"Some women, when pregnant, must refrain from time on the water due to
severe bouts of nausea. Not only is this recommended for the comfort of =
the
lady, it is imperative for the safety of the fetus. It has been found =
that
the fetus can suffer from motion sickness also. This puts baby at =
greater
risk."

Handbook of Maritime Medicine, 1988, p 421, Selchow and Righter =
Publishers

What a pile of bunk. Seasickness is most often an ocular/aural =
occurrence. The movement of a boat would be no more stressful to a baby =
in utero than any other movement that the mother performs. As far as =
the nausea goes, unless the person wretches uncontrollable and =
incessantly, it would not be harmful to the pregnancy. I'd like to see =
the studies this information came from.

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