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I'm at 24 weeks and it is mildly better but not gone. I also have a head cold and can't smell, so maybe that is why it seems better?

I'm not an expert, but the two ppl I've known w true HG have it until they deliver. I just have very bad, 24/7 nausea with my pregnancies but it goes away (or gets better) so I know it's not HG. I am 21 weeks Monday and now it's improved to come-and-go nausea.

I'm sorry, honey. It is so, SO hard. I know what its like to be laying on the bathroom floor, just praying to be unconscious rather than face one more day of it. I went through it twice, and I'm not going to lie, if I got pregnant again, knowing what was inevitably coming, I would have a nervous breakdown. With my first, I didn't have to be hospitalized, and I was functional at 20 weeks. With my second, it was much worse, I was hospitalized once, should have gone again but refused due to costs, was on 8 mg of Zofran 3x a day, and it eased up a bit mid way through. It went away completely, immediately after birth, both times. I'm so very sorry, I know it seems like one more hour is too long, let alone any longer. But you *will* survive it, and I promise, as unimaginable as it is now, you will gaze upon your sweet baby and know you'd do it all over again. It's worth it. I am in a private HG support group on Facebook that helped me a lot, if you'd like me to add you, I'd be happy to-- just wall me. Hang in there, mama.

It gets better or is gone by 20 weeks for 80 percent of people. For me, mine is controllable with lots of medication at the 20 week mark, but I still have a lot of nausea, food aversions, inability to prepare food, excess saliva and gagging. With this pregnancy I also had a bad relapse at 26 weeks that landed me in the hospital. Although the HG is worse this pregnancy, I found it harder to deal with in my first pregnancy because I kept expecting that getting better was right around the corner, and I never got truly better until I gave birth.

@babycanuck: have you tried to add metonia/metaclopramide? The three drugs combined is the winning combination for me. I fainted in the mall alone with my toddler this pregnancy - it was terrible. I really sympathize. I planned on having four kids before I got pregnant with my first. After my second hospitalization for fluids when I had the 26 week relapse this time, even my husband said we needed to have fewer kids.

With DS it got better around 35weeks but lasted till the end. With DD it got a lot better around 20 weeks.