I was reading a lovely birth story last night when I saw this term mentioned in relation to morning sickness. I had never heard of it before so I looked it up. The HER foundation page was eye opening, and I could have cried while reading what could have been my own pregnancy diary times six, and the fact that it is actually treatable. I showed my DH this morning who promptly bundled me and Harry into the car and took me to see our Doctor.

Sure enough, I have suffered through it through 5 previous pregnancies, have been fighting it hammer and tong in this one, and my doctor - who treats sufferers at the hospital - was utterly shocked that my first doctor not only didn't pick up on it, but told me all the way through my pregnancy that my inability to keep any food at all down was "normal". This set up the precident in my mind that it was, and I never brought it up again. Even worse, the midwife who noted my near 40kg weight loss with DD2 with the flippant comment "Well, thats a neat way to lose weight - getting pregnant" also didn't pick up on any problems. He saw the photos of me from before and after I had Lyta, that my DH brought along to show him how bad I get it, and simply was astounded that no one thought to put the waif in the waiting room at the hospital on iv nutrition. I must admit that I am having a hard time coping with the fact that these people put me and my children at risk too. It seems now that it was the cause of my hypoglycemia, and there is concern that DD1 may have diabetes from it.

He put me straight on Maxolon and has updated my hospital referral so that they can monitor it properly and get me treatment if I lose any more weight, as I am borderline now at 7%.

Sorry, I just had to get that all out. How can I go through so many health professionals and not one of them found morning sickness in the later stages of the second tri, and all through the third tri to be a problem. Its not normal. So if anyone else is still sick at 20 weeks - go see your GP.

For anyone who has suffered this before - how long does it take for the maxolon so start working? I took one as soon as I got home hours ago but I still feel horrible.