Were You One of the Lucky Ones with No Morning Sickness While Pregnant?

I think it's luck of the draw. My mom wasn't sick a day, but I was desperately sick with #s 1 and 3 and nauseated with #2. I have a friend who has to be on medicine her entire pregnancies, and she's otherwise very healthy, and health conscience. I have another friend who was very sick with #1, had a breeze pregnancy, and then was desperately sick with #3. She says it was luck of the draw, too. Ginger suckers did help me, as did ginger ale (the kind with ginger). Otherwise, it was just a matter of keeping a food diet and living according to it. I hope you find an answer! :)

I didn't throw up once while I was pregnant. I did get nauseous if I didn't eat or drink anything for a long period of time. Maybe I was just lucky, but I found that if I ate and drank little bits throughout the day I was fine. Even if it was just crackers and some ginger ale.

I did not do anything in particular. In my second pregnancy I just got nauseus with smells, but never sick. I took B6 to help with that.

Hi Andrea,
well I have 3 children, and I never had an issue with morning sickness. Honestly, that was always a mystery to me, because women complained of this often, but I never experienced it. But, I did have ridiculous cravings:).

I got nauseaus but never throwed up because i followed an old sailor's (yes, a fisherman) advice: as soon as you get nauseaus EAT. I know it seems crazy but if the stomach is moving around (or turning upside down) you need a small portion of dry food, such as crackers or bread, with NO BEVERAGES. These foods absorb all the liquids in your stomach that are making you feeling queasy and offer stability to the upset stomach. Obviously this is only for healthy stomachs (pregnant women or if you are sailing and the ocean is wild) NOT for people who have, for example, food poisoning and should definitely throw up to get rid of the food that caused it!!!! Also, I heard in the hospital that to avoid throwing up you should put on your stomach a bag of frozen food (peas, chicken nuggets, whatever really) and the cold helps stop the process of throwing up. This old doula told me that she did this to a woman who was giving birth through c-section and while she was open she felt like she was ready to "give out". The doula put a bag of ice on the upper stomach and the woman stopped feeling bad. I tried this a couple of times and totally works for me when my stomach is upset!!!

I never had it and am *very* grateful. One thing that may help is that I went to a good accupuncturist that focused on getting your body in balance. Once your body is balanced, then you have fewer health problems of any kind. She was absolutely worth every penny I spent. However, I think accupuncurists vary as with all things. Look for someone who has a good understanding of the overall concepts of Chinese medecine and is willing to help teach you about yourself.

I am one of those lucky ones. I think what helps me is that except for Tuesdays and Thursdays, I don't have anything to do. So I will sleep till noon, stay in bed or on the couch while on my lap top till bedtime, then go back to sleep. On Tuesdays and Thursdays when I have to wake up early and be active the entire day, I do tend to get a little nauseous.

So if there is a day where you can just stay in bed and not do anything at all (Hard to do with 2 kids, I know), see if that helps.

Hi ! I never got sick with my son and never experienced any nausea. I am pregnant now again at 6 weeks and no nausea again so far. In fact I am soooooo hungry.!!! : ) The only thing is I don't normally have 3 big meals. I am a big snacker and eat several small meals a day. It's almost like I'm constantly eating. I have always been like this. I exercise regularly as well.

Good luck!!
I hope you feel better soon : )

Im pregnant with my third and WOWZERS. Im sick thru the day! My other 2 it was just morning. Im only 7wks and am wondering UGH! lol good luck to you!

Hi, I never had morning sickness but didn't do anything special...just lucky I guess.

I never had morning sickness. Neither did my mother or sister. Not sure if it's a family thing or luck, but I'm happy about it. I heard that 50% of pregnant woman don't have morning sickness.

I am 21 weeks pregnant with my second child and my first son is 14 months old. Thankfully, and suprisingly, I have never had any morning sickness with either pregnancy. The only time I have felt a little sick is if I go too long without eating.... My sister's in law all had HORRIBLE morning sickness, so needless to say, that's what I was anticipating and was extremely suprised not to have any.

Both pregnancies I have used the CitraNatal vitamins, and I have no idea if that's what's helped....

I didn't have a bit of morning sickness... but I was instead essentially on bedrest for 7 months (aka, my docs didn't bring me in the hospital, but were always on standby to... the most exercise I did was walking from my car to their office... and that ticked them off... they wanted me escorted by wheelchair), and gained 180 lbs, and had pregnancy induced cancer.

