| The Basics of Morning Sickness | | | | Getting dizzy in the morning can easily be attributed to |
| What Is Morning Sickness? | | | | other things like a bad hang over. However, if the |
| Morning Sickness is a harmless but extremely | | | | nausea is accompanied by a sharpened sense of |
| inconvenient malady that affects a great percentage | | | | smell, and a general hunger pang that makes you both |
| of pregnant women. It manifests as nausea, and | | | | incredibly hungry and want to throw up some more at |
| generally occurs upon waking up, hence the name. | | | | the mere thought of food, then it's a good idea to |
| The amount of nausea varies from woman to | | | | check if you're pregnant. It's probably morning sickness. |
| woman, ranging from mild vertigo that can easily be | | | | What are Some Remedies for Morning Sickness? |
| shaken off, to heavy vomiting that may even be | | | | There are a lot of small, simple ways to help deal with |
| severe enough to warrant hospitalization from | | | | morning sickness. One of these is to eat five or six |
| dehydration. | | | | small snacks a day instead of three square meals. |
| Morning sickness generally starts in the first month of | | | | Because of the changes going on inside your body, |
| pregnancy, and lasts well into the third or fourth month | | | | large meals may wind up getting rejected and will |
| of pregnancy. Depending on severity, morning sickness | | | | amplify the problem. Keep your meals small and easily |
| may sometimes be sufficient to require a leave from | | | | digestible, and snack on them often. Ginger (in any |
| work or heavy physical activity for some women | | | | form, even pills) and dry biscuits have been known to |
| even during the early stages of pregnancy. | | | | fix morning sickness, along with bananas and apple |
| What Causes Morning Sickness? | | | | sauce (easily digestible, and technically baby food). |
| There are several theorized factors for morning | | | | Dehydration is another common problem that |
| sickness, though no single one has been pinpointed as | | | | accompanies morning sickness, so you'll want to tank |
| the leading major cause of it. The first two reasons | | | | up on a lot of liquid. Aside from water, lemonade is |
| are chemical in nature, having to do with a very high | | | | very helpful, as the scent of lemons has actually been |
| increase in estrogen levels in the blood stream | | | | proven to help control the nausea that accompanies |
| combined with a lowered blood sugar level. These two | | | | morning sickness. Naturally, avoid alcohol while |
| factors are more than enough to cause nausea from | | | | pregnant. For those of you who want to ignore this |
| the blood chemistry imbalance alone. | | | | warning because they don;t care about their |
| Aside from the chemical part, however, is the fact that | | | | developing baby's welfare, then think on this instead: |
| the woman's uterus undergoes physical changes to | | | | alcohol causes dehydration. Dehydration causes hang |
| make room for the developing baby, which also alters | | | | overs. Pregnancy amplifies physical sensitivity. Do the |
| the pregnant woman's stomach and intestines. These | | | | math, and stay away from the booze, ladies. |
| physical changes combine with a heightening of the | | | | What Other Maladies May Accompany Morning |
| senses (especially scent!) and changes to motor | | | | Sickness? |
| coordination that also accompany childbirth. The | | | | As if wanting to hurl everything you ate the day prior |
| heightened sensitivity and changes to motor | | | | wasn't bad enough, morning sickness may also be |
| coordination from the nerves combine to amplify the | | | | accompanied by constipation, fatigue, and heartburn. |
| feelings generated from the physical changes in the | | | | The constipation is, naturally, due to the physical |
| stomach area, which also contributes to the nausea. | | | | adjustments going on in your stomach area making |
| What are the Symptoms and Effects of Morning | | | | room for your baby. Some people even theorize that |
| Sickness? | | | | this is part of the reason for morning sickness - the |
| The symptoms are pretty straightforward - you wake | | | | food is having a harder time going out through it's usual |
| up in the morning feeling woozy, and the moment you | | | | exit point. The fatigue and heart burn are simply due to |
| try to get up you're gripped by vertigo that can range | | | | the chemical changes (both low sugar and high |
| from a mild dizzy spell (be glad if that's all you feel!) to | | | | estrogen) that are running through your body while |
| a violent wrenching that comes from your stomach | | | | you're adjusting to the pregnancy. With all of these |
| and sends you straight to the bath room to throw up. | | | | problems rampaging at the same time, it's no wonder |
| Morning sickness always hits first and hardest when | | | | that women are also prone to crankiness and mood |
| you first wake up because the body's sugar levels are | | | | swings when pregnant. The end result, however, is |
| at their lowest from a night spent without eating | | | | worth it when you hold your newborn in your hands |
| anything. | | | | for the first time. |