Morning Sickness

• Avoid hard-to-digest foods such as fatty foods (particularly fatty meats), fried foods and rich pastries.
• Avoid spicy foods, strong flavors, and foods with strong aromas.
• Avoid caffeine.
• Avoid cigarettes and cigarette smoke.
• Get fresh air.
• Try walking everyday.
• Eat foods that are high in carbohydrates such as crackers, toast, and baked potatoes.
• Eat small, frequent meals. A mother-to-be should not let her stomach get too full or too empty. If it has been more than 2 hours since she has eaten anything, then she should eat even if she feels queasy.
• Drink only between meals. Wait a ½ hour after eating to drink something.
• Have a high-protein snack at bedtime like a hard-boiled egg, peanut butter, or ½ a turkey sandwich or cheese with a slice of bread.
• Eat before getting out of bed in the morning. Keep a high carbohydrate snack on the bedside table. A pregnant woman should nibble in bed and wait to get up until her feeling of nausea subsides.
• Try sipping teas such as peppermint, spearmint, ginger, fennel, anise, or raspberry leaf.
• Try ginger root capsules – up to 25 capsules a day has been helpful for some women.
• Try vitamin B6 50 mg with ½ Unisom tablet twice a day in the morning and at night.