Dr. Laura Louie, Naturopathic Doctor, Vancouver, BC

"Dr. Laura Louie is a licensed Naturopathic Physician and Registered Acupuncturist. She has has been at The Fourth and Alma Clinic since 1995 practicing complementary and alternative medicine. Dr Louie graduated from Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington in 1994 with a Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine, Master's of Science in Acupuncture and Bachelor of Science in natural Health Sciences. She maintains a general practice with a focus on treating pain disorders, women's healthcare, gastrointestinal, immune and allergy conditions. In addition she incorporates mind-body therapies to enhance healing. Highly trained in both traditional Western science and complementary medicine, Dr. Louie is exceptionally qualified to determine the optimal treatment for a patient's individual needs. She incorporates the most recent medical techniques in scientific diagnosis and treatment with the ancient knowledge of natural therapies including traditional Chinese medicine. Since 2001 Dr. Louie has been following her passion of doing humanitarian work with the poor and underprivileged overseas. Her organization has established projects in rural Thailand and a remote area of India where she trains health care professionals in acupuncture, nutrition and basic naturopathic medicine. For information on"

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One of the most common conditions women experience during their first trimester of their pregnancy is nausea and vomiting and although it is quite normal, it can cause women a lot of stress and fatigue as well as a loss of a lot of nutrients and fluids.

The cause isn’t fully understood. However, it’s mainly due to the increase – the exponential increase of hormones experienced during this time, mainly HCG, estrogen, and progesterone. These hormones have effects on all other cells in the body as well which can cause some of these gastrointestinal symptoms women feel.

Although nausea can be very frustrating and tiring for women, there are a lot of treatment options to help. Simple things like changing your diet and your lifestyle can make a huge impact, like having regular exercise or ensuring that there’s always food in your stomach. Having an empty stomach can actually make the nauseating symptoms much more severe. So keeping a snack in your purse or in your car will help alleviate some of these symptoms.

Dehydration is common in women with increased nausea and vomiting so it’s really important to find ways to replenish fluid in the body. If you’re not able to keep water down or have trouble taking in water, intravenous vitamin therapy is a great alternative.

With this treatment, your naturopathic doctor can also infuse vitamins directly into your blood stream. Vitamins such as B6 and B12 will help decrease the nauseous feeling as well as increase energy throughout your pregnancy. Again, it depends on the patient. And we often will design very specific treatment plans in terms of supplements and dietary change to help with these symptoms.  Lab tests, of course, play a big role in diagnosing digestive issues. So, we would look at systemic levels of inflammation. We can also measure hydrogen and methane on the breath to determine if there are any microorganisms contributing to these symptoms.  If you’re experiencing digestive issues of any kind and you’d like to learn more about what’s causing these symptoms, see your local naturopathic doctor.