Healthy Pregnancy Tips

Most frequent questions about pregnancy

Nausea and vomiting are real common complaints in early pregnancy.  Here are our suggestions to help with this issue. 

10 Tips to Help Survive Nausea

10 Foods that Help Fight Nausea 

WRC Nurses Top Ten Countdown: Tips for Nausea and Vomiting

10. Take your Prenatal Vitamin when you are not as nauseated.  

9. If the vitamin tablet is making you sick, take a prenatal gummy.  

8. Eat some Saltine Crackers before you even get out of bed.  Put something on your empty stomach.  

7. Try sipping on some ginger ale.  

6.  If you are getting dehydrated, try sipping on some Gatorade or Powerade to rehydrate yourself. Coconut water could be good too! 

5.  If you are getting faint and lightheaded from vomiting.  You might need to call your OB and they can prescribe you some medication. 

4.  Tummy Drops are great.  My favorite is Peppermint or Ginger/Pineapple.

3.  Nausea Sweet by Pink Stork are awesome, they even have some B6 in them that can help.    

2.  Vitamin B6 and over the counter antihistamine Unisom taken at bedtime can help.  Don’t take more than 100 mg of Vitamin B6 a day.  Check it’s in some Prenatal vitamins too.  

and Number 1…This comes from Casey… 1. Don’t get pregnant!  It’s just a joke.  She is just kidding.  But congratulations on your new baby!  

Using marijuana while pregnant poses risk to your unborn baby.  Find out more with these links.

Cannabis and Pregnancy 

From an Obstetrician Agency 

Ectopic Pregnancy can be a dangerous complication of Pregnancy.  Find out more here!

Ectopic Pregnancy  

Another Source on Ectopic Pregnancy 

Miscarriage is a very common complication that happens usually in the early weeks of pregnancy.  Click on the links below to learn more.  

Miscarriage

Miscarriage 

Subchorionic Hematoma are a very common occurrence in first trimester that can cause bleeding.  There is no need to panic if you bleed or spot.  Find out more about SCH here!  

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/23511-subchorionic-hematoma

https://www.babycenter.com/pregnancy/health-and-safety/subchorionic-bleeding-during-pregnancy_40005840

It can be very confusing trying to figure out what vitamin to take while your pregnant.  Also do you know why WRC nurses recommend you take a vitamin?  

Click on the links to find our more!

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/pregnancy-week-by-week/in-depth/prenatal-vitamins/art-20046945

Did you know that only 300 extra calories are needed a day to grow a healthy baby.  Learn more how a Healthy Diet can help your baby!  

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/nutrition-during-pregnancy