Natural Morning Sickness Cures

A fellow dietitian acquaintance of mine, Miriam Erick, MS, RD, recently sent me a copy of her book on cracking the code to alleviating morning sickness during pregnancy, Take Two Crackers and Call Me in the Morning!”.  If only I knew about this book while I had nausea during pregnancy, those eight long weeks would have gone by much easier and without a four pound weight loss in the first trimester.  Take Two Crackers is a very easy read and gets to the down and dirty with quick tips on morning sickness cures.  Having taken care for over 3000 women with morning sickness, Miriam knows her stuff.

I love the humorous hand drawn illustrations shown throughout.  In fact, most of the cartoons look like scenes from my first trimester, like the afternoon my loving husband asked me what I wanted for dinner.  I excitedly replied, “fish tacos!”.  He shopped and slaved in the kitchen, all to find out that right before we were about to sit down it smelled and sounded disgusting and made me nauseous.  Sound familiar?

Here are some tips that Miriam provides in her book that you may not have heard of yet or tried:

• When you wake up and feel nauseous, sniff lemons!
• Ask yourself “what food, taste, and texture sounds really appealing to me right now?”.  That may be just what you need to appease your stomach.
• Open up windows to let in some fresh air in the morning.
• If brushing your teeth makes you sick, try a smaller toothbrush or different toothpaste.
• Eliminate smells in your home that make you sick, like coffee, soaps, and cologne.
• Though lemonade may help alleviate nausea, you might need to try a few to find which works best for you.

I love the fact that she defends us pregos and understands how we are not being a hypochondriac or drama queen.  In the back of the book, Miriam provides fun pages, like A Real-Life Morning Sickness Survival Sign to alert others around you of what odorous item not to bring near you.  This is a book I will definitely re-read during my next pregnancy.

To read more about managing morning sickness, read my past blogs, Prenatal Anti-nausea Cocktail and Morning Sickness: Handy snacks to help alleviate.