SIckness during pregnancy?

liteonfire

Do you feel sick and gag but never throw up while your pregnant?

That's how I am, it's weird. I mean sometimes i rather throw up

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Yes! This is me as well right now-- 6 weeks along. Who know that morning sickness lasted all day? I was reading that it is caused by low blood sugar in the body, which is why it is worse in the mornings when blood sugar is lowest. Wikipedia lists some things that can help, and one thing is NOT to have an empty stomach, which is hard! Personally, I have found is juice and soups seems to bring it down a notch and are not too difficult to consume on a queasy stomach.

Here's the list:

* Avoiding an empty stomach.
* Eating five or six small meals per day, rather than three large ones.
* Ginger, in capsules, tea, ginger ale, or ginger snaps.[8]
* Vitamin B6 (either pyridoxine or pyridoxamine), often taken in combination with the antihistamine doxylamine (Diclectin).
* Lemons, particularly the smelling of freshly cut lemons.
* Accommodating food cravings and aversions.
* Eating dry crackers in the morning.
* Trying the BRATT diet: bananas, rice, applesauce, toast and tea.[9]
* Drinking liquids 30 to 45 minutes after eating solid food.

Pregnancy concerns: Nineteen years of age and Uninsured?

Ditto

As the title dictates, I am nineteen years in age, resident of Minnesota; Shakopee, and I am currently pregnant. About two to three weeks in if I had to give an educated guess, but it wasn't so much a planned pregnancy nor an uh-oh sort of thing. We were aware of what we were doing and this was the result of it. Unfortunately, it was only a few weeks prior that I had been terminated from my only source of income, which now sort of sticks a huge serrated blade into the ordeal. I have been searching for work relentlessly and had even applied to about every source of work I could think of the first couple days of and after my termination. No such luck as of yet and I'm out of money.

I'm not alone in this, however. The father of my unborn child is all and willing to do everything and anything he can do to help us through this and we are going to be getting married sometime within the next couple months. His job is alright, but with only receiving a skimpy eighty to one hundred dollars each week (if even that) just won't cover the expenses. Especially since we're both out of insurance. He is currently eighteen years in age and his family not too long ago just experienced a rather tough time. His mother lost the only job that was keeping them afloat, so now all their insurance and what have you is dried up as well.

With expenses he has to pay and expenses I cannot even begin to pay, this is turning out to be rather difficult, but not impossible right?

I'm adamant in keeping this child, but I'm going to need some help. Family and friends can only do so much and I cannot at all become reliant on them. It's not something I can do. I've tried looking up cheap or free clinics that can provide the prenatal care I need and perhaps ultrasounds, check ups, professionals I can ask questions to, and just someplace I can turn to without being terrified of the bill I cannot afford. I can't even afford rent and that's three hundred a month.

Also, are there any medical health care places that are set up for situations like this? Something that can help me through this so I'm not going to drown in debt for the rest of my life?

Phone numbers, addresses, clinic names, hospitals, anything. Any sort of welfare I could get myself into until I can get a job? I'm still applying and trying to do anything I possibly can.

Any feedback on any of this would be appreciated greatly.

- Under no circumstances am I getting an abortion. Strictly out of the question.

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I would suggest Food Stamps, WIC and Medicaid - see if you qualify. Medicaid covers midwives in some states, so be sure to check out all your options.

Get, beg, buy, steal or borrow one of these books. Even if you choose a hospital birth these books are still great reads. It shows birth as a positive, beautiful and empowering experience.

Ina May's Guide to Childbirth: Discover the Proven Wisdom That Has Guided Thousands of Women Through Childbirth With More Confidence, Less Pain, and Little or No Medical Intervention by Ina May Gaskin.

Spiritual Midwifery, 4th Edition: The classic book on home birth! The first section details the experiences of parents and midwives during the birth experience. The second section is a technical manual for midwives, nurses, and doctors. Includes information on prenatal care and nutrition, labor, delivery-techniques, care of the new baby, and breast-feeding. Very informative stuff.
http://www.inamay.com/books.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ina_May_Gaskin
http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2009/04/taking-back-birth-ina-may-gaskin

Consider giving birth upright so that gravity helps instead of having to push a baby up hill out of you (such as giving birth laying flat on your back) Even if you are in a hospital request a squat bar, squatting also allows your pelvic outlet to increase that crucial 1/2 - 1 inch. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.birthdiaries.com/diary/birth061/birth061.21.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.birthdiaries.com/diary/birth061/&usg=__FjFAA9LxTJZzjljpAMCohkNA1Wo=&h=240&w=320&sz=19&hl=en&start=3&tbnid=pGQ7e9fyVyMezM:&tbnh=89&tbnw=118&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522squat%2Bbar%2522%2Bbirth%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff

