News Flash, Ladies: Morning Sickness Doesn’t Care About Your Healthy Diet
8 years ago Fiona Watkins
As a mom of two, I've had the "joy" of enduring the ups and downs of the first trimester twice now. Don't get me wrong, there are some beautiful things about pregnancy, but morning sickness is not one of them. During my first pregnancy, I was following a pretty strict paleo diet and probably eating healthier than I ever have. In my second pregnancy, I was no longer paleo, but still eating mostly healthy, whole foods. And guess what? Both times I suffered from nausea that lasted all day long.
All your preaching does is make the rest of us feel guilty, or like we aren't trying hard to enough, while we hang our heads over the toilet.It drives me crazy when I see other pregnant women humble bragging about how their oh-so-healthy diet held their morning sickness at bay, or how they felt bright and chipper through their entire pregnancy by drinking their morning protein shake (which they are probably trying to sell you). Really?! When you're nauseous, drinking a thick pr..