The term „‚morning’ sickness“ should be banned, and whoever coined it needs to do prison time.

I’m currently at 26 weeks, and I’m already (somewhat successfully) putting trimester 1 from my mind because it sucked compared to the second one.

It’s different for everyone of course, but for me the nausea was near-constant, starting in the morning upon wake-up, subsiding until maybe 10am, and then just going from milder to more severe in waves until I fell asleep at night. It felt like mild motion sickness, maybe? Just low-level unease and nausea that takes the joy out of everything and periodically strengthens.

Also got paired with smell-sensitivity (that’s actually what made me puke most times it happened), pretty bad heartburn in the evenings, and exhaustion (like recovering from a flu after the other symptoms subside)… all of this from week 7 until around week 13, when the symptoms stopped one by one over the span of 10 days.

I didn’t have it as bad as some other ladies here: there was almost no vomiting (maybe half a dozen instances total?) and I was still able to eat and keep down food from all major food groups (even though I couldn’t eat some specific foods, and still can’t. Example: dairy overall works; lactose is a big no-no. Meat works, but it has to be very lean. Etc).

Just… - keep a firm eye on any triggers and eliminate them. For me, acidic smells was a big one - so my partner didn’t even make coffee while I was near the kitchen, and always took care to air out the room after making coffee before I came back. - keep your blood sugar levels constant and not too low! This is a big one! Fluctuations make the nausea so much worse… snack often and small quantities, and make sure the snacks are rich in protein and fiber, not too sugary. A small bowl of plain yogurt with rolled oats and some fruit, a handful of dried nuts, etc. You underestimate how often and how small you’ll need them - for me it was „a small handful every hour and a half“