What should I do if I vomit a lot at night during pregnancy?

Morning sickness is a relatively normal early pregnancy reaction. Most women will experience early pregnancy reactions during pregnancy. However, the symptoms of early pregnancy reactions are more severe for some people and mild for others. For particularly severe early pregnancy reactions, if they are not relieved in time, it is easy to cause nutrient loss and affect the baby's growth and development. So what should you do if you vomit severely at night during pregnancy? Here are some ways to relieve morning sickness.

Causes of morning sickness

In the early stages of pregnancy (5-6 weeks), women experience morning sickness due to increased levels of gonadal hormones and estrogen in the body.

Symptoms of morning sickness

Nausea and vomiting are usually the main symptoms. Some pregnant women experience mild symptoms, while others experience serious conditions such as loss of appetite.

Will morning sickness have adverse effects on the baby?

When morning sickness is severe, pregnant mothers may not be able to eat any food. Many people are worried that it will have adverse effects on the baby in the womb. In fact, the baby in the early stages of pregnancy is very small, and the nutrients accumulated in the mother's body are sufficient to provide the baby with healthy growth.

However, if morning sickness causes the mother to become dehydrated and exhausted, she should go to the hospital for a check-up. Severe morning sickness causes pregnant mothers to lose weight, and prenatal anxiety and depression can have a serious impact on the brain and internal organs of the fetus in the womb, and may even lead to miscarriage. Especially if the pregnant mother loses too much weight, the baby may be low birth weight and often get sick.

To deal with morning sickness, let’s see what tips people who have experienced it have.

1. Always have easily digestible snacks

Pregnant mothers can carry some easily digestible snacks with them, such as soda crackers, toast, etc., and eat them before going to bed. This way, when you wake up the next morning, you won't feel nauseous or vomit due to an empty stomach.

2. Drink some fresh vegetable and fruit juice

In the early stages of pregnancy, the mother's digestive system is slowly changing. Apple juice is sweet and sour and refreshing, which can promote digestion and increase appetite. Celery juice can supplement a large amount of folic acid for pregnant mothers.

3. Drink some ginger soup

Ginger is called the "holy medicine for vomiting" by medical nutrition experts. Pregnant mothers can chop ginger, put it into boiling water and brew it for drinking, which can also relieve morning sickness.

4. Massage Neiguan acupoint

The Neiguan point is located three fingers’ width above the wrist’s transverse line. Pregnant mothers only need to press down on the Neiguan point on the other side with their thumb, and then rotate and rub it until a feeling of soreness and swelling is produced.

Massaging the Neiguan point can calm the mind, regulate qi and relieve pain, and effectively relieve morning sickness.

Recipes to relieve morning sickness

Fried Lamb with Ginger

Ingredients: 100g ginger, 250g mutton, 30g red pepper, 10g cooking wine, 3g salt, chicken essence, a little vinegar

Preparation method: Wash ginger, red pepper and mutton and cut into shreds.

Add cooking wine and salt to the shredded lamb and marinate for 10 minutes.

When the oil is hot, stir-fry the shredded ginger, shredded lamb and shredded red pepper. Add cooking wine, chicken essence and salt to season. Finally, drizzle a little vinegar.

Bean sprouts and green pepper shreds

Ingredients: 100g mung bean sprouts, 30g green pepper, 5g sugar, 2g salt, 8g vinegar

Method: Wash the mung bean sprouts, drain them in boiling water, remove them and drain the water. Wash and cut the green pepper into strips.

Put mung bean sprouts and green peppers in a plate, add sugar, salt and vinegar and mix well.