Take control of morning sickness

Locking yourself in a bathroom for nine months to avoid that potential morning sickness wave, away from a toilet, is no way to live.

Instead, Netcare Alberlito Hospital’s obstetrician and gynaechologist, Dr Leneque Lindeque has some expert do’s and dont’s to keep your food down and enjoy your pregnancy.

Do:

• Eat before you feel hungry.

• Snack regularly and have small meals. Focus on foods that have lots of protein or carbohydrates, but not a lot of fat such as crackers, bread and low fat yogurt.

• Drink cold, clear beverages especially fizzy or sour drinks such as ginger ale.

• Go for ginger.

• Smell fresh lemon, mint or orange.

• Brush your teeth right after you eat.

Don’t:

• Eat spicy food.

• Lie down straight after you eat.

• Take vitamins in the morning, rather take them at bedtime with a snack. The vitamin should contain 400 micrograms of folic acid.

• Eat, drink or smell anything that makes you feel nauseous.

• Go into stuffy rooms and hot places.

For more information about being a healthy mommy and therefore having a healthy baby, visit Alberlito on March 5 from 8am to 2pm for its Pregnancy Awareness Day, where Dr Lindeque will be giving a talk about mommies and babies.

Remember to book by contacting Pria Govender at 032 946 6957 /storksnestballito@clinicaregroup.com.

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