Morning sickness or nausea and vomiting symptoms are often considered as a small sacrifice that must be received prior to the prospective mother rocking a baby someday. Still, a few pregnant women who suffer from severe vomiting (hyperemesis gravidarum) that endanger his life.

Hyperemesis gravidarum usually occurs in the first trimester as a result of pregnancy hormones. In the UK, the condition affects 1 in 50 pregnant women. The situation is quite disturbing because pregnant women until I can not eat and drink at all, dehydration, electrolyte disturbances, weakness, and even he could not even do any activity.

These conditions experienced by Amie Diston (20), a British woman. Hipermesis make the conditions were so severe that she had an abortion at age 10 weeks.

"All day I suffered nausea and vomiting. In fact, there is no strength to raise his head from the pillow. Drinking water was making me gag so I often dehydrated," he said.

During two months of her pregnancy, she was treated a month in the hospital because his condition is very weak. The drugs that doctors have given nothing could overcome his condition until he decided to terminate her pregnancy.

"That's not an easy decision, but I have to think about the condition of my son," he said.

Not much different, Lauren Fox (26) also was forced to swallow the bitter pill must let go of the dream of becoming the mother due to excessive nausea and vomiting experienced.

"Since positive pregnant I could not far from the bed because it was too weak. All that is eaten will definitely come out through the gag," said the woman who was forced to terminate her pregnancy at the age of five weeks.

Abortion is certainly not an easy decision. Both women were also admitted feeling overwhelmed with sad and depressed. Currently they are actively providing support to other women with hyperemesis and share experiences.

Experts hormonal factors not yet know with certainty the cause of hyperemesis is. However, HCG and estrogen hormone levels were significantly enhanced in early pregnancy is thought to trigger the occurrence of nausea and vomiting.

Hyperemesis untreated can cause miscarriage and preeclampsia. In severe cases, this condition can be life threatening because it causes blood clots and increase levels of toxins in the body.

Although in most pregnant women with hyperemesis will be lost in the second trimester, this condition can continue to occur throughout pregnancy.