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August 2011 Moms
HG Mommas
I read the August board some days but rarely post. i did, however, post in a HG thread awhile back. I just wanted to check in and see how the girls with hyperemesis are doing. i hope you all are feeling better than i am.
i'm almost 16 weeks and not feeling any relief yet. i still have my zofran pump and take unisom around the clock, to take off the nausea edge. im still living with my parents so my mom can take care of my two year old while i sleep most of the day and try not to vomit. good times!
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Re: HG Mommas
I am not any better. I am still on my zofran pump and have continuous tpn and lipids through my picc. Since I am getting my nutrition through my IV my doctor told me not to force myself to eat. Well the last few days I didn't think it was a good idea to eat so I didn't. I know how my body feels on the days when anything I eat I throw up and that was how I was feeling. I decided to try a jello today but nope threw it up. I have gained weight since being on the tpn and lipids though which is good. They tried running my IV fluids over 18 hours instead of continuously to give myself a break. My body didn't tolerate it and my blood sugars were way too low.
It is frustrating and I have breakdowns a lot. I had one today which just made me throw up. I have been off work for 2 months now. I am so afraid this will last my whole pregnancy.
I have a great husband and great parents who have been helping us through this so I am very lucky.
BoxerMomma- did you have HG with your two year old? We had always planned on at least 3 kids and having them pretty close in age. It makes me so sad because sometimes I don't know if I can go through this again. If we do have more kids there will definitely be a bigger age gap in between them.
my god, ive been down the last few days but your post totally gives me some perspective on my situation. i hope you are feeling better soon, i really do. i cannot imagine the liquids and tpn in addition to the pump and vomiting.
i also had HG with my last pregnancy. i was vomiting about twelve to fifteen times a day until i got the pump. then it was a miracle and i only threw up twice the whole time i was on it. i was able to wean off the pump at 20 weeks and i took oral zofran the rest of my pregnancy. with this pregnancy, the pump did not stop the vomiting (although it is down more recently) and the nausea never lets up. i wasnt expecting it to be this much worse than last time. i'm down 25 pounds and just overall miserable. but, still not as bad as you are
this will be out last baby, as i cannot handle the physical and emotional toll this takes on my body and my family. i'm glad my daughter is two and independent now, so she's happy to hang out with friends and my mom when im feeling my worst. i would definitely recommend having the best support system in place if you choose to have another baby someday, as i wouldnt be able to do this without help. my husband has to work and i have to take care of her, i was physically unable to take care of her so i ended up calling my mom for help. it's not ideal, but my mom has been amazing.
im babbling, i just wanted to tell you what it's like the second time around.
Hello there! I am still suffering from the HG and have not had any relief. I am down 20 lbs. I was hospitalized last week overnight and kept home from work for the week. I went back today and feel like someone ran over me! I have a job where I sit all day so I continue to make my best effort to go to work.
I am not on a pump the doctor said since they don't seem to be having trouble placing my iv he just wants me to keep going back in for iv fluid in the er as needed. The trouble with this is judging when I should go in. I didn't think I was that bad last week when I went in and then when they admitted me it took 4 bags of iv fluid before I could even pee enough to cover the bottom of the hat they had placed.
Sorry I too am babbling! My husband tried very hard to be supportive but he works nights so needs to sleep in the day and of course just doesn't know how I feel. Plus I feel like such a debbie downer at work. When I come back after time off they all ask if I feel better but the truth is I don't and the doctor said I shouldn't expect to until I deliver.
Suesse I wanted to let you know that by no means is this pregnancy a walk in the park but it is definitely easier than with my son (HG both times). My son is now two and shockingly, I really did forget how bad it was until I got pregnant again. This time, I am feeling a day or two of relief during the week now. Keeping food down isn't my issue, it is keeping down liquids. The thought of drinking ANYTHING makes me feel sick. So I am dehydrated, a lot and trying to compensate by eating foods like watermelon. But as I said, this is like night and day from with my son. So, it can be different, and slightly better. I didn't feel this "good" until about 32 weeks so by 16 weeks this time is much better!
I have been very fortunate... I think? At about 13.5 weeks, the nausea almost went away. It's still there, dictating what I can and can't eat, but I haven't thrown up in a while now and I'm at my pre-pregnancy weight!
Hopefully I can return to work soon... I can't really afford being sick and my husband is of almost no help when I'm sick, so I'm always caring for our 4 year old even while I can barely care for myself :x
I hope this lasts, because all of the responsibilities I have even while sick are freaking absurd. I am really doubting my marriage lately. I feel like I married a wall (uh oh, this is going to turn into a rant) -- can't turn to him for emotional issues, or for physical needs, or to run to the stor for me, or to run an errand, make a phone call, etc. Effing useless.
Pregnancy # 6
4 missed chances
2 loving children
1 on the way
Oh I am very sorry YH is not being supportive of you. We have had plenty of issues with my pregnancy. The first time I asked him to go to the website www.helpher.org where it explains a little bit more about what we have. That lasted for a while then he went back to the same old nothing. And that lead to a break down for both of us really. We yelled quite a bit and then I balled my eyes out and just stared and said nothing. I told him that I was sick of his words because they mean nothing if he refuses to take an action. He was quiet for a very long time and I kept pushing to know why he wasn't talking. He finally agreed that there is nothing he can say he needs to man up and show me he understands. He's working in baby steps but better than before. Fell free to PM or any of you ladies if you want to talk. I am feeling very lonely in my world! And I was on antidepressants prepregnancy and the doctor wanted me to keep taking them but they dont stay down!
Thanks for all the responses to the moms who had this with a previous pregnancy. It scares me because I have read that it can be worse with the next pregnancy. My home nurse said that it usually starts earlier and in my case it started at just before 6 weeks. At least that is what she has seen with her pregnant patients. I have talked with my mom about more kids and I think at the point I would consider having another one she would be retired. She has said she would take care of our first baby so that I wouldn't have to worry about that with the next pregnancy. We have always talked about wanting to adopt.
I am sorry to the ladies who have had issues with their husbands. I can see how this could put extreme stress on a marriage.
Oh and this might be a weird question but I will ask you all anyway :-) I have food aversions for everything. With your previous pregnancies did you have any aversions that didn't go away after you had the baby. Like are there certain things you can't eat while not pregnant because you had aversions to them in your pregnancy.