Nausea? Don't Sweat It.

By Anna Snyder

Okay, so you are pregnant. One of the draw backs or symptoms is nausea and vomiting. Well this is not so fun, it is one of the things that comes with pregnancy (unless you are one of the lucky ones).

Nope, I was not lucky at all when it came to nausea and vomiting, instead, I had it the worst ever! I was sick day and night, throughout my entire pregnancy, up until I delivered. Yuck!

So a decision has to be made when you have your morning sickness (or all day sickness like me) to take the medication root or to grin and bear it. There is a lot of things out there that you can do to help yourself through this.

Tums are a great thing to chomp on when you are nauseated. Especially the peppermint ones, that it what I ate like candy when I was pregnant. They are packed with calcium, but your body generally only uses what it needs and the rest get flushed out as waste. You could also drink peppermint tea, which you can buy caffeine free.

You can also check with your OB/GYN in regards to herbal. Ginger is a great herb for soothing an upset tummy. If you don't want that, there are always ginger snap cookies that you can chomp on!

Salted or unsalted crackers is another nausea remedy. I used to keep a package right by my bedside, just in case I needed them. I also kept a package in my car, and peppermint tums in my purse.

Although all these lovely natural things worked for me with both of my pregnancies with my sons, my pregnancy with my daughter was even worse. With all of my pregnancies I always had one thing that would set me off the most, but when I was expecting her, it seemed like everything was not allowed in my tummy. Since I was loosing weight so quickly, my OB/GYN prescribed me Diclectin. It is a pregnancy safe drug (if you look at it, there is a picture of a pregnant mommy on it) and that was the only way that I could actually keep anything down.

With both my sons I was prescribed Diclectin as well, but I was determined not to use it in fear of anything that would disrupt my pregnancy or my baby. Although my fears were common, I know now that I should have done the research and calmed my fears. So when it came to my health and the health of my unborn baby (my daughter) I realized that I had no choice but to take Diclectin. I did the research and I did take the medication. My daughter is healthy and happy and to think that I could have lost her is now put behind me. Thank goodness for research! - 30526

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