I've had a weird metallic taste in my mouth the past few days. It is a bitter taste and won't go away, even if I drink or eat or brush my teeth. I thought it might have to do with the B6 vitamins I'm taking and Googled it to find out. Turns out that the metallic taste in my mouth (called "dysgeusia") is very common in the first trimester and is due to high hormone levels, in particular, the hormone estrogen. Apparently it lasts throughout the first trimester, then begins to disappear as the pregnancy hormones settle down the second trimester. Interesting! I'm like a case study for 1st trimester pregnancy symptoms. Ha!
Solutions: I read that 1 tsp. of salt in 8 oz. of water, OR 1/4 tsp. baking soda in 8 oz. of water can be used as a mouth rinse several times a day. Drinking/eating citrus foods such as lemon in water or lemon-drops may also help. We'll try them out today!
Nausea still here today. Rough night last night. Tossed and turned quite a bit. Hoping today will go better. I continue to Google images of the embryo growing inside of me to remind me that there is a baby spirit in there - and that all these hormones are helping him or her to grow into a human being! Here is an embryo at 7 Weeks:
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