Martha Kalifatidis says she was at the “low point of her life” during her grueling pregnancy
Married At First Sight star Martha Kalifatidis reveals she was at the ‘low point of her life’ during her grueling pregnancy: ‘It was dark, it was depressing’
Martha Kalifatidis has revealed that she was at the “low point of her life” when she was pregnant with her first child, Lucius.
The Married At First Sight star and her fiancé Michael Brunelli welcomed their son in February this year.
Speaking the KICBUMP podcastMartha opened up about the dark side of her pregnancy, describing her tough battle with the debilitating pregnancy disease hyperemesis gravidarum (HG).
“HG, there’s no laughing matter. When you’re in the middle of it, you’re so sick you’d do anything to escape it. It’s so hard to relive those moments,” Martha said.
“I remember being so sick and thinking, ‘I’ll never forget this, this is the lowest point of my life.'”
Martha Kalifatidis has revealed she was at the ‘low point of her life’ when she was pregnant with her first child, Lucius
Marta spoke on the KICBUMP podcast about the dark side of her pregnancy and described her tough battle with the debilitating pregnancy disease hyperemesis gravidarum (HG)
Although Martha has never suffered from depression before, she said the emotional toll of the pregnancy was enormous.
“This pregnancy was the lowest, it was dark, it was depressing,” she revealed.
“It won’t stop until you have the baby. Mentally and physically it hits you on both sides,” she added.
“HG, that’s no laughing matter,” Martha said. “When you’re in the middle of it, you’re so sick you’ll do anything to escape it. It’s so hard to relive those moments. “I remember being so sick and thinking, “I’ll never forget this, this is the low point of my life”
It comes after Martha admitted she feared she was “starving” her newborn son Lucius after the baby refused to eat for weeks.
“Lucius was born with jaundice, so he didn’t eat for the first four weeks of his life,” she said Nine honey earlier this month.
“He’s lost a lot of weight. That was the most stressful thing for me to worry about and obsess over.”
The Married At First Sight star and her fiancé Michael Brunelli welcomed their son in February this year
Martha continued, “He didn’t gain weight and didn’t gain his birth weight for nearly four weeks.
“As a mom, you’re like, ‘Oh my God, is this baby starving? What am I doing.”
Fortunately, Lucius, now three months old, started to eat well and has now reached his target weight.
Although Martha has never suffered from depression before, she said the emotional toll of the pregnancy was huge