NVP or nausea and vomiting of pregnancy, as morning sickness is sometimes called, is a condition in which you feel nausea. The level of nausea is different from one person to the next. Symptoms may include:

**Nausea
**Feeling as though you have a really bad case of the flu
**Feeling rundown and tired
**May include vomiting

About 50 to 95% of all women who become pregnant will experience some battle of morning sickness. In some cases, it is very limited while in others it is very drastic. Although morning sickness itself is not likely to make you ill, if you do not get the proper nutrition or the proper fluids, you can dehydrate. Therefore, if you are experiencing this condition, it is wise to talk to your doctor about it. He or she may just be able to help.

About half of all those women who experience morning sickness will actually have it over by the time they reach 16 weeks of pregnancy. Yet, for others, it can last up to another full month after this time period. The bad news is that some women will face bouts of morning sickness throughout their pregnancy. In addition, they may experience it for a few days here and there. For others, morning sickness can last almost the entire pregnancy.

Morning sickness is something that is not fully understood. Many studies have been done to try and understand what it is that is behind the morning sickness you are experiencing. In some studies, researchers have found that it is just the body’s way of protecting the unborn baby. Perhaps it is the body’s way of getting rid of chemicals and harmful toxins. In other studies, the thought is that perhaps it is that the inner ear is thrown off and that this is causing you to feel nauseous in the same way that you would with motion sickness.

Other causes may include:

• Too much estrogen. During pregnancy, your estrogen levels increase by 100 times. One thought about the causes of morning sickness is that it is due to this heightened amount of estrogen in the body.

• Too many acids. Another cause that may be the reason that you suffer from this condition is that there are too many acids in your body. You body is likely to have more progesterone in it. This relaxes your muscles in the uterus so that your body is unlikely to deliver the baby early. Yet, because of this increase, it is thought that your stomach and your intestines are also relaxed and too much acid builds up.

• Odors. Your senses during pregnancy are likely to be heightened. For that reason, it is likely that this increased sense of smell may make odors just too strong to bear.

• Blood sugar. For some women, blood sugar gets too low. This can cause you to become nauseous and dizzy even when you are not pregnant.

One misconception that is out there is that morning sickness happens in the morning. The fact is that morning sickness is likely to happen at any time of the day or the night. You are likely to face morning sickness in the morning, only because it is the time of day that you naturally wake up. Most people will feel some sort of nausea level when they wake up. The thought is that at this time, your stomach is less full than any other time of the day, and therefore this makes you more likely to feel the effects of nausea.

For tips and ideas regarding morning sickness remedies and relief, see our page on morning sickness remedy.






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