One & Done: Only child  Our story  We had our first, and most
likely only, child last October - our adorable daughter. I had
hyperemesis my whole first trimester and lost 17 lbs, in and out
of the hospital (and on disability at work). There's about a 95%
chance of that happening again in future pregnancies - it could
be better, or it could be worse.   Additionally, I had HELLP
syndrome and apparently there's about a 25% chance of that
happening - which is too high for me when that means my life and
the baby's life is at risk.   I did EVERYTHING right - I was a
very healthy weight (never had weight problems, thankfully) ate
well (mostly ;) ) before and during the pregnancy (except the
1st trimester when I couldn't eat), I took my prenatals starting
a year before we conceived, I read all the pre-pregnancy books
and followed all the advice. It just goes to show that there are
many things that are out of our control!    Additionally, our
daughter was born with Beckwith-Wiedmann syndrome and had to
have an omphalo