My HG story: Sarah-Jane

This year I was pregnant with my first child. I began my morning sickness at eight weeks (the second day into my honeymoon) which in my mind was perfectly normal. A few weeks past and nothing got better I seemed to get worse. Everything I was told about morning sickness seemed off with what I was experiencing.

Then I could no longer cope with how weak I was becoming and I was getting worried that something would be wrong with my baby since I couldn't keep anything down. I went to the hospital, after hours of waiting I was admitted and put on fluids. The next morning I was informed that I had Hyperemesis which is why my morning sickness was so intense. Over time it continued to get worse, I lost weight, my face was always a sick grey, I was never at work or went home sick from work. I cried every day which made my new husband feel helpless.

As my pregnancy continued we were told that our little man’s growth had slowed. On top of everything we now had that to worry about. I was already on a ton of medication to assist my HG and begun to go downhill mentally by this point.

The last few weeks of my pregnancy I lived on medication, ice chips and bread. Every week when I saw my doctor I would beg for it to be over. At 35 weeks my doctor described me as a "fragile one" who needed a C-section booked the following week. I gave birth at 36 weeks as I could no longer continue and his growth had almost completely stopped. On the day of my C-section, they had multiple attempts to put in my fluids as they couldn't find a good vein.

Being pregnant with HG was the most horrific experience of my life. It scares me to become pregnant again with the possibility that I may have HG again. Although it truly was worth it to have my little baby Jack at the end of it. I would never give him up. We are HG survivors!