Goodnight Mom

A friend discovered she was pregnant and had the baby about a month later, close to full term. Another pregnant woman I met had said to me, "I don't believe any woman who says she didn't know she was pregnant." The thing is, everyone is different and pregnancy can feel different to each woman. I found out that I am not like the first friend, at all! I may not have looked pregnant my first trimester, but holy moly I felt it. I went through all the work of trying to conceive, and then I was rewarded with exhaustion and 24 hour nausea for a solid 6 weeks. But on the upside, I finally learned how to spell nausea correctly! Photo by  Yuris Alhumaydy  on  Unsplash "Morning Sickness" Whoever named this was clearly a man. Morning sickness is not reserved for the mornings. Let's rename this right here, right now. Pregnancy sickness. Pregnancy sickness can impact women anywhere from the first 12-13 weeks of pregnancy (the majority) right through to birth (...