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December 2016 Moms
slartybartfast
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HG Check in - 5.31
slartybartfast
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Alright. There are at least a couple of us here with hyperemesis gravidarum.
1- How far along are you?
2- When did things start going downhill?
3- What do your symptoms look like?
4- Have you had it before? If so, when did it end?
5- What is helping you? What's not helping?
6- GTKY: What brightens your day?
1- How far along are you?
2- When did things start going downhill?
3- What do your symptoms look like?
4- Have you had it before? If so, when did it end?
5- What is helping you? What's not helping?
6- GTKY: What brightens your day?
Mother of an April '15 baby
Due December 16
Re: HG Check in - 5.31
11+4
2- When did things start going downhill?
5+3
3- What do your symptoms look like?
Constant nausea, food aversions to almost everything, puking - often morning, midday, and evening. I can usually get a good amount of fluid/food in mid-morning and mid-afternoon. My heart beats so heavy too that my teeth are throbbing and fatigue is unreal this time. Increased salivation, increased hearing, increased sense of smells. Weight loss (approaching 10% but I think a lot of it is my muscle is turning to fat as I lay around for weeks)
4- Have you had it before? If so, when did it end?
I had it my other pregnancy and it was 22 weeks when I started pulling out of it. By 24 weeks I was much better.
5- What is helping you? What's not helping?
Rest. Tons of freaking rest. hard boiled eggs and string cheese. Ice water at the right times. More rest. Listening to classical music in ear buds (all of my senses get overwhelmed and that helps calm things down sometimes). Having alone time. Vix vapor rub up my nose. cough drops. Pedialyte.
Meds don't help me. Last time getting moving actually improved things for a little bit, this time it makes it way worse. I can't go in grocery stores, I just start puking.
6- GTKY: What brightens your day? At the end of the day, DH sets DS loose out of the bath to run around naked and he is so cute and funny. He loves it. Also listening to DH read to DS is so cute. Other than that... my days are pretty miserable at the moment
helped him not take my need for distance personally and helped understand that it's not just that his wife is terrible at pregnancy... it's a thing...
2. When did things start going downhill? 6w
3. What do you symptoms look like? Once I got going, I would throw up for about 24 hrs, no food, no water. Besides that, if I get out of bed at all I start gagging, dry heaving and burping which leads to vomiting if it goes on too long. Most of the time, nothing tasted good, not even water.
4. Have you had it before? Nope, first time mom. So lucky!
5. What is helping? What is not helping?
IVS 3x a week and zofran 3x a day have stabilized me. At this point, I only throw up every now and then, though I still can't really get out of bed for more than going to the bathroom or a quick shower. I've been having better mornings for longer stretches, and have been able to eat a few things in the am pretty consistently. I still feel horrible every night starting around 6 and go to sleep by 8. My foods are string cheese, plain flour toritillas, pb&j, bagels w cream chese, and yogurt. If I'm having a good morning I can keep down scrambled eggs. I've also kept taking unisom to help me fall alseep at night.
Car rides murder me. If I lay on my left side at all I feel immediately sick. Out of bed at all starts the dry heaving and sweats and shakes. Sitting up too long is hard, even in bed. And 5 pm always makes it worse. Hehe.
6. GTKY. What brightens your day?
My husband! He brings me yogurt and bagels every morning and packs me a cooler for the day before he leaves for work. He bought me Battleship yesterday. Haha! He's been so great about everything and brings me anything I need anytime. Even cold washcloths for my forehead at night. And he watches Bob Ross' Joy of Painting with me when I feel really crappy and I'm trying to fall alseep. I have two cats, too, and they've been keeping me company all day. And I love hearing the birds out my window.
The IVs really turned things around for me. Luckily our hospital has an infusion unit so I don't have to do ER visits. The obgyn just put in an order for up to 3x a week.
