And this too shall pass

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Hi All,

I just wanted to come on here & post a a few lines. Maybe this might help a little for someone who is at their witts end, as I have been, through this awful hell.

I wont get into my story too much, I'm sure most of you sufferers are all too aware of how this goes & I actually dont like to remember it too much.

I had severe hyperemesis from 5 & half weeks to 20 weeks. Hospitalised over 20 times & on the days I wasnt hospitalised I spent laying in my bed, miserable, desperate & losing my mind. I asked God to take me more than once. I have never experienced anything worse in my life. Every day I was battling against a force that seemed to have gotten into my head & was taking me over. I wasnt myself, I had such dark thoughts. I prayed for death.

Fast forward Im now 23 weeks & so relieved to say I have finally come out of it. Just as suddenly as it came it has gone. I feel like I have been given a 2nd chance at life. I am no longer a prisoner in my own home or the hospital bed. And more importantly I am no longer a prisoner in my own head. I can eat again, I can drink, I can walk & talk. I can go outside & take in a beautiful day, which seems so much more beautiful than I remember any day ever being.

Best of all, my twin babies are making their presence known to me every day & I feel so incredibly lucky to have survived this horror with my babies all safe & well.

Ladies, I know the horror of this awful condition, really & truly I do. But I promise you this too shall pass & a day will come when your life will get better & be worth living again.

I wish you all well, be brave, be strong.

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aah, what a wonderful post to read! Sometimes hg DOESN'T last the whole pregnancy! I'm so glad to hear that you are able to actually enjoy part of your pregnancy. Wonderful, wonderful news! xx

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I just came back to this site today & read my post.

Wow what a long road, my twins are now 3 months old & doing great thank God. I had almost forgotten how absolutely horrendous HG was until I started to read the forums here again. Its crazy how nature makes you forget how bad something really was.

I feel a little sad that I will never be able to have another child but incredibly lucky to have been given two perfect babies. I feel so much for those who have had one HG baby & cant go through it again to complete your family. And even so much more so for those who have lost their babies to HG. HG really is an awful experience & I wouldnt wish it on my worst enemy.

I actually had a fleeting thought recently of "well maybe I could do it again, for one more baby" - Good God! What was I thinking! Coming back here & reading through the posts has made my mind up for me & I will be sending hubby for the snip asap!

Stay strong & try to hold onto the fact that it will end. At some point it will end.