How fast do you get morning sickness?

I just thought I'd comment that in my experience it felt like having a very severe case of food poisoning. It started 3 weeks after conception and continued for 4 1/2 months. The only relief was being asleep, but I'd wake every three hours to vomit or dry heave. I didn't keep any food down at all, and had to be feed intravenously at 4 months. I dragged myself to work every day to keep my mind off it, and carried a bucket and cleaning supplies with me, for accidents (since I had to go through 3 doors, one of which was locked to get to the bathroom). The few times that I've had the flu since then, it astounds me that I managed to get through 4 months of feeling like that. I wanted to respond, because I have some sympathy for the women you said were too afraid of the pain of childbirth. I don't think it's so terrible of a woman not to want to put herself through this, or many of the other consequences of pregnancy. Preeclampsia is another nightmare experience that makes morning sickness pale in comparison. Gestational diabetes isn't much fun either. I think you really have to WANT a baby to take all this on (or have no idea what you're in for :) ).

I agree with you completely, it is a woman's right to choose what she wants to do with her body. Being a guy, it is easy for me to say this because I will never have to do it, but personally, I think given the value of life, the struggle is a worthwhile one. That having been said, I don't think you are a bad or evil person for not agreeing with that. What you've been through is fairly exceptional though, right? Also most girls who talk about it actually are referring to the birth itself.

I admire how some women will go the extra mile during their pregnancies, doing more than just the necessary stuff. It's a shame when others can't even do the necessary stuff. I think it's very noble of you to say that pain is bearable for the baby's sake, I know a few younger girls who say they won't have kids because they don't want to face the pain of childbirth.

I've always had irregular cycles. It was too early to say if I had missed one or not.

Does cycle irregularity affect your fertility? (I would think that it would reduce your ovulation period.)

You had morning sickness before your first missed period? How could that have happened if the ovum had not been implanted into the uterine lining? Or did it happen so quick that you noticed it before you noticed you were late?

Thanks, I know morning sickness is just a name and it can happen at any time. I was just curious as to how fast it can arrive. Like what causes it, I doubt the sperm hitting the egg causes one to vomit. I assume there is some stage in the fetal development that causes it. So when does it start?

Around the clock? Did you find it worse soon after you ate? Or did it not matter at all?

It must have sucked to have those terrible cravings, get them satisfied and then vomit.

Thanks, I'll rememeber that...if I ever find a girlfriend