Q&A: Navigating the Emotional and Physical Challenges of Morning Sickness

Pregnancy Podcast

Vanessa Merten

Newborn, Parent, Homebirth, Vbac, Kids & Family, Doula, Firsttimemom, Midwife, Pregnancy, Doctor, Parenting, Pregnant, Vanessamerten, Physician, Csection, Prenatalcare, Breastfeeding, Naturalbirth, Nursing, Birthcenter, Family, Baby, Hospitalbirth, Health, Obgyn, Research, Trimester, Expecting, Labor, Mom, Diet, Dad, Birth

4.5 • 948 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

This episode responds to a listener facing constant morning sickness and the conflicting emotions of wanting to be excited about pregnancy while struggling with uncomfortable symptoms. Morning sickness affects 60-80% of expecting mothers, and while the good news is that it typically subsides over time, there’s no one-size-fits-all cure. Finding relief can be a trial-and-error process. In this episode, we explore a variety of evidence-based remedies that may help alleviate nausea, including dietary changes, supplements, essential oils, and physical interventions.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the pregnancy podcast with Vanessa Merton.
0:10.0	Hello, thank you for tuning into the pregnancy podcast. This week's Q&A episode
0:17.4	responds to a listener who's facing constant morning sickness and the
0:22.2	conflicting emotions of wanting to be excited about pregnancy, but really struggling with being nauseous all the time.
0:30.0	Morning sickness affects 60 to 80% of expecting mothers.
0:35.0	The good news is that this typically subsides over time,
0:39.0	but the bad news is that there's no one size fits all cure.
0:44.2	Finding relief can really be a trial and error process.
0:48.3	So today we're gonna explore a variety of evidence-based remedies that can help to alleviate nausea.
0:55.2	We're going to talk about some dietary changes, some supplements that you can take,
0:59.8	and cover some other things like essential oils and even some physical interventions.
1:05.9	You can find the complete transcript and all of the resources for this episode at
1:12.1	pregnancy podcast.com slash nausea and that's spelled
1:17.3	n a u s e a you a you are on the public feed of the podcast, which gives you access to the last year of
1:26.1	episodes. Become a pregnancy podcast premium member and get all of the podcast episodes add free.
1:34.0	Plus you get access to the entire back catalog
1:38.0	which includes hundreds of episodes with evidence-based information
1:42.0	for every topic for pregnancy, planning for your birth, and recovering from birth, and thriving postpartum.
1:50.0	Check out pregnancy podcast premium at pregnancy podcast.com
1:56.0	slash premium. Thank you to Zoller. The Zoller prenatal plus
2:01.8	DHA is my number one choice for a high quality prenatal
2:06.0	vitamin.
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