Stomach Flu And Pregnancy
Pregnancy Vomiting And Nausea - Your Symptoms During Morning Sickness
Pregnancy vomiting and nausea changes the way a pregnant woman goes about her day. Things that would normally have given her comfort, are now throwing her off.
Before I was pregnant, I’d wake up around 5:30 in the morning to the smell of coffee brewing; coffee that my husband always made before going to work, and had been doing so every morning for the previous three years.
Normally, I would smell its wonderful aroma, smile, and go back to sleep. Once I go pregnant, however, it changed. No longer was the aroma wonderful - it was awful and fowl.
The first morning it happened, I thought someone had lit a paper bag full of dog excrement on fire and stomped it out on our bedroom floor (sorry about the image, but it’s the only thing that I could equate it to.) My stomach churned with every whiff, and even though the smell was horrible to me, I couldn’t stop sniffing.
When I got up to investigate, I felt a wave of nausea overtake me. I quickly ran to the bathroom and vomited. I knew that I was pregnant, so I wasn’t worried about the flu. Still, it was a lot worse than I thought (or read) it was going to be.
Sure, I had read somewhere that it affected most pregnant women (88 percent) and that the symptoms could be worse in the morning, which is where the term morning sickness had come from. That had given me comfort at the time because I figured that this wouldn’t continue throughout my day.
Boy, was I wrong. That first day was a real eye-opener for me. After vomiting a couple more times when I had smelled that coffee, I went back to bed. I stayed there until 11:30 because I thought I could wait this thing out.
I did feel a lot better when I got up to go to the bathroom. I was able to shower, dress, and go downstairs to have some breakfast. I normally would have some oatmeal, but when I opened the container, the smell of the oatmeal sent me running for the bathroom.
My point with this story is that my usual routine changed once I became pregnant. It’s something you will have to do to survive the joys of morning sickness. In order for you to survive this without being miserable the entire time, here are some areas where changes might need to be made:
- When you go to bed and when you are able to get up.
- How quickly you can get up in the morning.
- Whether or not you’ll need to eat before you get out of bed.
- What foods will trigger your nausea and vomiting.
- If you’ve scoffed at alternative medicine like acupuncture and acupressure, you need to reconsider.
- What items are important to have with you at all times to keep the nausea monsters at bay.
This isn’t an extensive list, but it gets your thoughts going in the right direction. Things (like getting up in the morning) that you may have taken for granted previously, now might need to be planned with precision. Planning ahead is going to be your greatest weapon against pregnancy vomiting and nausea, so if you haven’t started yet, there’s no time like right now.
About the Author
Mia Anderson is a morning sickness relief expert and author on the subject. To learn more about pregnancy vomiting and nausea, check out her FREE Morning Sickness Relief Secrets mini-course at http://www.morningsicknessreliefsecrets.com.
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