"Making love in the morning got me through morning sickness. I found I could be happy and throw up at the same time"
About this Quote
The intent feels twofold: to normalize what’s usually edited out (pregnancy as a chaotic sensory experience) and to reclaim agency inside it. Morning sickness is often framed as something that happens to a woman; here, she frames sex and happiness as something she does, even while her body revolts. That’s not a Hallmark version of empowerment; it’s a pragmatic, embodied one.
There’s also a knowing wink at Anderson’s public image. She was long treated as a symbol rather than a person, her sexuality flattened into spectacle. This quote reasserts sexuality as lived experience, not performance - and it’s pointedly domestic, not pornographic. The subtext reads: you can be erotic and vulnerable at once; you can be a “sex symbol” and still be human enough to be nauseated mid-joy. That contradiction is the whole joke, and the quiet rebuke.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Anderson, Pamela. (2026, January 16). Making love in the morning got me through morning sickness. I found I could be happy and throw up at the same time. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/making-love-in-the-morning-got-me-through-morning-106293/
Chicago Style
Anderson, Pamela. "Making love in the morning got me through morning sickness. I found I could be happy and throw up at the same time." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/making-love-in-the-morning-got-me-through-morning-106293/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"Making love in the morning got me through morning sickness. I found I could be happy and throw up at the same time." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/making-love-in-the-morning-got-me-through-morning-106293/. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.









