Reaching for the blandest food in the house, I couldn’t have anything spicy.
And even then, rice or crackers would be enough to trigger a bit of sick to rise in my throat.
That was before I could even think about tending to my daughter Anjana, then six months old.
‘This pregnancy is different to the first,’ I winced to my husband Rupok, now 34, as he tried to help me.
After finding out that we were expecting a boy in November 2018, it came as a surprise, especially as Anjana was still just a baby at the time.
Only, knowing that they were going to be close in age, we were one step closer to achieving the perfect family.
Even if it did mean I had to go through the worst sickness I had ever experienced.
Diagnosed with hyperemesis during my second trimester, I was placed on anti-sickness medication.
And despite feeling excited