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Morning sickness caused by certain foods?

Categories: Pregnancy & birth, Health & safety

When it comes to "morning sickness" and pregnancy, there are many different camps. There are the women who never feel sick, some that feel nauseous, some that vomit but end around 12 weeks and then, the rest of us.

Who are we? We are the sufferers of hyperemesis, which is basically non-stop, round-the-clock vomiting for part or all of a pregnancy. Having hyperemesis or extreme morning sickness, is horrible. I've ended up in the emergency room getting IV fluids because I just couldn't stop throwing up. I've lost the weight during pregnancy. I have cried and cried into the toilet begging for my body to just stop it.

So, when I see this article that seems to hint that what you eat causes your morning sickness, you can guess that I'd be a little testy. (It also mentions that morning sickness can help certain chemicals from affecting the baby, which is a good thing.)

I'll be the first person to tell you that it didn't matter what I ate or didn't eat: I threw up. How could they explain the vomiting of water? Water isn't a sweet!

I think the hardest part of having hyperemesis or morning sickness is that some people believe that positive thinking will cause them not to get it. So, when someone says that, I can't help but wonder if they think that I actually enjoyed throwing up in a communal bathroom at work. Because, just for the record, I didn't.

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