Just like the plots of many TV dramas, – in ancient costume dramas, if you are a royal doctor, \”the queen is happy\”, in modern dramas, if you cover your mouth and retching, you are guaranteed to be pregnant! Indeed, the good news of pregnancy is often accompanied by one of the biggest symptoms of early pregnancy – \”morning sickness.\”
Morning sickness, commonly known as nausea and called evil obstruction in traditional Chinese medicine, occurs around 5 or 6 weeks after conception, but it can also occur earlier~
It is true that some pregnant mothers have vomiting and stomach bleeding and are admitted to the hospital, while some pregnant mothers who do not vomit much have no experience of holding the toilet at all. This varies from person to person. Morning sickness is often particularly noticeable in the morning, so morning sickness is called “Morning Sickness” in English. Speaking of this disease, is it serious? In fact, mild morning sickness can be adjusted through diet, while severe morning sickness requires timely treatment.
Which expectant mothers have more severe morning sickness?
1. Easy to get motion sickness, seasickness and migraine.
2. Being pregnant with twins or multiples.
3. Your mother or sister has symptoms of morning sickness.
Three major causes of morning sickness
Reason 1: Rapid hormonal changes
Once pregnant, the hormones in a woman\’s body undergo drastic changes. Morning sickness occurs because the body is unable to cope with the drastic change.
Reason 2. Pregnant mother’s immune response
It is said that in the body of a pregnant mother, there is a kind of immunity that treats the baby as a \”foreign body\” and wants to reject the baby. \”Morning sickness\” is an allergic reaction caused by this.
Reason 3: To protect the fetus
At this important time point in early pregnancy, in order to prevent the mother from eating too much and exercising too much, this reaction occurs to protect the baby.
Although there are different opinions, none can give a satisfactory explanation. Early pregnancy reactions such as vomiting, fatigue, and drowsiness are normal phenomena for pregnant mothers. It is a series of reactions caused by increased human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), reduced gastric acid secretion, and prolonged gastric emptying time in early pregnancy. These symptoms generally do not require special treatment. After 12 weeks of pregnancy, as the HCG level in the body decreases, most symptoms will disappear naturally and appetite will gradually return to normal.
In addition, a big surprise – multiple studies have found that women who experience nausea and vomiting during pregnancy are less likely to miscarry. Some researchers have also found that women who experience nausea and vomiting have a lower risk of premature delivery and low birth weight babies.
Although pregnant mothers who keep running to the bathroom to vomit may be relieved to hear this, pregnant mothers who tend not to vomit need not worry. Many women remain free of morning sickness throughout their pregnancy and give birth to perfectly normal, healthy babies.
How much can you eat for mild morning sickness?
When a pregnant mother experiences early pregnancy symptoms of morning sickness, the first thing to do isFirst, drink plenty of water, eat small meals frequently, do not force yourself to eat after vomiting, and try to eat as light a meal as possible. Morning sickness usually occurs in the first trimester, that is, the first 3 months. In fact, the fetus at this stage does not have much nutritional needs. The previous reserves in the mother\’s body can meet the needs of the fetus, so there is no need to force herself to eat food that she cannot eat. At this time, it is best to start from your own needs and eat as much as you can.
Pregnant mothers with symptoms of morning sickness should not only pay attention to a light diet, but also be careful not to go to crowded places. Because the smell is generally stronger in crowded places, pregnant mothers are much more sensitive to smells than usual. Usually, normal people cannot feel the smell of fresh food sold in supermarkets at the door, but pregnant mothers are different. Their noses become extremely sensitive and they will detect even a small smell and then spit it out.
Commonly used drugs to relieve morning sickness: Vitamin B6
Mild morning sickness can only be controlled through diet, while severe morning sickness needs to be controlled through medication. Severe morning sickness is mainly characterized by vomiting after eating, general weakness, and in severe cases, dehydration. Whether dehydration is serious can be judged from the condition of the skin: If the pregnant mother vomits severely and the skin on her body does not rebound easily when pressed, she must go to the hospital. This situation is very dangerous and must be used under the guidance of a doctor.
Your doctor may give you sugar saline solution and antiemetic medicine. Antiemetics, vitamin B6 was commonly used in the past, but ondansetron is now commonly used. These two drugs are classified as Class A and Class B, respectively, in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration\’s pregnancy safety classification, which is relatively safe. However, ondansetron has only been on the market for more than ten years, and more clinical evidence is needed whether it will have an impact in the long term. Pregnant mothers still follow the doctor\’s advice and hope to use the simplest method to make up for the vomited things!