“I just can’t . . . “
This was pretty much all I thought and said during my first trimester this time around (I’m currently 23 weeks pregnant.). I’d order a salad . . . “I just can’t.” I’d try to push through a cardio workout . . . “I just can’t.” I’d try to get out of bed . . . “I just can’t.”
Like many things with pregnancy that I hadn’t experienced myself, my view on morning sickness was “Is that really a thing?” My mom telling me she lost 10 pounds during her first trimester with my sister because she was so sick . . . my first prenatal client in NYC (I love you Melanie!) canceling on me because she had just vomited . . . my friends who swore they couldn’t eat anything but french fries during their first trimester. I thought they must be exaggerating – it can’t be that bad! Boy, do I get it now!
I was lucky enough not to get physically sick this pregnancy, but up until about 15 weeks I woke up feeling like I was about to. Nothing sounded good to eat . . . except for pizza, french fries, pasta (and most other carbs). Cardio exercise made everything worse. And honestly, I just didn’t want to do much at all. Needless to say, I was desperate for remedies. Below is a video I made about the remedies that worked best for me, as well as a list of some of the products that I had success with, depending on the day.
GINGER PRODUCTS 
- Fresh ginger with lemon and hot water
- Hammond’s Old Fashioned Ginger Drops
- Gingerale
MEDICINE 
I took Dicelgis, but I highly recommend you doing your research and speaking with your doctor about it.
EXERCISE 
Check out my pregnancy workout programs, Pregnancy Workout Essentials and Expecting MORE®.
ESSENTIAL OILS
I found success with lavender essential oil by DoTERRA. Find out more about essential oils HERE.
ACUPUNCTURE
This was magical for me. I love and recommend Ricardo Miranda, La.C, of Westside Acupuncture in Los Angeles.
If you had morning sickness during pregnancy, leave some of your remedies in the section below.
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I like to practice Meditation during pregnancy 2 times a day.
I’m sure that helped a lot!
In both previous pregnancies I was sick all the time and nothing helped me. With this third one I was the same but luckily found no to morning sickness tea that helped easing my sickness.
What kind of tea?
Preggie Pops have been a life saver for me! I’m 8 weeks pregnant with twins and week 5 saw me in bed only getting up to throw up. Acupuncture has been a huge help for me as well.
Yes! I forgot about those! Glad to hear acupuncture helps. It saved me!
Nothing much helped me but little snacks throughout the day. Ate to much and I’d be sick in a few minutes. Not fun
I’m so glad you talk about not being able to work out!!! That has been my experience all my pregnancies early on and I always struggle with just feeling like I’m being lazy. But I seriously can’t do much throughout the day. I need to get some ginger and lemon drops to have on hand. And I’m going to see if there are any cheaper community acupuncture places in my area. Thanks, Sara!!
Hope you’re feeling better! The ginger drops helped me so much!