Now that is a real horror story…How come she did not get a few informed opinions?

What a really sad story. My morning sickness got progressively worse with each of my 3 pregnancies and although it only lasted for about 4 months each time-it felt like it would never end and I was desperate for it to go away.
Did nobody bother to ask this poor women why she was having an abortion?

As my wife is on the verge of conceiving a baby, I started looking for all the good info on how to take care of her health. This post is very useful. Thanks. – Mike

Wow, I’ve never heard of anything that bad for any woman. I’m surprised that the doctor never did anything to help her get past the sickness.

This is a very tragic story, I know some pregnancies can be difficult but did not realise it could get this bad. She must feel traumatised but I hope if she falls pregnant again she does not have to suffer with this stress.

Though my desire for a baby and my conscience would never allow me to have an abortion, I will admit that with my third child (5th pregnancy….2 prior miscarriages) I was so sick that the thought crossed my mind that maybe I would like to miscarry because I couldn’t withstand the torture of “morning sickness” any longer. It started for me at about 4 1/2 weeks and didn’t let up until about 20 weeks. After that I was still stick, but the “torture” aspect was gone. I was prescribed Reglan and it did nothing. I got B6 shots daily and they helped to take a very slight edge off of some of my symptoms of restless muscles in my arms and legs so I could lay still in my bed, but I was still nauseated ALL the time. I would love to have another child, but I am TERRIFIED of going through the torture again. Is there a remedy that really works out there?

@Hal:

Wow – what an awful story. I can imagine you would hesitate to get pregnant again. There is no single cure for morning sickness that works for all women. Ginger helps some women and an elimination diet may help eliminate certain foods that are triggers. It can also be helpful to know that you may have no morning sickness at all with your second.

I saw my wife go through terrible morning sickness times. It was awful. However I would never have thought that someone would have had an abortion because of it. What helped my wife was Vit B6 tablets in high doses. Obviously our doc was monitoring her too so it was a safe recommendation.

My 1st pregnancy caused hyper emesis thru the 7th month, the doctor did nothing to help, gave me a prescription for a drug that didn’t work.

My weight gain ended up being very high because I felt like I was starving all the time – and high fatty food was easier to bring back up. Never knew about ginger or other natural methods.

Pregnancy 2 and 3 had no morning sickness – beyond a couple days of queasiness at 10 to 12 weeks.

My first born is now pregnant with her 1st – 18 wks, she has been through the ringer. Hospitalized twice for hyper emesis. Her weight gain is still in the minus numbers, but her belly bean appears strong and healthy and her doctor and husband have been so helpful and supportive. I think having loving support makes all the difference. She thinks this maybe an only child…

Thank you for posting such an informative post here. Although tragic, it is really helpful for first timers trying to conceive.

Keep it up!

Hal – I totally sympathise. I am 29 weeks pregnant with my first child and have been suffering from hyperemesis. I wanted nothing more than to conceive and have always wanted 2 or 3 children but I am scared of getting hyperemesis again. After several admissions to hospital for fluids and anti-sickness medication and once for intravenous feeding, I was prescribed Ondansetron and it worked like a miracle for me… I have been able to conduct my pregnancy normally these last few months. My health professionals have advised me that subsequent pregnancies will not necessarily be afflicted with hyperemesis but there is no guarantee – odds are that they won’t though. I hope this helps. C

I had the same thing happen to me not once but twice. My boyfriend and i wanted to have a baby soo bad so we tried for 6 months before i got pregnant and we were so happy until the fourth week came along. I felt like i was on my death bed dying i lost 15 pounds in two weeks and i felt like my stomach was being eat up by acid. We went to several different doctors and nobody would help. One doctor gave me medication in an iv but it did nothing and the rest said i was fine. Every night i would pray for God to take my life it was that bad. I was always against abortions but i felt like i would die if i didnt get one. Twenty minutes after the procedure i felt alive again. We thought for sure that could never happen again but it did. I guess i can never have another baby. I just wish doctors would try to help more.

This post is really making me sad to know how people especially women are behaving at certain stages of their life. The crucial moment that can change the entire course of life, is child birth. Aborting a child for morning sickness is pathetic.

@Stephanie: Wow. I am really sorry for your loss.

Thanks for the comments. Actually I was VERY sick with my first and second child too. Each pregnancy just got worse. My third was completely over the top. I don’t know how many times my husband had to pick me up off the floor while I was crying and carry me to my bed. And I am not a wimpy person normally. I had 3 c- sections and had no problem with the pain or recovery. But the pregnancies are a different story. People who have never experienced how much torture a pregnancy can be really have no room to comment. I would have never believed it if I hadn’t experienced it. I still say that I would never abort a child and I don’t believe anyone should casually make that decision (especially in cases not related to life and death), but for Richard to call someone pathetic is really just naive. I think it is really really sad that this woman, and I’m sure others, got so sick that she lost her ability to think clearly and just wanted relief. Maybe her desire to have a baby wasn’t terribly strong either. I don’t know. But I can definitely relate to feeling so sick for so long (and the problem is really how long the torture goes on…..most people can handle torture for a short period of time, but when it persists for months with not a single moment of relief, then you start to get desperate) that you just don’t know how you carry on and you just want relief. I definitely don’t condone the decision to abort a sweet little innocent baby. Hopefully people don’t engage in behaviors that could end up in pregnancy unless they are committed and willing to go through what could be torture for a long time. In the end the baby is worth it!

Oh and by the way…..what doesn’t kill you DOES make you stronger.