Morning sickness

Ah, morning sickness. Or rather, any time of the day sickness.

This was really my first sign of being pregnant. I felt so ill and nauseous for two days. Massive ups and downs. I would feel fine for a few hours and then bam it would come and knock me for six all over again. In the end I took a pregnancy test and when I got the positive symbol it was a bit of a relief because I felt like my body was going mad.

Food aversions have also been a bit of a thing for me. At first I couldn’t drink anything but ginger tea but then that started to make me feel nauseous. Eggs were also okay but then they weren’t and as they started to repeat on me they made me feel even worse. And as for crackers…well, they do not reduce my sickness. Honestly they make me feel worse. Now we’re at the stage where when the memory of an egg makes me feel queasy. Then all hot drinks made me feel unwell (this was bad, I’m an avid coffee drinker and even decaf was no good) and now water makes me feel sick too. I’m actually running out of liquid options…

However, I personally think I’ve been lucky and got off easy when it comes to morning sickness and pregnancy symptoms on the whole. Most of the time I’ve just been feeling mildly queasy, though the sore and sensitive nipples are no joking matter! I had about two weeks with practically no symptoms and I’d even managed to avoid vomiting…until this morning…

I have a long commute to work which means I have to leave early in the morning (just before 6am). So I had all my pre-natals in the kitchen this morning as usual and left the house at a normal time. I felt okay and was walking quite happily down the road when all of a sudden this wave of sickness hit me like a tsunami.

I tried to suppress it but to no avail. Projectile vomiting. I tried to catch it in my hand and to be honest, this was a mistake as what didn’t make it to the floor just ended up on my face and my hand. Naturally I had only an old used tissue in my pocket so this didn’t really help to mop up the situation. My mouth just tasted of regurgitated pills which, in case you were wondering, is not the most pleasant.

I’ll be honest, it wasn’t the most auspicious of starts to the morning. I would also like to extend an anonymous apology to the restaurant owners who had to contend with a pool of vomit outside their establishment this morning. I will give you my custom to make up for this at some point in the near future.