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Mommies to be...are you getting up in
the morning and already feeling too tired,
do you get nausea or a vomit sensation the moment you a inhale strong smell,
are your legs cramping below your knees, welcome to the pregnancy phase 1 J
Yes, these are some very common
symptoms of early pregnancy months ...You can feel tired all the time, even
after having a good meal you can feel really week, mood swings also accompany with
all these symptoms.
These symptoms mainly vomiting and
nausea which a women starts to feel during the first 3 months of pregnancy, can
be determined as “Morning Sickness”. This sickness is called as morning sickness,
though the symptoms can last all day long.
The time when these symptoms can
start showing up can vary from person to person during the first trimester.
Some women start feeling these symptoms even before they know that they are
pregnant ie, from the first week itself. While, some others like me can not
feel any of these symptoms upto 3 months of pregnancy except from some occasional
uneasiness that too once or twice in a month.
Some women may feel extreme morning
sickness and nausea while others may not experience these symptoms at all. If
you are the one who is not experiencing any of these symptoms in first
trimester, congratulations ! you’re a lucky one.
But, if you are the one who have
already started feeling some of these symptoms from first month of pregnancy,
you need to take good care of yourself. It’s not that you are facing something
unusual, this is very common among pregnant women to feel these symptoms during
early months.
Don’t worry, your doctor will keep a look for this.
Like when I visited my doctor for the second time after I tested positive , she
asked me “how are you feeling these days’’, any discomfort or vomiting or
nausea? I said, NO....because i was totally happy and fine till date. Doctor
suggested me to continue taking the regular dose of folic acid per day which
she has prescribed as it will fight against these sickness symptoms in coming
months.
Morning sickness is mainly caused due to the increased
levels of pregnancy hormones in our blood. But don’t worry there are ways to
get relief from these symptoms about which we are going to discuss in this
article further.
Firstly we need to know that “how
severely these morning sickness symptoms can affect your health?”
So, in most of the cases the majorly
affecting symptom during the early months is nausea or vomiting, this can be so
frequent that you spend almost half of the time of your day sitting in the
bathroom and puking. Due to such excessive amount of vomiting you may loose a lot of water from your body
and become dehydrated. This can further cause severe weakness which is very
dangerous for the developing baby as whatever you are eating you are vomiting
it out, and the baby is not able get sufficient amount of nutrients which he/she requires for
it’s proper growth and development.
Now let us talk about some of the
measures, which you can apply at home and which can help you fight these
morning symptoms and to ease down the complications during the first trimester
:-
1. Never stay empty stomach for a long time-Always
make sure that you eat something in evry 2-3 hours, biscuits,nuts,fruits anyting
but do not stay empty stomach for long hours.
2. Drink
a lot of , lot water- Have a plenty of fluids in the form of water,juices etc
so that you maintain enough amount of water in your body to keep you hydrated.
3. Avoid
Fried and Spicy food- Fried foods are made with oil, and oily things are very greesy
and hard to digest. This can further lead to indigestion and can cause acidity.
So, avoid such foods during this time.
4. Include
a good amount of fruits in your diet- Fibrous fruits are very good for
digestion, and we should have a good amount fruit in our diet.
5. If
you feel nausea, have ginger and lemon – Ginger and lemon can be your best
friend during this time ! If you feel acidic , having these can provide you instant relief.
So, mommies to be....take a good care
of yourself, and try following the above measures to reduce the symptoms of morning
sickness and happily enjoy the starting months of your pregnancy journey!
On this note I am ending today’s
blog, see you in my next article with another useful information about a topic
related to pregnancy journey, till then take care of yourself.
Bbye!