Morning Sickness usually occurs within the first trimester of pregnancy, but it can last throughout the whole nine months with varying degrees of intensity. If you are struggling with morning sickness, what can you do to help alleviate the symptoms that is safe and risk free for both you and your baby? We asked the ante-natal teachers and doulas of Relaxed Birth and Parenting for their top natural tips for coping with morning sickness:
- A Ginger Drink: Take a piece of root ginger about 5cms long, hit it with a rolling pin, put it in pan with boiling water and simmer for 20mins with the lid on - allow to cool, and sip.
- Dry arrowroot biscuits
- Try roll on 'Morning Sickness Ease' by Natalia, a blend of Peppermint, Ginger and Bergamot essential oils to apply to your pulse points.
- Ginger beer
- Ginger biscuits
- Preggie Pops - Naturally flavoured with essential oils, these lollipops and sweets help to naturally relieve nausea.
- Flat Lemonade
- Bath Olivers
- Acupuncture
- Reflexology
- Homeopathy See a Homeopath or take Nux Vomica 6c (please make sure to seek advice from a practitioner before taking any homeopathic remedies).
- Cold showers
- Sucking on ice cubes
- Sniffing lemons
- Dry toast
- Digestive biscuits
- A Shot of Ginger Tincture: This should be taken with water, as ginger tinctures are usually in about 90% alcohol (don't worry about the alcohol...you're only taking about 2ml of tincture in one go, probably even less as ginger is so strong)
- Eating frequently, and lots of rest and sleep
- Eating something before getting out of bed
Try the one that sounds attractive, see how you go and then move on to another if no relief - and remember, it will all be worth it!
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