Study says nausea during pregnancy means baby will have a high IQ

One fine day, you wake up nauseous. She runs to the bathroom feeling nauseous and wonders what could be going on. She goes to the pharmacy and confirms her suspicions: she’s pregnant! You and your family are vibrating with emotion, but there is one small but uncomfortable detail: the nausea does not go away. You try all kinds of home remedies to see if the problem goes away for good, but nothing works. Do these nauseas have a purpose?

O awesome.club You know how annoying nausea during pregnancy is, but there is good news on the subject: a study found that the hormones that cause nausea in the morning are the same ones related to greater brain development in children. And what does that mean? Keep reading to find out.

In addition to the good news of knowing that a new member will arrive in the family, a study published in The Journal of Pediatrics revealed that the frequency of nausea typical of pregnancy is a great sign of a high intelligence quotient (IQ) in the child. In addition, the greater intensity of nausea points to an above-average intelligence. The research involved 121 women who became pregnant between 1998 and 2003, and the children’s IQ levels were analyzed when they were between 3 and 7 years old.

Other studies, such as one published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, had already revealed that morning nausea is a good sign during pregnancy, as it has to do with a lower rate of miscarriages. Let’s say that these sensations would work as a protection, as they indicate that hormone levels are high enough to maintain the pregnancy. However, this was the first time that a parallel was drawn between the future mother’s nausea and the child’s intelligence after birth.

Of course morning sickness is not pleasant at all, but knowing that it has a positive meaning changes the whole situation. Children of mothers who suffered from morning sickness were shown, through tests, to have better memory and language skills. And the researchers made it clear that the absence of morning nausea during pregnancy does not mean that the child will be less intelligent, just that the increase in Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hGC), a probable explanation for the occurrence of the malaise, would create an ideal environment for the placenta and for better neural development in children.

This study offers new hope and a modicum of comfort for women who suffer from morning sickness in early pregnancy. It is worth mentioning that, from the 14th or 16th week, the mother-to-be’s routine is taken over by feelings of drowsiness and tiredness, not to mention swelling. However, knowing that nausea has a reason for being puts all the discomfort in the background.

You who are already a mother, did you suffer from nausea during pregnancy? What do you think about the discovery of the link between motion sickness and children’s intelligence? Comment!