What to do if you feel nausea during early pregnancy

In the early stages of pregnancy, pregnant women will inevitably experience some early pregnancy reactions. The most common symptoms of early pregnancy are nausea and vomiting. To alleviate this type of early pregnancy reaction, pregnant women can eat small meals frequently, take vitamin B6 to stop vomiting, use ginger to treat morning sickness, or use some dietary therapy methods to relieve symptoms of nausea and vomiting. Below, we will introduce in detail several methods that can relieve morning sickness.

1. Eat small, frequent meals

In terms of diet, it is recommended to eat small meals frequently and avoid greasy and spicy foods, which can relieve pregnancy reactions such as nausea and vomiting.

Most women experience nausea and vomiting within 1 to 3 months after pregnancy, especially mild vomiting in the early morning or at night, and some vomiting is very severe. This is called pregnancy reaction. Many people believe that pregnant women can prevent nausea and vomiting by not eating or eating less. Some pregnant women do not want to eat for fear of vomiting. In fact, not eating not only cannot reduce vomiting, but also makes pregnant women lack nutrition, which is not good for both mother and baby.

Nausea and vomiting in pregnant women are mainly caused by the stimulation of increased estrogen on the smooth muscles in the gastrointestinal tract. Mild nausea and vomiting does not require treatment, and there is no need to fast or eat less. On the contrary, if you eat more food, you will feel better. It is best to eat 6 meals a day, eat small meals frequently, prepare some biscuits and eat them at any time, and it is better to drink a glass of milk in the morning. After eating, rest in bed for 20 to 30 minutes. If you feel nauseous, eat a few biscuits and the nausea will feel better. In addition, you should also pay attention to adjusting your diet, avoid eating foods that are difficult to digest, and eat more starchy foods such as bread, biscuits, potatoes, rice, etc.

2. Vitamin B6 for nausea

Many pregnant women experience severe early pregnancy reactions, such as nausea, vomiting and inability to eat. Doctors often allow them to take a small amount of vitamin B6 to stop vomiting. Some pregnant women think that vitamin B6 is a vitamin needed by the human body and has no harm, so they take it in larger quantities and for longer periods of time. In fact, taking too much is harmful to the fetus. Due to long-term and excessive intake of vitamin B6, the fetus becomes dependent on it, which is medically known as vitamin B6 dependence.

3. Ginger is very effective in treating nausea and vomiting in pregnant women

Ginger, like vitamin B6, can reduce nausea, retching, and vomiting during early pregnancy. Ginger, a traditional Chinese medicine, can reduce stomach upset, nausea, and vomiting in pregnant women, and its effectiveness is equivalent at every stage of early pregnancy.

4. Antiemetic Diet Therapy

1/2 cup of sugarcane juice, 1 tablespoon of fresh gu juice. Peel the sugarcane, mash it and squeeze out the juice. Wash and mash the fresh ginger to extract the juice. Then pour the two juices together, mix well and drink after slightly warming. It has the effect of harmonizing the stomach and stopping vomiting.

Glutinous rice soup: 120 grams of glutinous rice, boil it into soup as usual, drink it warm four times a day, and avoid eating hard or cold food. It has the effects of invigorating Qi and harmonizing the middle.

1.5 grams of Coptis chinensis and 3 grams of Perilla frutescens. Soak coptis root and perilla leaves in water and drink it instead of tea, and drink it frequently. Function: clearing heat and soothing the stomach.

200 grams of leeks, 200 grams of fresh ginger, and appropriate amount of white sugar. Wash and chop the leeks and ginger, mash them to extract the juice, mix it with sugar and drink it. It has the function of warming the middle and stopping vomiting.

10 grams of fresh celery root, 15 grams of licorice, and 1 egg. First wash the fresh celery root and licorice and boil them into soup. After the water boils, beat in the egg and drink it while it is hot. Functions: clearing away heat and relieving adverse effects.