If you are pregnant for the first time, you may have heard of nausea in pregnancy and are now experiencing it first hand. Sometimes a feeling of motion sickness or morning nausea are the first symptoms that indicate that you are pregnant. A pregnancy test does the same thing without the need to throw up, so what’s the point of this nausea and does it actually serve some kind of purpose? And more to the point are there any pregnancy nausea remedies to stop it?

Some explain it as a build up of toxins in the liver, resulting from too high a level of pregnancy hormones in the blood for the liver to cope with. Many women feel nauseous when they are on the Pill which would support this theory; too much estrogen in the blood overburdening the liver. If you are expecting twins or multiples, you will also probably experience more pregnancy nausea than women having singletons. Pregnancy nausea is also known as morning sickness as it is usually worst in the mornings. It tends to run in families too – if your mother or aunts suffered from it, you will more likely than not, suffer with it too.

You will generallyexperience early morning or even all day nausea for the first trimester of your pregnancy, so you may be fairly interested in pregnancy nausea remedies that have helped other women in your position. Most women seem to agree that having something bland and dry (like a box of crackers) by the side of your bed that you can eat even before you get up, is one of the best ways to stop that wave of nausea as you get out of bed.

Now that your stomach is not entirely empty, keep it that way for the rest of the day by snacking on small meals rather than loading your digestive system with the traditional three heavy meals a day.

Another of the pregnancy nausea remedies which you have probably worked out yourself, is to avoid spicy, greasy food. Each pregnant woman seems to have a range of tastes and even smells which set her off. Stay out of the kitchen and avoid them where possible.

Of course it is important to find a few more pregnancy nausea remedies that will allow you to stay well nourished and hydrated as severe nausea can be extremely draining. Cool water – rich fruit do the trick on both accounts and you may enjoy grapes, berries, melons, fruit smoothies,citrus fruit (even the smell of oranges might help) and cucumbers. Ginger is also an old favorite in all its forms – fresh, powdered, tablets or capsules, ginger ale, ginger tea and ginger snaps.

If you are experiencing severe vomiting, you will need to replace lost electrolytes to rehydrate your body. Check with your doctor or pharmacist before using any pregnancy nausea remedies other than a modification in diet. Your doctor may in fact suggest various vitamin supplements such as

Vitamin B6, also found in such foods as yoghurt, eggs and whole grains, to help alleviate your symptoms.

By the time you reach your 14th week of pregnancy, the nausea should have completely disappeared. Some women however, experience it throughout their pregnancy and some never experience it at all. Either way, you will be in a position to pass on your own pregnancy nausea remedies to the next woman in your circle to fall pregnant!