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Article by Margaux Hall

What kind of risks do you want to take with yourself and your baby? Nausea during pregnancy causes many women to look for some type of quick relief. It is said that pregnancy nausea third trimester is worse than in the first six months. This makes it very appealing to look for new ways to make it stop.

Medication during pregnancy is not recommended because most all drugs have some side effects, and they are not good for the baby. Of course, if there are life threatening reasons why expectant moms must take drugs, that is different entirely. In the past, anything other than an aspirin would never be given to a pregnant woman for fear of the side effects.

Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) is a very serious sickness similar to morning sickness. It can become so advanced that a woman and child can easily die if something is not done about it. Doctor’s have no choice in these situations and have to allow medications to be sure the women involved will make term.

If a life is not threatened because of nausea, then taking medicine to help the mother feel better might deserve further study. There are a few drugs in use that appear to work well with no known side effects or problems for the baby or the mother. We won’t look at every one of these, but will just touch on one in this article.

Products with the active ingredient ondansetron have been used frequently in recent years. Ondansetron is an antiemetic drug that has been used for cancer patients after chemotherapy to aid in the nausea that follows. Some women have used it on a regular basis through more than one pregnancy.

It’s always good to look at the side effects first whenever you consider a new drug. This one carries a label that say it can blur vision, cause temporary vision loss (maybe for only a few minutes or for several hours), cause problems with urination (as if a pregnant woman didn’t already have enough of that), or slow the heart rate.

Ondansetron can also present problems with breathing, shivering, agitation, and anxiety. It may also impair your thinking or reactions. Be careful of anything you do that requires you to be awake or alert to avoid mishaps and accidents.

These are all the problems they know about at this time, and do you wonder about the ones they don’t? Is it worth taking a chance with a medication like this if you aren’t required to do so?

Morning sickness is a thorn in the side, whether it is the second month of the pregnancy or pregnancy nausea third trimester. No one knows how much this can debilitate a person unless she is that person. It may not be easy to get through it without drugs, but taking a chance with a baby’s future life is another thing altogether.

The saying, “What we don’t know won’t hurt us” simply isn’t true.

About the Author

Margaux Hall is an author and mother who is passionate about helping other women beat morning sickness. Check out her website at http://www.bestmorningsicknesstips.com for more info about pregnancy nausea third trimester, and a FREE email mini-course on relieving morning sickness.

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