Morning sickness affects a large amount of pregnant women and some even experience all day morning sickness throughout their nine months of pregnancy. Can you imagine? You can usually experience morning sickness during the first trimester of pregnancy. Which sucks I know. But I’m hoping these morning sickness tips and remedies can help you ease it and even cure it!
Having morning sickness changes your mood, your dynamic, your daily routine, to put it in more simpler terms, morning sickness changes and effects everything in your life. Finding helpful and effective ways to reduce and combat it was my goal when I was pregnant. You are going to survive this unwanted pregnancy visitor and you will enjoy your pregnancy again.
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What causes morning sickness?
Morning sickness is caused by your increasing hormones in your body. It usually starts in your first trimester. Even though morning sickness is the worst thing ever, rest assure that it does not harm your unborn baby.
Many doctors believe that morning sickness is a good sign because it means the placenta is developing well. (source)
What are the morning sickness symptoms?
The symptoms of morning sickness are feeling nauseous which can and in many causes follows by vomiting. You can experience only nauseous (like me!) or a mixture of both or you even have severe morning sickness. Which is also known as Hyperemesis gravidarum.
What should you eat to reduce your symptoms?
There are food that can definitely help you cure morning sickness. Or at least alleviate the symptoms. Bland food like bread and crackers help, also apple sauce and dry cereal can do the trick. Banana, watermelon, apples can also reduce the nausea feeling.
You want to stay away from sugary food and also spicy food. Greasy and fatty food can also worsen your morning sickness feeling. You might want to stay away from it, at least during the first trimester or until you start feeling better again.
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I gather 6 important and vital ways you can cure morning sickness that actually work. These tips worked for me and I truly hope they can work for you as well.
6 vital ways to combat and treat morning sickness during pregnancy
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1.Crackers
Salted or unsalted crackers are the best thing in the world. I had boxes of it because it would just alleviate the nausea feeling that I had. I used to eat crackers during my first trimester of my first pregnancy just because I thought it would prevent me from vomiting, it did work.
Saltine crackers are high in starch which helps absorb gastric acid and are perfect to help ease morning sickness, yay!
2. Ginger ale with lime
Ginger ale soda is the first thing that I grab if I have a stomach ache. I recommend giving ginger ale soda a try to help combat your morning sickness. It really does work. Try adding lime juice in it and it will rock your world, your nausea should disappear or at least reduce it because it did for me!
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3. Stay hydrated
Even though just thinking about drinking more than 6 glasses of water a day may seem like an impossible task. You have to make sure you are taking enough fluids in. Dehydration can increase and aggravate the feeling of nausea.
Staying hydrated during your pregnancy is super important. You can try adding fruits to your water to add flavor to it.
4. Avoid being too full or too hungry
When you are pregnant is always best to eat small meals during the day than big meals that will leave you feeling full. Being too full during pregnancy leaves you feeling tired, sleepy, and even feeling nauseated. Morning sickness can be triggered by eating larger meals and becoming full to the point where you can’t even move.
Break down your snacks and meals through out the day, eat small quantities and you will feel more energetic. Doing this will eliminate or alleviate the heartburn and morning sickness feeling.
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5. Lay down and Rest
Now you might be scratching your head on this one like say what!? But just hear me out, for some reason when I was experiencing morning sickness during my second pregnancy, I would lay down and it would make me feel so much better. The nausea feeling would slowly fade away and it also gave my body an opportunity to relax.
Try laying down after you have a drink of your ginger ale soda and have eaten some crackers. I will guarantee you that you will feel so much better so I had to add it to this list of morning sickness tips. This
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6.Yogurt or milk
Drinking yogurt or milk will definitely do the job of alleviating the morning sickness. I would always wake up right after my hubby would be up to go to work (around 4:30am) and he would always bring me yogurt or milk.
It would make me feel better since I would always wake up super hungry and that in return would trigger my morning sickness. Milk and yogurt has this smooth cooling effect that goes down your throat. Also, drinking milk can help with heartburn, so I think it’s just another great morning sickness tip to try and see if it works for you!
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Dealing with morning sickness during your pregnancy can put a damp on your daily routine and life. Giving these morning sickness tips and remedies a try, can definitely help!
Did you experience morning sickness during your pregnancy, if so what did you do to help combat it?
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