| With all of the bad things you've probably heard (or | | | | cologne is making you sick. You can't ask the chefs at |
| experienced) about morning sickness, I'm sure you | | | | the restaurant you are dining in to stop preparing the |
| could use some positive news for a change. Morning | | | | filets in the kitchen. You can't get each and every |
| sickness relief can be achieved. The only problem is | | | | person you come across on the street to wear more |
| that you'll have to decide what's best for you based | | | | deodorant to mask the body odor emanating from |
| on all of the choices there are available. | | | | them. |
| I think it would be helpful for you to know a little | | | | All of those scenarios are out of your control, so don't |
| information about the condition you are experiencing | | | | even try to change them. Just be sure to avoid |
| before we get into detail about the methods of relief. | | | | triggering smells as much as possible and it will help |
| Pregnancy vomiting and nausea (a more accurate | | | | your symptoms, even if it's just a little bit. |
| name for what you are going through) affects 88 | | | | Now, on to some real treatments. |
| percent of pregnant women. I know, it's pretty hard to | | | | Your first option is medication. This would be |
| dodge a bullet like that. Depending on how far along | | | | considered "conventional" by most because it is a |
| you are, you are probably experiencing nausea and | | | | treatment that is prescribed by your doctor. She could |
| vomiting. If you are one of the lucky ones, you | | | | possibly prescribe a combination of vitamin B6 and |
| probably feel worse in the morning than any other time | | | | doxylamine, which seems to be the most common |
| of the day. | | | | anti-nausea and vomiting medication. |
| If you are one of the extremely unlucky (we're talking 1 | | | | Many women fear that taking any kind of medication |
| in 300), you might be experiencing extreme morning | | | | will harm their unborn child. This is an entirely legitimate |
| sickness, or hyperemesis gravidarum. This is where | | | | concern. My philosophy: if you're afraid it will harm your |
| you are unable to keep anything in your stomach | | | | child, don't take it. You have enough to worry about |
| because you are vomiting so much. | | | | without adding that anxiety on top of everything else. |
| If you are in this boat, you need to seek medical | | | | One alternative to the "conventional" route is |
| attention immediately. The weight loss and dehydration | | | | acupuncture. A licensed Acupuncturist places small |
| that accompany this condition are extremely | | | | needles (they're more like flexible pins) in designated |
| dangerous for not only you, but your unborn child, as | | | | areas on your body. Correct placement of the needles |
| well. Any of the treatments discussed in this article are | | | | is essential to relief, so it is important to have it done by |
| not meant for you, and should not be considered. | | | | someone experienced in this form of medicine. |
| For those of you with mild to moderate symptoms of | | | | Another alternative is acupressure, which is |
| morning sickness, your options for relief range from the | | | | acupuncture without the needles. It involves deep |
| conventional, to the unconventional. Labeling treatments | | | | pressure in areas similar to those you'd have pins |
| conventional vs. unconventional probably isn't | | | | placed in acupuncture. If your symptoms are more on |
| appropriate because what is unconventional to some, | | | | the mild side, this will probably be an effective |
| might be conventional to others, and vice versa. | | | | treatment for you. If your nausea and vomiting are |
| Your first technique for relief is avoidance. Sounds | | | | more moderate, you will probably have to go with the |
| easy, doesn't it? It's not as easy as you think. Many of | | | | acupuncture. |
| you lead lives outside of the realm of your pregnancy. | | | | Morning sickness relief is available for you, but you |
| (big shocker, I know), and because of this, avoiding the | | | | need to decide if the conventional route is right for you, |
| triggers of your nausea and vomiting will be extremely | | | | or whether you are more of an alternative medicine |
| difficult. | | | | type of person. Either way, test them out and used |
| You can't tell the guy that gets on the elevator with | | | | whatever method fits you and gives you the most |
| you at work that he has to get off because his | | | | relief. |