PHOTOSPregnant Amy Schumer Hospitalized With Hyperemesis Gravidarum — But What Exactly Is That?
Nov. 16 2018, Updated 12:52 p.m. ET
It wasn't too long ago that Amy Schumer and her husband, Chris Fischer announced that they are expecting their first child together. Unfortunately, it seems like the comedian is having a not-so-easy pregnancy. The Trainwreck star has recently been hospitalized for a condition called hyperemesis gravidarum, known as HG, which is treatable, but not curable to date. What is hyperemesis gravidarum, and what are its symptoms? Scroll through to get all the details on the illness that forced the actress to cancel her recent shows.
Schumer, who has previously said that she is having a "really tough pregnancy" and has been "puking every day," was diagnosed with hyperemesis gravidarum, a pregnancy complication characterized by severe nausea. According to Pregnancy, OMG!, by best-selling author Nancy Redd, HG goes way beyond mere morning sickness, "involving excessive vomiting in pregnancy, as often as fifty times per day."
Schumer, who is in her second trimester, posted a photo from her hospital bed while telling fans that she has been forced to cancel her show in Texas. She is not alone. According to Redd, "Nearly 70 percent of HG sufferers miss work because of the illness."
“I am in the hospital. I’m fine. Baby’s fine but everyone who says the 2nd trimester is better is not telling the full story. I’ve been even more ill this trimester,” the Emmy winner said.
Other sufferers of the illness would certainly commiserate. "The psychological toll of HG is just as terrible, and not to be taken lightly," Redd writes. "Unlike the many women who experience 'normal' morning sickness in pregnancy, the lone HG sufferer is often miscast as being whiny or blowing the situation out of proportion."
"I have hyperemesis and it blows,” Schumer said on Instagram. “Very lucky to be pregnant but this is some bulls**t! Sending so much love to the doctors and nurses taking great care of me and Tati! They are cool as hell!”
"Texas I am so deeply sorry. I have been really looking forward to these shows. I have to reschedule," she apologized to her fans. "I am really really sorry and I’ll be out there as soon as I’m better."
According to Pregnancy, OMG! HG is not yet curable, so the best doctors can do is to treat the symptoms until they subside.
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