am feeling horribly nauseous, every day all day. This morning sickness thing is a fallacy. I try dry biscuits, camomile tea, toast – nothing works. I go back to see a doctor who prescribes travel sickness pills. Luckily, the eagle-eyed pharmacist

of my child too much, especially as I am secretly hoping for a girl. Meanwhile, every time I hop on the tube to go to work I find myself retching like a mad thing. Disapproving glances from fellow commuters betray the fact they think I am still pissed

I have my 14-week appointment at the hospital. My partner comes with me and I'm grateful for his company and concern. I feel like a bad sailor in a storm – sick beyond belief. We get shunted from pillar to post at the hospital but eventually go

About Lucy 36-year-old journalist Lucy approached her second labour hoping to have a very different experience from the first, and opting to try for a vaginal birth after caesarian. Here's her second birth story for ThinkBaby.With my first