Morning sickness and the magical twelve weeks

Nicola S: Five to 12 weeks

The days drag by until the first scan. I am convinced there will be something wrong. All I can think of is that the risks of major birth malformation is double that for mothers without epilepsy. However, my neurologist keeps telling me that the risk is still only a couple of per cent and the best thing I can do is to relax. 

The other reason for counting the days is that the 12 week point is the magic time the morning sickness is supposed to go away.
Please God! Throwing up outside Waterstones on the way to find a book about how to treat morning sickness is not very dignified. Neither is jumping out of the car in a traffic jam on the south circular. Head down the toilet in the privacy of my own bathroom if I must, please…and lots of fennel tea and sympathy.

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