subject: How to Cope with Morning Sickness Symptoms [print this page] How to Cope with Morning Sickness Symptoms
If you are having to deal with the usual morning sickness symptoms you have probably already thought about treatments like changing your diet and asking your doctor for advice. One of the hardest parts about treating morning sickness is finding something that works for an individual's reaction to typical symptoms. The fact is that, when you are pregnant, you need to be very careful about which medications you take because pregnancies can quickly become complicated. Here are a few of the symptoms of morning sickness and their treatments.The symptoms of morning sickness that most women deal with are nausea and vomiting, making it hard to eat most days. At the same time, however, you may have cravings for certain foods in between the bouts of nausea, so your system is giving you all kinds of mixed signals.This is considered the norm during in pregnancy though, since your body chemistry is changing to accommodate the baby. To combat the nausea, try ginger or peppermint. Listening to your bodies cravings and eating and drinking what you crave will become important. You will have to relearn your eating habits during this time. You can make morning sickness bearable with certain adjustments, even though you can't remove it entirely.Some women experience various muscle cramps, often including the back, as part of their morning sickness symptoms. If these become severe, you should ask your doctor what pain relievers are safe to take while you are pregnant.Be careful making sudden movements, especially after eating or when you first get up in the morning. Going for walks or other light exercise, even though you may not have much energy, can also be helpful. Your symptoms can actually be made worse if you are completely inactive, even though you will want to take it easy. In many cases rest is the best treatment for the difficult morning sickness symptom of cramps.One particular morning sickness symptom that doesn't happen often (but when it does it is very startling) is pica, the urge to eat items that are not actually food. Pregnancy commonly causes increased appetites as well as cravings and odd food aversions. There are some pregnant women, however, who have the urge to eat inedible objects. The woman can crave anything from dirt to plastic. There are some theories about this and one of them includes the idea that the body is trying to make up for a deficiency in its nutrition. Talk to your doctor if you start to experience these symptoms and try not to give in to the urge to eat things that could be harmful, especially if you are pregnant. Pica isn't a wide spread morning sickness symptom but it happens to some women so don't get scared if it happens to you--just get treatment for it as quickly as possible. Morning sickness symptoms can effect you in many ways, and when you are suffering from this condition, you often can do little but wait until you feel better. You can use the advice contained in this article to help make your morning sickness at least a tiny bit easier to deal with (even if you can't make it go away completely).
