Making love in the morning got me through morning sickness. I found I could be happy and throw up at the same time.

In this blunt, comic recollection, Anderson juxtaposes pleasure and discomfort to describe pregnancy’s physical contradictions. The line treats “morning sickness” not only as a hardship but as something that can coexist with desire, intimacy, and even happiness. By pairing sex with nausea in the same breath, she punctures idealized narratives of pregnancy and presents a more candid, bodily realism. The quote also signals a coping strategy: reframing an unpleasant symptom through connection and pleasure, suggesting resilience and an ability to find levity amid vulnerability.