- Eat small, frequent meals with a high carbohydrate content. Small, frequent snacks can help alleviate your symptoms. Avoid large meals, especially those high in fat, as they'll put a greater strain on your digestive system.
- Try to get plenty of rest. Tiredness aggravates nausea.
- Keep caffeine intake to a minimum, as it can make nausea worse.
- Ginger has been shown to help relieve sickness. It's safe to use in pregnancy and you can take it in several forms. Try ginger tea, ginger ale or ginger biscuits.
- Fruit or savory foods seem to be better at preventing nausea than sweeter snacks. Raspberry, as fruit or tea, is another natural remedy.
- Tangerines or citrus fruits, especially the oils from the peel, are an ancient Eastern remedy, but there has been little research into their safety.
- Therapies such as hypnotherapy or acupuncture are said to provide relief in some cases. Sea band, a device for travel sickness that applies pressure to the wrist, works on a similar principle to acupuncture and has helped some women.
- Drink fluids 1/2 hour before or after a meal, but not with meals
- Drink small amounts of fluids during the day to avoid dehydration
- Eat soda crackers 15 minutes before getting up in the morning
- Eat whatever you feel like eating, whenever you feel you can
- Ask someone else to cook for you and open the windows or turn on fans if the odor bothers you
- Avoid warm places (feeling hot adds to nausea)
- Sniff lemons or ginger, drink lemonade, or eat watermelon to relieve nausea
- Eat salty potato chips (they have been found to settle stomachs enough to eat a meal)
- Exercise
- Do not lie down after eating
- Do not skip meals
- Do not cook or eat spicy food
- Do not let your stomach remain empty for more than a couple of hours. Have a dry crisp bread, cracker or piece of plain toast to keep your system 'ticking over'.
- Keep dry crackers by your bed and eat one or two before getting up in the morning. If you wake in the night, have a small snack to help prevent sickness in the morning.
- Go with any cravings you have (within reason).
- Some women find that acupressure bands help.
Source : americanpregnancy.com & bbc.co.uk
