Morning Sickness: Many women suffer from nausea and vomiting in the early months of pregnancy Nausea is maximum in the mornings and hence it has been described as

morning sicknessIt usually ceases after the first three month, but may persist a little longer in some cases. One of the easiest ways to prevent morning sickness is to cat something before getting out of bedA cup of tea with some biscuits or a piece of fruit eaten on waking up, helps a lot. In case nausea and vomiting still persist, you should see your doctor. There are various medicines which can give symptomatic relief soon as you wake up in thfr morning, but before you leave the bed take 5-6 drops ofthejuiceofgreen ginger mixed with a spoonful of honey and sip it little by little. Or, get a little cumminseed (jeera) and a little coriander, powder them together and mix the powder with the decoction prepared by boiling Nelli (Amia) fruits inwater, add milk and sugar to taste and drink it twice daily morning and evening for a few days in a month until there is relief. Or, mix coriander powder with sugar, dissolve it in rice-water obtained after washing rice (before cooking) and sip it little by little during the course of the day. Chewing a piece of tamarind with salt and pepper is effective for morning sickness and indigestion. Both paan-chewing ‘and smoking definitely reduce the appetite and food intake of pregnant womenThe infants in the wombs of pregnant women who smoke or chewpaan with tobacco are therefore starved of nutrients, so that the growth and development of the babies get very much handicapped.

Alcohol consumed by a pregnant woman affects the unborn infant The alcohol without doubt flows through the mother’s blood to the placenta and then to the foetus, its concentration in the blood stream of the child remaining the same as in the mother’s bloodWhen the mother gets drunk, the baby also gets drunk, a condition which is highly dangerous to the infant since its liver is not fully developedIf expectant mothers want their babies’ to be normal and healthy, they should stay away from alcohol.

Pregnant women should never take any drugs, injections and X-Rays for any ailments and anti-nauseants for morning sickness during the entire period of their pregnancy especially during the first 12 or even 20 weeks when the congenital nucleus structures such as eyes, ears, heart, bones, muscles, etc. of the infant are in the process of formation and development in the foetus, unless it is for a pre-existing illness or one that has developed during pregnancyEven then the decision about when to administer drugs or injections in such special cases and which of these are safe from the point of view of toxic effects on the foetus is still a ticklish question.