MY PREGNANCY journey: LIZ CANTOR 1. What are your most vivid thoughts and feelings when the pregnancy test came back positive? I was actually one of the unlucky ones and got really bad morning sickness. I thought I had food poisoning from eating some oysters when I was in Mackay and had been vomiting for four days straight. When I did the pregnancy test and it came up positive, my initial reaction was ‘well that explains it’. It was a bit of a funny one because it wasn’t really the fairy-tale, ecstatic, romantic comedy moment I was imaging. 2. Did anything happen during pregnancy no one had told you about, any surprises? The morning sickness was the biggest shock for me. I had seen movies where the main character is pregnant and she throws up into the bin under her desk and then carries on looking fabulous. My morning sickness wasn’t like that at all. Every time I travelled to Brisbane I had to pull over by the highway and throw up out of the car. I spent a lot of time lying on the cold tiles of the bathroom floor but it was all worth it in the end and when I got to 21 weeks the sickness finally stopped. I actually think my first trimester was more distressing than my third trimester or giving birth. The other thing I found hard was not telling people in the first 12 weeks. That was when I was the most sick and I found it really difficult being around people and not being able to explain to them why I couldn’t talk or crack a smile or I wasn’t myself. It is frustrating because you hear yourself saying to people, ‘I am just a bit under the weather at the moment’ and you feel weak always having to give excuses. Channel 7 television presenter, Liz Cantor, talks about her pregnancy journey with son Kit and all the tips and tricks she has found helpful as a first time mum on the Gold Coast. Due on New Year’s Eve 2016, Liz and her husband Ryan welcomed baby Kit into the world at Pindara a little ealier than expected on 13 December 2016. pindaramagazine.com.au Pindara Magazine 59
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