Re: Pregnancy Nausea Question

[Guest guest]

For me, the antidote for nausea during pregnancy was eating. It always

helped to eat -- esp. high fat foods. Cheese, milk, eggs, ice cream.

I think my body was craving saturated fats.

Ann Marie

On Mar 21, 2008, at 8:20 AM, michelle5s wrote:

> Anyone here have any input on what causes nausea during pregnancy?

>

> I thought I read somewhere about ph, but that was long ago and I'm not

> sure it was accurate.

>

> I have a friend who is only a few weeks along, but DOES NOT want this

> pregnancy to be like her last one

>

> Thank you all.

[Guest guest]

I think being " clean on the inside " really helped me - I went through a lot of

cleansing

before I even tried to get pregnant and then started eating only good stuff - I

didn't have

any nausea, only very hightened sence of smell...

But I think most of the times it depends mostly on your genes, hormones etc

Elena

>

> Anyone here have any input on what causes nausea during pregnancy?

>

> I thought I read somewhere about ph, but that was long ago and I'm not

> sure it was accurate.

>

> I have a friend who is only a few weeks along, but DOES NOT want this

> pregnancy to be like her last one

>

> Thank you all.

>

[Guest guest]

Hmm well I don't know -- I didn't do any cleansing. I drank and smoked

and ate SAD before I conceived -- and the baby was a surprise

pregnancy. We were not trying to conceive (although we were very glad

when we found out about the pregnancy).

I found that when I ate *before* I got too hungry, esp. foods with

lots of saturated animals fats, like cheeseburgers and eggs and

cheese, lots of milk and ice cream, I did not get nauseous. If I

waited until I was really hungry to eat, I would get nauseous.

And I was hungry all the time! DH called me a hobbit because I had to

have breakfast, then " elevensies " then lunch, then a post-lunch snack,

and so on. One time in my first trimester, we went out for dinner at a

steakhouse and I ate him under the table. I ate my whole steak and the

sides -- and ordered cheesecake to go!

In fact, it was my excessive hunger that made me realize I was

pregnant in the first place. I ate a whole large pizza in the span of

12 hours or so. I started to feel nauseous, and then I ate more pizza

and felt better. That is when my best girlfriend knew I was pregnant

-- she said, " Eating pizza does not help to make nausea go away --

unless you are pregnant. "

Even though I was not WAPF (had never heard of it -- wish I had!), I

think it was all the saturated animal fats that helped me not only

stave off the nausea, but it also helped me have a healthy baby

despite the fact that I was not eating WAPF. I've never been one for

low-fat, never once worried abut cholesterol, always subscribed to a

" Child " way of eating, and have always eaten generous amounts of

real butter, lots of cheese, eggs, meats, etc.

Speaking of Child, one time she was cooking on her show. She

said to her audience, " If you are not comfortable with the amount of

butter in this recipe, it's OK -- you can use less -- just substitute

cream. "

Ann Marie

On Mar 21, 2008, at 9:16 AM, Elena wrote:

> I think being " clean on the inside " really helped me - I went

> through a lot of cleansing

> before I even tried to get pregnant and then started eating only

> good stuff - I didn't have

> any nausea, only very hightened sence of smell...

[Guest guest]

One theory I've heard is that the growing baby is now consuming blood

sugar, really all fuel, along with mom. Faster-than-usual drops in

blood sugar cause nausea in some people.

That's why crackers are a good antidote (they raise blood sugar really

fast) but a better one is not to get that close to empty on the fuel.

Also why nausea in the morning - we wake up on empty. I, sad to say,

used goldfish crackers. Nowadays I would have a bedtime snack with

good sat fat.

Connie

--- In , " michelle5s " <ms5smith@...>

wrote:

>

> Anyone here have any input on what causes nausea during pregnancy?

>

> I thought I read somewhere about ph, but that was long ago and I'm

not

> sure it was accurate.

