Some women find ginger helps with nausea, so perhaps a ginger snap could stave off
morning sickness before it happens.
It was later widely promoted and prescribed to treat
morning sickness, mostly in western Europe and Canada, despite a lack of research in pregnant women.
Diclegis is the only drug approved by the FDA for the treatment of
morning sickness in pregnancy.
Morning sickness can be particularly bad for the small proportion of pregnant women who suffer from hyperemesis gravidarum - an extreme form of the condition that struck down the Duchess of Cambridge during her pregnancies.
Since then, a number of Zofran studies have examined the alleged pregnancy risks tied to the
morning sickness drug, and allegedly between November 2011 and January 2012, two separate studies found that the use of Zofran during pregnancy to combat nausea and vomiting from
morning sickness was associated with a 2.4-fold increased risk of cleft lip and cleft palate birth defects in babies.
Kirstie Allsopp TV property expert Kirstie has also suffered from severe
morning sickness and was hospitalised during her pregnancy.
It was originally prescribed as a "wonder drug" for
morning sickness, headaches, coughs, insomnia and colds.
Like hundreds of other women across the UK, her mother Jennifer Wallace, 60, was prescribed a
morning sickness drug called Debendox during her pregnancy in 1976.
Mum-to-be Louise Whitby, 31, lost out on her share of the huge jackpot after failing to pay her PS2 stake after taking the day off due to
morning sickness.
I'm told this is a good sign but I must look green around the gills (or maybe people had read my story) because last week, as I was traipsing round Liverpool One shopping centre, a couple of girls shouted, "Arrowroot biscuits for the
morning sickness, love".
In a candid interview, Jessica told how the Royal Family have been rallying round the duchess to help her recover from the
morning sickness that left her in hospital.
News of the royal pregnancy broke when she was admitted to a private London hospital suffered from severe
morning sickness.