We know that up to 80% of pregnant women experience nausea.
While 100% of pregnant women experience so much unsolicited advice they want to vomit.
And before anybody starts, I don’t have morning sickness.
No morning sickness?
That means it's definitely going to be a boy!
And how’s the patient?
I literally just said, I don’t have-
Up-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba. What can I get you?
Actually I could use a fresh cup of tea.
Great, I’ll get you some Mama Body Morning Sickness Relief Tea
it'll help relieve queasiness, and restore your glow.
Uhh there is nothing wrong with my glow!?
But it’s got all sorts of revitalising and delicious morning sickness stuff, like ginger!
The department of health says the evidence for ginger is limited
and inconsistent and how many times do I have to say it
I don’t have morning
Sickness. It's not all about you, Zoe.
What if the ginger tea helps when my empathy belly gives me empathy morning sickness.
Look if it works for you that’s great - but Mama Body say their tea
is not a remedy.
So if you want ginger tea with lemongrass, why not
try a non pregnant lady version for a fifth of the price?
That seemss hard.
I think I’ll stick with this.
Well then it's a good thing you’re not actually pregnant
cos Mamabody tells pregnant women to see a doctor before drinking their
pregnant lady tea and nobody's got time for that.
So what should you do?
To reduce nausea during pregnancy the Department of Health suggests avoiding multivitamins
with iron …. But Elevit, Australia’s number one multivitamin
for before during and after pregnancy, contains iron!
Exactly!
So if you’re in the overwhelming majority of pregnant women
who experience some nausea, you might want to stop taking Australia’s
Number One Daily Pregnancy Multivitamin or any prenatal vitamin with iron.
But if you do, make sure your iodine and folic acid intake is still sufficient.
And if your Elevit pre-natal multivitamin does give you morning sickness
try Elevit Morning Sickness Relief
Ginger again?
And vitamin B6!
Much like ginger, the evidence for vitamin B6 is limited and inconclusive, though some
women do find it helpful.
And actually, that goes for pretty well all the stuff you’ll be told about - acupuncture,
antihistamines What about these acupressure wrist bands?
They help you fight nausea in style.
The Mayo clinic says that even though some women seem to find them helpful, there’s no
evidence that acupressure wrist bands work any better than sham therapies.
But you will admit they’re stylish.
I will not
What about this? Salty Kisses Magnesium Spray?
They say it can eliminate morning sickness!
Yes, but a Cochrane review of 10 randomised trials involving over 9000 women and their babies
found there was no quality evidence for the benefits of magnesium supplements during pregnancy.
So what good's a spray gonna be?
Well what can we do?
Unfortunately, the Department of Health says there are no identified interventions
that are both safe and effective.
I feel empathy sick!
I can’t imagine how you feel!
For the billionth time, I feel-
I know what you need!
You need to be a chic expectant mother.
Excuse me?
With morning Morning Chicness bags - they’re the stylish vomit bags.
I don’t think that’s a thing a vomit bag can be.
Don’t you want to deal with the ickiness of pregnancy with a little class?
I love you?
Look, different women may find different interventions helpful, even if the evidence for their
effectiveness is inconclusive.
So if a product's safe and it works for you, that's great.
But it's always worth looking for a version without the pregnancy price tag.
And before you spend a cent, try drinking plenty of fluids, eating small meals
regularly, and avoiding fatty or spicy food and if nausea is affecting your quality of
life, see a doctor.
Are you giving pregnant women advice they definitely already know?
Yep, I definitely just did that and now I hate myself.