Morning sickness. Oh how I do not miss you! I was unlucky enough to have 16 weeks of it so I have come across a few methods to cope with it.
1. Do not panic about your baby getting enough nutrients. If you can only stomach mashed potatoes then just eat mashed potatoes. This was my first "craving". I moved onto toasted sandwiches, pickled onion monster munch, gherkins, ice lollies...
2. Eat small and often. Find something that you can stomach and eat it little and often throughout the day. I found eating a little bit of something bland like crackers whenever I felt sick managed to stop, if not delay, actually being sick.
Unfortunately, I was subject to a lot of ridicule when my drawer in work was opened to reveal my stock of snacks.
3. Ginger. I never want to eat ginger again but it did help me survive the journey to work. Ginger preserve on toast was the only thing I could face for breakfast that would actually stay down. I once made the mistake of having cereal and I made it to the garden gate before having to run back into the house.
Thankfully for me I found that morning sickness wasn't like normal sickness- I had a few minutes to get to a bathroom! However, I did find that morning sickness was not confined to the morning but I suppose "all day sickness" doesn't have the same ring to it.
You may find you lose weight at the beginning but don't worry. Baba is still growing. In fact my GP told me that being sick is a good sign and she would be more concerned if I wasn't.

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