She is sporty and can be a real powerhouse when it comes to winning a challenge. This is why the news of Kate Middleton’s hospitalization, at the start of 2024, surprised many observers of royalty. The Princess of Wales suffered “a planned abdominal operation”in a clinic in London, as explained in a press release from Kensington Palace.
She hadn’t taken such a long leave since her pregnancies.
Nothing to report, everything went well, but she will have to stay in bed for “10 to 14 days“, announces this same source, who assures that she will probably not be able to return to public life before Easter. A good student of the royal family, on all fronts, the last time Kate Middleton took such a long leave (two month and a half of convalescence), it was during her pregnancies.
In 2012, pregnant with her first child, George, Kate Middleton was hospitalized at King Edward VII Hospital in central London. Suffering from Hyperemesis Gravidarum, she then canceled all her official commitments to take some rest. Same thing when she was expecting Charlotte, in 2014, then Louis, in 2017.
Hyperemesis gravidarum
But what is hyperemesis gravidarum, from which Prince William’s wife suffers? Well like most women at the start of their pregnancy, Kate Middleton suffers from nausea and vomiting. However, Kate Middleton is one of the 3% of pregnant women who have much more violent seizures. Her nausea and vomiting are much more serious and can endanger the lives of mother and baby. Weight loss, dehydration, hallucinations, dizziness, liver and kidney damage, these are the risks run by those who suffer from this hormonal disease.
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