Biologist Report That Morning Sickness Protects Both Mother And Baby

Paul Sherman, Cornell professor of neurobiology and behavior, and Samuel M. Flaxman, University of Colorado evolutionary behaviorist, published an article in The American Naturalist about the evolutionary connection behind morning sickness.

There evidence that morning sickness has beneficial and protective are as follows:

• Nausea and vomiting declines after 18 weeks of pregnancy as the vulnerability to disruptions subside.
• Women with the most severe morning sickness have lower rates of spontaneous abortion than other pregnant women.
• Historically, meat and strong-tasting vegetables tend to trigger morning sickness symptoms across cultures.

This current study builds on a 2000 paper published in the Quarterly Review of Biology in which they studied the outcomes of thousand of pregnancies. In that study seven traditional societies that virtually had no morning sickness had diets based on bland plant-based foods rather than meats and strong-vegetables.

Expecting mothers have two options for resolving morning sickness. The first is controlling their diet and the other is acupressure. Ninety-five percent of mothers who try acupressure have seen a significant decline in their suffering. For more information about acupressure visit End Morning Sickness.