THE BURGER SURVIVAL

A 12-week pregnant woman says the only thing she could keep down was a plain McDonald's cheeseburger, and her fiancé said he "didn't sleep all night" because of it.

For her, the first trimester has been "HELL." The 27-year-old says she can barely eat, can't stand most meats, and has been throwing up from all kinds of triggers: the smell of food, strong gym odors, even cold air outside. She says she was extremely healthy before getting pregnant, had lost 60 pounds over the last year, and her doctor told her she was at a great weight for her age and height. Now, she says, she is "just trying to survive and find anything I can eat without throwing up."

The eating problems started early and have been relentless. She says she vomited eggs and sausage, then later managed to get down a plain cheeseburger from McDonald's. By 12 weeks, she says, she has only gained about five pounds and there are days when she can barely eat at all. She says she has about five "safe" foods right now, and the McDonald's burger is one of them.

Then her fiancé saw the wrapper.

According to her account, he confronted her and said he "didn't sleep all night" because he was upset she ate McDonald's. He told her she was giving their baby "addictive unhealthy food." The poster says she tried to explain that this is not her normal diet and that she misses healthy food, but right now her body is rejecting almost everything she tries to eat.

She says the nausea has gotten so bad that she is also trying to get medication. For now, she says, the goal is simple: find something she can keep down, any day that she can keep it down.

Instead of support, she says she's getting judgment. The stress from the argument has added to the misery of an already brutal first trimester, leaving her feeling guilty over a meal that was never meant to be a choice so much as a survival tactic.

"I want a partner who is supportive and understanding," she wrote, "not someone who makes me feel guilty for just trying to eat something."