Would knowing this have helped?

This from Greg Laden's blog:

Morning sickness is an adaptation, not a ... sickness

I gotta say, really, that knowing this wouldn't have helped one bit. I'm not a scientist but I have had extensive experience with morning sickness.

Too extensive.

I wasn't that sick when I had stomach flu.
I wasn't that sick when I had food poisoning.
I wasn't that sick reacting to codeine.
I don't think I've been that sick at any other time in my life.

Nothing helped, not crackers in the morning. Not getting up. Not staying in bed. Barfing didn't help. Nothing at all helped.

It is interesting that the "prophylaxis" hypothesis wouldn't have applied in my case. I was morning sick in the morning. Empty stomach, no dangerous or toxic food. Toothpaste made me barf so perhaps an argument could be made that my system believed toothpaste to be a toxin. Except for the fact that I was already nauseous and ill by the time I would attempt to brush my teeth. Soda crackers had pretty much the same effect, but not all the time. The chances of several different packages of crackers conxumed over a period of weeks and all having toxins in them is pretty small odds.

So, DD and DS2...

It was YOUR fault.


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