I'm pretty sure that aversion is a common learned response to situations of nausea/vomiting. People who've had food poisoning often develop long term aversions to foods they ate closest to the symptoms starting, even if that was not the food that made them sick. I can't imagine how awful it would be to be so ill week after week - that has got to have some long term effects somewhere.
Recognising that this is something you are dealing with means you can take steps to move through it. Chat to your GP about whether this is something you might be able to access a mental health plan for (there's a category of funding in there re pregnancy/birth trauma) and get along to a good psychologist. Then, you can take steps in future pregnancies to head your morning sickness off at the pass - start complementary therapies like ginger & B6 in standardised doses 3 times a day, acupuncture/acupressure, and even a low GI diet that keeps your blood sugar more stable, start these before the nausea gets a chance to take hold. Knowing that you have tools like these to minimise your symptoms might help you feel more positive/in control and reduce the fear factor.
Yes, I felt so bad up until about 14 weeks that I don't even think I'm scared of labour because of it! (my first)
I wasn't vomiting, but the constant round the clock nausea was debilitating. I remember crying and sleeping between working and that's all. It kinda took the happiness away as we had tried for 3 years before I fell PG.
Still traumatized. Def not going back for a third. Went on the pill a couple of weeks ago and it made me sick. Was a horrible reminder and made me realise I really can't do it again!
Yes, I never wanted to do it again after my first (or do it at all during my first). I was so sick the whole time, even threw up twice in labour. I couldn't look at a computer screen (you'll notice my join date to BellyBelly coincides with my daughters birth month lol) or TV without throwing up, I couldn't go in a car without throwing up. Even with avoiding triggers, I threw up 4ish times everyday. I was miserable, it was also a surprise pregnancy and I was not in a great place emotionally, relationship wise, financially. I couldn't work, I couldn't really do anything of value, it is actually a bit of a blur what I did. I think I spent 9 months solid in bed listening to pod casts and trying to keep at least water down while feeling really sorry for myself.
I didn't have sex after my daughter for 2 whole years. I was that paranoid about getting pregnant and going through it all again.
The first month I was sexually active since my daughter, I fell pregnant. Thankfully new circumstances, new partner but I couldn't believe it, I was so careful. I was angry, confused, scared. And I woke up every morning crippled by fear despite only throwing up a handful of times that pregnancy.
It really does stay with you. Even having an entirely different (trouble-free) pregnancy isn't enough to reset those feelings completely.
- that has got to have some long term effects somewhere.
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