How to relieve morning sickness and nausea

What should I do if morning sickness makes me feel uncomfortable? How to relieve the pain of morning sickness during pregnancy? When it comes to morning sickness, the first reaction of expectant mothers is that it is so painful. Many expectant mothers have poor appetite and do not want to eat due to morning sickness. They are worried that it will affect the growth of the baby, and even consider not having a baby. Today I will give you some knowledge about morning sickness.

Why does vomiting occur during early pregnancy?

In fact, vomiting during pregnancy is an instinctive reaction evolved by humans, not a disease. Studies have found that vomiting is an instinctive reaction that humans evolved to avoid eating foods that are harmful to children. It is a skill that humans have to protect their offspring and usually does not hurt children.

The time of pregnancy vomiting usually occurs around the 6th week of pregnancy, reaches a peak at 8-10 weeks, and disappears on its own around 12 weeks of pregnancy. In addition to vomiting, there will be dizziness, fatigue, drowsiness, loss of appetite, picky eating, aversion to greasy food, etc. The severity and duration of the symptoms vary from person to person. Mild vomiting generally has no effect.

Due to morning sickness in early pregnancy, many people also have a slight weight loss, which is okay, because in the early stages of pregnancy, the baby's growth does not need too much nutrition.

However, if severe vomiting occurs, you cannot eat and need medical treatment. If the vomiting is severe, see a gynecologist, who will do a urine test to see if the urine is positive for ketone bodies. If the urine ketone body is positive, it means that the nausea and vomiting have reached a certain serious level, affecting the metabolism and the acid and alkalinity of the body, which will have certain toxic effects on both the body and the fetus. A weight loss of more than 5% also indicates that the body's metabolism is seriously out of balance. Severe vomiting can also cause damage to the esophageal mucosa, and blood can be seen in the excrement.

How to Treat Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy

Replenish water, glucose and vitamins

Short-term treatment is just to replenish water and glucose. The body's water is much better, which accelerates the elimination of ketone bodies, and urine ketone bodies will quickly turn negative. Positive urine ketones have no effect on the baby in the short term. In addition, take some vitamins C, B1 and B6. Vitamin B26 has a certain antiemetic effect. Short-term vomiting does not require the supplement of human albumin and human fat.

Avoid food

In more severe vomiting, you may vomit everything you eat, and even drinking water can cause vomiting. At this time, you need to abstain from food for a short period of time to allow the digestive tract to rest. Generally, after the above treatment, and with the increase of pregnancy weeks, morning sickness will gradually improve, and you can also gradually increase your meals, eat some soft liquid food, semi-liquid food, and slowly recover your diet after adaptation.

Antiemetic

Some expectant mothers have very severe morning sickness. For severe morning sickness that may seriously endanger the lives of mothers and women, in addition to supplementing nutrients, certain drugs should be given to stop vomiting. However, you need to follow the doctor's advice to choose and use it, and don't take it on your own. The safety of drugs is relative. Using them for inappropriate individuals and using them in incorrect ways or dosages can all lead to risks.

For most expectant mothers, morning sickness will improve after 12 weeks of pregnancy. Due to pregnancy, the female hormone level in the body decreases to a certain extent and tends to be stable.