Feeling good and staying healthy during the first trimester of pregnancy isn’t always easy if you are experiencing morning sickness, whether or not you are vegetarian or vegan. However, for vegetarian moms-to-be, the struggle can be a bit more difficult, especially if you are having trouble keeping anything down. While each woman’s body, tastes, and remedies for morning sickness are unique, here are some of the most commonly helpful vegetarian-approved tips for overcoming morning sickness :

Ginger - Consider beginning your day with a cup of ginger tea (add honey and/or lemon for taste), or with toast sprinkled with crystallized ginger slices or ginger jam (you can purchase these at health food stores). Ginger ale is another big helper — since the carbonation also helps many instances of nausea for many women. Ginber snap cookies may also take the edge off.

Lemon - Sometimes something sour will be the thing you crave — and the thing that will break the cycle. Try sucking on a small lemon wedge, or add a slice of lemon to flat or carbonated water, or to ginger ale.

Peppermint - Need a quick fix? Try sucking on a peppermint candy. Or try one of the many peppermint teas on the market (or make your own tea, if you have the herbs).

Salt - Salty crackers or potato chips (there are many vegetarian types of chips out there now) will sometimes do the trick. If salt works for you but you’re sick of crackers, try baking a potato and salting that (cooks fast in the microwave — just make sure you poke holes in it), or try a salting a slice of watermelon (may sound gross, but it’s good).

Yogurt - If regular yogurt upsets you, try freezing some in ice cube trays. Sometimes the combination of sucking on something cold along with the active cultures of the yogurt help. (Make sure to get the yogurt that has probiotics, with “active culture” or “live culture” on the labels, as this is what tends to tame the tummy.)

Make sure to consult a medical and/or nutritional professional before adding herbs or herbal supplements to your diet, or if you feel your symptoms are severe enough to warrant medical attention.

This article was written by Veggie Ma, the author of the Veggie Ma blog. Visit Veggie Ma at veggiema.blogspot.com for free vegetarian recipes, veggie website & book recommendations, and other veg resources for the whole family.