History Main / MorningSickness

Never mind the fact that in RealLife, pregnant women ''may or may not'' get intense nausea which ''may or may not'' lead to vomiting which can happen at ''any time of the day'' (though [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_sickness The Other Wiki]] says that morning sickness is most common in the morning -- not because it's a special time of day but because the nausea feels worse on an empty stomach). Of course the latter part isn't always used, pregnant women in fiction will often vomit at some random part of the day, often causing another character (often male) to comment, "Why do they call it 'morning sickness' if it happens any time of the day?"

* ''Manga/CrayonShinChan'' have a short arc detailing Misae's pregnancy with her second child, Shin-Chan's kid sister Himawari, where she ends up feeling sickly with a terrible appetite and being prone to vomiting. Shin-Chan suggests to his mother that she ''might'' feel better after watching a movie, and flips on the TV... just as the [[YourTelevisionHatesYou film channel]] happens to be playing ''Film/{{Alien}}'', specifically the chestbursting-lunch scene. Cue Misae throwing up.

* In ''Manga/RedRiver1995'', this is used thrice. First, [[spoiler: Yuri has it when she's pregnant for the first time, but sadly she ends up losing the baby]]. Few later [[spoiler: Yuri's NinjaMaid Shala also has it, but she lies about being seasick to not hurt Yuri's feelings over the aforementioned loss]]. And finally, [[spoiler: Yuri ''again'' has it right before she and Kail get officially married, as she's pregnant again - this time, the baby is born safely.]]

* Notably averted during Rosalind's pregnancy in ''ComicStrip/SafeHavens'', unlike the pregnancies of Jenny, Ming, and [[spoiler: [[MisterSeahorse Thomas]]]], she's turned into so many species thanks to Samantha's research that her body is used to new hormones being introduced so she doesn't experience morning sickness.
** Should be noted, this is how Jenny finds out she's pregnant. Ming found out long before she started having morning sickness ([[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} and started trying to figure out which foods would make the most colorful barf]]) and Remora had to tell them about [[spoiler: Thomas, cause...well, they didn't know it was the males that got pregnant when [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent merpeople]] are involved.]]

* ''Fanfic/ACrownOfStars'': In chapter 66 Asuka's stomach has been bothering her off and on for a few days. She thinks nothing of it until she hears a character telling to another: "It's not right, you being so chipper and bushy-tailed every morning. Sickness, that's what it is. I think you're..." And she blanches when she thinks about her stomach aches, realizes that Shinji and she have been screwing up like bunnies every night for nearly two months without protection -the thought of using it never entered their minds- and she cannot remember when her last period was. She dashes towards the nearest toilet to vomit.
* ''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove'': Subverted. Asuka suffered from morning sickness, but the readers learnt from her pregnancy before seeing her sick. Likewise she was constantly sick and throwing up for most of her pregnancy, but it was a hint something wrong was happening to her and her baby.

* ''Manga/ReTake'': In the second volume Asuka goes to the toilet and throws up. As she washes her face she thinks it was her idea and now she must face the consequences. Few scenes later she tells Shinji she is pregnant.

* In the book ''Literature/GoneWithTheWind'', Scarlett consults the family doctor about "a digestive upset", and is told that she is again pregnant. How a physician in the late 1860's could be so sure of this-- without, apparently, even the formality of an examination-- is never explained.

* ''Literature/RamonaQuimby'': Zigzagged in "Ramona Forever". Beezus suspects Mrs. Quimby of being pregnant because the latter had thrown up, but Ramona points out that that's not the only reason to throw up. As it turns out however, Mrs. Quimby ''is'' pregnant.
* In ''Literature/TheRedTent'', ''none'' of the women in Dinah's family experience morning sickness during ''any'' of their pregnancies. In fact, they just know they're pregnant even before missing a period, because (InUniverse) WomenAreWiser and have intuition that the men in the series just don't. [[note]] (There ''does'' seem to be a caveat, however, and that's that girls and women have to be ''taught'' how to be in tune with their bodies and their intuition; it seems to be something of a dying art in the story, as more and more societies switch from matriarchal to patriarchal, and don't bother teaching young girls about their bodies, sexuality, or this alleged intuitive power, as seen with Tabea, who when she started to menstruate, was left all alone for a week in a dark hut with no explanation as to what was happening to her.) [[/note]] That being said, as a midwife, Dinah mentions offering an herb in the mint family to women who ''do'' experience morning sickness.

* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': While pregnant in season four Phoebe gets out of taking Emily to the theatre because her morning sickness is at its worst in the evenings. In another episode Joey compliments her "cool pregnant-lady glow" to try and cheer her up. Phoebe replies that the "glow" is actually just sweat from throwing up so often.

* ''Series/GossipGirl'' had an episode dedicated to Blair's morning sickness. It was nowhere to be found the previous episode and went away completely in the following.
* Series/{{House}}, being the jerk he is, once mocked Cuddy with "Feeling a little '''sick''' this '''morning'''?" when he was suspecting that she was pregnant.

* Alex Cahill of ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'' suffers this all during the events of Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]", since she and the titular policeman ''are'' expecting their first child. It leads to this hilarious exchange at the end of the episode after Garrett Pope and his goons are locked up, and his ex-wife, Lara (who escaped from prison and the Rangers had to track her down and reimprison her), has her appeals trial for his crime of killing his business partner, upon which she kisses Gage as thanks for helping her:

'''Gage:''' All I know is, I'm glad women have to go though it, and not us men.\\

* In ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'', Christa experienced nausea when Lee dug up the dead dog, and she ended up vomiting. Lee also mentions she's been throwing up a lot. The fans of the game were unsure if she was pregnant of not, until "All that Remains" came out, when it showed her heavily pregnant arguing with Omid about baby names. There is 16 month time skip [[spoiler: after Omid's death]],and it shows a no longer pregnant Christa with Clementine, but no baby. It can be assumed the baby did not survive birth, as Christa would likely be dead if she had miscarried.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', used to depict how typically clueless and self-centered Peter is, he flashes back to "all the difficulties" he had when Lois was pregnant. Cue him slumped on the bed, watching TV, while Lois loudly throws up and cries in the adjoining bathroom. He looks irritated, and turns the TV up.

* A FunnyBackgroundEvent in the ''WesternAnimation/MoralOrel'' episode "God's Chef" has all the neighborhood women experiencing morning sickness to show that [[spoiler: Orel's mistaken belief that he's supposed to be God's chef caused him to impregnate the neighborhood women.]]

Never mind the fact that in RealLife, pregnant women ''may or may not'' get intense nausea which ''may or may not'' lead to vomiting which can happen at ''any time of the day'' (though [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_sickness The Other Wiki]] says that morning sickness is most common in the morning -- not because it's a special time of day but because the nausea feels worst on an empty stomach). Of course the latter part isn't always used, pregnant women in fiction will often vomit at some random part of the day, often causing another character (often male) to comment, "Why do they call it 'morning sickness' if it happens any time of the day?"

* ''WebVideo/Kontrola'': Majka suffers this after getting pregnant. She runs off to vomit abruptly.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Marge's pregnancy tests in different episode flashbacks.
-->'''Homer:''' Back then, there was ''no way'' to tell if a woman was pregnant.\\

* In the 80s telenovela ''Rosa Salvaje'', Candida is very nauseous at dinner, which prompts her vile sister Dulcina to taunt her about possibly being pregnant. Candida denies it, of course, but later finds out she ''is'' pregnant.

'''Alex:''' ''(sighing)'' You had to remind me. ''(runs off to throw up)'' You had to remind me!\\

* Alex Cahill of ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'' suffers this all during the events of Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]", since she and the titular policeman ''are'' expecting their first child. It leads to this hilarious exchange at the end of the episode after Garrett Pope and his goons are locked up, and his ex-wife, Lara (who escaped from prison and the Rangers had to track her down and reimprison her), has her appeals trial for his crime of killing his business partner:
-->'''Walker:''' Sydney, how long does this morning sickness go on, anyway?\\

'''Walker, Gage and Trivette ''(talking over each other)'':''' Yeah, yeah, I guess we are. Yeah, she's right. Can't argue with that. She's right; yeah. Yeah.

* Alex Cahill of ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'' suffers this all during the events of Season 9's "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS9E12DesperateMeasures Desperate Measures]]", since she and the titular policeman ''are'' expecting their first child. It leads to this hilarious exchange at the end of the episode after Garrett and his goons are locked up and Lara has her appeals trial:

* ''Film/{{Threads}}'' has a scene where the nearly three months pregnant Ruth is feeling sick, though it's unclear if it's morning sickness, anxiety over the dangerous international situation (which leads to an all-out nuclear war that very day) or a combination of both. Either way, she's feeling so out of it that her mother goes to phone Ruth's place of work to let them know Ruth won't be in, only to find that all non-essential phones have been disconnected.

* ''Literature/EarthsChildren'': In ''Clan of the Cave Bear'', this is one of the first questions asked to verify that [[spoiler:Ayla]] is expecting.