First trimester nausea can be a doozy. Luckily, I had a mild case. And, I fully attribute that to all the work I did pre-conception to feel my best and live a, well, most-fertile, lifestyle. But, during weeks 6 -10, I had it bad.
I’m sharing my first-trimester nausea best practices. I have always shared with patients but now, have actually taken it for a test drive and proven it to be true! This gives them extra validity, right? Experience and expertise combined are the best pearls of advice, I think!
Picture: Proof! I knew I was pregnant, and I knew when I conceived. But, are we surprised on that?
5 game changers for first trimester nausea
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Simple Mills almond flour crackers
- During weeks 6-10 (short, I know, I’m sorry in you’re suffering longer!) my husband and I had a protocol. Let me sleep until 7A, come in with a bag of crackers, put one in my mouth BEFORE I got up to soothe any gag refluxes. Literally, Chase stuck a cracker in my mouth every morning. We got down to one bag, when he was drafting a “please sponsor my wife’s pregnancy” when the nausea subsided. Whew! This protocol was a game changer. Shout out to my mama-pro-friend Erin who said this would prevent vomiting. It did. Plus, these almond flour crackers are lower-glycemic than a traditional cracker. This helped to start with day without refined carbohydrates and a blood sugar spike, which can worsen nausea. You know how I feel about lonely carbs, and during pregnancy, when insulin resistance naturally rises, it’s even more important of a focus!
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Bone Broth!
- Plus, as soon as I woke up, I had FOND bone broth with a punch of Redmond Real salt salt and avoided coffee until later in the morning. Not only did Fond serve as a protein source in the morning but it balanced my blood sugar and turned off the RAGING hunger cues I had when I woke up. Hunger and nausea don’t sit well together and the natural sources of glutamine in FOND also helped to soothe my stomach.
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Magnesium salt baths
- Let’s be clear, I’m not a bath girl. I get in them VERY rarely but it’s for a good reason. I was so sore and achy and this really calmed my muscles. Plus, magnesium is a mineral we tend to naturally be deficient in thanks to our soil being less mineral-dense than prior decades. This was a way for me to easily absorb it into my skin and relax, without adding another pill.
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Supplementation
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Meal Focus
- To ensure I was getting adequate iron, I enjoyed a lettuce wrapped Bison burger WITH ALL THE FRIES every Friday, er Fry-Day, from Hopdoddy. Anemia can amplify nausea and I wanted to stay proactive through food as medicine.
- To ensure I was getting adequate iron, I enjoyed a lettuce wrapped Bison burger WITH ALL THE FRIES every Friday, er Fry-Day, from Hopdoddy. Anemia can amplify nausea and I wanted to stay proactive through food as medicine.
I’ll be sharing more tips that made a difference during my pregnancy to empower your healthiest journey! Yes, I’ll be sharing about this ridiculous prenatal supplementation line-up, too. If you’re eager for more details, you can see the list, here.
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