Kate Middleton left King Edward VII Hospital in London this
morning after being admitted four days ago following the palace's
announcement that she is pregnant and being treated for hyperemesis
gravidarum."The Duchess of Cambridge has been
discharged from the King Edward VII Hospital and will now head to
Kensington Palace for a period of rest," Nick Loughran, the assistant
press secretary to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, said in a
statement. "Their Royal Highnesses would like to thank the staff at the
hospital for the care and treatment The Duchess has received."
Middleton,
30, who is less than 12 weeks pregnant, was seen leaving the hospital
with Prince William at 11 a.m. GT today. A smiling Middleton was holding
yellow flowers and waved to the crowd as she departed
from the hospital
in a black car.
The Duke and Duchess were spending time with her
parents in Bucklebury when she became ill with the symptoms of
hyperemesis gravidarum, or acute nausea.
Prince William sprung
into action and drove his wife, along with their personal security team,
50 miles in their Range Rover to the hospital, where Kate was placed on
an IV drip.
The royal family was only notified of Kate's
pregnancy a few hours before the rest of the world. The royal couple
decided to go public with the pregnancy because Middleton had to be
hospitalized Monday afternoon, a palace source said.
Hyperemesis
gravidarum, or acute nausea, is usually diagnosed about nine weeks into a
pregnancy, and in most cases resolves itself by 16 or 20 weeks,
according to Dr. Ashley Roman, a professor and obstetrician-gynecologist
at NYU Langone Medical Center. It can last the whole pregnancy in rare
cases.
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