>>> NOW, SOME WOMEN GET IT,
SOME WOMEN DO NOT, BUT IT IS
SOMETHING ALMOST ALL
PREGNANT WOMEN THINK
ABOUT -- THAT DREADED
MORNING SICKNESS.
OUR PREGNANCY EXPERT JUDITH
SCHULER IS HERE TO TELL US
ABOUT IT.
WHAT IS MORNING SICKNESS?
>> IT IS NAUSEA AND VOMITING
DURING PREGNANCY.
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN JUST IN
THE MORNING.
IT CAN HAPPEN ALL DAY LONG.
AND IT'S QUITE COMMON, ABOUT
70 PERCENT OF ALL WOMEN
EXPERIENCE IT, AND 30
PERCENT WHO DON'T ARE VERY
LUCKY.
IT STARTS USUALLY AROUND
WEEK SIX OF PREGNANCY, AND
ENDS USUALLY ABOUT THE END
OF THE FIRST TRIMESTER, WEEK
13.
HOWEVER, FOR SOME WOMEN, IT
CAN GO ALL THROUGH
PREGNANCY.
SO THOSE WOMEN HAVE MORE OF
A PROBLEM THAN OTHER WOMEN.
IF YOU DO HAVE MORNING
SICKNESS, CONTACT YOUR
DOCTOR.
THEY MIGHT WANT TO SEE YOU
EARLIER OR GIVE YOU SOME
ADVICE ABOUT WHAT TO TRY TO
DO FOR YOURSELF.
>> ARE THERE SOME THINGS AT
HOME WE CAN DO TO HELP A
LITTLE BIT?
>> YEAH, WELL, THERE ARE
SOME THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO
THAT YOU CAN BUY, LIKE THE
RELIEF BAND, THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN PUT
ON YOU WRIST.
IT'S FOR MOTION SICKNESS,
LIKE YOU'RE GOING ON A BOAT.
IT SENDS ELECTRICAL SIGNALS
INTO THE BODY THAT CAN OFTEN
INTERRUPT THE NAUSEA AND
VOMITING.
ACUPRESSURE, ACUPUNCTURE MAY
HELP, YOUR DOCTOR MAY
RECOMMEND A B-VITAMIN OR
ANTI-HISTAMINE.
BUT DON'T TAKE ANY KIND OF
HERBAL OR OVER-THE-COUNTER
REMEDY WITHOUT TALKING TO
YOUR DOCTOR FIRST.
SOME OF THEM ARE VERY
DANGEROUS.
BUT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS
YOU CAN DO AT HOME.
FIRST OF ALL, MAYBE EAT
SMALLER MEALS MORE
FREQUENTLY SO YOU DON'T HAVE
A LOT OF FOOD ON YOUR
STOMACH.
EAT WHAT APPEALS TO YOU.
IF THAT'SSALTINES AND
LEMON-LIME SODA FOR A FEW
WEEKS, THAT'S OKAY.
MAYBE TAKE YOUR PRENATAL
VITAMIN AT NIGHT, SO YOU CAN
GET THE BENEFITS OF IT.
THERE ARE SOME FOOD THINGS.
WE KNOW THAT RAW GINGER, IF
YOU EAT IT OR POUR HOT WATER
OVER IT AND MAKE A TEA AND
DRINK IT, CAN REALLY, REALLY
HELP SETTLE A STOMACH.
>> INTERESTING!
>> SO DO LEMONS OR LEMON
WATER, WATERMELON, AND EVEN
SOME SALTY FOODS.
SO YOU HAVE TO EXPERIMENT,
TO SEE WHAT WORKS FOR YOU,
BECAUSE NOT EVERYTHING THAT
YOUR FRIEND DOES OR THAT
YOUR DOCTOR RECOMMENDS WILL
WORK FOR YOU, BUT YOU CAN
KIND OF TRIAL AND ERROR.
>> YOU WERE TELLING ME ABOUT
WOMEN WHO MAYBE ARE LITTLE
BIT ABOVE REGULAR MORNI
SICKNESS.
>> IT CAN BE SERIOUS, WOMEN
CAN NEED TO GO TO THE
HOSPITAL AND HAVE I.V.
FLUIDS, AN IT CAN LAST EVEN
AFTER THE PREGNANCY.
>> AND SOMETHING THAT MIGHT
WORK FOR THAT?
>> THERE IS A METHOD OF
TREATMENT CALLED
HYPNOTHERAPY, AND THERE ARE
SOME PEOPLE HERE IN TOWN, I
HAVE ACTUALLY A FRIEND WHO'S
A PSYCHOLOGIST WHO IS ALSO A
CERTIFIED HYPNOTHERAPIST,
AND HE SAYS HE'S BEEN VERY
SUCCESSFUL WITH HELPING
WOMEN STOP THIS THR
HYPNOTHERAPY.
>> I HAVE HIS INFORMATION IF
ANYONE IS INTERESTED.
>> WE OF COURSE CAN GET IT
TO WHOEVER MIGHT NEED THAT.
>> I HOPE IT WILL HELP.
>> WOMEN MIGHT BE
EXPERIENCING MORNING
SICKNESS RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION