Answers To The Top 5 Questions Pregnant Women Have About Morning Sickness
If you’re experiencing the symptoms of nausea that are associated with morning sickness, want to know about it and ultimately get it treated (get rid of it), then this site holds a lot of promise for you. (And not just for morning sickness either, but eventually, all aspects of pregnancy.) As you read this introductory page, you’ll discover the top 5 questions women have about morning sickness. At the end of this article, you’ll be given the option of receiving our 10-part e-mail series, which broadly explores this subject, introducing you to the various options for remedying, treating, and curing morning sickness. Without further delay, let’s answer the top 5 questions you have about this. These 5 are listed below (scroll through this page to read the ansers, or click a particular question to jump right to that question’s answer):
The general consensus is that about three quarters of pregnant women experience nausea, and sometimes vomiting, during the first trimester. Though morning sickness can begin as early as four weeks into the pregnanccy, it usually starts at about six weeks in. Also, keep in mind that there are individual factors that makes every woman’s case different. For example, if this is your first pregnancy, it’s reasonable to assume that since this is the first time your body is going through this, not only may you experience nausea sooner (closer to four weeks than to six), but the symptoms may be more adverse, more sudden, or “hit you harder” than they would if this had been your second pregnancy.
Well, if you’re going through morning sickness, I guess you don’t need us to tell you what it is! Having said that, let us not mistakingly assume that there’s a 100% certainty that the symptoms you’re experiencing is a sure-fire indication that what you have is, indeed, morning sickness. That is, just because you’re pregnant and you’re experiencing the common signs and symptoms of pregnancy morning sickness, doesn’t mean that you’re actually suffering from morning sickness. Let’s not have a mis-diagnosis here. In the interest of your unborn child, it’s important that all possibilities be ruled out first, to be sure you’re not suffering from something else. While ruling out all possibilities is beyond the scope of this article, we do touch on it in our e-mail series, which you can sign up for below.
The basic idea, though, involves getting your doctor to be sure that what you are experiencing is properly diagnosed as pregnancy morning sickness, not something else.
Just a disclaimer before we move on: the information on this site is just that―information. It’s not meant to replace the advice of a qualified medical physician.
Now that we’ve got that out of the way, it’s worth mentioning that, depending on your specific, individual, diagnosis and medical history, your doctor may prescribe a treatment for your sickness. Having said that, there are natural, alternative treatments that can reduce the symptoms of, and ultimately cure, morning sickness. Our sister site, CuresMorningSickness.com, goes deeper into potential cures for morning sickness. Acupuncture and acupressure are 2 options you have for naturally treating morning sickness. With morning sickness comes vomiting, and with vomiting comes dehydration, so drinking enough water―with lemon for electrolyte replacement, is crucial. Our e-mail series also explores herbs that have been used to cure morning sickness, such as cabbage and ginger.
Since most pregnant women who experienced morning sickness feel relived at week #14, morning sickness can last 8 to 10 weeks. It’s rare that morning sickness lasts past week #18.
For the majority of women, the short answer is no: morning sickness, in and of itself, won’t harm your child. BUT, there are a few potential spin-offs, or concequences, of morning sickness that can, if not addressed properly, negatively affect your child’s development (to a small or large degree). One of these, as mentioned earlier, is dehydration. Vomiting leads to lack of water. Lack of water means little water to carry nutrients to the child that’s supposed to be thriving inside you. So while, for most women, there are no direct adverse effects on the baby, there are some things every woman must know…and take care of. We’ll explore some of these in our X-part e-mail series… LESSON #1 WHAT IS MORNING SICKNESS AND HOW DO I COPE, ANYWAY?
- The bad news about the “cause” of morning sickness
- A factor that some researchers feel may be a contributor to morning sickness
LESSON #2 WILL MY MORNING SICKNESS AFFECT MY UNBORN CHILD? You may be giving yourself enough water, which is good,
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