What is Pregnancy Sickness?
Pregnancy sickness is the painstaking suffering of nausea and vomiting all day long and not only in the morning. Since for some women the nausea and vomiting is the worst in the morning, the common term is ‘morning sickness’. Pregnancy sickness can differ from feeling nauseous to feeling so nauseous that you have to vomit. Pregnancy sickness seems to be caused by a mixture of all the hormonal changes that occur in the female body due to the pregnancy and the sensitivity to certain smells.
I’ve previously sailed through two pregnancies by-passing the dreaded sickness smugly, never even the slightest touch of queasiness. My little babog swimming around inside has changed all that. I’m wrenching at almost all foods, the odour, the texture, the taste. Snots, nappies, slurping, chewing and munching, it all REVOLTS me. Why can’t people just chew with their mouths closed. Like ewh! I have nausea and vomiting all day long, not only in the morning. I feel shit all day, everyday!
I’ve been spending my days hovering around the bathroom, hibernating indoors trying to hide any existence of my pregnancy. I’m struggling to conceal myself from my four year old shadow who currently thinks I’m dying. She has watched on in horror as I gag and puke.
I researched and researched and RESEARCHED for the cure. There is no magic cure. There is no magic pill. There is nothing I can do but ride it out.
I have eaten and snacked before getting out of bed to keep my energy levels up. I have tried to eat ginger biscuits, they repulse me. I’m sipping hot water with a slice of lemon in the mornings and I’m drinking water by the gallon to keep hydrated. I have eaten smaller meals and snacked more frequently not allowing myself to get hungry. I’ve nibbled peppermint sweets when I feel the faintest queasiness come on. I don’t eat and drink at the same time. I’m also eating bland foods such as crackers and dry toast and I’m taking plenty of supplements.
Did any of it work? Eating smaller frequent bland meals kind of helped. I also picked up a vitamin spray which helped avoid gagging over large vitamins. It’s such a horrible experience. Stupid hormones.
How women go through a whole pregnancy feeling like this is inhumane. I like food. No I love food and I was slowly drifting into a depression watching my little family devour all the beautiful foods I would chef up at dinner time whilst stubbornly nibbling on a cracker or dry toast.
The fog is finally lifting, I’m starting to feel myself again at almost twelve weeks. I just hope I don’t get any weird cravings like the last time.
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All of my wife’s were like that, she would lose about ten pounds before gaining anything but it was from puking the whole first and half the second trimester
Oh no… Thankfully it’s my first time and it’s passed. Horrible horrible thing to go though. Hope you were minding her…
Always 🙂
Been there and it got worse each time. On my fourth by 20 weeks i had gone from 9 stone to 7. It lasted 26 weeks and when madam arrived lull term she was 9 lb. i sympathise with you and celebrate!
We can celebrate it’s passing. Been qa yucky first three months. Bring on the gorging and pregnancy cravings haha