weeks. Sometimes it just comes later. Keeping my fingers crossed this time!

madge - 174 days ago.
Hi All, This is my 5th week and have been worried as i have had no ms, my best friend had twins and said she had no ms until the 6th week and it was mild. It does not mean it's not a good strong pregnancy we are just very lucky! I'm sticking with that! Would love to hear from anyone else out there just new to this?

jaychay - 175 days ago.
i nerver ever got morning sickness. i felt sick somethimes but never was. my pregnancy was good and my little boy is healthy. thats him 7 months now. think yourself lucky :D

msmojo79 - 176 days ago.
Hi All! I am 6 weeks pregnant with our first after 2 and half years of trying. I'm worried because I pretty much have no morning sickness! i sometimes feel a little queezy and get tired alot but that is it. No tender bb's or anything else. Everyone keeps telling me that morning sickness is a good sign of a healthy pregnancy. I'm nervous!

babytimbit - 179 days ago.
hello, i am 5-6 weeks pregnant. I have had very very occasional morning sickness. most days im fine. I think i have only had like 5-6 days of morning sickness but they have been very sparadic. I have not had much problems really, other than just feeling really really tired and really sore boobs. I have also felt alot of acid reflux.

Semper Fi Princess - 184 days ago.
With my first pregnancy I took the test the day of my MP and 24 hours later I was throwing up. Id didn't stop for the 11 weeks 4 days that i was pregnant. The only thing that even kinda helped was sucking on candy canes, once it was gone to the toilet i went.

Bri - 186 days ago.
Jennie, count yourself lucky! It is completely normal and natural not to be sick! I don't know the exact number but like 70% do get morning sickness to some degree and the other 30 don't. Be thankful you don't have it. Oh, and studies are trying to suggest that no morning sickness is a boy.. I know old wive's tales but we'll see. I was queezy with my son but never really got sick. This time is a whole different story. I swear it has to be a girl because of how sick I am. We'll in in August what it is.

ctwany29 - 186 days ago.
I used Unisom the regular kind it works. My doctors told me to use it when he prescribed my prenatal vitamins. My first pregnancy was sick from 9 weeks to 20weeks doctors told me there was nothing they could do. Second pregnancy switched doctors and he told me about the Unisom.

mrsdenney - 197 days ago.
for those of you whos morning sickness has stopped early or you were never sick count yourself lucky. if you arent sick that doesnt mean there is anything wrong with the baby or anything like that. some women just dont get sick. i didnt get sick until about 13 weeks and it lasted until 20. and it was literally one day i just wasnt sick. mine was pretty bad, for thsoe weeks. i didnt feel pregnant, i just felt like i had the flu. its just how your body reacts to the increase in hormones.

leamerre - 198 days ago.
nevermind my previous comment, AF came today :( We'll keep trying!

leamerre - 200 days ago.
I am TTC and I am supposed to get AF today or tomorrow (so far no AF yet! :) ) but today I got really naseous and this morning I took a preg. test and got a BFN. Is it too soon to be having morning sickness? I hope I'm preggo but don't know yet.

baby-paraze786 - 201 days ago.
im 5 weeks pregnant and my morning sickness kicked in 3 days ago.... hope mines dont last very long. lol

realtor1 - 201 days ago.
Hello. I'm 13 weeks today and I feel so much better. I started feeling better little by little last week. I had been so sick. I'd rather puck than have the nausea. I have finally figured out that the Zofran does not help the nausea, and it takes 12mg to stop the vomiting. I really hope the morning sickness starts to die down now. I have been miserable. This is my first. I started getting nausea at 5 weeks.

Brandyfaith - 201 days ago.
Morning sickness hit me at 6 weeks, now 11 weeks and 3 days i am still sick, been in the hospital already once for severe dehydration and i feel like this is never going to end. i do not feel prego just sick, a sickness that is never going to go away...... makes me sad i feel that way, i really hope things change soon! has anyone exp. severe sickness? and does it have anything to do with the gender of the baby?

Bri - 202 days ago.
I was sick before I even got a positive test. It was negative and I didn't believe it. I took another three days later and it was positive. We can be sick early but the norm is around six weeks or so. It's also not normal to be sick weeks and weeks into the second trimester but there are women that are. It sucks but we all deal with it. Sorry you are already sick! Mine is progressively getting worse. Yuk! At least pizza isn't making me toss my cookies yet... Last time my husband had to go until almost my third without it in the house.


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