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Quote From: nrondinelli

I gave birth to a healthy son in January of 2007.  However, It was not an easy road for me.  I was extremly ill for the first four months of my pregnancy.  I lived on my bathroom floor and threw up all day long.  My mother didn't work and would come to take care of me every day. I lost close to thirty pounds.  My doctor never told me there was a name for what I had, he only would say that I had extreme morning sickness.  I was admitted into the hospital on several occassions due to dehydration.  Eventually I had a pick line put into my arm so that I could have 24 hour I.V.'s at home with home health nurse care.  Eventually my arm started to swell from the pick line and it had to be removed.  After two days without the I.V's I had to be admitted to the hospital again at which point they gave me surgery to put a groshan catheder in my chest.  I was pregnant so I had to have the surgery awake with no pain medication.  I had some local anisthetic, however, it was a horrifying experience.  With this cathedar they fed me TPN until I was able to eat on my own again.   Lucky for me after four months my symptoms subsided and I had a normal pregnancy from that point on.  Until I saw the Dr. Phil show I felt alone with my struggles.  It is nice to know that this illness has a name and that I am not the only one that has suffered with it.  Thank you Dr. Phil for bringing light to this illness.