# Any beneficial effect of pregnancy "morning" sickness? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 3, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-beneficial-effect-of-pregnancy-morning-sickness/919714 "2020-09-03T14:05:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-beneficial-effect-of-pregnancy-morning-sickness/919714/21 "2020-09-08T17:32:40Z")
An obviously ill animal, pregnant or not, would be a target for predators, so a nauseous pregnant animal wouldn’t last very long, and also compromise the species if this happened too frequently. However, I have heard that it’s not uncommon for cats, who are notorious pukers anyway, to do so more frequently in early pregnancy, and newly freshened goats often have a reduced appetite right at first. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-beneficial-effect-of-pregnancy-morning-sickness/919714/22 "2020-09-08T17:52:17Z")
I don’t think it’s as serious a problem for predators in general, and I’m not positive vomiting is the best attractor for predators. I recall some big cats have been noticed avoiding sick prey, although I’m sure a lot of predators would zero in on pregnant prey. I don’t know this for a fact, but urine might give away a pregnant female more than vomiting would. But puking may appear in pregnant humans but the same conditions exhibit differently in other animals. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-beneficial-effect-of-pregnancy-morning-sickness/919714.md?page=1)