When I was pregnant I was diagnosed with Hyperemesis Gravidarum, a little known pregnancy disease. This disease caused me to have debilitating nausea and vomiting for the entire pregnancy. I didn't know anything about the disease and neither do most doctors, as it is not widely researched. I was finally able to find some relief when I learned that there is a direct relationship between the disease and the liver health.

Imagine yourself vomiting 8 to 10 times a day, every day for months. And when you weren't vomiting you felt nauseas? This is what Hyperemis Gravidarum (HG) does to you.

I wanted to share my experience with HG and in the process hope to help others. Since giving birth, I have done some research about the disease resulting in discovering the cause and treatment of the disease. This is my story of how I was able to help myself without taking harmful drugs and what natural alternatives offered relief from this dreadful disease.

The IV fluids help but as soon as I was released from the hospital the nausea returned quickly. I was frustrated and feeling so alone. I thought that I was the only one going through this and I thought there must be something wrong with me. But then, finally, the diagnosis came in the form of a little known pregnancy disease called Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG). This is disease caused me to have nausea every single day that I was pregnant, for the entire duration.

To tell you the truth, I was sick and tired of going back and forth to the hospital only for them to send me back home with a handful of drugs that I simply refused to take. I took one Zofran pill and it caused me to have convulsions and my muscles to contract which cause my whole body to be in pain in addition to the nausea. When I was rushed back to the hospital the receiving nurse had a panic look on her face when she rushed me straight back to the ER. I was allergic to Zofran as well as Compazine, both medications that are frequently used to control nausea.

Sadly, the medical profession does not know much about hyperemesis gravidarum, and it is not widely researched. Most doctors have never even heard of it today, let alone 21 years ago when I had my daughter. But finally, after enduring too pregnancies, I found support through my own online research. I was able to conquer this disease without taking the drugs that offered me little relief while increasing the risk to my baby. I found help with a herbal supplement plan which saved my life.

After the relentless nausea and non-stop vomiting, I was severely dehydrated. I was hospitalized over and over and each time that I started to feel better, and released, I would go home only for the vomiting to start over again. I couldn't keep anything down and I was sad and feeling depressed. The bouts of nausea and vomiting left me tired and worn out and I felt so weak all of the time. This went on from the first month of pregnancy until the day that I gave birth. In my eighth month, the vomiting reduced down from 8 to 10 times a day to 3 to 4 times a day which is still pretty bad but a welcomed relief. I was finally able to keep some food down but only if I ate every three hours. Sometimes my family members who were there preparing meals for me would have to awaken me to make sure that I didn't go past the three hours because it would mean vomiting at least three times before the severity of the nausea would start to go away. On the rare occasion that I was awake for longer than an hour, I would continue to do my research on my illness. I realized that the doctor's couldn't help me because they didn't know how. So, I was determined to at least try to help myself.

I found some wonderful forums that helped me to cope with the feelings that I was alone. I loved reading the stories on HuGs (http://www.angelfire.com/nt/hugs/). They were truly instrumental in helping me get better physically and emotionally. As a believer in natural remedies, I figured there had to be something that I could take that would help me feel better while not harming my baby. I came upon the idea of treating the natusea naturally out of sheer frustration, and quite frankly, desperation wasn't too far behind. I wanted relief because by this point in my pregnancy, my throat was thoroughly raw from all of the vomiting, and I was losing weight.

I drank red raspberry tea which brought some relief, but it just wasn't substantial relief from the nausea. I discovered the root of the problem from persistent nausea is a sign of liver problems. When I started taking liver cleansing herbs, it helped so much that I finally started feeling like a human being again. After 8 hellish months and sickness, and feeling like I was under house arrest I was finally feeling well to go outside to somewhere else other than to the hospital!

I took Liver Cleanse from Nature's Sunshine, and it worked for me. Within one week, I started to feel better. After two weeks, I was not vomiting. After four weeks, my severe nausea subsided and was reduced to the occasional feeling of slight nausea from food odors. This was my breakthrough and I hope that it will help someone else out there.

This was supposed to be a joyous occasion. But instead it was a life-threatening experience. I was sick and remained in a constant state of fatigue from vomiting so much. I was constantly being admitted to the hospital for dehydration because I couldn't keep anything down. It was a terrible experience but I learned from it, and was even able to cure myself when the doctors couldn't.

The nausea medication that the doctors subscribe came with dangerous side effects for me and for my baby so I didn't want to take them. But, I was desperate for relief as the nausea was relentless. I just wanted some relief but I didn't want to risk my baby's health in the process. The worst part of the ordeal was when some doctors even blamed me for being so sick. Or said it was all in my head. This was very offensive but it did not deter me from pursuing the truth about why I was so sick all of the time.

Out of sheer desperation, I started searching the web for any information that I could find in my short breaks between the vomiting. I stumbled upon some natural remedies that spoke about the root cause of nausea. The process of getting rid of the nausea would have to begin with the liver and doing a liver cleanse. I felt confident that this was safer for my baby than the drugs the doctors were giving me. I took it and it was like a miracle -- my normal self began to emerge after one week. I cried the first week as this was the first full week in seven months that I did not feel nauseated.