Morning Sickness
also known as stay-in-bed-all-day-sickess
CHECK WITH YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE TAKING ANYTHING TO RELIEVE MORNING SICKNESS
Throwing up, Pukeing, Vomit, Up-chuck, Blowing chunks, Hurling, Spewing, Chundering.

As charming as this is, it's the image most of us conjure up in our heads when we think of that most charming of all pregnancy ailments...ah yes we are talking about morning sickness!! When most people think about morning sickness, they picture a woman hunched over the toilet bowl every morning throwing up before she leaves for work. As awful as this sounds, a lot of the time it's not like this. IT'S MUCH MUCH WORSE!!! For a start, forget this crap about mornings. This sucker hits you at any (and every) time of the day. Sometimes all day. And when you're not throwing up, you can feel even worse. There's that debilitating nausea where you can barely stand up. Or the fact you can't be on anything that moves without all the windows down, a bucket/plastic bag and 20 stops along the way. And then there's the embarassing throwing up in public places problem (and oh the stories!). You may be one of those lucky ones who barely has a flutter of morning sickness your whole pregnancy, don't let me scare you! But we poor sufferers of this shocking predicament like to know that we are not the only ones who feel this way.

A word of advice...if you are one of the 'lucky ones' with NO SICKNESS, remember this:
as someone who suffered constantly from 18 weeks on (and after the birth due to hormones) when someone starts bitching about their morning sickness, trust me when I say that no-one wants to hear you pitch in with "oh that's too bad, I barely had a day where I was sick!" In fact, you are really asking for trouble! So don't be surprised if your suffering friend turns violent, she doesn't want to know that some people don't get sick. She wants to know that everyone goes through it.

You know, there are people with morning sickness who don't throw up once! Sometimes nausea is worse. Then there's the migranes, the dizziness....
So what can we do about it?
Fortunately there are many ways to help combat the oh-my-god-where's-the-nearest-bathroom syndrome known as morning sickness. Unfortunately these can't take away all symptoms but they can help.
There are hundreds of herbs and potions people will suggest but you have to be very careful and you should definitely ask a herbalist or at least your doctor which are safe to take and which are not. Not only will some of them send you running to the bathroom just by the smell, but quite a few are uterine stimulants too, and can cause premature labour and miscarriage.
Eat small meals more frequently instead of infrequent large meals, steer well clear of fatty and fried or spicy foods, stay away from coffe and caffeine in general, eat easily digestible carbohydrates like toast. Crackers and dry toast can be very helpful upon rising when nausea is often at its worst...keep a packet of crackers by your bed. MOST IMPORTANTLY - DON"T STRESS. Stress will increase nausea.
Ginger is the best new way being recommended for morning sickness. Candied ginger, ginger biscuits, powdered ginger, fresh ginger, ginger tea, ginger tablets, any way you take it is supposed to help. There's actually now a "morning sickness" tablet available which is made from ginger and B6. I found this to be very helpful.
Remember its your body and your baby. If something doesn't feel right, don't hesitate to discontinue any treatment you receive be it herbal or conventional, as mothers instinct can be very accurate and sometimes doctors are wrong. However this is only applicable if the treatment is not for a serious condition or when discontinuing treatment will cause harm to the baby.
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