Morning sickness is the most difficult part of early pregnancy for many women. Since you can’t take most medications in early pregnancy, you will be left to find other ways to cope with the discomfort. Changing your diet may help relieve symptoms, but you may need another remedy as well.
Acupressure helps relieve the symptoms of morning sickness for many women. You can use Acupressure to relieve your symptoms easily at home. Purchase some sea sickness wrist bands. These are used for boating and can be found at any store that sells boat or fishing gear. Some drug stores carry the bands as well.
These bands are easy to use and will come with instructions. Take the band out of the package and look at it. There is a ball sewn into the band. When you place the band on your wrist, be sure the ball is on the inside of the wrist. It should be about an inch away from where the wrist meets the hand. The ball should be positioned in between the two tendons in the middle of the wrist area.
Aromatherapy may help reduce nausea for some women. The essential oils peppermint, grapefruit, orange and lime work well for nausea. The essential oils need a carrier oil to be used on the body. You can also put a few drops of the oil in an aromatherapy diffuser. If you don’t want to buy a diffuser, put a little water in a bowl and put in a few drops of essential oil. Sleep with the bowl or diffuser next to your bed to get the full benefits.
Be sure you are getting enough nutrients in your diet. Some research suggests that a deficiency in the vitamin B6 may contribute to morning sickness for some women. Make sure you are getting enough B6 in your diet. You will find this vitamin in foods such as turkey, chicken, fortified cereals, hazelnuts, spinach and some vegetable juices.
Herbal remedies for morning sickness have been known to help reduce nausea. The best known herbal remedy is ginger. Many women find that slowly sipping on ginger ale can help relieve the symptoms in the morning. You can make your own ginger tea with 1/2 tsp of ginger in hot water. Drink the tea three times each day.
Other herbs that help nausea are red raspberry, dried peach tree leaves, anise and fennel seeds. You can make teas with red raspberry and peach tree leaves. The fennel can be purchased in seeds or in longer sticks that are chewed. Herbal remedies are not regulated by the food and drug administration. Ask your doctor before taking any herbal remedy for morning sickness.