The First Trimester Truth: Morning Sickness, Weight Gain & Why Pregnancy Isn't What You Expected

Morning sickness that has you projectile vomiting at a bachelorette party. An OB lecturing you about weight gain with zero medical justification. Fainting at the dentist. Pregnancy brain that has you walking through the grocery store with a TV remote in your leggings.Yeah. Nobody warned us either.In this episode, Taylor and Natasha get real about what the first trimester actually feels like — and it's a lot less glowing and a lot more surviving. Natasha shares her experience with hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), the severe pregnancy nausea that affects about 2% of women and had her working from a bathroom floor. Taylor recounts the bachelorette trip she thought she could power through at 7.5 weeks pregnant (spoiler: she could not).They also get into the pressure around pregnancy weight gain, why so many OBs are still giving arbitrary advice without medical backing, and what it actually looks like to switch providers and advocate for yourself — even when you're a people pleaser who just wants everyone to like you.Plus: the one nausea tip that actually helped (protein before bed, not ginger), why you should tell people you're pregnant whenever the hell you want to, and the very real isolation of keeping a secret while feeling the sickest you've ever felt in your life.If you've ever felt guilty for not enjoying pregnancy the way Instagram told you to — this one's for you.Topics covered: hyperemesis gravidarum, morning sickness tips, pregnancy nausea, first trimester symptoms, pregnancy weight gain, switching OBs, advocating for yourself during pregnancy, early pregnancy isolation, when to announce pregnancy, pregnancy brain, prodromal laborXX, Natasha & Taylor