I have heard that it is a B vitamin deficiency.  I think it is B-6 but can't
be sure.  Any midwife or naturopathic OB doctor and tell you.    Congrats to
both of you.  Best wishes for a fine healthy baby and smooth pregnancy and
delivery.
Oliva
P.S.  Don't you get a kick out of Jean-claude's analogies?

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>>My wife and I just found out that she is pregnant.    Is there a paleo
>alternative to crackers to settle her stomach
>>(control stomach acid)?
>>
>ALL the pregnant womens that i heard of who are eating instinctively  never
>experienced morning sickness . It is a radical form of paleoeating  because
>everything is raw unprocessed, and eaten without mixing, but even without
>going so extreme , it is good to know that morning sick is not naturel ,
>despite the fact it is wide spread.and usually experienced by pregnant
>women.
>Note the well known food cravings that occur at that time.
>It is an  awakening of our instinct , to help us clean the body to prepare
>the healthy  environment for the foetus.
>So i think you got an answer to your question, if the food is undenatured,
>the instinctive appeals of your wife will clearly indicate what she need to
>eat to cancel out the unpleasant symptoms of desintoxification.
>If the crackers work at masking the symptoms it is because the body stop
the
>deep cleaning to deal with the new intoxification. The same way i will stop
>to use the broom to sweep the floor when wheelbarrows of dirt is emptied on
>it.
>I will come back to it later on with a shovel.
>wish you an happy pregnancy.
>Jean-claude