Morning sickness lowers risk of miscarriage

According to a study, morning sickness during pregnancy may lower the risk of miscarriage.

The study suggests that nausea and vomiting during pregnancy protect the fetus against toxins and disease-causing organisms.

Nausea and vomiting subside by the 4th month of pregnancy in most women. However,  some may have the symptoms throughout the term.

The cause of morning sickness is not known, but researchers have proposed that it protects the fetus against toxins and disease-causing organisms in foods and beverages.

‘It’s a common thought that nausea indicates a healthy pregnancy, but there was not a lot of high-quality evidence to support this belief,’ said the study’s first author, Stefanie N Hinkle, from National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in the US.

‘Our study evaluates symptoms from the earliest weeks, immediately after conception, and confirms that there is a protective association between nausea and vomiting and a lower risk of pregnancy loss,’ said Hinkle.