Sometimes I feel like 3x a week is almost too much...but then I'd rather do the extra IV then back slide. The all day barf-a-thons make me want to die. After I lost about 4 lbs in two days I got really scared and I'm afraid to be there again.
And I know last time, as soon as it cleared up and I recovered, I could barely even remember what I'd gone through (remembering vividly now though). It really is temporary even though the hours are just dragging on right now...
I was getting really upset until I got my 12 w ultrasound and saw that baby is doing well. Measuring big even. The dr smiled and reminded me that our little parasites get what they need no matter how we feel.
So emotionally, at least, I've been a lot better this week. Which helps a lot.
Hang in there too!
13w +1
2- When did things start going downhill?
Week six
3- What do your symptoms look like?
Vomiting multiple times a day, Intermittent neasua, extreme fatigue, severe food avarsion
4- Have you had it before? If so, when did it end?
FTM
5- What is helping you? What's not helpinog?
I have tried everything natural. Ginger of any kind did not help. Carbonation only makes it worse, sea bands were like a sick joke unisom/b6 forget it, reglan would make it so there would be less coming up. Preggier pop drops tasted good but weren't very effective. Essential oils do help if you are around something that "smells"to you. Saltines only give you something to come up. Snacking all day drinking lots of water not drinking water during meals....this list could go on for days!! After my er visit they gave me zofran I swear that drug is magic. I do try to not take it everyday, but I have to work and it is the ONLY thing that will even slow the vomiting on the bad days.
6- GTKY: What brightens your day?
At first nothing. I questioned daily why I was letting myself go through this. I was very sad and depressed (not me at all) I just wanted to be a fat happy preggo lady like everyone else. I felt like I was getting jipped out of this experience. It all changed when I saw the lil nugget for the first time like welp this is real. Now if I'm having a bad day I just tell myself the nugget is doing good even though you are killing momma slowly already. lol
I still want to punch people that tell me it'll be worth it in the end... I just smile and think to myself I f-ing know that but that doesn't help me right now!
Best of luck to all the HG mommas!
This has been terrible for me, I imagine for all of us. With having HG the first time how or why did you decide to have another baby?
I always imagined having more than one, but I can't even picture going through this again. I would love some insight on how you were able to get the courage to try for #2 or more.
I was getting annoyed when nurses kept telling me how I just won't be able to stop myself from having another one. I'll HAVE to do it! And I'm like can I get through this without dying please? Can I do that first maybe?
Hang in there. The zofran has been helping me a lot. If I'm late for a dose I start throwing up again.
Fingers crossed things start getting better soon for everyone!
I'm so fing stubborn I still don't believe I am as sick. I ate a good sized lunch today and was like.. see. I don't have it. Like one meal means I'm cured. Of course now I'm right back where I was.
I took a shower without barfing! I must be better. I only half died that car ride, maybe it isn't so bad.
It's weird how even with the diagnosis and support, you still question if you're really *that* sick. All the time. Heh.
Last pregnancy I had a friend that was pregnant at the same time and feeling fine. She wanted to find the cure. It was SO annoying. She was sure it was because I was deficient in something or because I had done xyz or it was due to my celiacs. I know it's because she just wanted me to feel better so badly but it made me want to throat punch her and yell "THIS IS JUST MY LIFE RIGHT NOW"
...I'm a little out of sorts this morning. I'm don't usually imagine myself being violent or disclose my incontinence. Except for all the peeing of my pants I'm doing when i barf. I am sitting on pee pants right now in fact. I had a 30 minute puke fest in the car trying to get into work for a mandatory meeting. What can you do?
/ramble
I do the same thing oh I only got sick "once" today (with meds) must be I'm better. Or my co-workers will ask if anything has improved and I say yeah I feel so much better because at that moment I'm not dieing even though I've puked my guts out 4 x before leaving the house. Living life by the moment
I go in for fluids today, but I guess it's time to see about adding the vitamin bag to the visit.
