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.