Natural Morning Sickness Remedies
What is Morning Sickness? It is estimated that between 50 to 80 percent of women have nausea, sometimes with vomiting, during pregnancy. Although the nausea may be most noticeable in the morning, it lasts throughout the day for many women. Even if there is no nausea, women may develop aversions to certain foods. Morning sickness generally improves by the 13th or 14th week of pregnancy, but some women continue to notice nausea into their second trimester. A Canadian study surveyed pregnant women and found: • Almost two thirds (61.2 percent) of women used natural remedies to alleviate morning sickness • The three most common types of natural remedies used were ginger tea, acupressure wristbands (called “sea bands”), and vitamin B6 • Among the women who used natural remedies, 20.7 percent reported mild adverse reactions. Most common were an inability to tolerate the strong flavor of ginger and wrist irritation among women who used acupressure wrist bands.
