Webby Baby: Internet Made This Baby » Trimester 1 http://www.webbybaby.com Webby Baby is a site dedicated to providing you information on your baby’s development through a real-life journal of a couple facing unplanned pregnancy. Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:08:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Morning Sickness Causes & Treatments http://www.webbybaby.com/2008_03_24/morning-sickness-causes-treatments.html http://www.webbybaby.com/2008_03_24/morning-sickness-causes-treatments.html#comments Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:30:02 +0000 Jezebelle's dad http://www.webbybaby.com/2008_03_24/morning-sickness-causes-treatments.html Morning sickness is said to occur in about 70% of all pregnant women and typically improves after the first trimester.

Below are the causes and the treatments for morning sickness.

Causes:

  • An increase in the circulating level of the hormone estrogen. Estrogen levels may increase by up to a hundredfold during pregnancy.
  • Low blood sugar during pregnancy.
  • An increase in progesterone relaxes the muscles in the uterus, which prevents early childbirth, but may also relax the stomach and intestines, leading to excess stomach acids.
  • An increase in human chorionic gonadotropin.
  • An increase in sensitivity to odors, which overstimulates normal nausea triggers.
  • An increase in bowel movement.

    • Treatments

  • Avoiding an empty stomach.
  • Eating five or six small meals per day, rather than three large ones.
  • Ginger, in capsules, tea, ginger ale, or ginger snaps.
  • Vitamin B6 (either pyridoxine or pyridoxamine), often taken in combination with the antihistamine doxylamine (Diclectin).
  • Lemons, particularly the smelling of freshly cut lemons.
  • Accommodating food cravings and aversions.
  • Eating dry/soda crackers in the morning.
  • Trying the BRATT diet: bananas, rice, applesauce, toast and tea.
  • Drinking liquids 30 to 45 minutes after eating solid food.
  • Drink small amounts of fluids during the day to avoid dehydration
  • Avoid foods and smells that increase nausea
  • Ask someone else to cook for you and open the windows or turn on fans if the odor bothers you
  • Get plenty of rest and nap during the day
  • Avoid warm places (feeling hot adds to nausea)
  • Sniff lemons or ginger, drink lemonade, or eat watermelon to relieve nausea
  • Eat salty potato chips (they have been found to settle stomachs enough to eat a meal)
  • Drink 100-Plus or Gatorade
  • Drink water with a lime twist
  • Exercise

    • Source:

  • Wikipedia
  • American Pregnancy Association
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