After the initial excitement of your pregnancy wears off, you may start to become concerned about what’s ahead.  Whether this is your first baby or you’ve been pregnant before, you may begin to wonder when morning sickness starts.  The answers will vary from woman to woman and pregnancy to pregnancy.

Some women are more sensitive to the changes in their hormones during pregnancy and so you may or may not experience morning sickness.  Here are a few possible scenarios for when your morning sickness will start:

• You may not have any morning sickness throughout your entire pregnancy. If you’re one of the few lucky women to completely avoid feeling sick, you should feel very fortunate.
• Morning sickness starts at implantation. Other women will start to feel slight nausea even before they find out they are pregnant.  Once implantation occurs and HCG starts to be produced, their body reacts.  You may feel queasy or nauseous at this point and it may or may not get worse.
• Morning sickness starts at 4 – 7 weeks gestation. You may be one of the women who starts to feel sick within the first three weeks of finding out you are pregnant.  This seems to be the most popular time for morning sickness to start and it can start out as a hungry feeling and may turn into outright nausea.  Many women will also start to vomit during this time, so it is important to make sure that if this happens to you, that you may sure to stay hydrated and nourished.
• Morning sickness starts during the second trimester. This is actually quite rare and usually has more to do with the fact that there is less space in the stomach due to the growth of the baby.  Symptoms will typically be related more to acid reflux and heartburn.

If you’re feeling good right now, enjoy it!  You may or may not experience morning sickness and you might as well not stress over something that’s out of your control.  And remember, not having morning sickness is not a sign that anything is wrong with your pregnancy!

While there are no instant morning sickness cures, there are a few things you can do to significantly lessen the symptoms. Taking care with your diet and making use of a few time-tested  natural cures for morning sickness can have you feeling a lot better within days.

What and when you eat

An empty stomach is more prone to nausea, so you’ll want to take steps to make sure there’s always something in your stomach. It starts before you even get out of bed in the morning. When you first wake up, eat a few crackers or digestive biscuits and rest for another half hour or so. Having snacks by the bed also comes in handy if you wake up during the night feeling ill.

Throughout the day, eat small, frequent meals. If you can’t seem to keep much of anything down, try the BRAT diet, short for bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast for a day or two. This food combo was originally designed to be gentle on those with gastrointestinal problems. Protein can also help, but if you’re put off by meat, opt for nuts, beans, and legumes instead.  Ginger tea, cabbage, and almonds are also popular morning sickness cures.

Vitamins and supplements

Vitamin B6 supplements have been shown to be highly effective in reducing morning sickness symptoms.  The commonly recommended dosage is 25 mg three times a day, but as with all supplements, check with your doctor before you start.

On the flip side, your supplements may be causing your nausea. Many women find they’re sensitive to the iron in prenatal vitamins. If your vitamins contain more than 30 mg of iron, the RDA for pregnant women, talk with your doctor about switching to one with less.

Anti-nausea medications

Even decades after the Thalidomide tragedy, many women are still understandably wary of taking any medication during pregnancy. While anti-nausea medications are the last resort, in severe cases, they may be the only thing that helps. Anti-nausea medications safe for use during pregnancy include non-prescription Emetrol and as well as several prescription medications.

Remember, too, that even the most commonly effective morning sickness cures don’t work for all women. You may need to experiment a little before you find the foods and natural remedies that work best for you.

B-natal Lozenges for Morning Sickness, Green Apple is a green apple lozenge designed to soothe morning sickness. B-natal contains vitamin B6 and sugar, ingredients found to relieve morning sickness. Vitamin B6 has been prescribed by doctors for morning sickness since the 1940s. Vitamin B6 is the best tested vitamin based therapy for morning sickness.

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Beyond Morning Sickness is a great source of helpful information for all those women who suffer from hyperemesis gravidarum and also for the people who care for them. The book contains both medical information as well as personal stories.

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