CATEGORY: METZGER
PHOTO: VITAMIN A

When I was pregnant with Eric I had morning sickness for the entire nine months, although it eased off a little after four months.  When I was pregnant with Jari, it started all over again.  This time I had a different doctor, Dr. French, a woman.  At my third month check-up, she asked me why I hadn’t come in as soon as the morning sickness started.  I told her my doctor for Eric hadn’t been able to help and I assumed there was nothing that could be done.  She prescribed 30,000 units of vitamin A every day, and the morning sickness stopped almost immediately.  This vitamin A was a doctors prescription.  Maybe back in those years one needed a prescription to make sure of acquiring the best quality.  After two months I was to cut back to 10,000 units and increased the amount only if the nausea returned.

I never had morning sickness again.  I include this only for someone who might need help with the same problem.