Tales From The Fourth Trimester

42 | Caitlin Kay-Smith: "I vomited 15 times a day until my baby was born"

March 02, 2020 Naomi Chrisoulakis
42 | Caitlin Kay-Smith: "I vomited 15 times a day until my baby was born"
Tales From The Fourth Trimester
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Tales From The Fourth Trimester
42 | Caitlin Kay-Smith: "I vomited 15 times a day until my baby was born"
Mar 02, 2020
Naomi Chrisoulakis

What would it feel like to be ill, not just in your first trimester, but throughout your entire pregnancy? To vomit 15 times a day, not be able to keep anything down and continue chucking throughout labour? Caitlin Kay-Smith, of Hyperemesis Gravidarum Australia, shares her experience and how it affected her postpartum (and beyond). Listen in to hear how she had to fight to be believed, why she tried to get herself sectioned in order to receive care and how she's now fighting for other women who have HG. 

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What would it feel like to be ill, not just in your first trimester, but throughout your entire pregnancy? To vomit 15 times a day, not be able to keep anything down and continue chucking throughout labour? Caitlin Kay-Smith, of Hyperemesis Gravidarum Australia, shares her experience and how it affected her postpartum (and beyond). Listen in to hear how she had to fight to be believed, why she tried to get herself sectioned in order to receive care and how she's now fighting for other women who have HG.