[blparent] Ginger for morning sickness?

[Veronica Smith]

When I was pregnant, I swear up and down, my Dr said it was bad for the
fetus.  But now I read and read and cannot find anything of that nature.
Must of dreamed it. v

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Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
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I didn't take ginger for morning sickness, though I wish I had thought of
it.  I've taken it for motion sickness while riding in a car on twisty
mountain roads, and it works wonders for that.

Jo Elizabeth

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From: "Elizabeth Cooks" <elizabethcooks at comcast.net>
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> Ginger cna be used for any kind of nausea...Thus Ginger ale.
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>> Wow wish I'd have known this earlier as I was sick through my whole
>> pregnancy with my son.  But he's my last one so I won't be eating ginger
>> I guess.  Thanks for the info.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Veronica Smith
>> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 1:31 PM
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>> List'
>> Subject: [blparent] Ginger for morning sickness?
>>
>> Ginger for Morning Sickness
>> Two of the symptoms that are associated with pregnancy are nausea and
>> vomiting. This
>> condition can cause temporary disability and it has been observed with
>> employed women
>> that have as much as 25% of nauseous pregnant women require time off from
>> work.
>> The exact cause of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy is still unknown.
>> A
>> wide
>> variety of treatments are used, but due to the potential harmful effects
>> to
>> the fetus,
>> use of drugs is limited.
>> Ginger has been suggested as an alternative treatment to control nausea
>> and
>> vomiting,
>> but data on its efficacy are limited. In one study, ginger was found to
>> be
>> superior
>> to dimenhydrinate, a medicine commonly used in reducing motion sickness.
>> In
>> another
>> study, ginger was found to significantly reduce postoperative sickness.
>> To
>> determine
>> the effectiveness of ginger for the treatment of nausea and vomiting of
>> pregnancy,
>> this study was conducted.
>> Included in the study were pregnant women with nausea and vomiting who
>> first
>> attended
>> a clinic at or before 17 weeks of gestation. During a five-month period,
>> 70
>> eligible
>> Thai women gave consent and were randomized to receive orally one-gram
>> per
>> day of
>> either ginger or an identical placebo over a four-day period. Subjects
>> used
>> a visual
>> analog scale to grade the severity of their nausea and recorded the
>> number
>> of vomiting
>> episodes in the previous 24 hours before treatment, and again during the
>> four consecutive
>> days while taking treatment. At a follow-up visit seven days later,
>> five-item Likert
>> scales were used to measure the severity of their symptoms.
>> The median change in nausea scores was significantly greater in the
>> ginger
>> group
>> compared to the placebo group. After four days of treatment the ginger
>> group
>> had
>> significantly less vomiting episodes than the placebo group. The overall
>> subjective
>> report of their symptoms revealed that the ginger group reported a
>> greater
>> improvement
>> with their symptoms than the placebo group. In addition to symptoms, the
>> authors
>> noted that there were no adverse affects related to full-term delivery.
>> Vutyavanich T, Kraisarin T, Ruangsri R. Ginger for nausea and vomiting in
>> pregnancy:
>> Randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled trial.
>> Obstetrics and Gynecology 2001:97(4), pp. 577-582.
>>
>>
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