Hyperemesis Gravadium

It all started with Ramen.

We were living in Melbourne at the time, my partner and I - and this particular night he bought Ramen for dinner.
We slurped it down and later that night after going to sleep, I awoke around 4am running to the bathroom to projectile vomit.

The next few days, would have me running constantly to the bathroom to vomit.
There was only one plausible explanation within reach.
It must be food poisoning!

There’s no way I’d be pregnant.
We had been open to having a baby for the past 2 years and without looking too deeply into what was preventing that, I had resigned to the fact that there was something wrong with my body.

I look back now and see how that vein of seeing myself as wrong or to blame was showing up throughout my life earlier.
Something which would later wrap around and make it’s way into my motherhood experience.
But to stay on track, let’s get back to the food poisoning.

I was convinced it was food poisoning, even politely calling the restaurant to let them know followed by a visit to the GP, who too - was convinced it was food poisoning.
This food poisoning lasted about 2+ weeks (clearly I hadn’t had food poisoning before) but the GP was also convinced that the ongoing vomiting I was experiencing was related to the initial food poisoning incident.

About 2.5-3 weeks into the round the clock projectile vomiting, something happened.
At the time, I was part of a psychic mediumship learning circle and I had a session with the woman guiding the container.
She said, I think you need to take a pregnancy test because I’m seeing two spirit babies in your aura.

Later that night I remembered to pick up a pregnancy test, truly as an afterthought and was not at all convinced anything would come of it.
I sat on the toilet, I did what many women before me have done - I peed on the stick and waited for the oracle to reveal.
To my true surprise, I was pregnant.