The day started with a bowl of cereal in front of the computer. I checked my email and perused some blogs as I spooned cereal into my mouth. I almost made it through the entire bowl, then without warning, a violent, involuntary cough overcame me and I ended up spitting a mouthful of Honey Bunches of Oats all over my beautiful 24″ iMac LCD display. Oh, the horror!

Apparently, the cereal must have been a bad idea from the get-go because about 20 minutes later, after I stepped out of the shower, I got hit with a wave of nausea of tsunami proportions and my entire breakfast went down the drain. Quite literally. Oh, the horror!
Washing up after that episode, I gazed at my face under the bright lights of the bathroom mirror and saw tiny red dots all around my eyes. Prior to pregnancy, I could count on one hand the number of times I’ve vomited. Since the morning sickness phenomena began, I have experienced the most violent hacking and hurling of my life. As a result, I’ve been getting tiny broken blood vessels around my eyes. The little red dots take 2-3 days to fade. So, in the meantime, if you seeing me walking around with what appears to be a bad eye shadow job, just know it’s not my shoddy makeup skills (in fact, I have none to speak of), blame it on the morning sickness.

I’m nearly 17 weeks pregnant. Isn’t the morning sickness supposed to be getting better? Soon? I hope?

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