Morning Sickness/Playing With
- Basic Trope: Nausea and vomiting during (especially) the first trimester of pregnancy, as a result of pregnancy-related hormones.
- Played Straight: Alice misses her period, but it's her feeling nauseous first thing in the morning that tips her off before the pregnancy test does.
- Exaggerated: Alice is nauseous all the time, and this doesn't go away as the pregnancy progresses, or she has a very severe case of it.
- Alice's morning sickness starts before she even knows she's pregnant (possibly as soon as she conceives)
- Justified: Alice's hormones are getting all wacky, and this is how her body reacts.
- In evolutionary terms, it may be nature's way of protecting the baby from toxins accidentally ingested by Alice.
- Inverted: Alice is not pregnant, but feels sick to her stomach.
- Alice is pregnant, but does not suffer from even a little nausea.
- Alice is pregnant, but it's not her upper digestive tract that's giving her problems so much as her lower.
- Subverted: Alice finds out she's pregnant, and feels a little nauseous at one point, but that's as far as it goes.
- Alice feels nauseous while pregnant, but it's for another reason.
- Double Subverted: But she vomits once or twice later, or experiences other types of pregnancy-related discomfort.
- Deconstructed: If it's very severe, Alice may not be able to get the nutrients her body (and her baby) needs, and she may become dehydrated. This can put her overall health and her pregnancy in jeopardy.
- Reconstructed: Alice keeps herself hydrated and eats small meals throughout the day, and uses safe medications or herbs to help with nausea.
- Parodied: Alice hasn't left the bathroom since the beginning of her pregnancy.
- Alice waterfall vomits constantly, like a nasty vomit-spewing fountain as soon as she finds out she's pregnant.
- Alice starts puking as soon as she's done having sex with Bob.
- Lampshaded: "You OK, Alice?"
- Zig Zagged: Some pregnant women are constantly vomiting, some are only occasionally sick, some are nauseous but don't vomit, and some never have stomach trouble.
- Averted: Alice doesn't experience stomach trouble.
- Alice is not pregnant.
- Enforced: Small Reference Pools, Truth in Television
- Invoked: Alice is pregnant, and Bob is cooking fish (which smells very strong to Alice).
- Defied: Alice takes ginger-root capsules or other medication/herbal remedy that won't hurt the baby.
- Bob knows that strong smells (like grilling salmon) smell stronger to Alice than normal, and tries to avoid producing triggers.
- Discussed:
- Conversed:
- Played For Laughs: Alice running to find a place to throw up in...to the Benny Hill theme song.
- Played For Drama: Alice can't keep anything down, and she's dehydrated, which threatens her health and her pregnancy.