The first months of a pregnancy are always very complicated and intense: the body has to adapt and accept the new situation; each component must make room, including the mind; emotions are strong and intense so sometimes they are not manageable; hormones play tricks and sometimes something extra is added, nausea!
With my first child I never had nausea and therefore I did not know what that meant. I listened to the stories of other women who told me to spend whole mornings with the retching, that the nausea was very strong and persistent, but I had no idea what it really meant. But now everything is clear! I wake up in the morning and as I put my feet on the ground that feeling takes hold of me: the stomach upset, the bitterness in the mouth, the acid that rises .. here it is, the nausea!
Every morning is the same! Before I was pregnant in the morning I would get up, I had coffee, I had breakfast… now I get up, nausea assaults me, I vomit, I have coffee and I vomit again, then I can have breakfast, but sometimes I also vomit after breakfast .. let’s say I have a slightly different routine!
People tell me that if I vomit the baby is fine, that vomiting is a good sign, that the more I vomit the more the baby grows .. I don’t know if all this is true, but I certainly know that it is normal, even if it is very tiring.
So I let myself go to this obviously unpleasant feeling but, sooner or later, it will end, hopefully soon!
See you at the next chapter!
Ale, mum of 2!