Quote From: orestia That's a myth.
I was 30 years old, 5'1 and 110 lbs. when I got pregnant. I was physically fit (took martial arts), ate well, and generally took good care of myself. Then I got HG and had to call my husband to lift a 12 lb. cat off my lap when I had to go to the bathroom. Adopting a healthier lifestyle is always a good thing, but in the case of HG, a woman's pre-pregnancy condition seems to have no correlation to whether or not she'll get HG. Unfortunately, HG doesn't seem to be one of those "adopt a healthier lifestyle" kind of illnesses. Admittedly, we don't know much about what causes HG in otherwise normal and healthy women. Scientists have only recently begun studying it's effects, both long and short term. Prior to modern day medicine (that's chemical soups not whole grain soups) women just died from it and it got lumped into the consumption/ wasting sickness/ hysteria/ frail-inferior-women category of illnesses.
Please read some of the HG stories that have been posted here. They might give you some perspective on the how broad the spectrum really is of women who are afflicted with HG.
Thank You for saying that. Your physical condition at the time of fertilization has absolutely NOTHING to do with HG. It's a damn shame it doesn't because hundreds, if not thousands of women would be exercising like crazy if it meant that they could have a healthy,
HG-Free pregnancy.
The person who posted the comment about being more physically fit should read some of the heart breaking stories of women who have carried their babies and lost them, or who have had to terminate their pregnancies because the HG was so severe.
There was nothing Allison could do to prevent her HG. In fact, if she thinks Allison was "obese" in her photos perhaps she hasn't seen the photos of her holding her twins. She looks like a skeleton with skin stretched over it. That would be from the HG.
Perhaps you should know what you are talking about before you post a message that effects others, like those who have suffered from HG.
