morning sickness (non-drug) treatments

[JellyBean]

Hi Kate.

Morning sickness is the pits, isn't it?

I found that sipping on lemon and ginger tea helped somewhat, as did sucking on crystalised ginger. Vitamin B6 is another common recommendation.

Most important for me was to eat smaller amounts regularly - never letting your stomach get close to empty as this causes your blood sugar levels to drop and exacerbates the nausea.
My Naturopath recommended regular protein snacks to me, in order to stabilise blood sugar levels. ie:
- Miso soup - which I found to be an absolute godsend. Great way to keep your fluids up too. You can buy sachets of miso paste from the health food store (don't buy the ones from the supermarket coz they are full of nasty additives etc). Just add boiling water.
- Hard boiled eggs
- Hommus & crackers/ryvitas
- Melrose's Almond, Brazil & Cashew nut spread (health food section of Woolies) on toast. Or a handful of mixed unsalted nuts (not peanuts).
- Lean chicken (ie - chicken, cheese and avocado sandwiches).
- Natural Yogurt (the sourness is good for the nausea too!)

She also recommend I stay away from any sugary foods or white flour products (white bread, pasta, rice etc) as they are high GI - raising blood sugar levels quickly, only to drop them down fast too. So wholemeal bread, pasta, rice etc is the go to maintain stable blood sugar...

I found that having a protein snack directly before going to bed (ie- an egg on wholemeal toast at 10pm) made a significant difference to the nausea in the morning. This also stopped me from having to get up around 4am to eat. So, helps with the sleeping too!!

HTH!

XX

[Lana]

Sea Sickness bands from the chemist helped me. You wear them on your wrists and they supposedly work on acupressure points to alleviate the nausea.

[~Kaz~]

Watered down cordial or juice.