Now, how long does an individual spell of it usually last? (nm)

Two questions by Tawaki on 2008-10-17 04:20:00 UTC Reply

How long does morning sickness last?

2. Should Tawaki and Dustin catch the Stu when he lands or should Dustin intercept him in the air?

Punji sticks! (nm) by Techno-Dann on 2008-10-17 21:32:00 UTC Reply
Re: Two questions by Paddlebrains on 2008-10-17 10:54:00 UTC Reply

So far as I know, morning sickness generally ends after the second trimester or earlier, and can be cured with the moderate application of Guinness. Or so my sister found, anyway. I shall be enquiring over the course of the next few months to see if Guinness has a similar curative power in pregnancy number two.

And my vote for a Stu is letting him splat.
As to the first by The Trojanhorse on 2008-10-17 04:34:00 UTC Reply

In extreme cases it can last throughout the pregnancy, but generally it ceases sometime during the second trimester. Some women don't suffer from it at all.

What I'm getting at, I think, is that 'it can last as long as you need it to last for the sake of the story'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_sickness has useful info :)

As to the second ... Up to you!

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What else can be expected? by Tawaki on 2008-10-17 06:47:00 UTC Reply

This is in the second month; the mission follows right off of Skopos.

In the second month of a pregnancy by TheTrojanhorse on 2008-10-18 06:54:00 UTC Reply

You're not likely to really even be showing a bump, and the prospect of a spontaneous miscarriage is still high-ish, so don't let your pregnant Agent fall over or run around too much. She needs to watch her food intake and all her meat needs to be very well cooked. She should be taking folate supplements.

Other than that, she can do almost everything a not-up-the-duff woman can; pregnancy only really seems to slow you down in the third trimester, unless morning sickness is really bad or there are other complications, but that sort of thing isn't too common.

Trust me, I'm NOT a doctor! And this is off-the-top-of-my-head, so I really would check any of my ideas against a medical text, a local doctor, or failing that, Wikipedia...

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Re: In the second month of a pregnancy by Paddlebrains on 2008-10-18 11:34:00 UTC Reply

Almost everything a not-up-the-duff woman can, yes. But no hot baths, and no pate or anything else with liver in. I've a suspicion soft cheese is meant to be off the menu too. Any sort of forgetfulness, clumsiness, grumpiness, insanity etc can all be attributed to the baby. Whether they're anything to do with the pregnancy or not.

I hope that my future wife... by Leto Haven on 2008-10-21 16:19:00 UTC Reply

will never pull the get out of jail free card on me. But, being the sucker that I am, she will, and she will get whatever she wants. Sometimes it isn:t great being a guy. We get blamed for things that we didn:t do (ok, didn:t MEAN to do), for talking to loud (even if we are only whispering) and just being there sometimes (or not, depening on her mood, you never know!!!!)

Ah, the joys of pregnancy! This just reminded me of a line in the last episode of "Firefly," and sertainly not something that I follow (cause I know that the female is the stronger of the speacies, I couldn:t imagine carring a baby.) "The male is the stronger of the species, but only woman can bring in a life, is that right?" -- bounty hunter.

Leto

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Aww... by Sedri on 2008-10-23 06:36:00 UTC Reply

*hugs Leto* I envy your future wife. And I agree with you - I feel bad for all you guys who get blamed for things that you are in no way responsible for just because we're all hormonal and need to throw things. Poor you. Feel free to save this comment to post to my future husband for when I'm pregnant, because I'll deserve to have these words shoved down my throat.

...re-reading that... by Sedri on 2008-10-23 09:40:00 UTC Reply

I sounded very mushy. Erp. I suppose it's a side-effect of being sick.

No hot baths? Never heard that one. by Sedri on 2008-10-18 23:53:00 UTC Reply

Why not?

I think the theory is by The Trojanhorse on 2008-10-19 01:21:00 UTC Reply

that any hot water that makes it, er, back up the plumbing, as it were, might boil the sprog, or at least flush it out from the uterine lining.

I suppose also the act of sitting in a hot bath might raise your internal temperature enough to boil the sprog that way too...

The theory sounded like urban legend... by IndeMaat on 2008-10-21 14:18:00 UTC Reply

... so I checked some reliable source.

I mean, seriously, boil the sprog or flush it out? Water don't reach up that far and if it did cold water baths would be a problem too.

According to babycentre.co.uk (which looked professional enough to not declare urban legend as fact) hot baths can lower your blood presure. Which can lead to less blood going through the placenta. Which means the sprog gets less oxygen and nutrition and that is bad for sprog's development.

~~Sprog's boiling temperature is likely the same as mother's internal organs. If she never before ended up with cooked insides, why would sprog get cooked from a hot bath?~~

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Blood pressure theory sounds much more plausible by The Trojanhorse on 2008-10-21 20:57:00 UTC Reply

... that'll teach me to hypothesise wildly.

Well, it's not completely wild by Sedri on 2008-10-22 05:26:00 UTC Reply

After all, it's plausible that embryos would be much more sensitive to overheating than a fully-grown mother - still, this makes more sense.

That was what jumped to mind, but... really by Sedri on 2008-10-19 09:50:00 UTC Reply

If I had back pains all the time I'd want hot water treatments just to soothe it - scratch that; I DO want hot water all the time when I have back pains.

Something to keep in mind, I guess.

I think the back pain... by The Trojanhorse on 2008-10-19 21:26:00 UTC Reply

... probably waits until you've got a baby-bump, by which time hot water bottles are probably okay :)
Re: That was what jumped to mind, but... really by Paddlebrains on 2008-10-19 12:42:00 UTC Reply

You can have warm ones, and they might soothe your back pains. But really hot ones are out. My sister was complaining about such when I was visiting her a few weeks ago, and was having the hottest baths possible while she still could. The fact that she was unknowingly up the duff then and still is now suggests the hot baths won't automatically do away with the sprog.

Fair enough by Sedri on 2008-10-20 01:21:00 UTC Reply

I'll file that away under "Things I Hope To Someday Need To Know" ;) Cheers.

Pads is right, actually by The Trojanhorse on 2008-10-18 23:04:00 UTC Reply

anything with fungal or microbial leanings is probably a bad idea, so yoghurt, soft cheeses, pate ...

and yes, you can blame LOTS on the pregnancy. It's like a get out of jail free card :P

Re: Pads is right, actually by Paddlebrains on 2008-10-19 12:44:00 UTC Reply

With pate it's the fact it's made from liver that marks it as off-limits. Too much vitamin A is bad for baby.

Was in the pub with a friend the other day, asked for a couple of vodkas complete with mixers and ice. The pregnant barmaid managed to totally forget whether she'd put vodka in mine, and chucked a couple of extra shots in just to make sure. She blamed it on the being pregnant. I didn't care because it was free vodka.
Now, how long does an individual spell of it usually last? (nm) by Tawaki on 2008-10-19 01:14:00 UTC Reply

of morning sickness? by The Trojanhorse on 2008-10-19 01:16:00 UTC Reply

Can be only a few hours (generally in the morning), but can last pretty much all day. It's highly individual.

Which, again, is a license to do whatever suits your plot :P

Mostly the morning sickness... by Artic Blade on 2008-10-17 09:09:00 UTC Reply

This doesn't stop at actual nausea though. We're also speaking headaches, cravings, and the ever popular hormonal shifts. I'd listen to Trojan Horse over me though. I'm speaking from experiences with my mother.