When Will This Ever End? How Long Morning Sickness Lasts
You’re cruising right along through your early pregnancy, still riding high from two pink lines and maybe even an ultrasound with a strong heartbeat.
Then it hits you like a ton of bricks — morning sickness. You feel like you’re on a swaying boat while you drive to work, sit through meetings, and carry your other kids to bed. Will it ever end?
The good news is: It will most likely end — and relatively soon. Here’s what to expect
What weeks will I have morning sickness?
Morning sickness typically lasts from weeks 6 through 12, with the most intense peak between 8 and 10 weeks.
According to a frequently cited 2000 study, half of all women still experience some nausea at week 14, or right around the time they enter the second trimester. This same study found that 90 per cent of women have resolved morning sickness by 22 weeks.
While those weeks can seem brutally long, there can be strange comfort in the fact that it means hormones are doing their work, and the baby is thriving.
In fact, a 2016 studyTrusted Source found that women who had at least one prior pregnancy loss and had nausea and vomiting during week 8 had a 50 per cent lower chance of miscarriage.
However, it should be noted this was a correlational study and therefore can’t suggest a cause and effect. What that means is that the converse hasn’t been proven true: A lack of symptoms doesn’t necessarily mean a higher chance of miscarriage.
The same study also showed that around 80 per cent of these women experienced nausea and/or vomiting during the first trimester. So you’re not alone, to put it mildly.
