• Eat more food with protein. Milk, mild cheese, yogurt, cottage cheese, ice cream, beans and nuts are all rich in protein. This will help prevent low blood sugar.

• Limit sweets, or eat sweets with protein rich foods.

• Always keep a little food in your stomach. Eat a little bit at least every 2 to 3 hours.

• Avoid fried, spicy, or rich food.

• Don’t eat meats that are hard to digest such as beef and pork.

• Stay away from strong food smells. If the sight and smell of making meals makes you sick, ask others to help with this until you feel better.

• Don’t throw up just to “feel better.” If you throw up too much, it can make you feel even worse.

• Only if your doctor or midwife approves, stop your prenatal vitamins and iron pills until you feel better.

• Only if your doctor or midwife approves, take 50 mg of vitamin B6 twice a day with food.

• Stick with bland foods.

• Eat what “sounds good.”

• Eat foods such as whole grain bread, crackers, pasta, rice and potatoes. Eat these with protein rich foods.

• Keep food such as nuts or cheese and crackers by your bed. Eat them at night or before you get up.

• Go to bed early so you can take your time waking up.

• Don’t eat and drink at the same time. Let 30 minutes to 1 hour to pass between eating and drinking.

• Sip flat cola or ginger ale.

• Take some food in liquid form such as soup, pudding, custard, ice cream or yogurt.

• If prenatal vitamins make you sick, take them at bedtime with protein (but not with milk or dairy).

• Soak a piece of fresh, peeled ginger (about the size of a grape) in a cup of hot water for 5 minutes to make ginger tea. Add sugar or honey to taste and sip slowly. Don’t take other herbs or “natural” pills unless you check with your doctor or midwife.

• Wear motion sickness bands (for sale at boat or travel stores) on a special point on the wrist.

• Rest as much as you can. If you are over-tired, it may make you feel even worse.

Please remember: If you can’t keep anything down for over 24 hours, call your doctor or midwife right away.

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