Morning Sickness, Is It Just Humans That Suffer From This?

[RATTER15]

Why does the body react like this so frequently, is it natural or are we doing something that is not natural that is causing this malady? Women are actually at risk of losing their baby due to this reaction to being pregnant. It doesn't appear to me to be a natural happening.

[Old_Geezer]

Whilst not knowing I would have thought all the changes would be expected to cause internal ill feelings, trying to incorporate genes from another to seem to be part of oneself. I would have thought it should be expected.

[woofgang]

apparently not just natural but beneficial

[woofgang]

forgot the link
http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/06/28/morning-sickness-is-an-adaptat/

[chanel5]

I often wondered about this, too, Ratter15. What possible evolutionary advantage could there be in making an expectant mother so violently sick that she is in danger of losing her own life, or the life of her baby.

[ummmm]

I was violently sick when expecting my daughter. There are still some food I can't eat and she's 22.

[wolf63]

I found these

http://www.livescience.com/32301-do-pregnant-animals-get-morning-sickness.html

http://pets.webmd.com/cats/cat-pregnancy-gestation

So it seems that we are not alone!

Did you know that the sex hormones in female rabbits make them aggressive. I thought bunnies were cuddly, stupid and harmless - not the girls it seems.

[ganesh]

I wish they would just call it 'pregnancy sickness'. It's not just mornings, it's all day, and in my case it did not go completely until my babies were actually born. It is due to the strong hormones which actually prevent a miscarriage so some would say this 'over-reaction' is a good thing. It was really bad for me and at its worse at the very time you want to eat healthily for your baby-makes no sense!

[phleb]

my Polly gave me more morning sickness than i have ever had in a lifetime. I just couldn't understand why? Shes gorgeous, so i tell people the more sickness, the cuter the baby haha.

[RATTER15]

How interesting!!

[pixie373]

I think its hereditary (and unnecessary). My mum, sister and I never had any sickness. Apparently it's 40% of people that get it? So a minority.

[douglas9401]

It may be something to do with the Lizard People genes. :-P

[pixie373]

I always thought it was called "morning" sickness, because it was the beginning of the pregnancy, not at the beginning of the day.

[ganesh]

No it's supposed to be worse first thing in the morning, but in my case it was all the time. Don't believe in the 40% figure either. Everyone I know got it either just a little or a lot. Most people I admit said it got better after the first few months, when maybe the body gets used to the strong hormones or things just calm down or you learn how to cope with it.