Morning Sickness: Difference between revisions

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Never mind the fact that in [[Real Life]], 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, in fairness, [[wikipedia:Morning sickness|The Other Wiki]] says that morning sickness is most common in the morning). 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?"

* In the film ''[[Knocked Up]]'', the vomiting happens while the female lead is conducting an interview with [[James Franco]], who assumes it's a prank.

* ''[[Saved]]''

* Pregnant police chef Marge in ''[[Fargo]]'' says it's just morning sickness after inspecting a murder scene and throwing up.

* Happens to [[Pinball Protagonist|Vaidehi]] in the film ''[[Lajja]]''.

 

* [[House (TV 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.

* Pam on the American version of ''[[The Office]]'' uses this to induce a [[Vomit Chain Reaction]].

* Quinn on ''[[Glee]]''.

* Played with during the pregnancies on ''[[Charmed]]''. Phoebe mentions that it should be called "Morning, Noon, and Night sickness," and feels awful (understandable, see below). Piper seems to play it more straight, being uncomfortable, but not quite as bad. Except when she throws up in her mouth at the hospital. Other symptoms in the Charmed world include attacking people with flowers (Piper's half-angel baby didn't like violence) and turning fruit into raw meat (Phoebe was pregnant with a half-demon.)

{{quote|'''John:''' Why the hell would you even ask that?

'''Cameron:''' Kacey vomited when she was pregnant. (to Sarah) You're vomiting. It's morning. That's when it happens. }}

* Happens to Yokas in ''[[Third Watch]]''. Her partner Boscoe even gets the obligatory line about it happening all day.

* In ''[[Doctor Who]]'', {{spoiler|Amy is sick during "The Impossible Astronaut," leading her to say at the end "Doctor, I'm pregnant!" Later revealed to be be an effect of the Silence.}}

** {{spoiler|Which leads to [[Fridge Brilliance]] or [[Fridge Logic]] when it's revealed that the Amy we see is a plastic replica and the real (pregnant) one is somewhere else. The show is uncertain as to how long the season took and exactly when she had been kidnapped and replaced, but we do know that the replica body felt the contractions. Most likely the sickness was the same.}}

* ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' averted this by having Lily be subjected to food poisoning. {{spoiler|Then the twist at the ens was that she actually wasn't. She was pregnant.}}

* ''[[Gossip Girl]]'' 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.

* In ''[[The Sims 2]]'', when a sim is pregnant she will run to the bathroom sometime the day after she conceives, and throw up. Afterward, she will have a thought bubble over her head with a pacifier and a question mark, wondering if she's pregnant.(The player always knows that she is--a lullaby chime plays after the couple "woohoos" to let you know.)

** ''Sims 2'' actually covers this semi-realistically; Sims can have morning sickness at any time of the day, and the severity of it varies from Sim to Sim. There are Sims who were only sick once, Sims who were sick several times in a row (resulting in a strange green gas coming from the toilet), Sims whose sickness waxed and waned, and Sims who simply felt nauseous.

 

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