| While pregnancy is a wonderful experience and most | | | | Try Crackers First Thing In The Morning |
| mothers to be look forward to their baby's arrival with | | | | Many women who experience morning sickness first |
| expectation and joy there is one thing that can put a | | | | thing in the morning find that if they keep soda |
| damper on the experience for almost any woman and | | | | crackers on their bed stand and eat two or three |
| that is morning sickness. While in most cases morning | | | | before rising from their bed that this will often settle |
| sickness is short lived lasting only a few weeks or | | | | their stomach and help them avoid that early morning |
| through the first trimester, in some cases these bouts | | | | rush to the bathroom. The crackers absorb the acid in |
| of stomach upsets can last well into the pregnancy | | | | the stomach helping you to avoid that sick feeling. In |
| and become exhausting for the mother to be. While | | | | addition, a cup of tea with ginger or peppermint first |
| there is no real cure for morning sickness there are a | | | | thing in the morning may also help to settle that queasy |
| few things you can do that will help reduce the nausea | | | | stomach before it becomes a real problem. |
| and it's frequency. | | | | Sip Ice Water |
| Here are a few tips that others have found helpful, | | | | Sipping ice water throughout the day also seems to |
| one of more might work for you as well. | | | | help many women who are plagued by morning |
| Avoid the time you spend in the kitchen | | | | sickness. The idea here is to take tiny frequent sips |
| Many women experience little or no morning sickness | | | | rather than drink down an entire glass of water at |
| until they begin cooking. The smells from certain foods | | | | once. Ice water helps to control heartburn that can |
| seem to set off bouts of nausea in some pregnant | | | | make you feel sick and bring on bouts of nausea. |
| women and if this is the case with your bouts of | | | | Get Plenty of Rest |
| morning sickness try and avoid cooking if it is possible. | | | | Get plenty of sleep at night and take day time naps |
| Perhaps, your husband or a friend might be enlisted to | | | | when you need to and get out of bed slowly upon |
| help out in the kitchen until your morning sickness | | | | awakening. However, avoid going to sleep right after |
| passes. If you must cook try and prepare foods that | | | | you eat. Remember that your body is undergoing a |
| do not set off the urge to purge alarms in your | | | | variety of changes and you simply may need more |
| stomach and open windows and run exhaust fans to | | | | rest than you have needed in the past. Tiredness |
| remove as much of the cooking smells from the air as | | | | often plays a big part in morning sickness, so getting |
| possible. Cooking foods using the microwave often | | | | the right amount of rest can reduce the frequency of |
| eliminates many of the stronger cooking odors that | | | | your morning sickness and leave you feeling better |
| can set off an attack. | | | | overall. |
| Avoid foods That Trigger nausea | | | | Relax as Much as Possible |
| Just like there are smells that trigger attacks of | | | | Occasionally morning sickness is caused simply by |
| nausea there may also be certain foods that when | | | | trying to do too much. If you begin to feel ill, take the |
| you eat them trigger a nausea attack. Often greasy or | | | | time to sit back and relax and draw slow deep |
| spicy food will make a pregnant woman's stomach roll. | | | | breathes. All your body may need is a little time out to |
| If there are certain foods that set off attacks of | | | | rest and giving it what it needs may help ward off that |
| nausea when you eat them avoid those foods and | | | | feeling of illness. |
| choose something that your stomach can better | | | | Stay Cool |
| tolerate. If this means eating bland foods for a few | | | | Try to avoid places that are too warm. Excess |
| months so be it. Often times cold foods have less | | | | warmth often will set off a bout of morning sickness. It |
| odors than do hot foods so you might want to try | | | | is better to wear a sweater than spend half the day |
| eating some food cold to avoid the odors than make | | | | cradling your toilet. |
| you ill. | | | | Seek Medical Care When Needed |
| Smaller More Frequent Meals Sometimes Help | | | | If your nausea seems excessive or if you are left |
| Sometimes just eating regular meals set off attacks of | | | | feeling weak or dehydrated then seek medical |
| nausea. While it is important to eat a balanced diet | | | | attention. Your doctor can assure you that all is well |
| during your pregnancy you don't have to eat full meals. | | | | and give you anti nausea medication if the need should |
| Eating more often and eating smaller amounts will | | | | arise. He can also give you a through medical exam |
| sometimes help the food you do eat sit better and | | | | and rule out any illness or other cause other than |
| stay down. Eat what you crave when you crave it. | | | | morning sickness for your nausea. |
| More often than not your body knows what it needs | | | | Try and remember that in most cases morning |
| and rarely will giving in to those cravings make you feel | | | | sickness is only temporary and it will pass just as |
| ill. | | | | quickly as it began. Remaining positive and matter of |
| Don't Eat Solid And Liquid Foods Together | | | | fact won't help keep you from feeling ill but it will make |
| Avoid drinking liquid when you eat, liquids tend to have | | | | those occasional bouts more bearable and will help |
| your food floating which may make you feel more | | | | you retain the excitement of the pending birth of that |
| nauseous than you other wise would. | | | | special little bundle of joy. |