Morning sickness can occur in the morning, in the middle of the day or even at night.  Not only does it differ in when it occurs, how bad it is can differ from woman to woman as well.  Some women will only have slight nausea at times while another woman can constantly vomit to the point of dehydration.  However, most women will fall somewhere in the middle of the spectrum.

Despite the fact that your symptoms may occur any time in the day, or can even last all day, the condition is still coined as morning sickness.  Many first time mothers are quite alarmed to find themselves throwing up at any hour of the day, but must be prepared for it ahead of time.  While in the midst of this uncomfortable symptom, many women wonder what causes it.  While nobody knows for sure, here are some possible causes of morning sickness.

1.  An increase in the amount of progesterone in the woman’s body. A higher level of progesterone can seriously slow down the digestive tract and increase the level of nausea.  Metabolism is also affected which slows down the digestion of food.

2.  Some believe that HCG is one of the causes of morning sickness. HCG is a hormone produced by the body upon conception and it what is detected in the urine by home pregnancy tests.  As the levels increase, it is believe to increase the feelings of morning sickness.

3.  Others believe that spicy or greasy foods in the diet can cause morning sickness. Since the digestion and metabolism are slowed down so greatly, eating foods that are spicy or greasy can seriously aggrevate the stomach and therefore increase nausea.

4.  Another cause may be due to the fact that pregnant women tend to have a heightened sense of taste and smell. This leads to cravings of certain foods as well as aversions to other foods.  Tasting or smelling certain foods may cause some women to gag and therefore increase the feeling of nausea.

While the causes of morning sickness are not clearly understood, it can be a very miserable time for some women.  It’s important to understand that it can not be avoided, but there are definitely many morning sickness remedies out there to help you cope through this difficult time.

You may have been suffering from nausea for a couple of weeks and then found your morning sickness gone. Is it cause for alarm? Will it come back? Here are the answers to those questions based on my own personal experience.

Typically morning sickness will first strike anywhere from 6-7 weeks, although it’s still quite normal for it to come earlier or later than that. Usually it will gradually get worse as the hormone levels in your body get higher.

Then a couple of weeks later, you wake up and you feel fine and your morning sickness seems to be gone. This is the point that many women panic because they think there is something wrong with their pregnancy. Although sometimes that is the case, your level of nausea shouldn’t be an indicator of the health of your baby.

Often times the reason that your morning sickness comes and goes at this point in your pregnancy is because the placenta will start taking over the production of hormones. Usually you’ll wake up the next morning and feel sick all over again and you’ll realize that you should have just enjoyed the day off from the misery!

Eventually you’ll start feeling better for longer periods at a time until hopefully your morning sickness is gone for good. Although some women are sick for the entire length of their pregnancy, that is not common. Once you hit the 2nd trimester, freedom from your morning sickness should be right around the corner.

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!

If you’ve been suffering from pregnancy morning sickness, you may wonder if there is an end in sight. Since no two women are alike, there is no definite answer, but chances are good that the end of your nausea will come soon.

It is quite common for morning sickness to start to ease up beginning at the second trimester, or 14 weeks. You may even find that it starts to improve and then returns and some days you may not be sick at all. You may also notice days of severe sickness interspersed with the good days until finally one day you realize that you’re not feeling badly any longer.

However, some women find that their pregnancy morning sickness lasts the entire nine months. For these women, their sickness may be mild or severe. Although this is a less common scenario, it can be quite disruptive for those women who have to endure it.

If you’ve been dealing with morning sickness pregnancy for several weeks now, be hopeful that you may start feeling better around the beginning of your second trimester. But if you’re one of the unlucky ones, realize that you may not feel well until you give birth, but in the end it will all have been worth it.