It's no secret that Princess Kate suffered greatly from hyperemesis gravidarum during three pregnancies. It wasn't until two years after her last birth that she spoke about it on a podcast.
London – Princess Kate (42) took heart on March 22nd and broke her silence after a long break by putting her cards on the table in an unprecedented video message and talking about her cancer diagnosis. The Princess of Wales had been under constant press scrutiny since the beginning of the year. Her condition and disappearance from public view were the subject of intense speculation for months, which made the clip all the more shocking.
Relief through mental strength helped Princess Kate with her pregnancies
In these dark hours she may also remember the mental strength she gained, which allowed her to have two more pregnancies after surviving the first birth of Prince George (10). Mind you, with a clear eye: The severe vomiting caused by hyperemesis gravidarum returned, as was feared, in the pregnancies of Charlotte (8) and Louis (5).
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Two years after her last birth, the Princess of Wales took heart and reported on the intense times of nausea, vomiting and hospital stays in the podcast “Happy Mum, happy Baby” by blogger Giovanna Fletcher (39). “I was really sick,” says Kate. “I wasn’t eating what I was supposed to be eating, and yet the body was able to take everything good from my body and create new life, which I find fascinating.”
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Severe morning sickness, which does not only occur in the morning, is treated by temporarily avoiding oral food and intravenous fluid intake, antiemetics and, if necessary, vitamin and electrolyte replacement. "Because it was so bad during the pregnancy, I actually enjoyed the contractions... Because it was actually an event that I knew would come to an end," she said. Of course, she knew that no two pregnancies or births were the same and that there were many terrible times in labor, she added.
With Princess Charlotte, Catherine was prepared for anything. It didn't make anything better, but it made some things easier. She also reported about it in the podcast. “In fact, hyperemesis really made me realize the power the mind has over the body because I had to try anything and everything to help me with it. There are levels of it,” she shares with Giovanna. She had used hypnobirthing during her contractions and reported positive effects. Meditation and deep breathing all really helped her when she was sick: “It was extremely powerful.”
In 2021, Kate launched the Royal Foundation Center for Early Childhood and is committed to everything related to early childhood education and the well-being of families.
Sources used:
holamagazine.com, happymumhappybaby.com/podcast, Spotify.com