Freezie Remedy to Alleviate Morning Sickness
Morning Sickness
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Morning Sickness focused on measuring Morning Sickness, Lillipops Iced Soothies, Pregnancy, Obstetrics
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Pregnancy between 4 and 12 weeks gestation.
- Pregnant women with NVP, regardless of treatment (if any) for their NVP.
- Provide the signed informed consent form prior to initial interview.
- Able to come in person to Sick Kids or meet at an agreed location.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Gestational age beyond 12 weeks of pregnancy.
- Pregnant women less than 18 years of age.
- Women who are not proficient in the English language.
- Unable to consume any of the ingredients listed in Lillipops or Mr. Freeze freezies due to allergies, medication interactions or other reasons.
- Women refusing to avoid sources of ginger products for the duration of the study.
Sites / Locations
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm 4
Experimental
Experimental
Active Comparator
No Intervention
Lillipops Iced Soothies (4 flavours)
Lillipop Iced Soothies (Ginger flavour)
Mr. Freeze Freezies (4 flavours)
Natural Course Group
Initially, women will be given 1 multiflavour box of Lillipop samples minus the ginger flavour (4 flavours). Each box contains 24 freezies (20 mL each), 6 of each flavor. They will be told to eat the freezies as needed to alleviate symptoms, up to a maximum of 12 per day, and to not have any other popsicles, freezies or any ginger products throughout the duration of the study (7 days). They can request an additional multiflavour box of freezies at each follow-up, as needed. All participants will initially receive counselling and advice by the Motherisk NVP Counsellor about symptom management. This includes advice about dietary, non-medicinal and medical treatments as per the Motherisk NVP protocol
Initially, women will be given 1 Ginger flavor box of Lillipop samples. Each box contains 24 freezies (20 mL each). Each 20ml contains 80mg of dried ginger root. They will be told to eat the freezies as needed to alleviate symptoms, up to a maximum of 12 a day and to not have any other popsicles, freezies or other ginger products throughout the duration of the study (7 days). Due ginger's antiemetic property, a maximum daily dose is up to 1000mg/day of dried ginger root powder in pregnancy.They can request an additional box of freezies at each follow-up, as needed.All participants will initially receive counselling and advice by the Motherisk NVP Counsellor about symptom management. This includes advice about dietary, non-medicinal and medical treatments as per the Motherisk NVP protocol.
Initially, women will be given 1 multiflavour box of Mr. Freeze samples. Each box contains 24 freezies (20 mL each), 6 of each flavor. They will be told to eat the freezies as needed to alleviate symptoms, up to a maximum of 12 per day, and to not have any other popsicles, freezies or any ginger products throughout the duration of the study (7 days). They can request an additional multiflavour box of freezies at each follow-up, as needed. All participants will initially receive counselling and advice by the Motherisk NVP Counsellor about symptom management. This includes advice about dietary, non-medicinal and medical treatments as per the Motherisk NVP protocol
Women will not receive any freezies and will be asked to not have any other popsicles, freezies or any ginger products throughout the duration of the study (7 days). All participants will initially receive counselling and advice by the Motherisk NVP Counsellor about symptom management. This includes advice about dietary, non-medicinal and medical treatments as per the Motherisk NVP protocol