Congratulations! You just found out that you’re pregnant! Chances are that one of the first signs, even before a positive pregnancy test, was a touch of morning sickness. Soon your body will begin to change and there is a good chance that the occasional queasiness will rear it’s ugly head and you will begin to experience some real morning sickness, if you aren’t already there!
Most women come to accept morning sickness just as a part of being pregnant and try to grin and bear it. Your mother may have told you many times how sick she was when she was pregnant with you or you may have friends who you have seen suffer through morning sickness. But the truth is that there is help out there for you if your morning sickness begins to interfere with your life and make your pregnancy an unpleasant experience.
When I started researching cures for morning sickness I was surprised to find that the women in many eastern countries do not experience morning sickness. This fact doesn’t have anything to do with their genetic makeup but the little known fact is attributed to their traditions and the advice that is passed from one generation to the next. Natural remedies and cures for morning sickness that mothers and grandmothers pass down to their daughters and grand daughters. Suffering through nine months of morning sickness simply isn’t acceptable to women in many other cultures, and it really shouldn’t be for you either.
The natural nature of these cures and the centuries over which they have been used should allow us to explore them with confidence since,
First, they are natural ingredients found in nature without chemicals; just as nature intended.
Second, the length of time that they have been used far exceeds any clinical trials that any administrative body might impose upon a new drug or cure for any ailment.
Logic should tell us that a healthy mother that is able to provide nutritionally for her growing child will produce a strong, healthy baby. A mother that is throwing up all the time or doesn’t “feel” healthy may have problems not only for her baby, nutritionally, but also for herself.
Our western culture has told us for years that a woman’s options were limited to what could be done about morning sickness. There were drugs out on the market prescribed by doctors within this century that had catastrophic consequences in the form of birth defects in children. This has caused many women to suffer through morning sickness instead of taking any chances with their unborn children, and no one could blame them.
The holistic or “natural” path was often to simply grin and bear it or eat crackers in hopes of alleviating some of the symptoms of morning sickness. But these days there are numerous resources out there with some of the same remedies that have been used for centuries in other cultures that are available to you so you don’t have to be uncomfortable. You can go back to living your life pregnant and actually enjoy the nine months of pregnancy the way that other women all around the world do. It costs very little and the risks are minimal.
So try some of these holistic remedies for your morning sickness and see if there might be something that can work for you. Check with your friends to see if they have tried any of these cures and check with your OBGYN if you doubt the safety of these holistic remedies.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
I Never Signed Up For Morning Sickness!!
This is the one of the happiest times in your life! You have just found out that you are pregnant and will be expecting a baby in the near future. Well….this SHOULD be one of the happiest times in your life. If you are like my wife, you figured out rather quickly that you were either pregnant or ate some bad sushi thanks to the queasiness and quick to follow, upchucking that is associated with morning sickness.
The truth is that most women experience some signs of morning sickness throughout their pregnancy to one degree or another. Perhaps your husband tries to be thoughtful can caring and tells you that this is the sign of a healthy baby…and it is. But somewhere along the way you feel the glow of motherhood leave you as that “green feeling” replaces it…sometimes in the morning..and sometimes in the afternoon or evening…and sometimes, for you lucky ladies…morning sickness is present all day long to one degree or another.
Perhaps you feel that it is a badge of honor that you should suffer through valiantly…that it’s part of being a mother and you will get through it the same as your mother did and your grandmother before her.
If you have no desire to suffer in silence and wish to try to do something to alleviate your morning sickness, try some of these old standby remedies to ease your stomach and help you enjoy life at least a little bit.
Ginger – Try adding a little ginger to your diet in the form of ginger ale…either cold and fresh from the bottle or flat, depending upon how you feel. Sometimes flat ginger ale goes down a little bit easier while other times cold ginger ale really hits the spot when you feel the sweat of morning sickness coming on.
Potato Chips – The traditional cure that many women have used for years, and that you have probably heard of to help ease your morning sickness is to eat saltines and keep some on hand at all times. Yes, these do work fine but try jazzing it up a bit and try some potato chips…salt and vinegar chips have been heard to have equal and sometimes higher redeeming value than your run of the mill saltines…try some and see if they do the trick.
Steak – Yes….I said steak. Have your husband cook you a steak for a change. You see, sometimes iron levels can get low in pregnant women and cause some of the symptoms of morning sickness. Steak and other snacks high in protein will help keep your iron levels up…and if nothing else, your husband will feel that he is helping and a steak dinner is a meal that you won’t have to cook!
