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Herbal Wisdom:  Morning Sickness  |
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MindyS
Farmgirl in Training
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Mindy
Fairview
Utah
USA
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 Posted - Apr 15 2008 : 08:48:13 AM
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I'm newly pregnant and was wondering about herbs that will help with morning sickness? I'm not puking, I just have an upset stomach most of the day.
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
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Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Apr 15 2008 : 08:56:02 AM
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While it doesn't sound too healthy, try sipping slowly a carbonated soda, such as 7up or Sprite. That and nibbling on dry crackers or toast may help. I hope the queasiness ends soon for you! Congratulations on your pregnancy!
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MindyS
Farmgirl in Training
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Mindy
Fairview
Utah
USA
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Posted - Apr 15 2008 : 09:03:25 AM
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Hey thanks! I hope it ends soon too. This is my second. I don't care much for the beginning of pregnancies!
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Apr 15 2008 : 11:20:50 AM
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Mindy- Try getting out and walking or any such exercise. I found my morning sickness was much lighter when I was active. Real ginger ale helped me as well as ice cream and the fake ginger ale :D
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one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
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Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
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Posted - Apr 15 2008 : 1:57:39 PM
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I had horrible morning sickness for 16 weeks my Dr. prescribed me some pills, but I was too afraid to take them. Lemonade and taking my pre-natal supplements at night helped me. Good luck!
Trish
Farmgirl Sister #91
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Patty MorningRamble
True Blue Farmgirl
65 Posts
Patty
Keene
TX
USA
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Posted - Apr 15 2008 : 2:19:04 PM
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Many herbals recommend taking one cup of red raspberry leaf tea, sipped slowly to ease morning sickness, but if there is a history of miscarriage or preterm labor, you would need to discuss this or any herbal remedy with your Doctor/midwife.
Sipping gingerale, no more than one small glass in one day, may ease the morning sickness, but taking large amounts of actual ginger, such as candied ginger root etc can be bring on early labor.
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MindyS
Farmgirl in Training
30 Posts
Mindy
Fairview
Utah
USA
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Posted - Apr 16 2008 : 07:44:55 AM
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Thanks for the tips ladies! My doctor has told me to get out and exercise too, but it is so much easier to come home from work and crawl back into bed! I go see my Dr. tomorrow, I'll ask about red raspberry leaf tea. I've been sipping on peppermint tea and it works until the tea is gone. :) Trish, what prenatals did you take? Mine taste like burnt toast, I have to take them at night so I don't taste burnt toast all day. That is cool yours worked though. I have gotten lemonade too. It cuts the phlem I for some reason have now, gross!!
Thanks again ladies!
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Sagewood
True Blue Farmgirl
106 Posts
South Carolina
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Posted - Apr 16 2008 : 10:40:34 AM
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Hi Mindy,
Mint tea. Mint is soothing to the tummy. Use honey if you can instead of sugar to sweeten it, but if you can't do honey, just keep the sugar on the 'low' side. Not too much.
You can do the mint tea cold or hot. :) Good luck.
Sage
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one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
1572 Posts
Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - Apr 16 2008 : 1:21:54 PM
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I got some really fancy packaged prenatals in my, "welcome to pregnancy," kit from the doc. They had a multiple vitamin and an omega3. They were $50 a month, so I took the package with me to costco and found that one-a-day women's and an omega3 were the same as the fancy ones. The fish oil was making me have horrid burps, so I had to go flax. The key is taking it at night because it is the B6 that will fight the quease off in the morning.
Trish
Farmgirl Sister #91
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
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Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
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Posted - Apr 16 2008 : 2:26:24 PM
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Mindy, I'm 8 weeks in and just getting over morning sickness, I also happen to be a doula and studying midwife. RRL doesn't really do much for morning sickness anyhow and really should be avoided until the third trimester. Blue Sky makes a great ginger ale. also it's cliche but it's effective-dill pickles. The vinegar helps make your stomach acid neutral. Protien in small amounts like that in yogurt or cottage cheese if you tolerate dairy (and textures...textures are a big thing for me...) and even little cubes of a hard medium to sharp cheddar. Maybe an egg cooked how you enjoy it, too. Also, try to find some candied ginger slices or even ginger candy (2 different things)-you'll probably be able to find them at a natural foods store or co-op. Traditional medicinals makes a pregnancy tea called 'Pregnancy Tea' and it has a lot of beneficial herbals in it for your entire pregnancy. It does have RRL in it, but in such a small amount that it's not like drinking just a cup of RRL tea.
AAAALSO...try to take your vitamins as you can but if you can't tolerate them go to a natural children's vitamin supplement. A lot of drug store and big box store prenatals get peed out of your system so I'd try to find some whole food vitamin as well as fish oil to take as your prenatal. A natural food store person can help you choose the most effective supplement-but given good nutrition (I HIGHLY recommend the Brewer Diet for pregnancy) you really shouldn't need anything supplemental aside from folic acid and fish oil. There is even a vegetarian version of the Brewer Diet if you don't eat meat.
One mroe thing and I think Alee mentioned this: stay active as much as you can. keeping yourself fit helps until your blood thickens up enough to catch up to the increase in hormones.
HTH!!
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Patty MorningRamble
True Blue Farmgirl
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Patty
Keene
TX
USA
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
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Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
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Posted - Apr 16 2008 : 4:18:38 PM
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Yes yes to patty. candied ginger is only really tolerable in a pea sized amount and with good reason ;) thanks for mentioning that ;) Ginger is used medicinally to promote delayed menstruation and no more than about 2 grams should be taken in a 24 hour period.so that's about 1/2 of a piece of candied ginger. Ginger ale is not concentrated so it's safer to drink a little more, maybe 6-10 ounces of it in little sips as you feel better. It should be known though that though it *MAY* induce miscarriage, there has never been a documented case of miscarriage from use of ginger.
