HG

Recently there's been a lot of talk in the media about Kate Middleton and her pregnancy. More specifically, teasing or making light of her "just a little morning sickness."

Only, Kate doesn't have morning sickness. She suffers from hyperemesis gravidarum which is a vastly different thing.

Most widely known of, the women of The View laugh about, and wave off, the Duchess's sickness as no big deal and nothing serious.

helpher.org is pretty much the best resource available to mothers, their families, and physicians.

HG is not just 12 or so weeks of some nausea with the occasional vomiting. HG can extend past 21 weeks and in many cases the entire pregnancy. It is marked by rapid and severe weight loss, extreme fatigue, acid erosion of the esophagus and stomach, and in the most severe cases can result in infant and/or maternal death.

HG is nothing to joke about or laugh at. I am an HG sufferer. It is one of the more painful things I've experienced in my life. Luckily for me, my OBGYN was quick to intervene and my resulting weight loss was *just* 26 lbs at its peak. I went on to gain just 14 lbs in this last pregnancy and deliver a healthy 8lbs 2oz princess.

I wrote about my trials after only 8 days of having my zofran pump and wore it for another 9 weeks after this post at my personal blog, Domesticated Damsel. I did not write about it again, so the severity of the pain inflicted on my abdomen is barely glossed over. I should note that it was nearly 6 weeks after removal of the pump before my skin fully healed. But the pump was better that 12+ times per day and continuing to lose 7-10 pounds per week.

I hope that any of you who suffer HG will share your story as well.

Merry Christmas to all....

Merry Christmas to all Pregnant Mommas!

In honor of my dear Savior's birth and the spirit of giving, for the rest of 2012 I'm offering a discount to any mommas who choose me to attend their 2013 birth!

 

$150 off!

But wait! that's not all!!

I'm throwing in placental essence for FREE!

 



Please share with any mommas you know and contact me for details!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

xoxo,
The Lioness

FIRST!

This is my first official Lioness Birth Services blog post! ...please be kind, we (the blog and I) are a work in progress)

Next week, on Sept 20, I'll be hosting a premiere party for the new birth documentary "Freedom for Birth" by the organization One World Birth.
I'm super excited for this film and to help continue to spread birth awareness like "The Business of Being Born" and "Pregnant in America" have done.

The film tells the powerful story of Agnes Gereb, a Hungarian midwife

imprisoned for helping to give women choice in birth.

The film tells how a Hungarian mother,

Anna Ternovsky, who wanted a home

birth with Agnes, took her country to

the European Court of Human Rights

and won a landmark case which might

have changed the world!

Also in the film are over 40 of the world's

leading birth experts including:

Ina May Gaskin, Sheila Kitzinger,

Sarah Buckley, Robbie Davis-Floyd and Michel Odent.

 

Freedom for Birth Trailer

 

 

 If you would like more info or to attend please visit my facebook page or shoot me an email.

xoxo,

The Lioness