HG Check in Week of 10/22

mileswithmyles · October 2017

How is everyone feeling this week? Feel free to share how far along you are, if you’re taking anything, and any coping strategies that are working for you.

mileswithmyles · October 2017

I’m feeling okay. I finally told work and it’s a relief to not have to try and hide how I’m feeling anymore. I have good days and bad days right now. Friday night and most of Saturday was bad this week with a lot of vomiting.

I’m 12+6 today and hoping that some of the nausea and vomiting starts to fade with the second tri starting.

I’m still taking Phenergan and it does help. When I miss a dose or wait to long to take it, it’s not good. This is my last refill of it and I think I’m going to beg the doctor for another refill.

As far a coping, I just try to eat small snacks throughout the day to keep my stomach settled and my energy up. I also try to eat foods that aren’t awful to throw up, like bananas.

kristib1027 · October 2017

Phenergan has not been working for me and for the second time I have doctors offering ever med under the sun but refusing to officially diagnose me. Im
miserable and not holding a thing and so drained of any energy, only time I feel decent is after I've received some IV fluids. I'm now 12+3 and see my doctor again on the 27th. They suggested at my last appointment that if medications still aren't working and my weight is still going down that we can look into weekly IV treatments which at this point I really wouldn't mind. I'm trying to eat healthy and keep my water intake up, but I admit I'm so sick I have such a bad adversion to foods I hardly want to eat.

beckles112 · October 2017

I'm 9+5 and I feel like mine is tapering off a tad. however, if I don't take my medicine or take my dose too late, I get very sick and puke every thirty or so minutes.b My doctor gave me zofran. I stayed on it the whole time with my first and anticipate doing the same with this one. Phenergan never did anything but make my legs twitch.

Toward the end with my last, my doctor prescribed the 8 mg zofran pills and told me to break them in half so they would last longer. He's a good guy.

abbykm7 · October 2017

Ive had some relief the last few days. Yesterday I was actually able to drink liquid for the first time in 2 months. I kept 3 glasses of sweet tea down! I threw up only once yesterday right after I had laid down to go to bed. I participated in my toddlers life yesterday (put him down for bed). The queasiness is still there but less severe. It was such a welcome change.

Taking: unisom twice a day. B6 once a day. Zantac twice a day. Zofran pump continuous. Colace twice a day.

theletlers · October 2017

Mine isn't too bad as long as I take the 8mg zofran in the morning and evening. It's hard when I feel hungry but food also sounds gross. So I usually dry heave for a few minutes and then eat something little. They switched me to phenergren last week which I feel like almost made it worse. Couldn't go to work at all Thursday but Friday I was able to get more zofran which has been a life changer. I'm able to keep about one meal a day down and a few snacks and water.

abbykm7 · October 2017

You can take Zofran and phenergan together. I hate the way the phenergan zonks me so I save it for when I’m feeling realllly bad.

firefliesandfjords · October 2017

@mileswithmyles I hope you find relief soon! With my first it got better around that time, but I still had relapses every few weeks. They were much milder than in early pregnancy, though!

@kristib1027 You've been through all of that and they still won't diagnose you??? I'm so sorry! I hope it's not affecting insurance for the meds you need. I needed the diagnosis or my insurance wouldn't cover the medicine I needed.

I'm taking zofran, phenergan, B6 and Unisom around the clock. But I don't take phenergan and B6/Unisom together. I downloaded a great app called Round to manage my dosing time. My schedule is essentially B6/Unisom every six hours, and I take phenergan at the 3 hour mark between the B6/Unisom doses. I take zofran every four hours. Rotating the meds this way seems to work really well - I don't go over my daily max dose of any of the meds, but I also don't have to go more than 3 hours without an anti-emetic.

If I'm late for a dose or miss a dose, though, things go bad. I also really have to watch over exerting and stressing myself out. That makes it worse too. I'm feeling super lousy today, and it's because I over did it yesterday. Kiddos had nature camp at a local park, my husband and I had a wedding to sing at, and then we had a Halloween party to attend. It didn't help that it was the wedding from hell (three of the songs the bride picked were breakup songs and she wouldn't budge on them - and that's just the tip of the iceberg) so the day was incredibly stressful. I'm paying for it today.

bearwithme · October 2017

I'm 13 weeks tomorrow. still 4lbs under where inwas at thebstart of pregnancy - but slowly gaining back what ive lost (verrrrry slowly). I thought I was seeing the light at the end of the tunnel - and then puked five times on my way to the car while leaving target. It was not my finest moment.

Im on diclegis, saving phenergran for the worst days because of how I feel after i take it.

Attempting to eat small snacks- and I feel like something sounds good I have to eat it ASAP! We don't cook in our house anymore- if we do i have to leave. ivd gotten rid of trigger smells- like scented garbage bags and a wall flower i used during my roughest days. and i avoid opening the fridge/freezer as much as possible- because knowing there is food in it makes me want to barf.

abbykm7 · October 2017

bearwithme said:

I'm 13 weeks tomorrow. still 4lbs under where inwas at thebstart of pregnancy - but slowly gaining back what ive lost (verrrrry slowly). I thought I was seeing the light at the end of the tunnel - and then puked five times on my way to the car while leaving target. It was not my finest moment.

