Morning sickness from what week? Notes you should know

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The article was professionally consulted by Specialist Doctor I Nguyen Thi Man - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Vinmec Danang International General Hospital. The doctor has more than 10 years of experience in diagnosing, consulting and treating in the field of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

1. What is morning sickness?

Morning sickness is a condition in which a pregnant woman feels nauseous and vomiting during pregnancy. Usually, up to three-quarters of pregnant women will experience nausea or vomiting during the first three months of pregnancy, and one in two will just vomit. Morning sickness makes pregnant women always in a state of fatigue. Morning sickness will have different intensity and symptoms depending on the condition of each person.
Some pregnant women only experience transient morning sickness, but many women experience severe morning sickness, causing fatigue, loss of appetite, dizziness, dehydration and poor health.
When going through the period of morning sickness, pregnant women will feel healthier and can eat and live normally. However, there are pregnant women who continue to have morning sickness until the 2nd, 3rd trimester or until delivery.
If pregnant women continue to have morning sickness during such pregnancy, it is not normal, not only that, prolonged morning sickness also makes pregnant women tired, lose weight, and seriously lose water. Therefore, pregnant women should visit a doctor to check and diagnose the above condition.
Some women have a higher chance of morning sickness than others:
Mothers with a family history of nausea during pregnancy or mothers with a history of morning sickness in a previous pregnancy; Women with a history of nausea or vomiting while taking oral contraceptives, which is related to the body's response to estrogen;

Women carrying multiple pregnancies cause higher levels of hCG, estrogen or other hormones in the mother; Pregnant women are prone to motion sickness; The mother has a history of migraine headaches; Pregnant women for the first time; Working in a stressful environment also makes pregnant women more likely to have morning sickness; See more: Hungry is too heavy, what to eat to help?

2. Morning sickness from what week?

Many women who are pregnant for the first time still have many doubts: "What week will morning sickness start?"
Usually morning sickness will appear at 4-6 weeks of pregnancy and take place during the first 3 months of pregnancy when the embryo has stabilized in the uterus. Others will begin to have morning sickness later in the week 8-12 and tend to get worse over the next month.
The duration of morning sickness is different for each woman. Some pregnant women who experience morning sickness during pregnancy will feel more comfortable after the 14th week. However, there are also pregnant women who take another month to return to normal. So what causes morning sickness?
Morning sickness in pregnant women has many causes. Specifically:
Morning sickness may be caused by a rapid increase in a pregnancy hormone called HCG hormone. Many studies show that pregnant women carrying twins or more, the higher the concentration of HCG, the more severe the morning sickness;

Rapidly rising progesterone hormone is one cause of morning sickness in pregnant women. This happens when, this hormone makes food in the stomach more difficult to digest, so pregnant women often have gas and bloating; at the same time, the hormone progesterone causes esophageal reflux, creating a strong feeling of nausea; Pregnant women with a family history of pregnancy experience morning sickness; The nervous system is sensitive, hearing becomes more sensitive to foods and tastes that once felt normal but now cause nausea and discomfort. Due to the strong activity of the hormone progesterone causing acid reflux, many women confuse morning sickness with acid reflux. These two conditions have similar symptoms of nausea and vomiting. However, acid reflux also occurs in addition to belching, which is an important sign to distinguish acid reflux from morning sickness. Because more than half of pregnant women have symptoms of acid reflux in the first 3 months.

3. Notes when pregnant women have morning sickness

Morning sickness is an inevitable condition of pregnant women. Therefore, instead of worrying, pregnant women should proactively take countermeasures to reduce the symptoms of morning sickness. Here are a few helpful suggestions for pregnant women with morning sickness:
Avoid odors that can trigger nausea and vomiting such as: smelly foods, strong perfumes, car odors, or even irritants. certain visual acuity, like strobe light; Avoid foods that contain a lot of fat like fried foods because it takes longer to digest. Spicy, sour, spicy foods should also be limited because it can irritate the mother's digestive system; Should not let the stomach be empty: Pregnant women should eat meals and snacks regularly during the day, snacks should be left in bed so that they can be eaten immediately when hungry; See more: Can not eat morning sickness affect the fetus?

When eating should eat slowly so that the digestion process becomes easier; Pregnant women should not lie down immediately after eating. Instead, after eating, you should walk gently, take a walk to make the digestion process faster; Drink water between meals; Supplementing with beverages containing glucose, salt, and potassium to replace lost electrolytes; Gentle exercise can be yoga to help pregnant women relax, avoid stress and fatigue; Ginger has the effect of supporting digestion and reducing nausea in pregnant women. Therefore, pregnant mothers can use ginger tea, or ginger jam, ginger candy, ... to reduce nausea symptoms; Take prenatal vitamins as prescribed by your doctor; If nausea does not improve, pregnant women should see a doctor to be treated with methods such as: intravenous fluids to compensate for the lack of fluids and electrolytes, taking anti-vomiting drugs To protect health Pregnant women and their babies during pregnancy, Vinmec International General Hospital provides a package of maternity services as a solution to help pregnant women feel secure because of the companionship of the medical team during pregnancy. When choosing Maternity Package, pregnant women can:
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