The same superheroes that help us fight yeast infections can likely help improve the nausea, vomiting and constipation throughout pregnancy—especially early pregnancy, say researchers writing in the journal, Nutrients.
Five out of six pregnant women struggle with morning sickness to the point that it affects their quality of life. The culprit? Pregnancy hormones estrogen and progesterone bring a lot of physical changes and alter your microbiome, which affects your gut and why you don’t feel so great when you go to the bathroom.
In the study, pregnant persons took a widely available non-prescription probiotic mostly containing lactobacillus with 10 billion live cultures at the time it was manufactured. Incidents of nausea were reduced by 15% but the biggest payoff was in moms who were vomiting as the probiotics cut the number of episodes by a full one-third. They also reduced constipation “significantly.”
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