The Portable Pediatrician is another useful book to have around, it covers everything from birth to age 5. http://www.amazon.com/Portable-Pediatrician-Parents-Month-Month/dp/0062731769

Please breastfeed! I am not a militant pro-teat crazy but it has great immunological benefits, it also helps you loose the weight faster and it's a great bonding mechanism. http://kellymom.com/ Is a great site and so is http://llli.org/ Le Leache Int'l Conversely is you choose not to or cannot breast feed, formula feed and don't feel guilty or look back. WalMart brand is some of the cheapest formula around. Try to stay on a schedule for the first couple months this will make having a schedule later easier on the both of you. For the first couple of month the baby needs to eat every 3 hours barring them sleeping through the night whenever they get to that. Investing in a co-sleeper is a great idea, so you don't have to wander far to get the baby in the middle of the night. Sleep every free moment you have! http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=10898576

Take you multi-vits and take your iron pills with a glass of orange juice - better absorption. You can over-indulge on healthy stuff all day long but keep your sweet tooth in check - also munchy foods, not too much. This will also help you from gaining too much weight.

Also bundle your baby when they should sleep, this will get hir programmed that when they are bundled they should sleep. I still bundle my 9 month old and she never gives me trouble going to nap or bed.

That's all the advice I can think of, I hope it helped. If you need someone to talk to email me.
Good luck.

~Pro-Choice Momma; Have had an abortion <no regrets> and I have a 13 month old daughter <no regrets>. I believe in protecting my daughter's choice.

Abortion: There is a Consensus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsSQiazUv

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Where can I find basic information about caffeine?

Ben

I'm doing an experimental design project for school and my project is about the effects of caffeine on memory, and I need sources about caffeine. I need 2 scholarly journals, and at least one other source. I want the source that is not a scholarly journal to be about the basic information about caffeine. This source cannot be Wikipedia or any similar website. I've looked at WHO's site and FDA's site, but I cannot find basic information about JUST caffeine. Help?

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Caffeine is a bitter, white crystalline xanthine alkaloid that acts as a stimulant drug and an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor.[5][6] Caffeine is found in varying quantities in the seeds, leaves, and fruit of some plants, where it acts as a natural pesticide that paralyzes and kills certain insects feeding on the plants. It is most commonly consumed by humans in infusions extracted from the seed of the coffee plant and the leaves of the tea bush, as well as from various foods and drinks containing products derived from the kola nut. Other sources include yerba maté, guarana berries, guayusa, and the yaupon holly.
In humans, caffeine acts as a central nervous system stimulant, temporarily warding off drowsiness and restoring alertness. It is the world's most widely consumed psychoactive drug, but, unlike many other psychoactive substances, it is both legal and unregulated in nearly all parts of the world. Beverages containing caffeine, such as coffee, tea, soft drinks, and energy drinks, enjoy great popularity; in North America, 90% of adults consume caffeine daily.[7]
Caffeine is toxic at sufficiently high doses. Ordinary consumption can have low health risks, even when carried on for years â there may be a modest protective effect against some diseases, including certain types of cancer. Caffeine can have both positive and negative effects on anxiety disorders. Some people experience sleep disruption if they consume caffeine, especially during the evening hours, but others show little disturbance and the effect of caffeine on sleep is highly variable.
Evidence of a risk to pregnancy is equivocal, but some authorities have concluded that prudent advice is for pregnant women to limit consumption to the equivalent of two cups of coffee per day or less.[8] Caffeine has diuretic properties when administered to people who are not used to it, but regular users develop a tolerance to this effect, and studies have generally failed to support the common notion that ordinary consumption contributes significantly to dehydration. With heavy use, strong tolerance develops rapidly and caffeine can produce clinically significant physical and mental dependence.

Me and my gf we want to get married but is there anyway other then asking our parents for permission?

CarmineXxX

We are both 16 im turning 17 on the 6th but we want to get married as soon as possible. We are both madly in love with each other and after high school my life is completely planned out. Me and her want to get married is there any way around the parent permission other then pregnancy?

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No, if you're in the U.S., every one of the 50 states requires you to be 18 to marry (a couple the age is 19 and 1 or 2 the age is 21). If you are under 18, you need the consent of a parent (some states require the consent of both parents) unless you are emancipated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_of_minors

This link gives details on the requirements of each state:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_North_America

What sort of plan do you have?

How are you going to live? Pay rent, utilities, insurance, car payments, school?

How are you both going to continue your education so that you can both make something of yourself?

No education means = Minimal job opportunities and basically none of them are high paying.

Love is grand, but love doesn't pay for the house, for medicine when the kids get sick, a swing set for the kids, a car payment, it doesn't buy food.

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