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Morning Sickness

© Maurenne Griese

I would bet morning sickness has been around since the dawn of mankind. Almost every book about pregnancy mentions it in some way, shape or form. Yet the thousands of expectant women who experience morning sickness know it's a much more serious problem than a paragraph or two in a book or pamphlet can address. Considering how common morning sickness is, it is ironic that so little information has been available about it until very recently.

Some women are fortunate and have only mild or moderate discomfort for a few weeks. For others, morning sickness is persistent, with relentless nausea for most or all of their pregnancy. It robs them of the joys of pregnancy, causing problems like insomnia and extreme fatigue. In fact, the name morning sickness is a misnomer, as those who suffer it have found that nausea and vomiting can occur at any time, day or night. Women want answers to this problem beyond nibbling on saltine crackers.

Each woman's pregnancy is different, as is what triggers a bout of morning sickness. For some, it may be a person's bad breath or humid weather. For others, something as simple as a glass of water or the odor of meat cooking.

Registered dietician Miriam Erick has authored the book "No More Morning Sickness" to help women know that their morning sickness isn't "in their head." She interviewed women who devised their own strategies to counter the knots in their stomachs. She also assists expectant moms in identifying what triggers their morning sickness and how they can develop their own techniques and diets to combat morning sickness and enjoy their pregnancies. You can check out Erick's website at http://www.morningsickness.org.

Maurenne Griese is a registered nurse, doula and mother of four breastfed children, a prolific writer and a web design dabbler. She's been busy caring for baby Austin, born in August of 2000 and designing her new website, http://konzababy.tripod.com

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