>

> I have a friend who is only a few weeks along, but DOES NOT want this

> pregnancy to be like her last one

>

> Thank you all.

>

[Guest guest]

B Vitamin Supplements did wonders for me. Nutritional yeast is probably the

best way. I couldn't eat unless I made myself take these regularly then I

was ok.

And skipping meals or not snacking definitely made it worse.

Dawn

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Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 10:35 AM

Subject: Re: Pregnancy Nausea Question

For me, the antidote for nausea during pregnancy was eating. It always

helped to eat -- esp. high fat foods. Cheese, milk, eggs, ice cream.

I think my body was craving saturated fats.

Ann Marie

On Mar 21, 2008, at 8:20 AM, michelle5s wrote:

> Anyone here have any input on what causes nausea during pregnancy?

>

> I thought I read somewhere about ph, but that was long ago and I'm not

> sure it was accurate.

>

> I have a friend who is only a few weeks along, but DOES NOT want this

> pregnancy to be like her last one

>

> Thank you all.

[Guest guest]

> Anyone here have any input on what causes nausea during pregnancy?

Nausea in pregnancy has a vast variety of causes. Toxins, body burden,

overloaded liver that is having trouble processing all the extra hormones,

being deficient in certain minerals or vitamins, sluggish pancreas, food

allergies, leaky gut, undiagnosed celiac disease, and a whole host of other

things can cause it or worsen it. I can give you a lot of good information

on nausea in pregnancy. I'll send you some links off-list. But the main

thing is that you MUST determine the cause before you can figure out how to

stop or prevent it.

And there isn't one cure-all or help, because it all depends on what is

causing the nausea. You see, it's real easy for people to just say 'eat

more TF foods' or 'do XXX to prevent the nausea' when all of the TF foods in

the world might not fix the underlying problem. Especially if you're

reacting due to a food allergy. For example, all of the raw milk in the

world won't stop nausea if you're sick because you're allergic to milk! And

all of the soaked grains in the world won't help if you're allergic to

wheat.

I went through hyperemesis after having been on a TF diet for 2 years. All

of the nourishing foods and raw milk in the world didn't stop it, because I

was an undiagnosed celiac with a severe milk allergy. I went through 22

weeks of throwing up over 40 times a day, dog sick, couldn't function. And

I had 'helpful' people online on TF groups giving me all sorts of bad advice

that didn't work or made the problem worse because they didn't understand

that the nausea form pregnancy can have many underlying causes, not just

one.

KerryAnn

www.cookingTF.com

[Guest guest]

I agree with Kerry Ann, with the caveat that generic 'morning sickness'

is usually a b vitamin issue, and helped by protein and fat in the am,

when you can keep it down. I did Floradix, but nutritional yeast is

great too.

Desh

[Guest guest]

Thank you ALL so very much for all this input.

I may be asking for more of it in the near future as time marches on

But I want to thank all of you and I will be passing this great info

along asap.

>

> I agree with Kerry Ann, with the caveat that generic 'morning

sickness'

> is usually a b vitamin issue, and helped by protein and fat in the

am,

> when you can keep it down. I did Floradix, but nutritional yeast is

> great too.

>

> Desh

>

[Guest guest]

I am writing to give you my empathy! As much as you may be suffering

now, remember that it will get better. Reading these posts takes me

back to my pregnancy 5 years ago which made me severely nauseated for

5+ months. NOTHING helped. I mean NOTHING. At the time, the worst

thing was all of the advice from people who hadn't been there I

felt like nobody understood my misery nor believed that nothing worked

for me. What I really needed was serious emotional support and help

with cleaning the house, etc.

Now I believe that my severe nausea was a result of my very toxic

body. I was very unhealthy at the time of conception. Since my

daughter's birth, I have been cleansing and detoxing regularly as well

as eating a healthy, clean diet, keeping toxins out of my body as much

as I can, etc. My health has improved dramatically, and I deeply hope

my next pregnancy is better.

Take care of yourself and take things one day at a time. It will get

better!!