Honestly though... I hate throwing up and being nauseous so much... if given the choice between my miserable life threatening preg & being morning sick... it would be a hard choice. Yeah. I hate throwing up that much.

Two things I DID do, are just habit... but they're reccomended as anti-nausea things: I eat a lot of japanese pickled ginger. The kind you find in Sushi restaurants... and I drank a coke every morning as soon as I woke up (adhd).

I found out I was pregnant on march 1 2003! I luckily had absolutely NO morning sickness! It was so wonderful but I am afraid that when my husband and I decide to have a baby together that I will get some sort of sickness. Guess we will find out hopefully soon!

Yup, me! Never even so much as being sensitive to smells. I just felt great!
I did exercise regularly (nothing fancy just going for 3 mile walks around a lake about 3 times a week).
I never took prenatals, just a B6/B12/Folic Acid supplement, and my midwife though it might be the B6 that was helping me not having any nausea.
Who knows... I think it just depends on your body and the pregnancy.
My sister had 4 kids and she only ever got sick with her last pregnancy.

Nope, never got sick, no swollen ankles, no prego nose, no stretch marks, no dark line down my stomach - I just had a baby in the oven. Just luck I guess!

YES!!!!!!!!!!!! I was lucky enough not to have MORNING SICKNESS, though i did have NIGHT SICKNESS, lol, my god i had to wake up almost the whole night just to throw up!!! YES I KNOW ITS WEIRD, people would tell me it was because i was taking the PNV AT NIGHT. there were a few time maybe 2-3 that i did throw up in the morning while brushing my teeth!!! yuck!!! I GUESS EVERY PREGNANCY IS DIFFERENT TO EVERY WOMAN!!! GOOD LUCK!!!

Nope no morning sickness at all. Not even a little bit. I was so disappoined. My sister on the other hand had it bad, she spend the first 3 months in the bathroom. What I had bad was heartburn. I think from months 5 on to the the day I delivered I was never without a bottle of Mylanta. I could not even drink water without suffering afterwards.

I was VERY sick with my first, only threw up twice with my second, and I never would have known I was pregnant with my third if we hadn't been trying because I had NO symptoms until about 14 weeks when I started showing! I attribute it to every pregnancy being different, because I didn't do anything different!

I got sick ONCE when I was pregnant with my first. It was cause I drank orange juice. LOL... made me sick as heck for about an hour! Other than that I never got sick with pregnancy number 1... I would have a bag of saltine crackers and a water bottle by my bedside and before I got out of bed in the morning I would eat a few of those and drink some water. Stayed in bed awake for about half an hour and then got up... feeling fine! :) I wasnt so lucky when I got pregnant with my son. When I was pregnant with him I got sick for the first 3-4 months. I didnt try the crackers with pregnancy #2 cause when I was pregnant with the first child I did however get close to having toxemia, almost put on bed rest. They cut me off of salt and I havent really eaten much of it since! I bet saltines with lower salt would still work! Good luck!

I had no morning sickness with my pregnancy. I saw an acupuncturist 3 months prior to getting pregnant and well into my 10th week.

I honestly think it was just the luck of the draw. I was moderately ill with my first (my only girl) and less with number 2. Very little with the third. I've heard things like "your body gets used to it" or "you're more(/less) sick with girls" but I think these are just old wives tales.

Only thing I can think of as different was I was more active and healthy before getting preggo with #2. But not quite so much with #3, so there may not be any connection.

In my first pregnant I had mild morning sickness for three months...it was hard because I was waitressing in a restaurant and all the food smells drove me pretty nuts. The second time around, I had basically NO morning sickness whatsoever. Only one time when I didn't eat all morning and it was like 2:30pm and I started getting nauseous. My second pregnancy I also wasn't tired in my first trimester either, which was another huge difference from the first. I Think it is because of the vitamins I take... they are AWESOME! I get them from Melaleuca.

Never had morning sickness....all luck!!!

4 kids, no morning sickness ever... no sickness before delivery either... just extreme fatigue the first trimester each time... i knew i was pregnant when i got nap attacked and couldn't figure out why i would crash out... a lot of food aversion though... no nausea... all genetic, runs in the family... sorry, no advice

I never had morning sickness throughout either of my pregnancies. One thing I made sure I did was not eat spicy foods, that even included ranch and garlic bread. I noticed if I ate even a little bit of a spicy food or very flavorful food that lingers in my mouth, I felt heartburn for a little bit, so I cut them out completely and never had any problems.

