Seeking an End to the Misery Versus
Learning to Live With It
HG can be life threatening, and in some cases, termination
of pregnancy is the only effective treatment.
Although none of the participants underwent termination
of pregnancy, most of the women stated that they actually
considered it. Fran explained,
It was very depressing. You almost thought the pregnancy
wasn’t worth going through because it was a
sacrifice. It was miserable. It was my last hospitalization
and I said if it doesn’t stop . . . I want . . . I’m terminating
the pregnancy.
Alice admitted that she had thoughts of ending the pregnancy
too, “I wasn’t sure I wanted to go through with