My HG Adventure

HG (Hyperemesis Gravidarum) is a debilitating condition that occurs in pregnancy that causes severe nausea and vomiting which can lead to dehydration and malnutrition which is dangerous for both mother and baby.

I got hit with HG in both of my pregnancies, it lasted the whole pregnancy in my first pregnancy as no medications would work, a lot of the time the medications would just come back up, I also had awful heartburn in the third trimester which made the vomiting even worse. In the early weeks of my first pregnancy I vomited so much that I started to vomit blood and that’s when I went to hospital, I definitely should have gone a lot earlier before I started bleeding from my throat!

In both pregnancies I went in and out of hospital for medications and IV drips to try avoid dehydration. In my second pregnancy the medications started working and I was still vomiting sometimes but not as often as my first pregnancy, it felt a bit more manageable in terms of the vomiting but I had constant fatigue the whole way through the pregnancy which made it very hard to look after my older daughter and keep up with the cleaning and I stopped cooking, my husband had to start cooking or we would have to order frozen pre made meals to get through the week.

I honestly genuinely hate being pregnant.

I love my babies and even want a third baby but the thought of being pregnant again turns me off from having another baby.

Alongside having HG I also had antinatal depression and anxiety. I couldn’t bond with my babies when they were inside the womb, I tried so hard to find ways to connect with them when I was pregnant such as buying cute baby clothes, playing them music and trying to talk to them but nothing seemed to work, I still felt disconnected and that disconnection lasted up until 3-4 months postpartum with both babies!

Not all pregnancies are sunshine and rainbows, sometimes it’s vomit storms and an extreme case of constipation.

Me 1% of my pregnancies:

Me 99% of my pregnencies