Some people develop the symptoms within a week or two of conception and others don’t have a problem until maybe week eight or nine.
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The length of time that morning sickness persists, varies from woman to woman. Some only feel bad for a week or two while others appear to suffer for many weeks, often for as long as four or five months.
Do you have any idea what causes morning sickness? You may be surprised to realize that morning sickness is actually a good sign. The increasing production of the hormones necessary for the growth of a healthy placenta is what causes morning sickness. So while you may feel miserable for several weeks, you can take comfort in the fact that your baby is getting what she needs.
There are some steps to take that can lessen the effects of morning sickness on your daily routine.
Keep soda crackers by your bed and eat a few about fifteen minutes before you get up.
Drink small amounts of fluids throughout the day.
Eat frequent small meals instead of three big ones.
Avoid foods and smells that increase the nausea and vomiting.
If cooking smells trigger nausea, see if you can get your husband or someone else to cook. Open windows and turn on fans to help lessen the odors.
Get plenty of rest and take one or two naps a day if possible.
Avoid places that are very warm as this can add to the nausea.
Sniff lemons and ginger and/or drink lemonade and ginger ale. Also eat watermelon.
Salty potato chips seem to quell nausea.
Get some exercise.
Avoid spicy and greasy foods.
Don’t lie down right after a meal, it slows digestion and increases your chances of developing nausea and vomiting.
Do not take any over the counter medications to combat nausea and vomiting unless your doctor specifically prescribes it, as the medicine could be harmful to your baby.
Be aware that there is a condition that appears to be a more severe form of morning sickness but is much more serious. Hyperemesis Gravada is a condition cause by nausea and frequent excessive vomiting which can cause weight loss and electrolyte imbalance, which if untreated could kill you and your baby. Hospitalization for monitoring and intra-venous therapy to restore the proper electrolyte balance may be necessary.
Contact your doctor or health care professional if you can’t keep food down, have pain and frequent vomiting and abnormal weight loss. Hyper emesis is eminently treatable if caught in time.
Don’t worry about bothering the doctor or health professional, better to err on the side of caution than to allow a serious condition to go untreated. Your doctor would much prefer that you contact him than to wind up having to come see you at the hospital emergency room in the middle of the night.
We heard of a young women who called her doctor at night all worried because she was almost three months pregnant and hadn’t had morning sickness yet and her mother told her “Everybody gets morning sickness.” The doctor loves telling that story, name and age withheld, to her patients so that they understand she is available when they need her, no matter how trivial their complaints might seem.
We have discussed when morning sickness starts and when it usually ends, and given you some tips on how to alleviate symptoms.
For support talk to friend’s and relatives who have been pregnant and have gone through what you are suffering with now and can give you some tips about what worked for them. If you get any ideas that we haven’t mentioned, please let us know so that we can share them with others.
Being pregnant taxes all of your body systems and morning sickness only makes it worse temporarily. You may have crying jags for no reason, snapping at people who have done nothing. Its all part of your body’s changing hormone levels which will eventually balance out and you will soon be back to normal.
I was absolutely mean to my sister (and best friend) when I was pregnant with my first daughter, yet somehow we are still best friends.
As mentioned earlier, morning sickness starts at different times for different people. Trust me, when it gets to you, you will most definitely recognize it.
Try to relax, eat healthy, get plenty of rest and exercise, follow you health care provider’s advice, and enjoy this brief time of physician prescribed spoiling yourself. It will soon come to an end and you will be devoting all of you time to your sweet baby and loving every minute of it at least in the beginning.
Just as you will need, want and accept help when the baby comes, don’t be afraid to ask for help now while you are dealing with morning sickness. Let your mom cook for you and accept help with cleaning, laundry and shopping from your husband and friends.
Morning sickness has been a jumping off point for comedians and movie producers, however it isn’t funny to have your hormones all out of whack and you feel like you have a two month long case of the flu which seems like it is never going to end.
