Diet Suggestions for Nausea
During the first month of pregnancy and sometimes throughout pregnancy there may be trouble with nausea and vomiting, the following diet suggestions may be of help to you.
Keep unsalted cracker, melba toast, or dry toast in a jar or container by your bed. Eat some before you get out of bed in the morning and lie in bed 20 minutes after you have eaten this. Then start your day.
Do |
Don't |
| Bake, broil and boil your foods. | Don’t use fat in cooking as well as fried and smothered foods, gravies, and salty pork. |
| Drink liquids one hour BEFORE or, AFTER eating. | Don’t drink large amounts of fluid with your meals. |
| Eat 6 - 8 small meals a day; take some food every three hours. | Don’t skip meals — an empty stomach has a lot to do with the feeling of nausea. |
| Eat plain, unseasoned foods and follow your diet for pregnancy. | Don’t eat salty, spicy, and gas forming foods such as bacon, sausage, onions, garlic, cake, pies, etc. |
Sample Meal Plan
| Upon Awakening | Avoid the use of fat in cooking as well as fried and smothered foods, gravies, and salty pork. |
| Breakfast | Citrus fruit (sliced orange or grapefruit) An egg Dry toast |
| Mid-Morning | Milk |
| Lunch | Meat or substitute Vegetable Bread, cereal or substitute Fruit |
| Mid-Afternoon | Milk or cheese |
| Dinner | Meat, Poultry or Fish Vegetable Potato or Rice Bread Fruit |
| Before Bed | Milk |
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