A few months ago Ricky and I were blessed with the most amazing news that I was pregnant!! This was what we had wanted, what we had been waiting for. We were so excited for what was to come. At the 6 week mark I was diagnosed with hyperemesis gravidarum. On my bad days I was throwing up 30+ times a day, I felt like our baby was trying trying to kill me from the inside and I didn’t think I could take anymore. Being awoken every morning with vomiting that would last all day and sometimes even until the early hours of the next morning. I was signed off work, in and out of hospital to be given IV fluids and anti sickness. I lost nearly 2 stone in weight, had a sore throat and stomach constantly from throwing up, I wasn’t enjoying being pregnant. I didn’t even feel pregnant, I just fell ill. Before going through this myself all I knew about HG was that Kate Middleton had it. Ricky and I were both sick of everyone telling us “oh the princess had that with her pregnancies”, “have you tried ginger?” And “it’s just morning sickness, it’ll pass in a few weeks”. This is not just morning sickness, i felt as though my body was rejecting being pregnant, I felt like I was failing at everything. I was signed off work, I could barely function at home and spent all my time bed ridden with a sick bucket. Ricky and I are so excited to welcome Baby Mullen this November, and we know this will all be worth it. But we also wanted everyone to know about the journey we have already been on. It’s been hard, exhausting and emotional beyond belief, but it is getting easier (yay for ondansetron), we will make it through and we will tell our baby about all it has put me through since it was the size of a raspberry!