Hyperemesis Gravidarum questions, suffered once now terrified :(

[willow5]

I heard somewhere that HG was an over reaction(hyper - obviously) to the pregnancy hormones, but that your brain and body get stuck in a loop. So where the MS would normally subside, you're kind of wired to keep being sick. Don't how much truth there is to that theory, I'm guessing they really don't know, but I'll be looking into lots of areas before TTC.

fromscratch I'm working on strategies too

[~clover~]

I had HG with all my girls. Not with DS.
It lasted til 20 - 22 weeks with the girls.

I will never risk that again. I thought I would be safe after DS. I still survived when pregnant with DD3, but my kids were pretty much without a mum for 4 or 5 months. I can't do that to them again.

[Diamond Girl]

Hi there,

Im sorry to hear you had the awful HG. I had it in my first two pgs but not in any of my m/cs (just really bad m/s during parts of them). Im interested to hear about it being allergic reaction because I have often thought this.

[willow5]

Clover, That is one big concern I have DS1&2 are old enough to look after them selves for a few months (they're 20 and 18) but I'm worried about DS3