Im on diclegis, saving phenergran for the worst days because of how I feel after i take it.

Attempting to eat small snacks- and I feel like something sounds good I have to eat it ASAP! We don't cook in our house anymore- if we do i have to leave. ivd gotten rid of trigger smells- like scented garbage bags and a wall flower i used during my roughest days. and i avoid opening the fridge/freezer as much as possible- because knowing there is food in it makes me want to barf.

My husband made bacon after I went to bed and it about caused a divorce. Woke me up from my sleep - kept me up all night and the smell lingered for 2 days. I told him from now on all cooking happens at his moms house.

bearwithme · October 2017

@abbykm7 oh my. That a bold move on his part. Hopefully he learned from that mistake. It makes me gag just thinking about it.

mileswithmyles · October 2017

@kristib1027 that’s awful. I can’t believe they won’t officially diagnose you.

@beckles112 if I miss a dose, it’s a huge problem for me. I’m not feeling 100% even when I take it right on time, so it’s bad news when I miss.

@abbykm7 glad you had some relief

@theletlers that’s me in the morning. I dry heave and vomit and until I finally get something to stay down so I can take my meds.

@firefliesandfjords that app sounds great. Sorry you are paying for it today. I feel like me good days are followed by some of my worst.

@bearwithme I have a hard time with smells, too. I puked an epic amount getting out of my car when meeting my mom for dinner. It was so embarrassing and gross

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beckles112 · October 2017

I had a day last week where I woke up feeling perfect, so I didn't take anything just to kinda test the waters. Huge mistake. It hit twice as bad when it did kick in. My script says to take one every 8 hours, but there's no way I can make that. It is completely worn off after six and if I don't take another immediately I'm sick the rest of the day.

kristib1027 · October 2017

@firefliesandfjords @mileswithmyles luckily I have tricare since my husband is military so everything is covered, just don't understand why they won't call it what it is? Fingers crossed for my next appointment!

bearwithme · October 2017

kristib1027 said:

@firefliesandfjords @mileswithmyles luckily I have tricare since my husband is military so everything is covered, just don't understand why they won't call it what it is? Fingers crossed for my next appointment!

I didn't get the HG diagnosis until I went in for IV fluids. My OB didn't label it HG- but the ER doctor did on my paperwork.

mileswithmyles · October 2017

I am getting really tired of MIL asking me CONSTANTLY how I am feeling. I think she is hoping that my answer will change, but nope, I still feel like crap.

abbykm7 · October 2017

mileswithmyles said:

I am getting really tired of MIL asking me CONSTANTLY how I am feeling. I think she is hoping that my answer will change, but nope, I still feel like crap.

I get “you look like your doing better today”. Well yes I’m sitting up on the couch instead of curled in the fetal position with my eyes closed so yes I guess I am doing better but I still feel like complete garbage.

theletlers · October 2017

So looks like our insurance will literally not cover more zofran for literally any reason. Looks like we will be draining our flex spending account on zofran... I tried to space out any dose today and had to pull over and throw up on a tree. I don't even care if people see anymore.

kat11223344 · October 2017

theletlers said:

So looks like our insurance will literally not cover more zofran for literally any reason. Looks like we will be draining our flex spending account on zofran... I tried to space out any dose today and had to pull over and throw up on a tree. I don't even care if people see anymore.

@theletlers go to goodrx.com and search zofran. It'll give you coupons to different pharmacies. Last week it was $20 for 30 pills at Costco and $13 for 30 a Bakers if you have one around you. My insurance stopped covering it too- it would have been like $180 for 30. Which is insanity.

theletlers · October 2017

@k5678 thanks! I will be checking that out!!

Edit: you are literally a life saver! Found one for kroger pharmacy for 12.45!

bearwithme · October 2017

abbykm7 said:

mileswithmyles said:

I am getting really tired of MIL asking me CONSTANTLY how I am feeling. I think she is hoping that my answer will change, but nope, I still feel like crap.

I get “you look like your doing better today”. Well yes I’m sitting up on the couch instead of curled in the fetal position with my eyes closed so yes I guess I am doing better but I still feel like complete garbage.

My mom told me to "will it away" and think positive thoughts that I'll feel better. This suggestion coming from someone who never experienced even slight nausea during her two pregnancies.

What the actual f*ck, mom. It does NOT work that way.

Also, MIL keeps suggesting I eat crackers because she heard that helps with MS and she read online morning sickness usually stops by now.

Again, not how HG works.

kat11223344 · October 2017

@theletlers so so glad! DH is a doc, and when I called him FREAKING because my insurance is the worst and wouldn't cover it anymore he was just like 'oh no big deal zofran is dirt cheap- check goodrx'. And he was shocked I, nor anyone else outside of medicine, had never heard of it. Goes to show that drug companies really are blood sucking monsters with no souls.

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