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Morning sickness commonly peaks around weeks 7 to 12 of pregnancy, but experiences vary. Morning sickness is rough, but for relief try eating small meals and upping your protein intake. Morning sickness can come with symptoms including nausea, vomiting, heaving, and gagging. Severe symptoms could mean you have hyperemesis gravidarum, so it’s best to contact your doctor asap. Visit Insider’s Health Reference library for more advice. You can feel nauseous in the morning for other reasons, such as low blood sugar, but the term “morning sickness” is mainly exclusive to pregnancy.
Rebekah Mustaleski, a licensed certified professional midwife, says that despite its name, morning sickness isn’t limited to a certain time of day. A better name for it would be ‘all day sickness,'” she says. That’s why some experts simply call morning sickness nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. When does morning sickness start and end? Morning sickness commonly starts around the sixth week of pregnancy, peaks around weeks 7 to 12, and tapers off sometime around the end of the first trimester, or 13 to 14 weeks. But everyone experiences it differently, so this time frame may not reflect your experience.
Some people find their morning sickness doesn’t improve until 20 weeks, and some people still have some queasiness that hangs around throughout their pregnancy,” says Mustaleski. It’s unclear why morning sickness lasts longer for some people than others. Symptoms can vary from person to person. For example, some people only experience nausea and don’t vomit at all during their pregnancy.