Royal Baby

royal family have confirmed Kate Middleton is expecting

Which is lovely, but the poor girl is now in hospital for 'several days' with acute morning sickness

Y'know the rest of us would still have to get up and go to work

Fab news
I think they will make fab parents,shame she has acute morning sickness though

That was my first thought but it can be a very serious condition.
She will need to be on a drip and all sorts of electrolyte replacements.
This is our future king or queen we are talking about here

Yeah I realise that, I was sick every day all day for the first 4 months with Leon, but .... I had a 6 year old who needed to be taken to school,and a job, which I would have lost if I hadn't gone, so I had to carry on. Most of us have to live in the real world unfortunately

I too thought along the same lines....

I am very happy for them both, they are a lovely couple, and I think they live in the real world much more than any of their predecessors do. Still....would William's co-worker's wives be able to go into hospital because of non stop morning sickness...I think not

My neice had hyperemesis, and trust me, carrying on is just not a possibility

It is constant sickness. I had morning, noon and night sickness til 20 weeks with each of my boys, but my neice just never stopped, poor girl and ended up almost permanently in hospital on a drip feeding her fluids for the whole time, it really can be life-threatening .

So royal or not, hyperemesis is not just ordinary or even bad morning sickness

Hyperemesis gravidarum is a very serious condition which in days gone by people actually died from . My daughter is pregnant at the moment and is suffering from this . She has been in hospital on an intravenous infusion as she was suffering from severe dehydration . She has been very ill indeed . She has lost a tremendous amount of weight and considering she is a size 10 and very thin to start with this is not good .
The only way she can eat now is because she is on medication which doesn't actually stop her feeling sick it just means she doesn't actually vomit .
However there are people worse than her . Some people have to have a feeding tube and there are people who have had to have an abortion to save their life .
For anyone who thinks this is just a bit of morning sickness they should try having it or having the worry of a daughter with this .
She is a veterinary surgeon and most definately does live in the real world