14w 1d now. I hope this let's up soon. I'm so worn out.
Part of me thinks, well at least I haven't been just a little whimp this whole time and there is a reason why I've been so sick this whole time. The other part of me is just trying to keep up with my job and not get sick constantly. My aunt is a doula and helped my sister with her pregnancy last year. When she checked in on me last night she offered up a whole slew of "advice" that really just ended up freaking me out and pissing me off! Apparently my mother had terrible hyperemesis when she was pregnant with me. I guess karma really is a bitch!
1- How far along are you? 11W today
2- When did things start going downhill? 6W1D. I've had 7 or 8 nearly-symptom-free days since.
3- What do your symptoms look like? constant nausea, vomiting multiple times/day, diarrhea, unreal heartburn, dizziness.
4- Have you had it before? If so, when did it end? Nope, this is my first pregnancy
5- What is helping you? What's not helping? Preggie Pops if I take them before I've thrown up temporarily help, Relafen helps prevent gagging, sips of water, small snack before bed and before I get out of bed in them morning sometimes helps prevent vomiting first thing in the day (I've been doing this my entire pregnancy) -- Stairs are the enemy, anything fatty, spicy or what I would consider delicious is a no-go, sleeping/laying on my right side is out of the question
6- GTKY: What brightens your day? That there will be an end to this! I keep reminding myself that I'm feeling this way because of the life that I'm creating. Which works about 65% of the time.
Thank you so much for posting that link, @slartybartfast -- I definitely cried reading that. It summed up the majority of my pregnancy with DD and much of this pregnancy. My OB wasn't very good at hearing me when I explained just how often I was vomiting when pregnant with DD and it lasted for 8months. This time the vomiting hasn't been as frequent (albeit, it still rears it's head) but, man, that link really got to me. The isolation, the guilt, the constant nausea and discomfort and the feeling that every single waking second revolves around food. What I can eat what I can't eat what I can't even think about eating without gagging and dry heaving. im going to talk to my OB at my next appointment about some of these things.. I have a new practice now with a team of OBs who listen and are wonderful.
Anyway, I'm thankful for this thread and for the strength of you ladies. FTMs.... You got this. I swore I would never put my body (or my marriage!) through this again and yet here I am. We are so much stronger than we let ourselves believe ❤️
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I got my first vitamin bag on Monday after a bad weekens, which really helped. Still 3x a week on ivs, but I'm having ok streaks here and there. Then bad days still, which always suck. I think things are slowly improving but it's really hard to tell.
Hope everyone else is moving toward better, too
phew. sorry to freak you out but the pharmacist in me had to check for peace of mind- you just never know!
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Just wondering if this falls under ms or hg.
I have another stupid question: is the main distinction between the two not being able to keep food down for 24 hours?
Thanks ladies. I'm sending you desperate prayers for relief and support.
TTC #2: Jan 2019
DS: 2.5 yo
EDD: 12/2/16 DOB: 10/22/16
(Previously MBS2016 Dec 2016 board
I don't get worse when I have to go, but since I'm constipated, going wears me out completely and I end up nauseous afterwards from sitting up while struggling to go. Then I feel like poo (haha...haha...) for awhile once I get back in bed. Blah!
I'm not sure where exactly they draw the line, because it does seem to be different for different women, but if you go 24 hrs without food or especially any water/liquids while vomiting you should call the dr and see if they want you to go in and get some fliuds via an iv. The dr told me that throwing up once or twice a day is normal for morning sickness but more than that can become a concern, especially if you're taking medicine to try and control the symptoms.
I've found that when I get that bad, I can't bounce back on my own, but that's just me! And this is just my experience as a FTM.
I turned a corner last week and I can finally get up and move around and eat real food! 16w 4d. We're down to two ivs a week, hoping to cut back to one then none soon. Still doing zofran and now Zantac instead of tums.
It's such a relief. For those still struggling, hang in there!
I'm still doing well too