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From: "Sara McGrath" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 7:54 PM
Subject: pregnancy and morning sickness


> I'm 8 weeks pregnant with all-day morning sickness and aversions to
> meat and vegetables. From what I've read, paleo women don't experience
> morning sickness. So what's going on with me? Any ideas?
>
> Sara

Hello Sara
Somethings wonderful is going on in your body even if you don't like it.
Your body is giving you morning sickness to stop you from eating during the
time when your baby's body is developing its organs. If you are in
reasonable shape when starting the pregnancy there is no reason to worry for
instance about not getting enough calories. Neither you nor the baby needs
those calories at this time but your baby needs to be protected from harmful
substances that you, its mother might eat if you felt good about eating. And
we have no reason to believe that hunter/gatherer women are not experiencing
morning sickness.

Here is a very interesting link on the subject:

http://www.people.virginia.edu/~rjh9u/profet.html

Best wishes
Eva