Nausea, vomiting, and other symptoms of morning sickness affect 70-80% of pregnant women. Fluctuating hormones often cause them as your body adjusts to pregnancy. And while it usually clears up after the first few months, there’s no way to predict who will get it, how bad it’ll be, or how long morning sickness will last.
But don’t worry—there are numerous ways to keep morning sickness symptoms at bay, some of which involve your partner and their health habits. Visit our holistic obstetrics and gynecology experts at Holistic OB/GYN & Midwifery in Spring Valley, New York, to learn more about combating morning sickness and schedule prenatal care visits.
Morning sickness is caused by changing hormone levels during pregnancy. While you might be unable to avoid this concern entirely, simple lifestyle changes help reduce symptom severity.
Factors that may worsen morning symptom symptoms include:
Your partner’s lifestyle habits often influence some of these factors. Why? Many people who live together share the same (or similar) health habits, eat the same foods, and often become more like those they spend the most time with.
Couvade syndrome is morning sickness symptoms in the partners (who aren’t pregnant themselves) of pregnant women.
These pregnancy-like symptoms are very real for the partners—leading to nausea, aches, pains, and even weight gain in some cases. It’s a psychological response to exposure to morning sickness, demonstrating the intertwined connection many partners share.
Because morning sickness may result from both parents’ lifestyles during pregnancy, you and your loved one can work together to establish healthy habits that ease bothersome symptoms or make them less severe. Examples include:
When your partner’s lifestyle habits are healthy, especially if they prepare meals for you, it’s much easier to better manage sickness during pregnancy.
Still struggling to keep food down? Visit with our Holistic OB/GYN & Midwifery experts by calling the office or requesting an appointment online today.
