Sickness suddenly going at 8 weeks?

[EdenX]

Weeks 6 and 7 I had really severe morning sickness. I'm now 8+5 and in the last 2 or 3 days it has eased off entirely - I now feel slightly nauseous morning and evening but that's it. With previous pregnancies it didn't ease until 12-14 weeks so I'm feeling a bit concerned. Anyone else had this kind of abrupt early change in sickness?

I remember I did at about 9 weeks. I researched at the time and discovered that's when the placenta starts doing more and for some reason, that leads to a masking of the hormones (?!) or whatever they are that cause the sickness. Sorry I can't remember the actual biology behind it but its totally normal.

I also remember discovering around the same time that levels of sickness have no bearing on how well the pregnancy is progressing. I'm saying this to you as I suspect you - like me- were using nausea as a kind of barometer of whether everything was ok. I used to panic every time I felt "normal" in case it meant I'd had a missed miscarriage. Apparently there's no biological basis to that. I found that helpful to know and it meant I could try and "enjoy" the times where I didn't feel horribly nauseous.

Yes, have consoled myself in the past that sickness is a "good sign" so am a bit concerned that it ending is a bad sign. I also need a blood test as I was exposed to parvo/slapped cheek so am putting 2 and 2 together...

My morning sickness switched off overnight. One day I was puking and constant nausea and then the next day I was totally fine. Completely bizarre. It totally freaked me out, I decided that the worst had happened but I'm 18+5 now and alls well. Fingers crossed x

Good luck with the parvovirus blood test. I had the same exposure when I was 7 weeks and I was really upset about it. (It's a good argument for letting people know you're pregnant early on! It was only that I'd blurted out the news to a friend that she even thought to tell me when her daughter developed slapped cheek the next day)

Anyway, I had the blood test and turns out I'd already had immunity and GP said that apparently most people do so I hope it's the same for you.

Good luck though your post has bought back lots of early pregnancy memories. It was so anxiety provoking!