Eye on Health - 12/2

Many pregnant women end up fighting nausea in the months leading up to a child's birth. But coul...  More »

Many pregnant women end up fighting nausea in the months leading up to a child's birth. But could something as simple as a piece of candy offer relief? Paula Ebben of CBS News has the story in this week's Eye on Health. JESSICA CHELENA WAS THRILLED WHEN SHE FOUND OUT SHE WAS EXPECTING AGAIN... BUT SHE KNEW SHE WAS IN FOR A ROUGH TIME. (JESSICA CHELENA, MOM) MY MORNING SICKNESS GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE WITH EACH PREGNANCY THAT I HAD, SO BY MY FOURTH PREGNANCY, I WAS PRETTY NAUSEOUS ALL DAY LONG. AND THE REMEDIES FROM HER DOCTOR DIDN'T AGREE WITH HER... (JESSICA) I REALLY DID'T LIKE TAKING THAT BECAUE IT MADE ME KIND OF DROWSY. BUT JESSICA FOUND WHAT SHE CALLS SWEET RELIEF... A LOLLIPOP THAT PROMISE TO CURB NAUSEA. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF BRAND... EACH WITH DIFFERENT INGREDIENTS. PREGNANCY MAGAZINE SAYS THE CANDY IS CAUSING A BUZZ (JIM SCHIEKOFER/PREGNANCY MAGAZINE) I'VE FOUND A LOT OF WOMEN DO TURN TO THESE PRODUCTS.. IF THERE'S ANYTYING THAT TH EY CAN GRAB TO GET RID OF THAT FEELING.. THEY WILL DO IT. JESSICA SAYS PREGGIE POPS MADE HER MORNING SICKNESS BAREABLE.. THESE POPS CONTAIN SUGAR.. AND FLAVORS LIKE GINGER AND MINT... WHICH THE COMPANY SAYS HAVE LONG BEEN USED TO HELP CALM AN UPSET STOMACH. THERE ARE ALSO BNATAL POPS WITH VITAMIN B6. DR. MICHELE CURTIS, A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS, SAYS THERE'S NOTHING IN ANY OF THE POPS THAT CAN HURT YOU. BUT IS THERE ANY SICENCE BEHIND THE SWEETS. (DR. MICHELE CURTIS) VITAMIN B6, OR PYRIDOXINE, AND THAT HAS BEEN SHOWN IN SEVERAL STUDIES TO ACTUALLY REDUCE THE NAUSEA AND VOMITING. THE SMELL AND TASTE TREATMENT AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION SAYS THERE'S ANO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT ANY FLAVORS CAN CURB NAUSEA... BUT THE MAKER OF PREGGIE POPS TELLS US THE REAL PROOF COMES FROM HAPPY MOMS LIKE JESSICA. (JESSICA) IT DEFINITELY MADE A DIFFERENCE IN KIND OF SOOTHING AND STOPPING THAT KIND OF GREEN FEELING THAT GOES ALONG WITH NAUSEA. THE MANUFACTURERS SAY THEY POPS CAN TAKE A FEW DAYS BEFORE THEY BEGIN TO WORK..THEY'RE AVAILABLE AT DRUGS STORES AND ONLINE.. TAG IS ON STORY  « Less