How women manage nausea and vomiting during pregnancy: a Jordanian study

Abstract

Objective to explore the strategies used by Jordanian women to manage nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. Design cross sectional descriptive study. Setting the three regions of Jordan. Participants 235 women aged 18–54 years who had been pregnant. Findings there a number of strategies were used by Jordanian women in the sample for the alleviation of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy, varying from non-pharmacological strategies such as diet and lifestyle changes to the use of complementary alternative medicine and pharmacological treatments. Implications for practice preparing women and their families to manage nausea and vomiting during pregnancy effectively is important; midwives should encourage women to seek help from care providers when they need it, and continue to assess nausea and vomiting and management strategies during the first weeks of pregnancy.