I was lucky. I didn't do anything special, but I kept healthy snacks on hand where ever I went because I would get a very low blood sugar feeling very quickly. I wouldn't say I had any special cravings, but I really liked any Chinese food with broccoli in it.

I was blessed! No morning sickness the entire pregnancy. I didn't do anything to curtail it, either.

With my first pregnancy, I was not sick very much at all. Sometimes when I smelled meat cooking in the evening but that was about it. In my second, I was sick at the beginning, but used my Herbalife shakes and they worked WONDERS!!! I could get the nutrition I needed without chewing and without smelling anything cooking. After the first sip I felt instantly better. My step son's mom was very anti Herbalife and I gave her some samples when she was sick during pregnancy. She bought a cannister later that day. She is not my biggest fan and if that doesn't tell you how great it works, I don't know what would!! I have samples if you want to give it a try.

I was just one of those lucky ones more or less. I had a couple of things throughout my pregnancy that got me like iced tea in my first trimester would make me vomit so I avoided it by the second tri I could drink it again but something else started in. I cant even remember what it was now.

I had no morning sickness whatsoever, not a single day. I was not nauseated or had any aversions for food. I was just very tired and very hungry, eating every two hours. I guess it's just being lucky, I didn't do anything special

I don't think there is anything you can do to change the behavior of your body when pregnant. I have had three and one on the way, I was not sick at all with the first one, sick a tiny bit with the second one, sick all day and night for 7 months with the 3rd one, and sick off and on with this one. I have no idea what triggers it, it's just different for everyone and every pregnancy.

With my older daughter I threw up constantly for 13 weeks. I was dreading that the second time around, and was pleasantly surprised that with my younger daughter, I didn't get sick at all! But I really didn't do anything different either time. I think it's just luck of the draw.

Sorry, I was another lucky one. I didn't get any morning (or evening) sickness. I didn't do anything special, just didn't happen. I did, however, get some food aversions. With my first, it was Mrs. Field's cookies. Made me very sad because I worked with a woman whose boyfriend would send her some every couple of weeks-enough for the office. I did get a little nauseous just looking at them. With my second, it was the fish department at the grocery store. She's 3 1/2 now & I still can't go into that area without my stomach rolling a little.
I'm sorry things weren't so good for you.

I've heard all kinds of theories about this. I didn't get morning sickness either. Every morning I ate this hot seven grain cereal that didn't have wheat in it. I heard something that we eat too much wheat in this country so I tried to cut back. I didn't eat any snack food, candy or soda. Only healthy food and nothing processed. I don't normally eat like that. But I can tell you that I never felt better in my whole life as I did when I was pregnant. I thought maybe the super healthy diet had something to do with it.

Um...no...I've barfed in five different countries during a single pregnancy. Swedish train attendants were the nicest about it...Air France flight attendants were the nastiest. Seriously, just give me a bigger bag to barf in and I won't mess up your plane.

Mine was much more about MOTION sickness while pregnant...weird. Planes, trains, automobiles...you name it I would get sick on it.

The usual tricks about constantly snacking helped keep my blood sugar even and SOUR really worked for me. The first thing I would ask for on the plane was a several slices of lemon or lime. The smell would help and then I would just bite down on them through take-off and landing with some sips of water.

No, I was sick from about 5 weeks until the day they came out!!! The only thing that helped was diclectin... I am in Canada, I don't think its approved in the US yet. But essentially it is 1/2 a unisom tab and a vit B 6 before bed, worked like a charm and not harmful to baby. I had my last baby in the US while going to university and thats what I used while I was there as I could not get the prescription for it. Every time I tried to go off of them I was up vomiting the next day.. Nasty hormones...

I was also just a really lucky pregnant lady! I didnt throw up once while being pregnant. The only problem I had was I would get a little nausea if I smelled certain things.

I hope the next time goes as well!

Good Luck if you go for #3

First kid, I threw up every day for four months. For the next three, I took a vitamin b6 and half of a unisom and I only lost it twice with my last because I ate something awful...

Oh, and I okayed it with my OB first. He said they used to make a pill that was essentially the two of those combined, but they stopped marketing it because it was only good for morning sickness and not enough pregnant ladies were interested. Four of my family members have used this combo, too and it works wonders!

