Morning sickness is an unforgettable torture for many pregnant women in the first trimester. This physiological reaction, with nausea and vomiting as the main symptoms, usually occurs at 5 or 6 weeks of pregnancy, and reaches a peak at 9 weeks of pregnancy. Some severe morning sickness can also cause miscarriage. Generally speaking, morning sickness begins to relieve after 16 to 20 weeks of gestation. However, 15% to 20% of pregnant women will continue to relieve until the third trimester.
Speaking of morning sickness, the following cold knowledge, misunderstandings and solutions are all pregnant women need to know and master.
The first one is that what many people don't know is that morning sickness is genetic.
That is to say, if the mother of a pregnant woman suffers from morning sickness when she is pregnant, then the pregnant woman must be extra careful. This morning sickness can be inherited.
The second cold knowledge is that if you are pregnant with twins, morning sickness will be worse than ordinary pregnant women.
There is scientific evidence that pregnant mothers with twins will have more severe morning sickness. Being pregnant with twins or multiple births. It will lead to higher levels of human chorionic gonadotropin, estrogen or other hormones in pregnant women, so the symptoms of morning sickness are more serious than other people. Of course, some expectant mothers who are pregnant with twins have only slight nausea or no feeling at all.
The third cold knowledge is that if a woman usually has seasickness or motion sickness when traveling on a boat or in a car, then after pregnancy, the reaction to morning sickness is more severe than others.
There are four common misunderstandings regarding morning sickness.
The first misunderstanding is that some people say that morning sickness is severe and the fetus has a high IQ. There is no scientific basis for this statement. We all know that the IQ of a fetus is determined by two aspects, one is heredity, and the other is acquired growth. The pregnant mother's morning sickness response cannot determine the fetus's intelligence.
The second misunderstanding is that some people say that morning sickness is severe, indicating that you are pregnant with a boy.
Old people in many places said that the worse the morning sickness, it means that there is a boy in the stomach. Morning sickness is caused by changes in the hormone levels in the pregnant woman's body and has nothing to do with the sex of the fetus.
The third misunderstanding is that some people say that severe morning sickness indicates that the fetus is healthy.
Clinically, there are obvious individual differences in morning sickness reactions. Some pregnant women have severe morning sickness, while some pregnant women have mild or no reaction. It has nothing to do with the health of the fetus. Of course, if morning sickness is severe, the pregnant woman's intake of nutrition is insufficient, and the development of the fetus will be affected.
The fourth misunderstanding: Some people say that if morning sickness is serious, it means that the pregnant woman is in poor health. In real life, it is true that pregnant women who are thin and sensitive have more morning sickness. But it is not to say that the strength of pregnant women's body is directly proportional to the severity of morning sickness. There are also many healthy pregnant women who have serious morning sickness.
In the face of morning sickness, pregnant women must treat it correctly, neither to underestimate its harm, nor to talk about it. The following five countermeasures can effectively deal with morning sickness.
The first method is to eat small and frequent meals. You can eat one to two hours apart to avoid feeling full.
The second method, pregnant women should avoid spicy and greasy food, stop iron-containing pills, and eat some light high-protein snacks or salty biscuits after getting up in the morning.
The third type, when morning sickness is severe, pregnant women can take vitamins. Women taking vitamins, trace elements and folic acid preparations in the first 3 months of pregnancy can reduce the incidence and severity of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy.
The fourth method, pregnant women can eat a little ginger during morning sickness. Ginger is used to treat nausea and vomiting during pregnancy and can effectively reduce nausea symptoms. It can be considered as a non-drug treatment option.
Fifth method, if some pregnant women are very serious with morning sickness, almost to the point where they vomit what they eat, rest alone cannot relieve morning sickness, and they must take some antiemetic drugs to relieve symptoms.
