What To Expect When Pregnancy Nausea Starts
Posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2009
by bowechaim
Perhaps you knew the statistics--up to 70 percent of pregnant women have some nausea or vomiting when they are pregnant--but you had hoped that you'd be in the other 30 percent. Well, now that it's started, what can you expect to follow once pregnancy nausea starts?
That's a complex question, because there are so many possibilities. Some women feel only briefly queasy when they get up in the morning, and then are fine. Some feel nauseated often but never actually vomit. Some vomit occasionally, and some have frequent nausea and vomiting.
An empty stomach is particularly vulnerable to upsets, so mornings are high-risk times. If this is your experience, you can try to avert it by eating a small meal shortly before bedtime, so your stomach won't be quite so empty by morning, and by keeping some kind of bland, dry, soothing snack at hand so you can have a bite or two before you even get out of bed in the morning. Don't get up suddenly and try to make your early morning movements slow and leisurely. Rushing tends to make nausea worse.
For many women, however, pregnancy nausea isn't limited to mornings. It can occur at any time of the day with no apparent external reason or in response to certain "triggers" that set it off. Each woman is likely to have her own unique triggers, in fact. If you are able, try to notice what you are doing and what is going on around you at the times you start to feel ill--and then try to avoid those things for a while.
Some of your favorite foods may not agree with you now; you can save yourself distress if you realize what foods to avoid. Pregnant women often find that their olfactory senses are much more sensitive and strong aromas can become disturbing. Your favorite perfume, your husband's aftershave, the smell of fried food or the donut shop you walk by on your way to work. If these are nausea triggers for you, you can probably avoid or eliminate them for a while. If the mere smell of food disturbs you now, try eating your foods cold or at room temperature.
Another factor that you can expect to experience and that can contribute to pregnancy nausea is simple fatigue. Being pregnant is causing enormous changes in your body, your emotions, and your daily life. You are likely to feel tired more often and need more rest. The more tired you are, the more sensitive your digestive tract, and the more easily your nausea and vomiting wil be triggered. And as anyone who has had the flu or a really bad hangover knows, vomiting is really exhausting. So fatigue and pregnancy nausea can form a vicious circle, each making the other worse. Yes, this is a busy time in your life, with lots of preparations to be made, but if you want to avoid making your pregnancy nausea worse, get all the rest you can. Go to bed earlier, take rest breaks and naps whenever you can. A rested body is much less susceptible to throwing up.
The best thing you can expect of pregnancy nausea is that it will probably end before too long. For most women pregnancy nausea will vanish after the 12th or 14th week of pregnancy, though it can linger on, sometimes even into the third trimester. But whether it disappears sooner or later, keep in mind that it really is a normal part of pregnancy and no matter how sick you are right now, you can still expect that you and your baby will be just fine.
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Lisa Packer is passionate about helping others with there morning sickness. For more great information on pregnancy nausea start, visit http://www.alleviatemorningsickness.com.
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