Donegal model and nurse Grainne Gallanagh has expressed her relief that her sister Gemma is making a recovery from extreme pregnancy sickness.
Grainne highlighted her sister’s struggles yesterday as she celebrated the fact that she will become an auntie again soon.
Gemma, 32, who co-hosts ‘What’s the Crime’ podcasts with Grainne, has suffered severe hyperemesis during her first pregnancy.
“I feel like I just can’t describe how unwell she has been and how difficult this has been for her,” Grainne said.
Grainne took the opportunity to educate her Instagram followers about extreme pregnancy illnesses yesterday.
“She had severe hyperemesis and spent months and months in hospital and her weight plummeted. When I went down to Clonmel to see her in the midst of it I was shocked, she looked like a different person. It’s been so frustrating when people brush it off as ‘morning sickness’ “ah yeah I had morning sickness too” when she spent months connected to a drip unable to get out of bed, her weight dropping by the day, feeling like no one understands.”
Grainne said that she and Gemma’s partner Dee are relieved and thankful that Gemma was slowly coming out the other side.
“I think now I can say she’s glowing, because by God she deserves that at least,” Grainne said.
“I can’t wait to meet this wee baba.”