Morning sickness is a common symptom experienced by many pregnant women during the first trimester. While there is no hard and fast treatment that works for everyone, there are several things that can help relieve the symptoms. Here are some tips and strategies for relief:

• Stay hydrated: Sip water, real ginger ale, or ginger tea. Try to drink 6 to 8 cups of fluids without caffeine each day.

• Eat small, frequent meals: Choose foods that are high in protein, low in fat, and easy to digest. Avoid greasy, spicy, and fatty foods. Bland foods, such as bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast may be easy to digest. Salty foods might be helpful, as are foods that contain ginger, such as ginger lollipops.

• Try the B.R.A.T. diet: This consists of bananas, (white) rice, applesauce, and toast. These foods don’t have an overwhelming flavor, so they’re less likely to upset your stomach. The starch can also absorb stomach acids to help relieve the queasy feeling.

• Eat foods with high water content: When drinking fluids makes matters worse, try eating fruits and vegetables with high water content. Good options to try include cucumbers, tomatoes, apples, celery, peaches, cantaloupe, strawberries, lettuce, and watermelon.

• Avoid nausea triggers: Certain food smells might bother you, so avoid them if possible.

• Take vitamin B6: Taking Vitamin B6 (50 mg) daily has been shown to help with pregnancy-induced nausea.

• Consider alternative remedies: Acupressure wristbands, acupuncture, and ginger have been suggested as alternative remedies for morning sickness. Acupressure wristbands apply pressure to specific points on the wrist, while acupuncture involves inserting hair-thin needles into the skin. Ginger comes in capsules, tea, and candies.

• Talk to your healthcare provider: If your morning sickness is severe or if it goes into your fourth month of pregnancy, tell your health care provider right away. They may recommend a short-term course of an anti-sickness medicine, called an antiemetic, thats safe to use in pregnancy.

Its important to note that morning sickness is not harmful to you or your baby, but if you experience excessive vomiting and cannot manage to keep your food down, you may have hyperemesis gravidarum and lack essential nutrients and electrolytes. Inform your doctor when these symptoms appear and discuss possible treatment options.