[spraak]

My wife spent months in the hospital due to Hyperemesis Gravidarum (a disorder during pregnancy that causes continual vomiting and nausea. My wife vomited up to 40 times a day, eventually vomiting blood and breaking vessels in her eyes. She survived on a banana bag and lost 20% of her pre-pregnancy body weight. She said HG feels like being on an unending roller coaster while you're hung over and have the worst flu of your life). We lost the first baby. The second pregnancy was only survivable due to cannabis. It was risk we knew but 7 years later our child shows no signs of developmental disorders. I know, N=1, but still worth sharing.

[silencio]

fellow HG sufferer (survivor?) here. i was on multiple medications since week 5 trying to prevent hospitalization, and still on zofran six months in. careful use of medications can be literally lifesaving.

but... i would say due to easier access and state/local legalization, the perceived use of cannabis has skyrocketed in all my pregnancy groups. much much more than 3 years ago with my last pregnancy, i imagine worlds different from 7 years. most pregnant people seem to be using it casually, even more so than alcohol or tobacco. i do have to wonder what we’ll see from this trend, and i’m generally glad for any research to define safer amounts of consumption.

[spraak]

Yes when my wife was pregnant it was not common at all to use it during pregnancy, and was barely even medically legal outside of pregnancy. She became allergic to Zofran, Diclegis (?) didn't work, and neither did any of the other commonly used HG medicines.