Nutrition in Pregnancy

• Keep crackers, Melba toast, or dry cereal within reach of your bed. Eat some before getting up
• Eat frequent small meals.
• Avoid allowing your stomach to become empty as this can increase nausea.
• Try to take adequate fluids, even small sips, if you can't handle solids. Try clear juices, flat sugar-sweetened soft drinks, Gatorade, lemonade, ginger ale, tea like ginger tea, and peppermint tea.
• Avoid drinking coffee and caffeinated teas.
• Avoid drinking citrus fruit juices and large amounts of water.
• Drink liquids mainly between meals.
• Try to avoid cooking odors that make you feel ill.
• Avoid or limit your intake of high-fat and spicy foods.
• Sometimes Vitamin B6 may help (50mg a day).
• Sea bands which are worn on the wrist and push on an accupressure point may help. (These may be found in anydrugstore.)
• If you have a bad taste in your mouth, hard candy may help.
  

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