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It affected our family life dramatically last time. Now that we have LO, I'm not sure how I'll manage it when it's time to go for #2. I basically only laid in bed and moaned while I was home for 3.5 months or so. I couldn't stomach the smell of ANYTHING. Not only did I not cook, but I couldn't really allow my husband to cook either since we were in a 1 bedroom apartment and the smell would permeate the whole apartment. I wouldn't let him make coffee either. Or breathe on me. I hated our neighbors (because I could smell their awful cooking smells).

I couldn't go to the grocery store or anywhere that required any walking as walking made me even more nauseated. I think I embarassed my DH several times when I attempted to go to Target with him and ended up sitting on the floor, not able to walk any more without throwing up.

Yeah...not looking forward to going through that again. =(

@snowjewelz: I've finally learned to be better about showing how much I appreciate him and all of his efforts. It taught me how to be a more grateful spouse, even if I can't eat what he's cooked!

I'm ALMOST over MS at 21.5 weeks. Its been so hard but DH has never once complained. We ate out a LOT the first few weeks but over time, I forced myself to cook once or twice a week because DH has a sensitive stomach. I basically cook just so DH would have meals/lunches to eat and then I eat whatever I want or can stomach.

My routine has generally been to cook one thing in the crockpot (like an easy chili or a curry) and grill/bake 2 kinds of meat at once (sausages and pre-marinated meats from the butcher are my best friends). I'll either bake some sweet potatoes or make a pot of rice on the side and have DH nuke himself some frozen mixed vegetables from Costco as a veg. That generally feeds him lunch and dinner all week. I stock up on muffins, granola bars, apples, baby carrots, and cereal at Costco and DH has that for breakfasts and snacks all week. We still eat out once or twice a week for dinner/date night.

@Cole: haha! That's what your husband is for! DH remembers what I went through and has promised to do the majority of the parenting for those 3 months (that includes feeding her, meal prep, packing daycare stuff).

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If you have trouble with smells, you can cook food in the crockpot out on your patio or garage, as long as you have an outlet!

Oh also, I try to make crockpot meals that can do double duty. For example, I made all-meat chili the other night and DH can eat it plain, on hot dogs, on noodles as chili mac, etc. Or I make pulled pork with plain seasonings and he can eat half as carnitas in tacos or burritos, and then add BBQ sauce to the other half for sandwiches. Or you can make shredded chicken breasts the same way and turn half into tortilla soup (add broth, salsa, tomatoes), and the other half can be BBQ chicken sandwiches. You can also make a big pot of plain meat sauce, use half on pasta and then add chili seasonings and beans to make the other half chili for another day.

I would still cook chicken and pork while pregnant and then as soon as we were about to eat dinner, I'd look at my plate and realize I could not eat it, so I would put it right away on DH's plate. So he always got more meat for dinner, so that part he liked!

He was very supportive, though. He felt bad that I felt so sick. Early in the 1st trimester after nausea began, I told him of my worry about getting sick in the car driving to work, so he ordered like 50 puke bags from Amazon to put in my car. Sweet.