It is extreme morning sickness that often lasts the entire pregnancy is my understanding of it. THere is a support thread on here for those women who suffer it. It is a bugger of a thing to have - and that's probably an understatement! Many women end up being hospitalised for IV fluids because they can't stop vomiting.
I had it and can answer any specific questions if you have them, Dianne just PM me but in short it is a debilitating condition during pregnancy causing excessive vomitting, dehydration, nausea, massive weight loss, it generally lasts the entire pregnancy but may not. It also comes in varying degrees.
Yep, we have a support group on here- its not very active atm and there is one I am a part of on FB too.
Ive just been told I have HG. I spent 2 days on a drip in hospital this past weekend because I had not kept down any food or water in days and my body was showing strong signs of dehydration and starvation. They determined that I had HG because I had a high number of ketones on my urine, was very weak and because the drugs I was given to stop the vomiting were no longer working. I was in a position where I could not re-hydrate myself anymore because the more water I drank the more I vomited. I believe my m/s turned into HG only last week, because before that I could keep down food/water in the mornings only.
I was also told that HG usually lasts until 20w but for many it lasts the entire pg. I had HG with DS2, but it did go away by 20w.
Ive suffered this with all of my pregnancies, Reids was the worst.
I was thinking I was going to get away with it this time but was laid up on the lounge all day yesterday with a severe headache and nausea which led to vomiting so I think this pregnancy isn't going to be any different.
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