Kate Middleton has extreme morning sickness again
Kate Middleton has a second baby to look forward to — but she is probably not enjoying a second round of hyperemenis gravidarum, the extreme form of morning sickness with which she’s been afflicted during both her pregnancies.
“Nausea and nausea in pregnancy is really common, but hyperemenis gravidarum is a more specific disease characterized by prolonged nausea and nausea, dehydration and at least a 5% body weight loss,” Dr. Shilpi Mehta-Lee, a motherly fetal specialist at NYU Langone Medical Focal point, told the Day after day News.
It affects 1 out of 50 to 1 out of every 300 pregnant women, she said.
Women who have had the illness in one pregnancy are more likely to have it in subsequent pregnancies, too.
WPA Pool/Getty Images Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, welcomed Prince George in July 2013 after she battled hyperemenis gravidarum. “Every pregnancy is uncommon, and it’s not 100% clear if a patient has it in her first she will beyond doubt have it in her second, but it’s certainly more likely,” Mehta-Lee said. “About 15 percent who had it in the past will go on to have it again.”
But women who didn’t have it the first go-round have a less than 1% chance of getting it in later pregnancies.
Duchess Kate sat out of a commitment in Oxford today to hear medical care for the shape up.
WPA Pool/Getty Images Duchess Kate’s second pregnancy was announced Monday. Treatment options for hyperemenis gravidarum depend on a woman’s symptoms and can range from lifestyle modifications to intravenous fluids in the hospital. Acupressure, acupuncture and motion sickness bracelets might help, too.
And sorry, gamblers: this extreme morning sickness doesn’t give any indication of whether the new royal baby is a boy or girl.
“People like to think that it would be one gender or another, but we see patients with both genders have equal amounts (of this),” Mehta-Lee said.
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