MORE 'HYPEREMESIS-GRAVIDARUM' POSTS
As a librarian, when you hear HG you probably think about The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. But for me, HG is a different type of hunger games, a very real one. HG stands for Hyperemesis Gravidarum. It is literally translated as excessive vomiting during pregnancy. Before IVs and PICC lines, women died from HG. […]
Today is HG World Awareness Day. As you know, I have had HG 3 times. After my first bout of HG, I swore I would never get pregnant again. I had no idea that my first pregnancy would turn out to be me easiest. My second pregnancy almost killed me, and it did kill my […]
You would think that since this weekend is Mother’s Day, I would talk about being a mom. But instead, I want to talk about sisters. You see, I am very lucky in that I got to give my daughter a sister. Not that she always appreciates it to be honest; you should hear the two of them […]
As we draw closer to May 15th of this year, we draw closer to the first ever World Awareness Day for Hyperemesis Gravidarum. HG is a debilitating, life threatening pregnancy illness. I have struggled with it in three pregnancies, with only two living children to show for it. My second pregnancy was by far my […]
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