My morning sickness lasted long past first trimester and was all day. I always carried large ziploc bags with me. They work great if you throw up...zip shut and toss! Fold the top zipper part over and the bag stays open...keep one on lap while driving lol

I had to always have something in my stomach..an empty stomach made me so nauseous and I'd eventually throw up. I kept saltine crackers at my bedside. When I woke in the morning, without moving or sitting up I had to have 3-4 crackers. If I didn't eat the crackers and sat up I'd throw up...if I ate the crackers and waited a few minutes I'd be fine (my nurse told me to try it).

I had a period where I NEEDED poutine. Like NEEDED it. My husband grew to know this and wouldn't question our having to stop twice on one outing to get some from a drive through. it was insane. Shortly into this phase I was grocery shopping and blackedout in the grocery store checkout...right after I paid. I woke up to paramedics. The poor cashier said I just went straight down. All the tests they ran didn't show much other than really low blood pressure (my norm is low and pregnancy lowers it). I am certain I NEEDED all that poutine for the salt to help raise my blood pressure! Pay attention to what your body is trying to tell you!!

Drink water, TONS of water. My nurses said 11-13cups minimum a day. It continues on through breastfeeding. Water is crucial!!

Be prepared for the oddest things to randomly happen! I broke a rib at about 5months. Doing nothing except being pregnant. They suspect she had her foot up there and kicked it. Anyways it happened late evening, the night before we had to fly to visit family for Christmas. Not knowing why my rib would suddenly hurt with such excruciating pain we somehow got me to the airport and had to use wheel chairs and support staff to get me onto the plane! Landed and had my family (and husband) take me straight to the hospital.