Clicky Poll: Maternal Age and Morning Sickness

Whitney DD · August 2011

Hey ladies, just wanted to see if there was a pattern. First pregnancy only....[Poll]

magdalina.h · August 2011

I never got sick and only had an upset stomach if I didn't eat every 2 hours.

RileyGrace · August 2011

Morning sickness is caused by your progesterone levels.

theprincessPAT · August 2011

Your next poll should ask how long the m/s lasted. I'd be curious to see who else was suffering with me well into the second trimester.

Whitney DD · August 2011

RileyGrace:
Morning sickness is caused by your progesterone levels.

Yeah. I know its a hormonal thing, but it seems like of the people I know, they older they were when they got pregnant the worse the m/s was. I'm just curious if its coincidence and I'm crazy or if its related.

LadybugPicnic2011 · August 2011

1st pregnancy 19 yrs old and sick as a dog all day till~ 18 weeks

3rd pregnancy 29 yrs old and sick as a dog all day till~ 18 weeks.

Nope, no difference here. and one was a boy, one was a girl so gender didnt play a part either.

Wufroggy79 · August 2011

RileyGrace:
Morning sickness is caused by your progesterone levels.

This. I felt absolutely awful for weeks 6-9 and then just so so for weeks 9-12 before my morning sickness let up. I could barely just off the couch or eat anything. Woke up dry heaving every single one of those mornings. Every time I went in for a checkup at weeks 7, 8 and then 12 my levels were almost at the top of the expected range for that week. I was also a pretty petite person pre preg, starting out a 115 lbs. The amount of hormones for my body weight made me feel terrible.

IntheSpring10 · August 2011

My hormones numbers were extremely high. So high that they were far above anything I could find on those online beta charts for how far along I was. As a result, I was extremely sick for about 16 weeks and now believe that I had hyperemesis. I could barely eat, drink or even move due to extreme nausea and dehydration. And I could not keep any food/drink down. I definitely think my misery was hormone related.