Top tips for relieving morning sickness
Feeling nauseous every morning? Then follow our top tips to help relieve your morning sickness.
- Eat little and often. Bland, low-fat, high-carb meals are best.
- Drink loads of water and juice but avoid drinks that dehydrate, eg, coffee or alcohol.
- Keep dry crackers, rusks or biscuits to hand day and night.
- Tiredness can make it worse, so make sure you're getting enough sleep.
- Ginger tablets or capsules (from health food shops) are better at reducing nausea than ginger-based food or drink.
- Vitamins B6 and B12 can help. You need to take the supplements from the start of pregnancy for them to be effective.
- Try acupressure wristbands - sold as a travel-sickness remedy.
- Fresh air makes you feel better, so sleep with the windows open.
- Your doctor may prescribe antihistamines Don't try any old ones you have at home, as there are some that should be avoided in pregnancy
User tips
Throughout my first trimester, I was being sick six or seven times a day. I was about to be put on a drip when I discovered that drinking flat lemonade helped me keep down fluids and gave me some energy. It also made it easier to eat food without bringing it back up again.
I had a very difficult pregnancy and my advice to anyone having trouble is: don't be a martyr. Get yourself signed off sick if you need to, and speak to all the midwives and doctors you can - they'll really help.
Angela Heany, 35, from Glasgow, mum to Calum, 7 months
Drinking ice cold water really helps, especially after meals. And it definitely woke me up in the mornings!
Sian Thatcher, 29, Dartford, Kent, mum to Jim, 18 months
I'd heard ginger was good for easing morning sickness but didn't like ginger tea, so I nibbled ginger snap biscuits instead.
Emily Miles, 31, Hereford, mum to Charlotte, 3, and Thomas, 1
Having some dry crackers and a cup of tea before you get out of bed really helps morning sickness.
Laura Leftfield, 24, Workington, Cumbria, 24 weeks pregnant
More help and advice
- Find more facts about morning sickness
- Does vomiting affect the baby?
- Read Ali's experience of morning sickness
- How food can affect morning sickness
- Have you got any tips for relieving the sickness? Do you need advice from other mums?
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