Are you one of those women who suffer from motion sickness? Well then nausea could be one of the most debilitating symptom during pregnancy. Generally medications used for motion sickness impair judgement and cause drowsiness. Normally when you are not pregnant, medications like Scopolamine, Promethazine, Cyclizine, and Meclizine can be taken prior to travel and others like Dimenhydrinate( Dramamine) can be taken after symptoms occur every 4 or 8 hourly. However in this circumstances it is advised that you do not take chances regarding yourself and your baby.
It would be best to first understand what causes motion sickness. It is caused due to the conflict in signals sent to your inner ear and the rest of the body. When the vestibular system and visual stimulation causing discomfort and symptoms like dizziness, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, increased salivation, headache, and paleness of the skin happens it is due to motion sickness. There are circumstances that aggravate or retard the cure of motion sickness, rightly motion sickness is no major ailment. Poor ventilation while traveling besides anxiety and fear could influence the threshold for experiencing motion sickness. Also taking light snacks on a regular basis could help. Alcohol also upsets the stomach and a hangover leads to motion sickness. Pregnancies and genetic factors could aggravate motion sickness. Hence avoiding these conditions could help. Herbs like ginger, black horehound, peppermint and the Chinese herbal mixture known as Pingandan can be used to give relief. Besides other alternative medical therapies like acupuncture and massage have found to help.
Those believing in Homeopathy could benefit from Borax, Cocculus, Nux Vomica, Petroleum, Sepia, and Tabacum. However a specialist is the best to decide in case of pregnancies. Occupying the mind by activities other than reading can also help get over or avoid motion sickness. Headrest and neck pillows could also help in motion sickness. In addition, wrist bands either pressure or electric has helped many people to get over motion sickness. These popular bands are least complex, relatively inexpensive and also with least side effects. However, it is the best interest of the safety of you and your child to avoid electric bands and opt for the pressure bands.
