Morning sickness is a term to describe nausea that a woman feels during the first trimester of pregnancy. This is not a disease and unless it is not very severe and does not carry on after the first trimester it is not harmful. Signs of early nausea are a healthy sign of pregnancy and can at most strain the abdominal muscles but will not in any way affect the well-sacked fetus. It is only if it is very severe and continues much after first trimester that it can lead to dehydration and low birth weight of baby.

Contrary to it name morning sickness can be felt any time during the day. There is no particular reason found for nausea but it is believed that an increase in the level of HCG hormone is the main cause of nausea. Though nausea does not require too much medication a change in your diet can really help in reducing this problem. Do not take any medication without consulting your doctor. We have tried to look into a few tricks to combat nausea below

- Ginger is very good in nausea. Maybe as it aids in digestion it helps to get rid of nausea. Ginger can be taken in any form even as ginger tea or ginger ale.
- Avoid fatty foods that take longer to digest. Eat foods rich in vitamins.

- Eat some salty snacks like crackers or potato chips before getting out of bed. You can also have them when you wake up in the middle of the night feeling nausea.

- Try and not keep your stomach empty and have small meals often rather than a few large meals.
- Take caffeine free drinks.

- Avoid spicy foods. Try and take food rich in proteins like yogurt as they are very gentle on your stomach.

- Sniffing on lemons also really helps.

- Don’t take any prenatal vitamin on an empty stomach. Maybe for the first trimester taking a prenatal vitamin with low amount of iron can help nausea.

Try and keep a watch on foods or smells that trigger nausea and avoid them. A few acupressure techniques also help combat nausea. You will find a lot of resources on the internet on this.

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