Morning Sickness: All…day…long

Morning sickness is one of the greatest lies in pregnancy. Morning, mid morning, lunch, late afternoon, early evening, midnight sickness wasn’t as catchy so someone thought it clever to hide one of the most common pregnancy ailments out there.

During my first trimester with baby number one, I was hit with it, it felt like you had eaten a bad pie, every day for weeks and you were just barely able to put it out of your mind while trying to pretend to be a normal human (especially when you’re in the hiding the pregnancy til you’re ready to announce phase). That constant feeling of i’m on a boat but there’s no water nearby was really hard to not only physically get through, but mentally. It’s a death by a thousand cuts situation. One morning of it would be so easy, for most people it’s light enough to function on. It’s the relentlessness of it going on for weeks that wears you down.

I’m in the lucky venn diagram corner where i wasn’t vomiting constantly. And I have to hand you all a bloody big trophy if you are in that camp. You are a true warrior. And your prize is… your baby i guess.

If you’re in the venn diagram section that houses Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) the extreme version of “morning” sickness, you deserve not only your baby-trophy but perhaps get someone to pop out and buy you a new car or something to honour this feat. That is truly dedication to the cause.

I found the best way to get through it, was to always have a light base of food in my stomach. If your stomach is empty thats when you feel the most rotten. Keeping a constantly supply of crackers or oatmeal cookies (I use to eat biscuit breakfasts morning, noon and night) on hand i would reccommend is the best way to combatting this.

Rant incoming - why did my first midwife not tell me about nausea medicine? Because when it came to round two baby that was the FIRST thing my new midwife mentioned. I was taken a back with how effective it was. (And safe for bubs too). My second pregnancy was a sweet ride and I pity my former pregnant self for not knowing the sweet life.

I won’t mention the medicine here, I don’t want anyone out there self-prescribing on my account, so talk to your Doctor or Midwife about the best option for you. But just know, there IS something available that is stronger than just ginger chews and ginger beer.

Also - If you feel like you are living in your bathroom these days, why not renovate and make the space as cute and cosy as you can. Then you won’t feel so much disdain for having to go to the bathroom for a cheeky vom each time. Make it the weirdest little retreat ever.

All my pukey love, you got this!

…Also how cute is that bathroom pic? →
#Whimsy!