Pregnancy is not an illness...Hyperemesis Gravidarum IS by Laura Burton

'Pregnancy is not an illness...Hyperemesis Gravidarum IS' by Laura Burton

What do Charlotte Bronte, Holly Madison and Kate Middleton have in common? A condition called Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) widely understood to be an acute form of morning sickness.
What is it? How could it send a woman into hospital and lead to ending a wanted pregnancy? L A Burton speaks out about her HG pregnancies providing a detailed insight into what it is really like to have Hyperemesis Gravidarum and includes testimants from other HG sufferers giving their honest accounts.

The author Laura really takes you into her personal life and how pregnancy affected her - not only one pregnancy but three in three years!! Laura gives you an insight into what everyday life was like living with Hyperemesis Gravidarum and how she was treated by some doctors - who were rude to her and kind of blamed her for this made up illness!! I really felt for Laura throughout her ordeal as this is a subject close to my heart having suffered from severe morning sickness (all day sickness!!) throughout all my three pregnancies too. It was only 27 weeks into my third pregnancy that HG was mentioned to me by a midwife. I had spent everyday of all my pregnancies from 5 weeks to the day of birth being sick not just once or twice a day - I lost count being sick 24/7 till nearly 28 weeks and then maybe 5 times at least from there on. I spent weeks in hospital on drips, having injections and bleeding because I was retching some much - 9 times out of 10 on an empty stomach. My third prednacny only went to 32weeks term - throughout this time I spent in total 7 weeks in hospital. To me I just thought I have severe morning sickness, I didn't know anything about HG, I know for Laura if doctors had understood her condition that she would have got help sooner but for me if I had known about HG sooner I don't think it would have made a difference - I had really good care from two difference health regions for my sickness.

I really enjoyed that Laura included other peoples stories into the book. Stories are from around the world and how HG affected them, their families and how they where treated by others.

This book is heart felt from a very personal life story from Laura. I hope Laura's wish to help others be aware of HG is achieved. I really think that others who suffer from HG reading this book will be inspired to seek help if they are not receiving it or just to know that they aren't alone.

I would recommend.