# Dopers who have been pregnant... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 24, 2002, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-have-been-pregnant/110614 "2002-05-24T04:28:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-have-been-pregnant/110614/1 "2002-05-24T04:28:58Z")
How long into the pregnancy were you when you started getting morning sickness / throwing up ? ---
**Author:** ![LolaBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-have-been-pregnant/110614/2 "2002-05-24T04:40:48Z")
I think everyone is different, I never got sick at all. Another one of my friends had to stay in bed for the last trimester since it was really bad. ---
**Author:** ![dawnjoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@dawnjoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dawnjoy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-have-been-pregnant/110614/3 "2002-05-24T04:44:48Z")
I started throwing up around the 12th week. And it was more of an all day thing. ---
**Author:** ![DarkWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@DarkWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkWriter)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-have-been-pregnant/110614/4 "2002-05-24T04:56:03Z")
In my last two pregnancies, I knew I was pregnant before I took the test. About a week before my period was due, my breasts would hurt so bad that even showering was painful. And the nausea would hit about the same time. Sheri ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-have-been-pregnant/110614/5 "2002-05-24T05:12:28Z")
My first pregnancy, within days of conception. My others - oddly - only when I ate Chinese food. ---
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-have-been-pregnant/110614/6 "2002-05-24T05:21:21Z")
Three kids. Was never sick or even nauseous. Did crave lobster and popsicles, though. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-have-been-pregnant/110614/7 "2002-05-24T05:35:20Z")
oh dear, goo… is there a reason you ask? I seem to recall reading threads about you being pro-childless. (not sure, so please correct me!) Hope all works out! ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-have-been-pregnant/110614/8 "2002-05-24T05:40:42Z")
Four kids and never needed to ‘drive the porcelain bus’ so to speak. In fact, quite the opposite. I always KNEW when I was pregnant (even before I’d missed a period) because I would become ravenously hungry and eat anything in sight. That state would last until about the 12th week when things would settle down a bit (otherwise I would’ve ended up as big as the side of a house). ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-have-been-pregnant/110614/9 "2002-05-24T06:31:22Z")
This really varies by person. I never had “morning sickness” per se, but I did develop a severe aversion to certain foods. It started pretty much as soon as I got pregnant and went away after the third month. During this time, I could not even be in the same room where a piece of fish had been cooked, or I would feel extremely nauseated. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-have-been-pregnant/110614/10 "2002-05-24T11:27:19Z")
I haven’t been pregnant, but a close friend of mine is right now, and hers went away at about four and a half months, thank God. She found that while the thought of it was awful, if she actually ate something, she wouldn’t throw up. Hers started within a couple of weeks, though they didn’t find out for sure until midway through the second month that she was, indeed, pregnant. ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-have-been-pregnant/110614/11 "2002-05-24T11:48:10Z")
Please let’s not start the discussion about cravings - mine were insane and disgusting with all of my pregnancies… ---
**Author:** ![miamouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@miamouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miamouse)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-have-been-pregnant/110614/12 "2002-05-24T15:44:10Z")
I didn’t get full morning sickness either, but was eating like a horse and losing weight. There were a few weeks (around 3 months) that anything except for mashed potatoes or fruit would make me nauseous. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-have-been-pregnant/110614/13 "2002-05-24T16:14:02Z")
The day after she told me. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-have-been-pregnant/110614/14 "2002-05-24T16:15:14Z")
I’ve been pregnant twice (not counting a very early miscarriage) and I started getting “morning” sickness at about 5-6 weeks both times. It pretty much went away by the 12th or 13th weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Sunglasses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@Sunglasses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunglasses)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-have-been-pregnant/110614/15 "2002-05-24T16:25:13Z")
Around two weeks with both pregnancies. ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-have-been-pregnant/110614/16 "2002-05-24T17:06:34Z")
I was about four weeks pregnant and threw up twice, that’s how I figured out I was pregnant. Never any morning sickness after that. I did have a serious bout of dizziness for about a week in there, but that was because I went off my Paxil cold turkey instead of weaning off of it like you’re supposed to. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-have-been-pregnant/110614/17 "2002-05-24T18:01:13Z")
I never had morning sickness or threw up. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-have-been-pregnant/110614/18 "2002-05-24T19:10:46Z")
I started getting sick after six weeks, and it lasted about a month. I also had the breast tenderness before I knew I was pregnant. ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-have-been-pregnant/110614/19 "2002-05-24T20:08:17Z")
Started feeling ill at about 6 weeks but never actually barfed and it was totally gone by 12 or 13 weeks. Then felt ill weeks 22 & 23 but again never puked. Twiddle ---
**Author:** ![Smashed\_Ice\_Cream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Smashed\_Ice\_Cream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smashed_Ice_Cream)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-have-been-pregnant/110614/20 "2002-05-24T20:51:59Z")
About a week after conception. I miscarried at about 14 weeks, and I will still sick then. Gah, it was terrible. I was inspired to write Unca Cecil about it: [http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mmorningsickness.html](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mmorningsickness.html) (Thanks John Corrado, by the way.) -sic [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-have-been-pregnant/110614.md?page=2)