ETA: I forgot to mention wild yam. it has helped me out great sums! women nearing 30 and beyond should really be using yam anyhow because of it's benefits to our reproductive systems ESPECIALLY during pregnancy and more so in menopause. Just FYI ;)
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Lainey
True Blue Farmgirl
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Elaine
Waco
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Apr 16 2008 : 5:06:13 PM
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MindyS, congrats on your pregnancy and I'm sorry you've had a problem with morning sickness. The women in our family that suffered from it ate a few crackers and said it seemed to help.
Tasha, congratulations on your good news!! I'm happy to hear it. I remember on a post from a few months ago there were a few of us trying to conceive. I'm still trying and hoping.
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Apr 16 2008 : 5:35:10 PM
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Mindy..first of all congratulations!! I always found dry crackers helped the most...and fresh air. It has been quite some time since my last pregnancy (my younger kids are adopted) but I remember THOSE mornings well. hang in there..it gets better!!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
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Patty MorningRamble
True Blue Farmgirl
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Patty
Keene
TX
USA
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Posted - Apr 16 2008 : 7:15:50 PM
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Just another word of caution here, in my consultation practice, I always find out if there are fibroid tumors present or in the family history, (breast and or uterine) before suggesting the use of wild yam. Fibroids can be fed by either progesterone or estrogen. Wild yam may not be suitable for all women. The blessing of menopause is that estrogen is in lower amounts and will often be the reason a fibroid tumor is shrinking. High levels of progesterone have also been know to be a cause of fibroid tumors.
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corporatefarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Tamara
Pikeville
TN
USA
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Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 10:52:59 AM
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Hi Mindy - my family likes the peppermint tea ice cubes. One of my daughters had really bad ALL day sickness for awhile. She could not even keep soda or tea down. Then I came up with the idea of making peppermint tea ( with a hint of ginger) and then freezing it in ice cubes. She could suck on a cube and that would settle her stomach down enough to try crackers or soda. We use to carry a cooler with them in it! CONGRATS and hope some of our suggestions help!
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one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
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Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
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Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 4:07:07 PM
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I tried whole food vitamins, they made me so ill, I should have gone to the Dr. I wanted to take pills by Vitanica. I have had the best of luck with their products. I think there was some order issue at my supplement place. I really feel that it is best to get vitamins from your food anyway, so I ate one-a-days and lots of veggies. I got a lot of happiness from the pregnancy tea. Since I had to give up so much sstuff when I was prego, I felt it was special tea, just for me. When things got really bad, I used the pressure point wristband, and they gave me temporary relief.I swore by about my 10th week of being ill that if another person told me gingerale and crackers, I would puke on their shoes.
Trish
Farmgirl Sister #91
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MindyS
Farmgirl in Training
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Mindy
Fairview
Utah
USA
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Posted - Apr 18 2008 : 07:52:06 AM
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Thanks ladies! I'll have to try some of those suggestions! What is a wild yam and in what form would I get it? I'm 29 and will be 30 in a few months, so I'm interested in it's benefits.
I just went and got an ultra sound yesterday to see how far along I am. The doctor told me that my yoke-sack shows that I'm 7 weeks, but she said she couldn't see a embryo, so there is a chance of miscarriage. I have to go back on the 30th of this month to see if anything has changed. My husband and I keep hoping she just couldn't see it. Our first was really little through the whole pregnancy and still today, so we're hoping the embryo was just hiding. :)
We'll see, it was a surprise to find out I was pregnant, but a good one. In the mean time, I still feel sick though, so I'm hoping that is a good sign too! We'll see.
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4forMe
True Blue Farmgirl
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Dawn
Easton
MD
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Posted - Apr 25 2008 : 08:23:55 AM
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Mindy, I hope all is well with your pregnancy. Keep us posted.
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MindyS
Farmgirl in Training
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Mindy
Fairview
Utah
USA
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Posted - Apr 25 2008 : 08:38:57 AM
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Thanks I will! I find out next Wednesday at a ultra sound. I'll post the results then. :)
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EnchantedWoodsGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kathy
New Jersey
USA
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MindyS
Farmgirl in Training
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Mindy
Fairview
Utah
USA
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Posted - Apr 28 2008 : 07:34:31 AM
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Kathy,
Thanks for the website link! I really appreciate it!
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4forMe
True Blue Farmgirl
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Dawn
Easton
MD
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Posted - Apr 30 2008 : 3:11:25 PM
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Mindy, I've been thinking about you today and wondering how your U/S went, I'm hoping well.
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MindyS
Farmgirl in Training
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Mindy
Fairview
Utah
USA
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Posted - May 01 2008 : 09:21:02 AM
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Dawn,
It went really well. When I went in earlier it was just to soon to tell. Yesterday we saw the embryo and a heart beating. They said I'm due Dec. 5th. It was such a huge stress relief! It was depressing to know there was a chance of a miscarriage. I know there is always a possibility, it's just nice not expecting it.
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4forMe
True Blue Farmgirl
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Dawn
Easton
MD
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Posted - May 01 2008 : 11:25:34 AM
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I am very relieved for you Mindy. How's the morning sickness?
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Patty MorningRamble
True Blue Farmgirl
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Patty
Keene
TX
USA
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Posted - May 01 2008 : 1:57:16 PM
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How exciting Mindy ! My daughter is due Dec 12 the with her second child. She heard the heart beat last week. She suffered horribly with morning sickness with her first baby, but this time she isn't having any.
Blessings to you and your family
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