Last Wednesday, I found out that I am pregnant. This is wonderful news to me as I have had three miscarriages and two uterine surgeries in the last six years.
According to my calculations (which are not very accurate) I am seven weeks along and in the midst of the most miserable point in my morning sickness. Brushing my teeth causes me to vomit every morning and taking an iron tablet can cause me to regurgitate my entire dinner. The only thing that is helping me right now is ginger - all and any forms of ginger. I'm taking ginger capsules and drinking ginger tea. I drink tons of ginger ale and am enjoying a snack of crystallized ginger. I'm just hoping I can't possibly overdose.
On the plus side, a new study published in the Journal of Pediatrics says that children born to mothers that experienced morning sickness scored higher on IQ tests. http://www.sheknows.com/articles/809059.htm Hmmmm.... vomiting and not getting the proper nutrition in the first trimester leads to smarter kids - what?