by Frank Will

Created on: January 07, 2011

Morning sickness and vitamin B6, does it actually work, or is it all a myth? The answer to this will all depend on the expert, but there has been a lot of growing momentum over the last few years that the answer to this question is a definitive yes. However, to be totally accurate and to bring light to both sides of this argument, in the vast majority of cases, this condition will resolve itself on its own, and because of this, it has not been universally accepted that it does help it.

However, if you are one of the 75 percent plus of all women that get morning sickness, it can be extremely effective, shows virtually no side effects, and if it does not work, it still adds several benefits to your body as well as your baby, so there is no down side.  In fact, it has been recommended by several in the medical community that if you do not take a multi-vitamin and you’re trying to become pregnant, you should immediately start taking one in addition to a vitamin B6 supplement, as this combination may stop morning sickness before it ever starts.

What is it?

The term morning sickness is really not correct, as the technical term is nausea and vomiting of pregnancy. There are some women where this condition is much worse in the morning, but for the vast majority of women, this condition does not subside and can easily last on and off all day long. It is estimated that this condition affects between 70 and 75 percent of all pregnant women during the first trimester. The nine months of pregnancy are divided into three distinct periods of time; the first, second, and third trimester.

The first trimester is considered the time of basic cell differentiation, and it is best defined as the end of the mother’s first perception of fetal movement, which generally occurs around the end of the third month. The second trimester is the period of rapid growth and maturation of the body systems of your baby, and the third trimester is the final stages of fetal growth. Although there can be exceptions where the nausea and vomiting occur as early as four weeks into pregnancy, in most cases, it does not start until the sixth week.

For any woman that has ever had morning sickness, once it does start, it will become much worse over the next thirty days and will usually start to recede or even totally go away by week fourteen, or as the first trimester is coming close to ending. However, there are also several other cases where it can and does extend much further than the

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