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Recommended links
For more information about maternity services and choosing your LMC, call free on 0800 MUM 2 BE (0800 686 223). This line is not for counselling, clinical or medical advice.
- Mama Maternity Information Services offers useful information about choosing your LMC.
- Kiwi Families has good information about choosing your LMC and about childbirth.
- Kiwi Families covers what to eat during pregnancy
- The New Zealand Food Safety Authority provides detailed information about food safety in pregnancy.
- The Ministry of Health offers a comprehensive paper on nutrition in pregnancy and after childbirth.
- Littlies has useful information about miscarriages.
- Parents Centre New Zealand offers parent education programmes, including antenatal classes.
- Birthwise provides information through an antenatal programme, helping parents make informed, natural birth choices.
Life Stages > So you're pregnant? > What causes morning sickness?
What causes morning sickness?
From 6-12 weeks, your body produces extra hormones, which can cause nausea and vomiting. It's often called morning sickness but can happen anytime. The extra hormones can also make you emotional. Some women experience no nausea, others feel wretched for nine months. Many find the nausea lifts after three or four months.

