Pregnancy is a special and exciting time in your life, but morning sickness can ruin the fun during the first trimester. More than half of all pregnant women suffer from nausea from week five or so to about week 13, and for many of these women, it leads to vomiting. There are vitamins and natural remedies that you can take, however, to help you fight the misery of morning sickness.
Ginger
For centuries, ginger has been a popular morning sickness remedy, and double-blind, randomized clinical trials have proven that it works, although no one is sure why. Gingerroot is classified as "generally recognized as safe" by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). You can take ginger in a variety of forms. Steep fresh pieces of gingerroot in boiling water to brew a hot tea (add some honey or lemon to make it less spicy). Suck on some hard ginger candy or chew on crystallized ginger. If you don't like the taste of ginger, you can take ginger pills. Or, it may help your nausea to simply breathe in the scent of it.
Vitamin B6
Another natural morning sickness remedy is vitamin B6. Again, no one knows exactly why it helps with nausea, but it has been proven to do so. The vitamin is found in a variety of foods, including bananas, spinach, garlic, cauliflower, chicken and turkey, so you could just eat more of these foods. But the dose recommended for treating nausea (10 to 25 mg, three times a day) is higher than you'll get from eating food alone, so you'll probably want to take supplements of the vitamin to ensure effectiveness. Vitamin B6 is also found in a variety of candies and lollipops that are designed to help treat morning sickness. Just keep in mind that prenatal vitamins already contain vitamin B6, and that taking too much of the vitamin could have adverse affects on you and your baby.
Ask Your Doctor
As always, you should check with your health care provider before you introduce anything new to your diet, especially in large quantities, while you are pregnant. Ginger and vitamin B6 may be safe, effective remedies for morning sickness, but only your health care provider knows your medical history and can tell you whether they will work for you.
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