I wanted to post my story to help other pregnant people that may be feeling hopeless and barely getting through the day.

At 6 weeks pregnant, I started vomiting and it just never stopped. At 10 weeks pregnant, I was hospitalized for losing 10-15% of my body weight and being severely hydrated. I was unable to eat or drink anything. My pregnancy was slowly killing me and it was so painful to constantly vomit even when there was nothing left anymore. I would throw up about 16x a day.

At 11 weeks pregnant, my doctor discharged me from the hospital on the condition that I leave with a piccline. So I had my piccline put in and headed home.

My piccline saved my life. Without doctors that cared and without my piccline to help get some fluid and vitamins back in my body, I wouldn’t be here today. Neither would our son. I took zofran, promethazine, and Pepcid for my entire pregnancy. Coke and toast were my safe foods. Little by little I was able to tolerate Taco Bell and eventually I started eating again towards the end of my pregnancy but I would get full easily.

Our son was born on 12.28.2019 a whopping 6 pounds 15 oz. Although the pregnancy took every ounce of strength and power I had to give, my baby boy was perfectly healthy.

6 weeks post partum, I’m just getting my health back. My gums are in need of some dental treatment from vomiting so much, but my weight is stable now and vomiting constantly seems like a distant memory. I still have some reflux issues but it’s minimal compared to how awful I felt everyday. I just started exercising again and I’m feeling mostly normal now.

I’m posting this to give people hope that there’s an end to the suffering. It’s really hard when you’re going through it, and it feels like it will never end. But it does and my son was worth all of it.

UPDATE:

This post got so much more attention than I expected and I appreciate each and every single one of you that shared your story or left a comment/upvote. I wanted to add some photos of my little man and some of my pregnancy! As I keep telling everyone going through HG, there is a light at the end of the tunnel and that light is him. That moment you see and hold your baby after a hellish experience.. that’s when it’s all worth it!