Morning Sickness
Funny how pregnancy brings out pregnancy stories the way a new scar will bring out scar stories:
“You see this? I got this falling off my bike.”
“Oh yeah? I got this opening an oyster.”
So, when I first started feeling the effects of morning sickness (or in my case, all-day sickness), in addition to the concern and sympathy, I got a healthy dose of one-upmanship: “Oh yeah? When I was pregnant, I threw up fifteen times a day for nine months!” Or, the equally annoying, “I was never sick a day. Are you sure you’re all right?”
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