Starches and Carbohydrates – Starches and foods high in carbohydrates are helpful in reducing some of the stomach acids that are often associated with morning sickness. You might actually find that you crave such foods and now is the perfect time to treat yourself to some good bread or pasta, if that is what your body is wanting…and it might actually help with your morning sickness! PLUS!...a good husband should know how to cook some pasta, which is another meal that you won’t have to cook! See where I’m heading with this stuff?!
Snacks – Try to eat several small meals throughout the day instead of three large ones. By eating smaller meals you are actually eating the same amount of food while keeping food in your digestive tract throughout the day which has been reported to help ease morning sickness
Water – Try to keep hydrated throughout the day by drinking plenty of liquids. Water is assimilated into your body quicker than any other liquid known to man. If your morning sickness is severe then drinking water or other liquids will be vitally important to helping you and your baby healthy.
I do hope that these tips help you with your morning sickness and help you to enjoy this time in your life a little better…after all, motherhood isn’t always about suffering and if you can enjoy your pregnancy with the help of these natural cures for morning sickness I encourage you to do so.
To check out some books that go into more depth to helping you cure your morning sickness “Cure Morning Sickness Today” and “Morning Sickness Freedom” You can check out these two books completely risk free for 8 weeks….if they don’t cure you morning sickness you get your money back…no questions asked.
The truth is that most women experience some signs of morning sickness throughout their pregnancy to one degree or another. Perhaps your husband tries to be thoughtful can caring and tells you that this is the sign of a healthy baby…and it is. But somewhere along the way you feel the glow of motherhood leave you as that “green feeling” replaces it…sometimes in the morning..and sometimes in the afternoon or evening…and sometimes, for you lucky ladies…morning sickness is present all day long to one degree or another.
Perhaps you feel that it is a badge of honor that you should suffer through valiantly…that it’s part of being a mother and you will get through it the same as your mother did and your grandmother before her.
If you have no desire to suffer in silence and wish to try to do something to alleviate your morning sickness, try some of these old standby remedies to ease your stomach and help you enjoy life at least a little bit.
Ginger – Try adding a little ginger to your diet in the form of ginger ale…either cold and fresh from the bottle or flat, depending upon how you feel. Sometimes flat ginger ale goes down a little bit easier while other times cold ginger ale really hits the spot when you feel the sweat of morning sickness coming on.
Potato Chips – The traditional cure that many women have used for years, and that you have probably heard of to help ease your morning sickness is to eat saltines and keep some on hand at all times. Yes, these do work fine but try jazzing it up a bit and try some potato chips…salt and vinegar chips have been heard to have equal and sometimes higher redeeming value than your run of the mill saltines…try some and see if they do the trick.
Steak – Yes….I said steak. Have your husband cook you a steak for a change. You see, sometimes iron levels can get low in pregnant women and cause some of the symptoms of morning sickness. Steak and other snacks high in protein will help keep your iron levels up…and if nothing else, your husband will feel that he is helping and a steak dinner is a meal that you won’t have to cook!
Starches and Carbohydrates – Starches and foods high in carbohydrates are helpful in reducing some of the stomach acids that are often associated with morning sickness. You might actually find that you crave such foods and now is the perfect time to treat yourself to some good bread or pasta, if that is what your body is wanting…and it might actually help with your morning sickness! PLUS!...a good husband should know how to cook some pasta, which is another meal that you won’t have to cook! See where I’m heading with this stuff?!
Snacks – Try to eat several small meals throughout the day instead of three large ones. By eating smaller meals you are actually eating the same amount of food while keeping food in your digestive tract throughout the day which has been reported to help ease morning sickness
Water – Try to keep hydrated throughout the day by drinking plenty of liquids. Water is assimilated into your body quicker than any other liquid known to man. If your morning sickness is severe then drinking water or other liquids will be vitally important to helping you and your baby healthy.
I do hope that these tips help you with your morning sickness and help you to enjoy this time in your life a little better…after all, motherhood isn’t always about suffering and if you can enjoy your pregnancy with the help of these natural cures for morning sickness I encourage you to do so.
To check out some books that go into more depth to helping you cure your morning sickness “Cure Morning Sickness Today” and “Morning Sickness Freedom” You can check out these two books completely risk free for 8 weeks….if they don’t cure you morning sickness you get your money back…no questions asked.
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