During the sixth week of my second pregnancy, I was hit by an extreme form of morning sickness called hyperemesis gravidarum. I was unable to drink anything and have never felt so dehydrated, dizzy and desperate for water. But if I drank, I was immediately sick, then felt much worse. By the tenth week, I had lost nearly two stone, was vomiting up to 30 times a day and was feeling desperate. So much so that, like 1,000 other women each year, I decided the sickness had become unbearable and I had no choice but to terminate my pregnancy. At 10 weeks, I arranged to have a termination in the form of a pill. A few hours after I had taken it, I began to feel normal again. I have never felt such intense relief, at the same time as feeling extremely sad for the child I had aborted.
I had experienced hyperemesis gravidarum during my first pregnancy, but was able to cope with it then – I think mainly because I didn’t know the suffering that lay ahead. My GP at the time was attentive and visited me at home to monitor my urine, while nurses came to take blood. I tried taking the anti-sickness drug cyclizine, but it didn’t seem to do anything, so I stopped.
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