Morning Sickness Remedies Part 1. You can find part 2 here.
When I became pregnant with Gabriel I assumed I would not get morning sickness. I think deep down I thought that if I acknowledged morning sickness as an option, I would therefore bring it upon myself and get sick. Much to my dismay, around five weeks into the pregnancy (three weeks after conception) I started feeling like my blood sugar was way low and that if I didn’t eat something to make it get higher, I would be sick. I ate food, and I still felt sick. Ugh, that was my first encounter with “morning sickness”.
I felt nasty for a long time in my pregnancy. I looked forward to the magical second trimester when at 13 weeks I would stop feeling sick. Yeah, that never happened. I felt yucky until 17 weeks – WAY longer than I expected.
Having gone through pregnancy sickness once I think there are some things that I would try to do differently for a future pregnancy. Morning sickness is so depressing, I think I wasn’t even motivated to change anything to make it better. I gave up and wallowed in my misery and felt sorry for myself.
This will be a two part post. The first, will be my ideas to cure morning sickness. And the second, will be of remedies I have heard from readers, friends and family. I’d love to hear your comments and they’ll probably end up on my next post!
Below are my ideas to cure or alleviate pregnancy sickness.
- Food is your enemy and your friend. Eat even if you feel like you will be sick. Eventually, the food will make you feel better so it’s worth it in the long run.
- Don’t wait too long between meals and snacking.
- Eat a mixture of protein and carbs/sugars. For example, cheese and apples.
- In the morning, eat anything that appeals to you. A bowl of cereal is a good option. After you have eaten something appealing, try to eat protein like an egg. If you can eat this, it will carry you till lunch.
- Keep busy. Some of my less sick times was when I was at work, very busy.
- Visit your mother and have her cook for you. When I got out of my house/kitchen, and someone fed me I felt amazing.
- As soon as you find out you are pregnant but BEFORE you get morning sickness, clean out your microwave, fridge, garbage cans and clean your bathrooms. This will lessen any weird lingering smells.
- Take the trash out every day. Do not let trash fester.
- Again, after you find out you are pregnant but BEFORE you get morning sickness, cook 3-5 freezer meals for the days you CANNOT cook, but need something now.
- Have your partner or husband open the fridge and take out the items that you need. Every time I opened my fridge I would almost puke.
- Get plenty of sleep and takes naps when you can.
- Make your house smell wonderful. Light your favorite candles or burn some essential oils, but make sure you love the smell. If the smell starts to stink, switch it up!
- Have some lemon essential oils on hand. Or a lemon. Sniff it when you think you’re feeling sick.
- Refuse to let your husband butcher deer and clean fish in your kitchen. (I have these awful memories of my husband bringing home deer and having blood and guts in my kitchen. The deer wasn’t as bad as the fish. Fish, and fishermen should be kept away from sick pregnant people.)
- Plan for snacking when you’ll be out of the house. Bring a bunch of snacks with you and carry them in your purse. Don’t be like me and assume you’ll be fine, prepare for the inevitable and bring food.
- Ask your friends for lots of food ideas. I got the two suggestions of quiche and cheese sticks. I ate those for awhile and I quickly got wickedly grossed out by both. Move on to the next food suggestions and don’t look back. (I haven’t eaten that particular kind of quiche since.)
Those are my suggestions on how to cure or alleviate morning sickness. Now, it is very important that you comment and leave your suggestions. I want to make a huge master list of ideas so women have them all in one place!
Love,
Copyright © 2010-2011 Lindsey Morrow, Mother Rising Birth.
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Lindsey Morrow, along with her readers, rises from maiden to mother – one of the most profound and transformative journeys of life. She hopes to inspire women to be mindful in their experiences, revealing new questions and solutions each step of the way.
My "Go To" breakfast was toast with a generous spread if peanut butter and banana. Also wake up early enough to allow yourself time to feel funky, get breakfast and get ready for the day.
Cheerios multiple times a day, especially before stepping one foot out of the bed. I also drank lots and lots of really cold water any time I started to feel nauseous. It was actually a huge help when I had heartburn at the end of Pregnancy as well. Cold water is the best!
My best pregnancy (4th) I was taking milk thistle and a b complex for a month before I conceived. It was the only pregnancy I wasn't horribly sick. I still felt queasy for 21 weeks (I stay sick a long time..lol) but nothing like my previous pregnancies one of which I had hypermesis.
I loved bagel with cream cheese or with plenty of butter. Keifer, fermented milk, smoothies was the most soothing to my stomach and since eggs are really hard for me to eat while pregnant I would put fresh farm egg yolks (where I knew exactly where the eggs came from – not store bought) for protein and bananas and strawberries and a touch of coconut milk. If I would wake up too late and was overly hungry there wasn't much hope to keep anything down. I think all your suggestions are great! Wish you made that list 5 months ago
Cheerios first thing in the morning, while laying down. Vitamin B6 at bedtime, definitely. Snacks between meals.
Green olives. As soon as I felt a little nauseous I would eat a few. I went more than a jar of olives a week. Later, after my pregnancies I read than the tannins in the olives can help alleviate nausea.
I can't believe no one has suggested ginger yet! You can buy crystalized ginger (it's almost like candy) and just carry that in your purse to have at all times — I like combining it with almonds for a trail-mix kind of snack.
Also, I found that eating small but frequent snacks (think all-day grazing) worked a lot better than trying to eat an entire meal or worse, not eat at all! If you can't get anything down, salted pretzels are also always a good bet.
I'm 11 weeks right now and have been in a horrible state of morning sickness for 6 weeks now. it's exhausting! I've been through so many different foods that for a few days were all I ate and then had to move on to something else. Potatoes have come and gone a lot! Baked potatoes saved me many times and a couple potato chips if i need to just curb the feeling to hold me over til later. Cheese! I eat a lot of cheese but I also did before pregnancy too. Ginger never worked for me and fluids have made me more sick than food.
I love cantalope and grapes! mmmm they go down easy. Those things have been my major friends in the last 6 weeks 
I hope those help.
black licorice, and lemon drops.
I lived off of cereal. The cold milk felt good on my stomach too. Cold foods are really the way to go since they don’t carry the smells like hot foods. My first doctor actually suggested chicken soup. Worst idea ever!! Much better suggestion was cold chicken salad on a cracker. I too am hoping that I can benefit from what I learned the first time and fare a little better with the second. Remember to stay hydrated too. Being dehydrated will make you sicker than anything.
That makes perfect sense! (the hot cold thing)