unusual amount of saliva in pregnant mum, requesting help

[Guest guest]

Passed on by AyurDoula Lisa Shrempp in Tuscon, looks like this came

off another forum:

 

Thought you might be able to help out this poor mum to be.

Lisa

 

>

> Jennifer H. Westerman

> [hughesj]

> Monday, November 12, 2007 1:46 PM

> Hi, Mamas,

> I am emailing my mama friends in the hope that you

> can help my sister out

> with a

> pregnancy-related issue. I think most of you have

> met my sister, Lynn. She

> is

> currently 14 weeks pregnant, and she has been having

> a terrible problem with

> excessive saliva. She has to spit constantly (I'm

> not making this up!),

> sometimes producing in excess of 3 cups of saliva a

> day (she's done the

> measuring)! She is really, really miserable. The

> extra saliva makes her feel

> nauseated, and she's having a hard time at work

> because she constantly needs to spit, and that's not really possible

when she's examining her patients. She's actually to the point where

she has to carry around a cup to spit in.

>

> We have read that this can happen during pregnancy, but we haven't

found anything that makes it better. Has anyone ever heard of this

condition? More importantly, does anyone have any recommendations

> for her that might ease the over-production of saliva? Please ask

around to other mama friends, too.

>

> I wouldn't ask for your time if she wasn't completely miserable. I

feel so bad for her! Thanks, ladies, for any info that you might

> have.

>

> Hope everyone and their little ones are well!

>

> Jen

>

> Jennifer H. Westerman

> Department of English

> Literature and Environment Program

> University of Nevada, Reno

[Guest guest]

drink red raspberry tea, one quart before noon, another by 3pm, and stop all

processed foods, added salts, artifical sweetners, and no bacon, sausage, red

meats, salated cheeses, or butters. do this for 2 weeks and you should see fast

change within days.

 

let me know,

 

Shawna Doran, midwife since 1976, family nurse practitioner, Alachua, Fl

 

Ysha Oakes <AyurDoulas wrote:

Passed on by AyurDoula Lisa Shrempp in Tuscon, looks like this came

off another forum:

 

Thought you might be able to help out this poor mum to be.

Lisa

 

>

> Jennifer H. Westerman

> [hughesj]

> Monday, November 12, 2007 1:46 PM

> Hi, Mamas,

> I am emailing my mama friends in the hope that you

> can help my sister out

> with a

> pregnancy-related issue. I think most of you have

> met my sister, Lynn. She

> is

> currently 14 weeks pregnant, and she has been having

> a terrible problem with

> excessive saliva. She has to spit constantly (I'm

> not making this up!),

> sometimes producing in excess of 3 cups of saliva a

> day (she's done the

> measuring)! She is really, really miserable. The

> extra saliva makes her feel

> nauseated, and she's having a hard time at work

> because she constantly needs to spit, and that's not really possible

when she's examining her patients. She's actually to the point where

she has to carry around a cup to spit in.

>

> We have read that this can happen during pregnancy, but we haven't

found anything that makes it better. Has anyone ever heard of this

condition? More importantly, does anyone have any recommendations

> for her that might ease the over-production of saliva? Please ask

around to other mama friends, too.

>

> I wouldn't ask for your time if she wasn't completely miserable. I

feel so bad for her! Thanks, ladies, for any info that you might

> have.

>

> Hope everyone and their little ones are well!

>

> Jen

>

> Jennifer H. Westerman

> Department of English

> Literature and Environment Program

> University of Nevada, Reno

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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