Managing Morning Sickness: A Survival Guide for Pregnant Women - Softcover

Miriam Erick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0923521828 ISBN 13: 9780923521820

Publisher: Bull Publishing Co. (US), 2004

Synopsis

Based on the author's work with thousands of women, this new edition presents an added decade's worth of information and experience that makes it the most up- to-date resource in the field of morning sickness. Included are remedies, nutritional guidelines, and recipes.

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Review:

"This detailed guide to morning sickness focuses on controlling symptoms through diet . . . Sample recipes, menus, and a 'survival kit' are provided. For all popular medicine and consumer health collections." --"Library Journal"

Synopsis:

More than half of all pregnant women experience some degree of morning sickness. This book offers women who suffer from this debilitating ailment proven remedies that really work, including diet strategies with step-by-step instructions on approaching food and nutrition. Women reading this book will see that there are many realities to morning sickness, that they are not alone, and that they can deal with it successfully.The book: covers all of the triggers and possible causes not just 'what foods make you sick'; discusses the important role smells and odours often play in morning sickness; helps you consider a broader array of triggers and shows how to avoid them; presents all the latest research on causes, treatments, and remedies; offers the latest information on drugs and other treatments commonly used; discusses the use/effectiveness of acupuncture, holistic, herbal, and homeopathic treatments; offers information about how other cultures address morning sickness; and, provides important historical perspective on the treatment of morning sickness.The book gives the tools you need to satisfy cravings, suppress nausea, and maintain good health in a realistic, doable way.

In going beyond the 'crackers and jelly' advice most commonly touted, it provides readers with new approaches and real recipes. It features a diet strategy with step-by-step instructions on approaching food and nutrition - the same approach used successfully by the author with countless pregnant patients in a major medical centre.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bull Publishing Co. (US)
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0923521828
• ISBN 13: 9780923521820
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 412