A Pregnant Lady's Rant About Morning Sickness

Morning sickness is the worst. Seriously. The worst. You know all those funny pregnancy announcements with pregnant moms leaning over a toilet? They're not funny. Throwing up at least once a day, usually more (sometimes five or six times), for two months is not funny. Throwing up so hard that your insides hurt and your throat burns is not funny.

"But pregnancy is so wonderful! You'll love it, trust me!"

"Oh, mine wasn't really that bad. I just took really good care of myself."

"All you need to do is ____________."

"You don't actually throw up, right?"

"Oh it gets better, don't worry."

"You know, it might not get better..."

“My pregnancy wasn’t too bad. But you know, it’ll be SO worth it in the end!”

Alright, I'll stop now.

But seriously, I’m ready to be done feeling so miserable. People ask me all the time how I’m feeling, and I’m never sure how to answer, because not everyone wants to hear, “I feel miserable, thanks, how about you?” Fortunately, there are people out there who genuinely care, and want to know how I’m actually feeling, and I appreciate those people with every fiber of my being. But because I don’t like being too much of a downer, I usually shrug and say something like, “This can’t last forever, right?” I mean, it really can’t last forever. If it doesn’t end sooner, it will at least be over once my pregnancy is over. And then I’ll be back to normal. Yeah… Except I don’t even know what normal is, anymore. I’m realizing now that I will never go back to “normal.” My body will continue changing, this child will keep growing, eventually I’ll become a sleep-deprived milk machine with a tiny human in my care. The list of changes goes on and on. At the end of this journey is really just a new beginning. I won’t be my old me anymore. I’ll be a new me, and I’ll have a new normal to get used to. Quite honestly, that’s a little scary. But also maybe a teeny bit exciting.

I guess it’s a good thing I have a pretty good sense of adventure.

Because everything in my life must be related to Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit...