Morning sickness is a part of pregnancy. Some women experience intense morning sickness,
while others don't experience it at all. Morning sickness is medically known as nausea
gravidarum, which pertains to nausea with or without vomiting during pregnancy. This
condition is linked to hormonal imbalances that occur during pregnancy. There are
various reasons for morning sickness such estrogen imbalance, hypoglycemia or low
blood sugar, increase in hormone progesterone, and spike in HCG or human chorionic
gonadotropin.
When Does It Start?
According to health care professionals, nearly 90% of women experience morning sickness.
Most women start to experience morning sickness at the first trimester of pregnancy.
Morning sickness ideally starts on the sixth week of pregnancy. If you have a regular
menstrual cycle, you will start to experience morning sickness three weeks after
conception.
First Signs
Morning sickness is associated with nausea and vomiting. As a matter of fact, morning
sickness is the first presumptive sign of pregnancy. You will feel nauseated early
in the morning followed by vomiting. The term morning sickness is a misnomer for
you can actually experience vomiting anytime of the day. Aversion to smell is one
of the common signs of morning sickness. A woman experiences sudden aversion to specific
smells including cigarette smoke, coffee, alcohol, and the like. Vomiting is always
a common sign, but nausea is not always there and can be easily managed.
Early Pregnancy Symptoms
Early pregnancy symptoms can be felt and observed even before your pregnancy test
result becomes positive. Some of the common early presumptive signs of pregnancy
are nausea with or without vomiting, unusual increase in appetite, frequent urination,
sensitivity to smell, sleepiness, easy irritability, tenderness in the breasts, constipation
and or diarrhea, hot flushes, spotting, and feeling lethargic.
Nausea
Nausea associated with pregnancy makes you feel sick. A pregnant woman experiences
nausea until the end of first three months of pregnancy. Some women experience nausea
up to the fifth month of pregnancy. If you are pregnant and you don't feel nauseated,
then do not worry because some pregnant women just don't experience it at all at
any stage of pregnancy. Nausea during pregnancy is associated with hormonal imbalances
that occur during pregnancy. It is linked to sudden spike in progesterone; a woman
hormone responsible in relaxing the uterus.
Stomach Cramps
Stomach cramps can be felt as the pregnancy advances. The stomach cramp is somewhat
similar to menstrual cramp. Pregnancy cramp is caused by pressure on the walls of
the uterus due to the growing fetus. As the pregnancy goes on, the cramps can be
felt in the stomach and abdomen. The pregnancy cramp is also associated with hormonal
imbalances that take place during pregnancy. However, you should be very careful
with stomach cramps. Severe stomach cramps can be a danger sign of pregnancy. If
the cramp gets too intense, then it is best to consult your OB/GYN so that proper
treatment can be initiated. Continued below….