Morning Sickness

What to Expect at your Health Care Provider's Office

Your doctor will perform a physical examination, including a pelvic exam, and look for any signs of dehydration.

Your doctor may ask questions like the following:

• Are you only nauseated or do you also vomit?
• Does the nausea and vomiting occur every day?
• Does it last throughout the day?
• Can you keep down any food or fluid?
• Have you been traveling?
• Has your schedule been disrupted?
• Are you emotionally stressed?
• What foods have you been eating?
• Do you smoke?
• What have you done to try to feel better?
• Do you know for sure that you are pregnant?
• If not, is it possibly that you are pregnant? For example, do you menstruate and are you sexually active? Have you missed any birth control pills or not used your birth control method?
• What other symptoms do you have -- headaches, abdominal pain, breast tenderness, dry mouth, excessive thirst, unintentional weight loss?

Diagnostic tests that may be performed include:

• Blood tests including CBC and blood chemistry (chem-20)
• Urine analysis for ketones and severity of dehydration
• Pregnancy tests