Contents:
- Medical Video: Severe Morning Sickness - The Royal Treatment
- Food menu guide for hyperemesis gravidarum
- Food for breakfast
- Foods that must be avoided when nausea and vomiting
- Add this food as an additional intake of protein and calories
- Some things you must pay attention to
- What to do when vomiting
Medical Video: Severe Morning Sickness - The Royal Treatment
Nausea and vomiting or morning sickness are common problems faced by most pregnant women. But if the frequency and amount of fluid vomiting is excessive to interfere with daily activities, this might be your sign experiencing hyperemesis gravidarum. Hyperemesis gravidarum can interfere with the health of your pregnancy, because the symptoms can make you not appetite so that the nutrients and fluids your body gets are reduced. Relax, the food menu guide for hyperemesis gravidarum below can help you.
Food menu guide for hyperemesis gravidarum
Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) during pregnancy does not actually harm your baby. But if left unchecked, there is a risk that your baby will be born with a low body weight because his nutrition is not fulfilled during the womb. To work around this, you can check the food menu guide for hyperemesis gravidarum below, which we have summarized from various sources.
Food for breakfast
Nausea usually occurs in the morning just after you wake up. It's best, after you wake up, lay down your body for about 5-10 minutes, and slowly get out of bed.
After that, You can have breakfast with a few pieces of biscuits and warm tea. Choose biscuits that are salty or low in fat. Sweet and high-fat foods can trigger you to feel nauseous. After all, high-fat foods require a long time and the process is quite difficult to digest the body, so it is not recommended to eat foods high in fat (such as fried foods) when nauseous.
If you're still hungry, you can eat fresh bread, cheese muffins, bagels, pita bread, mashed potatoes, or chicken broth soup with vegetables as your breakfast. Or, you can also eat these foods at other meals (lunch or dinner) when you feel nauseous.
Foods that must be avoided when nausea and vomiting
Some of the following foods you should avoid when feeling nauseous and want to vomit.
- Any food that is fried
- Cream cheese
- Butter and margarine
- Mayonnaise
- Potato chips and corn chips
- Sausage or other processed meat
- Nuts
- Chocolate milk
- Ice cream
Add this food as an additional intake of protein and calories
After your condition has improved (the frequency of nausea and vomiting has decreased), you should eat more often than usual. You might need to eat the food below so you don't lack protein and calories.
- Roast or boiled chicken (without skin)
- Grilled or boiled fish
- Lean meat
- Egg
- Low-fat cheese
- Soup
- Yogurt
Some things you must pay attention to
- It's best to eat small but frequent meals. You may need 5-6 meals per day, divided into 3 main meals and 3 intervals (between main meals)
- Eat slowly. Make sure the food is completely smooth in the mouth, so you can easily swallow it.
- Don't forget to drink more water. Frequent vomiting makes you more likely to experience dehydration. So, you need more fluid intake to prevent this.
- Don't go to sleep immediately after eating. Give a time lag of at least 2 hours after eating if you want to sleep or just lie down
- Immediately consult a physician if you feel the vomiting nausea makes you do not want to eat and drink to interfere with activity
What to do when vomiting
After vomiting, you should avoid eating or drinking anything until you feel better. Once you have been able to control your vomiting, you can drink water little by little first. Drink water gradually, starting from 1-2 spoons every 10 minutes, and then increase the amount every 10 minutes.
A few hours after you vomit, maybe you can eat little by little. However, avoid high-fat foods. These foods can trigger nausea so you feel like vomiting again. Also, avoid hot and spicy foods. Hot and spicy food generally has a strong aroma, so it can trigger pregnant women to feel nauseous. It's best to choose cold foods, such as fruit salads, vegetable salads, or sandwiches.
