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50+ Mostly Healthy Foods for Morning Sickness

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Best foods to eat while morning sick. Pregnant and nausea? Try this list of healthy foods.
Sliced lemons as an example of foods for morning sickness
Foods for Morning Sickness when nothing sounds good

When morning sickness hits, it can be hard to know what to eat. This helpful list of mostly healthy foods for morning sickness (with printable PDF) will give you some great ideas of things to eat that may even help you feel better.

Help for What to Eat When Pregnant and Sick

Do you feel sick and nauseous? Are you finding it hard to even enjoy your pregnancy? I’m so sorry, mama. I know exactly how you feel. I’m one of those people who is prone to nausea. Carsickness? Yep. Motion sickness on amusement park rides? You betcha. Morning sickness? For 6 months.

I love eating healthy most of the time (with the occasional treat thrown in here and there), but pregnancy makes it so tough for me to eat well. At a time when it seems like everybody else is eating better than they ever have, I’m over here eating squeeze cheese on Wheat Thins and whatever else I can keep down (ice cream, anyone?). My poor babies! Well, they’re starting to grow up now and they are all actually quite smart and healthy, so I guess I didn’t ruin them forever.

If you’ve read my post on ways to beat morning sickness, you know I advise that you eat a combination of protein, fat, and carbohydrate every time you consume anything as a way to keep your blood sugar balanced and your nausea (hopefully) under control. This is definitely my top recommendation for foods for morning sickness.

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However, there are some days (or weeks? or months?) when all you can do is eat what sounds good and hope it stays down. It might not be a combo of the good stuff that balances your blood sugar. It might not be “health food”. It might even be a little bit of processed food. I’m a big believer in becoming as informed as possible and then doing what you need to do to get through to the next thing.

Sure, you might “know” that it’s best to combine protein with carbs, but if all you can eat is a bowl of frozen grapes, then eat it! You might “know” that organic, whole food is healthiest, but if salt and vinegar chips are all you can keep down. Eat them! No judgment, no guilt.

Do what you need to do to get through what you need to get through!

This is a philosophy for morning sickness and the whole process of labor and birth.


Ready for your huge list of foods to keep you and baby nourished and healthy? Keep reading. It’s next.

50+ Foods for Morning Sickness and Pregnancy Nausea of All Kinds

With that said, here is a huge list of things to eat to help you get through pregnancy nausea, either in early pregnancy or throughout all your trimesters. Your body is feeding a beautiful baby. I hope that some of these snacks and foods for morning sickness, über-healthy or not, will inspire you and help you find things to eat until you and your baby get through to the next phase:

Balancing Your Blood Sugar~Foods that Combine Protein, Fat, and Carbs

    1. Peanut butter on whole grain toast or crackers
    2. Cheese sandwich on whole grain bread
    3. Tuna salad on whole grain bread or crackers
    4. Eggs and whole grain toast
    5. Granola and milk
    6. A banana with nut butter
    7. Nuts and raisins or trail mix of some sort
    8. Chicken and brown rice or quinoa
    9. Cottage cheese, yogurt, or ricotta and a piece of fruit
    10. Oatmeal with peanut butter (or another protein source)
    11. Loaded sweet potato (click here for great recipe options)
    12. Cheese and whole grain crackers ( I love these crackers!)
    13. Chicken noodle soup
    14. Fruit smoothie with Greek yogurt and/or nut butter for protein and fat

Simple Single Foods to Provide Nourishment and Quell Nausea

  1. Grilled or roasted chicken
  2. Larabars
  3. Crackers, the old standby (If you want to go easier on your blood sugar, try these almond flour crackers. So good!)
  4. Crystallized ginger
  5. A whole avocado
  6. Roasted, salted almonds
  7. Strawberries
  8. Jerky
  9. Baked potatoes
  10. Bland cookies like these arrowroot cookies
  11. String cheese
  12. Ginger cookies
  13. Chips, like salt and vinegar chips (You can get them on Amazon in individual bags for portion control! Always thinking….)
  14. Black bean brownies (Try this recipe for a great, gluten free brownie + more about why to eat more beans for morning sickness here.)
  15. Pomegranate seeds
  16. Frozen grapes

Meals that May Appeal Despite Morning Sickness

  1. Salad with steak on top
  2. Hummus with pita bread and olives
  3. Bean burritos and carrot sticks
  4. Beef stew
  5. Grilled cheese sandwich
  6. Peanut butter & banana toast
  7. Rotisserie chicken and side salad
  8. High protein (& gluten free) macaroni and cheese with broccoli
  9. Chuck roast with mashed potatoes and carrots
  10. Healthy Ramen Noodles like this recipe from Simple Healthy Kitchen

Drinks to Suppress Nausea while Pregnant

  1. Electrolyte drinks (Gatorade or a zero calorie, stevia sweetened electrolyte drink mix like this one that my whole family loves)
  2. Ginger ale or ginger beer (The stronger, the better!)
  3. Red raspberry leaf tea
  4. A sparkly flavored water like La Croix (Bonus: No sugar!) I love Pamplemousse (Grapefruit) or Cherry Lime.
  5. A sparkly juice drink made with hydrating coconut water like this Starbucks Black Cherry Limeade with Coconut Water. Yum!
  6. Pomegranate juice
  7. Switchel (Great for digestions! Wellness Mama has an easy recipe here.)
  8. Good Girl Moonshine (This is basically an apple cider vinegar and ginger drink like switchel that was popularized by the diet plan called Trim Healthy Mama. There are many versions online with wonderful flavor variations, like those below.)
  9. Strawberry Good Girl Moonshine by Gal on a Mission
  10. Lemonade Good Girl Moonshine by Mama Shire
  11. Strawberry Limeade Good Girl Moonshine by Mommy Octopus (my favorite version!)
  12. Cranberry Juice
  13. Bone broth (Did you know you can get this made with real bones in stores now?! Not cheap, but if you’re too sick to cook, this might be a great option for you.)
  14. Fresh squeezed lemonade (bonus if you toss a little ginger juice in!)

See anything that sounded good? Click here to pin on your pregnancy board for later!

Of course you should eat as well as you can, and I hope this list of foods for morning sickness helps at least a little bit with inspiring you to find foods that you can tolerate, whether you are are in your first or second trimester or one of those poor souls with hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) or just plain sick your whole pregnancy!

Anything here sound good? Did I miss something? All of a sudden I feel like waffles (high protein, of course) should be on this list!

Drop a comment below.


If you’re newly pregnant, you will absolutely love this list of super cute shirts to share your pregnancy with the world. Check it out!

Printable checklist to download for food inspiration while dealing with morning sickness

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About Bethany Dykman

Bethany is a mom of five, wife, doula, writer, educator, marketer, and founder of the blog StrengthLoveBirth.com. If you stopped by for a visit, you'd probably find her with frizzy hair, big earrings, and a huge cup of water and multiple children nearby. She spends most of her time working at her computer or doing random #momlife stuff, like finding out who bled on the couch. You might be shocked to know she has an M.Ed and spends a lot of time teaching people stuff.

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