Morning Sickness

Defined:  Morn*ing Sick*ness

Noun Nausea in pregnancy, typically occurring in the first few months. Despite its name, the nausea can affect pregnant women at any time of day. Not only can morning sickness be experienced at ANY time of the day, but it can also be experienced ALL day and for much of your pregnancy, lasting beyond the first few months. I have been lucky enough to experience this. However, this morning as I sat down to read my Fit Pregnancy magazine (Volume 19 Number 6, the February/March 2013 issue), an article on morning sickness stuck out to me. There is good news! Here it is in a nutshell folks- Morning Sickness is: A sign that proper hormones are being made and baby is growing, growing! Correlated with lower risks for miscarriage Also correlated with lower risks for breast cancer later in life for mom An indication of baby's IQ! Mom's with morning sickness often give birth to baby's who later score higher on IQ tests.  So, all in all, morning sickness still sucks. But next time I am kneeling to the Porcelain Throne, I will be thankful that this uncomfortable inconvenience is actually a blessing and sign of good things to come :)