"24 Hour Sickness":
That explains what "morning" sickness was really about.
If I could count the times that I threw up every day, I would have been doing nothing but counting in between my constant trips to the bathroom; though many time there was not a bathroom near and so behind a bush, car, or garbage can all became very familiar to me as well. What was the strangest to me at first was how normally my favorite foods (chocolate & coffee), were the biggest triggers to this vomiting.
The simple smell of coffee brewing would send me into a nauseated swirl and running for some type of relief. Even a simple trip into a popular donut shop, would have me turning around and walking out as fast as I could, without even so much as a bagel. At times the mere thought of going in some places would make me become sick to my stomach.
As stubborn as I have been known to be at times, I tried over and over again to deal with these smells and the flavors that I so desperately missed. The flavors of chocolate and coffee had even worse effects on me which made me eventually throw in the towel and give up on these once loved treats. But of course I was told that this was all normal and actually a good sign, and some day it would all be worth it. It was one of those things that I wanted to believe, yet at the same time I couldn't fathom why this thing growing inside of me would put me through so much and be worth it all. I did come to realize that it was just his/her way of telling me that I didn't need these things and that it was for the better I cut them out of my diet; well at least for the next nine months!
Through the pulling over on the side of the road at a moments notice to "sleeping" on the bathroom floor many nights, I look back now and am thankful that this part (the hardest part) is over and the best is still yet to come. I will suggest that if you find that one thing that does seem to settle your stomach when it is the most upset, use this device only when in dire need! I say this because there were certain foods (sour candies, ginger snaps, ginger ale, saltines, etc.) that I used to love and would help at the same time, but since I ate them all the time to calm my stomach they now make me kind of nauseous to eat them now. Part of it was because this is what I ate most of the time because I knew they would settle my stomach and for the most part keep down longer than other foods. The other part was that it was as if I built up an immunity to these calming foods.
Now that the "24 hour sickness" is over, I have been able to enjoy the last month and a half for what pregnancy is all about...connecting with the miracle growing inside of me.
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