Managing Morning Sickness

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2004, paper
ISBN 978-0-923521-82-0

Miriam Erick, R.D., M.S.

More than half of all pregnant women experience some degree of morning sickness. This book offers women who suffer from this debilitating ailment proven remedies that really work, including diet strategies with step-by-step instructions on approaching food and nutrition. Women reading this book will see that there are many realities to morning sickness, that they are not alone, and that they can deal with it successfully.

• Covers all of the triggers and possible causes not just "what foods make you sick"
• Discusses the important role smells and odors often play in morning sickness
• Helps you consider a broader array of triggers and shows how to avoid them
• Presents all the latest research on causes, treatments, and remedies
• Offers the latest information on drugs and other treatments commonly used
• Discusses the use/effectiveness of acupuncture, holistic, herbal, and homeopathic treatments
• Offers information about how other cultures address morning sickness
• Provides important historical perspective on the treatment of morning sickness

Managing Morning Sickness gives the tools you need to satisfy cravings, suppress nausea, and maintain good health in a realistic, doable way. In going beyond the "crackers and jell-o" advice most commonly touted, it provides readers with new approaches and real recipes. It features a diet strategy with step-by-step instructions on approaching food and nutrition—the same approach used successfully by the author with countless pregnant patients in a major medical center.

(Revised Edition of No More Morning Sickness)

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1
  What Is Morning Sickness Anyway?
• Chapter 2
  How Morning Sickness Affects Women and Their Families
• Chapter 3
  Why Do We Get Morning Sickness?
• Chapter 4
  Other Times and Other Places: Historical and Cultural Perspectives
• Chapter 5
  Noses: Regular and Premium Odors and Morning Sickness
• Chapter 6
  Dealing with the Triggers for Morning Sickness
• Chapter 7
  A Candid Look at Feelings: Emotions and Morning Sickness
• Chapter 8
  A Nutrition Primer
• Chapter 9
  Managing Morning Sickness with Food
• Chapter 10
  Complications of Severe and/or Extended Morning Sickness
• Chapter 11
  Worst-Case Scenario: Being Hospitalized
• Chapter 12
  Recipes and Menus
• Chapter 13
  Alternative Therapies: Acupuncture
• Chapter 14
  Alternative Remedies: Other Things Women Try
• Chapter 15
  Purple Heart Motherhood
• Chapter 16
  Medications

Author

Miriam Erick, M.S., R.D., is a registered dietitian at The Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. She is a member of the American Dietetic Association and the International Childbirth Education Association.