sickness

Morning Sickness – All Day Nausea? What helps?

Saidee Bailey Senior Nutritionist Perfect Start Pregnancy www.perfectstartpregnancy.com There are lots of factors that may contribute to a women feeling nauseas throughout her pregnancy, from plain old nerves or anxiety about becoming a mother to wildly fluctuating hormones, nausea can be the root of considerable discomfort. But before you start existing permanently on dry crackers there are a few other natural ways you can alleviate your nausea. My top tips for tackling nausea. Little girls are said to be made of sugar and spice and all things nice however throughout your pregnancy it may be better to favour the spice part of that rhyme over the sugar. If mums […]

Pregnancy Tips

Pregnancy Tips   Here are some tips that we have collected from talking to mothers who have been through it before you.   Staying Comfortable   You do not need to waddle when you are pregnant. If you actually think about it whilst you are walking, you will find that you can walk relatively normally. If you hold your stomach muscles in and concentrate whenever you are standing you find that this forces you to straighten up and will stop you from arching your back – this can stop it aching and can make you look about 1 month less […]

Prescribed Prochlorperazine for severe sickness – is it safe?

I’ve recently been extremely sick, I’m 13 weeks and for 3 days couldn’t keep more than sips of water down.  The doctor prescribed Prochlorperazine but I can’t find any research about their use in early pregnancy and unfortunately needed to rush out of my GP surgery to throw up again before I could ask! Any advice related to this? This drug has been well tested and is safe.  At 13 weeks the baby is already fully formed.  If these symptoms are pregnancy related they are likely to settle soon and will not harm the baby.  As long as you are […]

Hyperemesis is not the same as Morning Sickness

For more information on Morning Sickness and Hyperemesis Gravidarum please read our page on Morning Sickness/Nausea