Reprint of: survey of medicinal cannabis use among childbearing women: patterns of its use in pregnancy and retroactive self-assessment of its efficacy against 'morning sickness'.

A majority of women experience some nausea and/or vomiting during pregnancy. This condition can range from mild nausea to extreme nausea and vomiting, with 1-2% of women suffering from the life-threatening condition hyperemesis gravidarum. Cannabis (Cannabis sativa) may be used therapeutically to mitigate pregnancy-induced nausea and vomiting.

Survey of medicinal cannabis use among childbearing women: patterns of its use in pregnancy and retroactive self-assessment of its efficacy against 'morning sickness'.

A majority of women experience some nausea and/or vomiting during pregnancy. This condition can range from mild nausea to extreme nausea and vomiting, with 1-2% of women suffering from the life-threatening condition hyperemesis gravidarum. Cannabis (Cannabis sativa) may be used therapeutically to mitigate pregnancy-induced nausea and vomiting.

Herbal healing in pregnancy: women's experiences.

Many women use home remedies to maintain their health during pregnancy. Here, pregnant women's perspectives on herbal medicine are exposed in a small (n = 27) non-random sample of pregnant women in British Columbia, Canada, and follow-up interviews with six mentors from the community. While many of the women were cautious about using herbs during pregnancy, they considered them to be safer-as a general rule-than pharmaceutical drugs.

The rhetoric of "natural" in natural childbirth: childbearing women's perspectives on prolonged pregnancy and induction of labour.

It is widely known that the notion of prolonged pregnancy, defined medically as 41+ or 42+ weeks gestation, has been hotly debated within the medical and midwifery communities for many decades. Within this debate, pregnant women's voices have rarely been heard. Presented here are the results of a qualitative study of self-care in pregnancy, birth and lactation with a non-random sample of women in British Columbia, Canada.

Use of anti-emetic herbs in pregnancy: women's choices, and the question of safety and efficacy.

The majority of North American pregnant women experience some degree of nausea and vomiting, usually in the first few months of pregnancy. Women utilize many coping strategies, including self-treatment with herbal medicine and other alternative therapies. In a qualitative study of self-care in pregnancy, birth and lactation within a non-random sample of 27 women in British Columbia, Canada, 20 women (74%) experienced pregnancy-induced nausea.