Abbey Gelmi opens up on crippling pregnancy condition that leaves her 'dry heaving' every day: 'I thought I was going to die' READ MORE: Abbey Gelmi reveals she's expecting second child with AFL star By Jimmy Briggs For Daily Mail Australia Published: 11:29, 18 July 2024 | Updated: 11:49, 18 July 2024 e-mail View comments Abbey Gelmi has opened up about her difficult pregnancy which has left vomiting and unable to eat on a daily basis. The Channel Seven presenter, who is pregnant with her second child to AFL star Kane Lambert, revealed she was suffering with hyperemesis gravidarum. Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) is a condition that causes persistent and excessive vomiting during pregnancy.
Sufferers can often be unable to keep food or water down, impacting their daily life. 'Probably once a week I wake up and vomit, that's really so mild compared to what it was,' she told the Missta Mums podcast on Thursday. 'Every day, dry heaving, vomiting, whatever I ate first.
I would manage maybe a piece of toast...
But even then that was a struggle.' Abbey added the condition was at one point so bad she felt like she was dying. 'If I drank water, I'd vomit.
If I didn't know better, I would think I was dying. You just feel so weak and tired.' Abbey Gelmi has opened up about her difficult pregnancy which has left vomiting and unable to eat on a daily basis.
Pictured Fortunately, the brunette beauty managed to successfully get through the illness during her first pregnancy, which better prepa.
