prayer for morning sickness

Morning sickness is awful. At best it's a nuisance for a few weeks; at worst it's debilitating for months. I've had both scenarios, so my sympathies leap out to any expectant mother who suffers. I've written ad nauseam (haha) about morning sickness: All over this blog. For example, "In Which We Are All - Begrudgingly - Images of God" and "'Morning' (Ha) Sickness" In my book Everyday Sacrament: The Messy Grace of Parenting: You are a whisper of a whirl curled up deep in my belly. The hormonal soup in which you swim makes me nauseous at all hours of the day. I choke down crackers when I wake, throw up in the sink before breakfast, and pull over at gas stations to get sick on the drive to work. I collapse on the couch before sunset most evenings, too tired to drag myself to bed. I am three months pregnant. This is my body, given for you. Read more of Everyday Sacrament here... And my favorite nauseous reflection, The Magnificat: Mary's Morning Sickness Prayer:  Maybe Mary … [Read more...] about a prayer for morning sickness