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Although, it feels miserable to experience it, nausea and vomiting are usually part of a healthy pregnancy. These presumptive symptoms of pregnancy usually appears in early pregnancy and typically disappears during the middle third of second trimester.

Reduce the symptoms by trying these home remedies:

1. Diet Modification:
- Eat small amounts of food frequently.
- Avoid spicy and fatty foods, and foods with odors that bother you.
- Try eating simple carbohydrates, such as saltine crackers, unbuttered toast, plain baked potatoes, white rice, gelatin desserts, broth, pretzels, popsicles, herbal or decaffeinated tea with sugar, or non–diet ginger ale.
- Combine these simple carbohydrates with a serving of protein, especially right before bed to minimize swings in blood sugar that may contribute to nausea.
- Drink liquids between meals and not during meals to minimize nausea and vomiting.
- Keep crackers at the bedside table to help with nausea in the morning.

2. Vitamin supplements. Some evidence suggests that pyridoxine (vitamin B–6) supplements help reduce nausea and vomiting. The suggested dose is 25–50 mg every eight hours, and it can be given as an injection up to 200 mg. There are no known harmful effects of vitamin B–6 taken at these doses. Some prenatal vitamins are formulated with extra vitamin B–6.

3. Herbal remedies. Powdered ginger is used fairly commonly in Europe as a nausea remedy during pregnancy. The usual dose is 250 mg, three times daily.

4. Over-the-counter medicatios. Solutions containing glucose, fructose, and phosphoric acid are available over–the–counter. These solutions may reduce muscle contractions in the wall of the stomach and intestines. The normal dose is 1–2 tablespoons every 15 minutes for no more than 5 doses. These solutions cause no known harmful effects on the fetus. However, it is best recommended to consult your doctor before taking any medications.

Courtesy of EMedicineHealth.com