-staying fit with regular exercise
-snack several times a day rather than 3 meals
-take the pre-natal vitamin with food or at the time of day that least bothers you
-good luck on your side ;-)

are you preggers now? best of luck!

I was fortunate to not have any issues with nausea or morning sickness through either of my pregnancies.

I was just lucky. I didn't do anything to intentionally try to keep it away. Neither of my sisters have had issues with their pregnancies either (one has 3, the other is pregnant with #2)

But, it's relative - I'd rather have dealt with nausea than a major diagnosis after the birth of my second (hindsight being 20/20).

I never had any morning sickness with either of my pregnancies. I think it's just luck! My mom never did either so maybe it's hereditary also?

I never had it, but I really think I was just lucky. I don't think there's much you can do to avoid it.

I hear I was just lucky. In the afternoons though, I would start to feel a little nauseated (I was a teacher, so about 2 or 3ish when the kids left is when I started to feel sick). I learned that I needed a snack between lunch and dinner in order to not feel nauseous. After I started eating some crackers or some protein and taking a short break off my feet, I started feeling much better.
Good luck!

i think a lot of it is genetics and luck. i'm not sure you can control it completely, although some things may help. i had a blissfully boring pregnancy. i ate as much as i wanted, tried to keep it healthy, quit smoking, drinking, etc....i didn't really do anything else special. never had one moment of sickness.

I was a VERY lucky!! I didn't even feel pregnant till I was 8 months. I NEVER got sick. I told my friend many times that I just want to feel pregnant. I gained about 40 founds with her but I was very lucky...

Hi Andrea,

No, I never got sick when I was pregnant with my daughter, but I didn't do anything special to keep from getting sick either, so I guess I was just lucky! I did have the same issue that Jess had with the afternoons and a little nausea, but did the same thing she did with the small snacks and it would go away.

I was not sick at all with my first 2 and unbelievabley sick with my 3rd. I can not think of anything at all that I did differently. The only difference I know of is that the first 2 were boys and 3rd is a girl.

Yes, I was one of the blessed ones that had no morning sickness; but I don't remember doing anything special for it.
Sorry!

I had IVF so it was easy to plan when we would get pregnant. However, I had a Meyer's Cocktail (Intravenous vitamin therapy, heavy B vitamins, you can google it) every week for 6 weeks before getting pregnant to try to head off morning sickness and it worked. Well at least that's the only thing I can attribute it to that I did specifically for that reason. Or it could have been just dumb luck. However ND's give you a weekly shot of B vitamins for severe morning sickness so it kind of makes sense that overloading your body with B's would help prevent it. But again, maybe I was just lucky. I never had one moment of even queasiness and I'm 15 weeks along now. I also saw an accupuncturist for several months before pregnancy and I am still continuing weekly through this pregnancy.

What I did have was severe fatigue, but my ND gave me something natural for that too and it was greatly reduced. If are pregnant again and really suffering go to an ND (naturopathic doctor), they have lots of remedies that wont hurt the baby that MD's wont tell you about because they think it's a bunch of baloney.

I had no sickness with my 1st- a boy. I think I was just lucky. I am now 27 weeks with a girl and I still have morning sickness even now. I think I am making up for the first one!

I had absolutely no morning sickness (my 3 sisters & sister-in-law who were pregnant with me always told me I was lucky LOL). I don't think I had anything to do with it really ... maybe I was just lucky? I had to curb my eating though. I had times when I would feel nauseas but it was either because I ate too much or ate too little. So I had to make sure I was eating something small every 2 to 3 hours and then I was fine. My whole pregnancy to me seemed pretty easy ... the only real side effect that I had was the swollen ankles towards the end ... my ankles looked like thighs!! haha ... I can take it if that is my only problem ... Hopefully I am as lucky with the next one!

I think I was just that lucky one! Both of my pregnancies were super easy in the way of not having morning sickness. One of my friends lives a very similar lifestyle to mine and she was sick as a dog the second time around-fine the first time. Every pregnancy, and person of course, is very different!

I didn't have morning sickness at all but I really think it is out of a mom's control. I didn't do anything special to prevent it. I did get afternoon nausea but usually a small carb-loaded snack could help that.

my first baby (girl) I didn't have morning sickness at all.....the second (boy) I had a little bit.....nothing compares to the sickness I am having this time, I don't yet know what it is going to be but I am 3 months along today and am sooooooo ready to feel better!
I have tried everything but the kitchen sink this time to no avail. Don't know what makes it worse sometimes?