One of my friends became pregnant on her honeymoon when travelling overseas - I remember her telling me that she was really disappointed not to be able to eat all the wonderful spicy foods.

At the time, I thought "what a load of rubbish - morning sickness is a fallacy”...well I learnt later -  it isn't!

The things I wish I knew beforehand about morning sickness were:

• morning sickness is real!
• I experienced worse effects when I was tired/ run down….
• ...which also meant morning sickness for me was generally in the late afternoon!
• Preparing the evening meal in the morning meant I didn’t have to face meat etc. when I was at my worst.
• Having lots of small snacks really works!
• Drinking Dry Ginger Ale or Ginger Beer worked for me,
• The same things don’t work for every pregnancy.

- For my first son - milk products  were the answer – I was constantly eating small tubs of yoghurt, drinks of milk and cheese – I was instantly sick if I had a drink of water.

 - For my second son milk products didn’t really do it, and I learnt that I needed to drink 2-3 litres of a water a day?!?)

The good news that morning sickness for most people does seem to end after about 4months… unfortunately for some this leads straight into reflux – but that’s another story!