A young mum-to-be suffering from the same rare pregnancy condition as Kate Middleton sees her vomit up to 130 times a day.
Breanna Schroeder, 19, endured 39 weeks of Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) after she was diagnosed in the early stages of her pregnancy.
It is a rare medical condition known to cause excessive nausea and vomiting in pregnant women - the Duchess of Cambridge has also suffered from it.
Breanna, from Greeley, Colorado, developed symptoms within her first three weeks of pregnancy, Nottinghamshire Live reports.
She originally went to the emergency department with crippling stomach pain which was making her vomit a few times a day.
After carrying out multiple tests, Breanna was told she was pregnant.
At first, she was told she was just suffering from morning sickness and the best thing she could do was go home and rest.
By week seven, Breanna was vomiting an average of 80 times a day, a number that would fluctuate up to over 130 during the very worst periods of her pregnancy.
Breanna, who gave birth to five month-year-old Adela earlier this year, was then diagnosed with HG.
She says she would spend entire days by the toilet unable to eat or move.
She said: "I couldn't comprehend what was happening to my body.
"On my worst days, I would lose count of how many times I'd been violently sick at around 130, at which point I was throwing up bile and blood.
"The vomiting got so bad that I permanently damaged the lining of my stomach and tore my oesophagus.
"The most I could eat was one frozen plain waffle every three days, and eventually I started receiving fluid injections to replace my diet."
At one point in her pregnancy, she was taking 15 different medications but doctors couldn't figure out how to ease the symptoms.
Breanna was forced to drop out of nursing college and has not been able to return since because she's looking after her daughter.
The teen, who has been supported by her boyfriend Adrien, was admitted to the hospital more than 50 times during her pregnancy.
As she neared the end of her pregnancy, Breanna was so dehydrated and malnourished that she entered the early stages of multi-organ failure.
She was also diagnosed with anaemia due to a severe iron deficiency in her blood, and her potassium levels were extremely depleted leaving her with permanent heart damage.
After 39 weeks when she finally gave birth to Adela, the teenager had lost 36 per cent of her body weight and weighed just over 100 pounds, but thankfully her daughter was born completely healthy.
The feeling of nausea subsided after Adela was born and five months later she has fully recovered.
The rare condition has seen other pregnant women left bed-ridden.
In 2018, Shannon Handyside's weight plummeted to five stone while she was pregnant and was urged by doctors to terminate her pregnancy.
Shannon, from South Shields, Tyneside, refused to sacrifice her unborn child and defied the medics’ recommendation to terminate her child, Chronicle Live reports.
The Duchess of Cambridge has suffered from HG during all three of her pregnancies.
Kate was in the early stages of her pregnancy with Prince George when she was admitted to hospital in December 2012 with HG>
Awareness of her tendency to the condition meant her second pregnancy was announced relatively early, rather than waiting for the 12-week milestone, as she cancelled public duties due to sickness.
