Nausea and vomiting during pregnancy are very common. In most of the cases, it’s mild and sometimes it’s severe. It varies with pregnancy and a lot of myths is associated with nausea and vomiting during pregnancy.
When does nausea and vomiting of pregnancy start?
This mostly occurs in the first trimester of pregnancy that’s before the 9th week. This can occur at any time of the day or night. The symptoms last for 15 days to months and vary from woman to woman.
Do these symptoms are harmful to the fetus?
According to research, It occurs in about 70% to 85% of pregnant women.
Mild nausea and vomiting during pregnancy are not harmful to the fetus, as well as women health.
What is the difference between mild and severe nausea and vomiting of pregnancy?
The symptoms like nausea and vomiting during pregnancy collectively called as morning sickness. It’s common and mild.
If the symptoms of nausea and vomiting are severe, It’s known as hyperemesis gravidarum. It can eventually lead to dehydration, weight loss, and electrolyte disturbance.
In morning sickness, vomiting is not severe, doesn’t cause severe dehydration and subside quickly.
In hyperemesis gravidarum, vomiting is severe, cause severe dehydration and doesn’t subside quickly.
What causes morning sickness?
The actual cause of these symptoms is unknown. It’s believed to occurs because of the rise in pregnancy hormones, such as human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) or estrogen.
What are the treatments for morning sickness?
The symptoms of morning sickness are easily treatable. Though it’s mostly observed that pregnant woman try to treat medications without consulting the doctor.
It should be clear the medications during pregnancy are not general medicine and used as per the safety standards of pregnant woman and fetus.
Mild treatment is controlled with changes in lifestyle and diet. Severe cases sometimes need hospitalization.
Medical treatment for nausea and vomiting of pregnancy?
If symptoms don’t subside with diet and lifestyle changes medical treatment may be needed. Your doctor may prescribe you the following medications.
- Vitamin B6 and doxylamine
- “Antiemetic” drugs
Hospitalization is a need in case of uncontrolled symptoms. It involves fluid replacement to recover dehydration as well as vitamins.
Refrences:
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/16566-morning-sickness-nausea-and-vomiting-of-pregnancy
https://www.acog.org/Patients/FAQs/Morning-Sickness-Nausea-and-Vomiting-of-Pregnancy?IsMobileSet=false
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/morning-sickness-nausea/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3410506/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3676933/
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I would have morning sickness and vomiting at my first pregnancy. It was a nightmare till date. But after third month, it automatically got well. No, I didn’t take any medicine for that.
One of the common banes of prgnancy is morning sickness, nausea and vomitting.This post provides valuable advice on this important subject to young first time mothers-to-be.
Amazing and beautiful post. All pregnant women will experience morning sickness and nausea during pregnancy. It’s very common to feel sick during the first few months of pregnancy, and … rice, potatoes and pasta – can be easier to eat when you’re feeling nauseous.
During pregnancy i had massive bouts of vomiting despite taking the medicine. So much that nausea was that i had lost weight and looked frail. I was told to eat dry biscuits in the morning
I have heard this is a very common problem and a lot of women struggle through this phase, I’ll share this article around, thank you for the information!
Morning sickness is very common in pregnant women… I didn’t know some can get severe sickness too… This post explains it well!
This is a guide for the couples who are planning a baby. Girls often panic during pregnancy but this will help a lot of them and will keep them stress free.
I had a bad nausea ,during my pregnancy as I had a high risk pregnancy,thanks for sharing the suggestions,would recommend others
My bhabhi faced morning sickness during her pregnancy but thankfully she cured it with little changes in her lifestyle.
Thankfully I didn’t face any of this and I’m so glad that this didn’t happen to me because as it is pregnancy is a hard phase ?