My hyperemesis gravidarum was unbearable. Then I found a path through the darkness
Once upon a time, there was a woman who, in the throes of this disease, told her husband in desperation, “I don’t know how I can endure another pregnancy like this.”
Once upon a time, there was a woman desperate to have another child, but who couldn’t fathom going through pregnancy another time.
If you haven’t experienced it yourself, there’s no way you’d ever be able to imagine the depths of misery that women experiencing hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) — severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy — endure. I can try to explain, to paint a picture, but there aren’t really words to adequately describe six to nine months of mind-blowing nausea, endless vomiting, extreme weight loss, starvation, muscle wasting, and severe dehydration.
Imagine your worst experience with nausea (food poisoning, stomach virus, typical first-trimester nausea), multiply it by about 500, and then imagine it continuing relentlessly minute after minute, hour after hour, day after day, week after week, month after month.
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