A mum lost five stone while pregnant due to extreme morning sickness which saw her vomit up to 50 times a day. Karee Upendo, 34, suffered with hyperemesis gravidarum during all her pregnancies and would be sick up to 50 times a day.
The stay-at-home mum was diagnosed with the condition - which causes severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy - in June 2006 while pregnant with her son Alex, now 16. After meeting her husband, Avery, 35, who teaches homesteading, the couple sought help from doctors to try and ease Karee's symptoms so they could add to their family.
Karee gave birth to their son, Aven, eight, in May 2014 after experiencing mild hyperemesis gravidarum and started to think her dream of having a large brood would be possible. But when she ended up hospitalised and throwing up so much she ripped a hole in her esophagus with her third baby, Asher, three, she was advised not to have any more children.
