So, the Duchess of Cambridge is pregnant for the third time and suffering with her third bout of Hyperemesis Gravardium (HG). Having been there twice with both pregnancies I do completely empathise with her, it’s horrendous.
There are still a few nuggets of wisdom that people like to offer which drive me up the wall when it comes to HG. Mostly by people who have never suffered from it!
Here are my top five.
- “Most people get some morning sickness” Nope. No. NOT EVEN. It’s 24 hours a day, every five minutes and it DRAINS YOUR SOUL. This is NOT morning sickness. It’s constant, debilitating vomiting that’s actually very dangerous as it leads to severe dehydration
- “Try some ginger” Yes, of course, ginger. I can’t even keep my own saliva down but yeah..GREAT advice.
- “You need to try and carry on as normal” I lie down and if I turn my head or open my eyes I feel like I am on a vertical roundabout with extreme g force. I cannot get up, it uses every shred of my utter being to drag myself to the bathroom to try and do the worlds tiniest dehydration wee, leaving me lying on the bathroom floor for hours to recover. I lie in my bed and am sick in carrier bags. How can I make that normal?
- “It’s the hormones..it’s a girl!” I have had two HG pregnancies and have two sons. Moving on…
- “It will be gone after 12 weeks” Actually, mine didn’t stop until 21 week and some mums get this all day, all night for their entire pregnancy, even in LABOUR until their baby is born
Good luck Kate, let’s hope you aren’t inundated with ginger biscuits!
I can’t imagine how horrid Hyperemesis is to have to go through and it must be even worse when people are telling you it is “normal” and “ok”.
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I have no experience with this condition at all, but I can sympathise with those who suffer from it. Pregnancy can be a tough ride as it is without anything added to it.
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You and I have something in common….we both dislike platitudes. Sometimes I really wish people would think before offering advice on topics that affect people in unique ways. Sometimes its just best to stay quiet and just help in whatever way you can.
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It sounds horrific, I can’t imagine how people cope with it for nine months! There is so much ignorance about it too!
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Sounds terrible for those who suffer from this. Congratulations to the Duchess of Cambridge though and hopefully her pregnancy will be smooth 🙂 x
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Oh my gosh. Sounds awful! I didn’t actually know what it was until I read this post.
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I can’t even begin to imagine how tough this must be, I can barely deal with being sick once never mind feeling constantly like that x
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How awful that you went through this on two pregnancies, you poor thing!
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I honestly feel so sorry for her, I had a spout of sickness at the start and end with Kody now 7 and that was bad enough I have no idea how I would cope to this extreme
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I can only imagine what it must be like with Hyperemesis… And people tend to offer really bad advice about things… It happens to my OH when she had pre-eclampsia…
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I can’t imagine how hard it must be to suffer from Hyperemesis, I feel so bad for her! x
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I remember this so well when I was pregnant with my twins. I was vomiting right up to 32 weeks when it suddenly stopped. Then restarted at 36 weeks.10 – 12 times a day. Thankfully I had totally healthy babies, but these tips would have only made me angry!
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It sounds utterly debilitating. I vomited every day and felt sick all day every day for the full 9 months of pregnancy with Jay, but luckily I was mostly able to keep food down, so it wasn’t to the extent that it required intervention. I can’t imagine how tough it must be!
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I’ve had pregnancy sickness where I was sick 4 times a day for the first half but luckily never hospitalised. It was SO awful though and a reason I will never go through pregnancy again. Just horrible! x
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Having a tough go of it are you? I sincerely hope it’s temporary and it passes rapidly. This reminds me of when I was in hospital and a woman in the next hospital bed couldn’t stop vomiting. My heart was bleeding for her, poor girl.
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I had what I thought was pretty bad morning sickness and that was bad enough. I can’t imagine how utterly dreadful HG must be.
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That is awful and the cheek of some people to suggest ginger when you are always vomiting. I’d like to see them try and even look at food when they are in that much pain!
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I hear you there.. i also had that sensation all the time like your covered in ants or spiders whichever… (blood boiling im told) stripping off whilst shopping is most deffo not ideal.
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“Tips” from people during pregnancy, although well-meaning, can be quite annoying! I can’t imagine how difficult it is suffering with Hyperemesis
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A regular pregnancy is difficult enough let alone this! My goodness I never heard of this. Very informative!
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It sounds absolutely awful to go through! I bet its annoying to receive unhelpful advice and quite irritating! xxx
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My friend suffered from this condition and it just sounds horrendous! xo
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