Hyperemesis Gravidarum Support Tribe (Also extreme nausea/vomiting) - Page 6

[the_lissa]

Thanks. I am feeling quite content and full.

[mountaingirlbl]

Greetings, I just found out that I'm pregnant again and very nervous about HG. It is nice to not have to convince anyone of how sick I was. (Like, I hate to hear women say, "I was so sick when I was pregnant," but to know that it doesn't even touch HG.)

I am gearing up for the sickness mentally. I have a three year old and am worried about how I will take care of her while I'm so ill. Any suggestions?

Thanks for starting this thread. It is much needed.

[HarperRose]

Originally Posted by the_lissa

Thanks. I am feeling quite content and full.

Nice!

[TzippityDoulah]

Originally Posted by mountaingirlbl

I am gearing up for the sickness mentally. I have a three year old and am worried about how I will take care of her while I'm so ill. Any suggestions?

congratulations on the pregnancy!!!

my best suggestion is to use the herbs mentioned at the beginning of this thread ASAP. they help to at least some extent. (i've only lost 8-10 lbs with this pregnancy and with the others I lost 27 and 24ish!) the sooner you start the better the results. I highly recommend dandelion AND milk thistle daily.

make some meals to free now if you can. and find some friends or family that might be able to help with childcare if it gets really bad. I know that isn't always an option, but if it is - USE IT! get everyone mentally ready that you may get sick - and just how sick you got last time so it's not a surprise. make sure you have plenty of healthy snack on hands for you and your child. stuff you don't mind her nibbling on through out the day. write easy mandatory/general grocery list for you S/O so you don't have to think so hard when you're sick. then you can add to it easily as need arises...

and even if you get sick (even quite sick) try to focus through out that pain and sickness on how much you love this baby. this will help combat that resentment towards the baby that often stems from HG. (I struggle with this deeply. when you're dehydrated you can't think clearly at all enough to realize it's not the baby's fault ykwim?)

my best advice is to take whatever meds you may need BEFORE the HG gets out of control. not after. it can take days or weeks to control it once it gets out of hand and you start rapidly loosing weight and muscle and water. this si about the best advise I ever got honestly. if you realize you are getting quite nauseous, start taking the meds. this is one area you don't want to be modest in, IMO.


(((hugs)))

[HarperRose]

Originally Posted by mountaingirlbl

Greetings, I just found out that I'm pregnant again and very nervous about HG. It is nice to not have to convince anyone of how sick I was. (Like, I hate to hear women say, "I was so sick when I was pregnant," but to know that it doesn't even touch HG.)

I am gearing up for the sickness mentally. I have a three year old and am worried about how I will take care of her while I'm so ill. Any suggestions?

Thanks for starting this thread. It is much needed.

Huge hugs! My dh took care of our 2 the entire pregnancy. I was just too sick. I'd manage to sit at the table some days or lay on the couch some days, but he did 98% of it all. Mine were older, though, 5 and 7.

Can family or friends take her for the day or anything? Stay with you for the day?

[seeing_stars]

I don't know if I can be considered HG because I only vomit a few times a day, but the nausea is SO BAD and I am unable to eat more than a few bites per day. I am 9 weeks and down 16lbs so far I started Zofran last week and lost 4 lbs while on it and my doctor bumped my Zofran up to 8mg 3x/day. I am so thankful for my insurance, 90 pills only cost me $30. I hope to be able to function soon. My house is trashed, my husband is sick of fast food, my kids are running wild... :

[HarperRose]

Originally Posted by seeing_stars

I don't know if I can be considered HG because I only vomit a few times a day, but the nausea is SO BAD and I am unable to eat more than a few bites per day. I am 9 weeks and down 16lbs so far I started Zofran last week and lost 4 lbs while on it and my doctor bumped my Zofran up to 8mg 3x/day. I am so thankful for my insurance, 90 pills only cost me $30. I hope to be able to function soon. My house is trashed, my husband is sick of fast food, my kids are running wild... :

Sounds like HG to me.

My last pregnancy was my one w/ the least vomiting but the most nausea. It lasted all the way until birth. My oldest was more vomiting but it all stopped at 15 wks, then my 2nd one was plenty of both but it stopped around 30-ish wks, I think.

[MomtoXane]

Well I'm at 20wks and I've gained another 4lbs, just 2lbs to go to get back to pre-pg! My midwife said that HG is caused by the placenta, has anyone heard that before??

[LavenderMae]

Congratulations lwuertz!!! Welcome baby! :

I might be pregnant right now and I am terrified of having to live through hyperemesis again (for the 4th time). My youngest isn't quite 2 yet and I watch my 2 yr. old nephew 10 hrs a day during the week (if I don't we cant pay our rent) so I just don't know what I'm going to do if I get so sick again. And really what are the chances I won't.

Seeing -stars , you don't have to vomit much for it to be hyperemesis. The nausea was the worst thing for me (and made me non-functional) last time but I didn't vomit much.

Lissa, yay for eating a whole meal!!!!!!!!

[HarperRose]

Originally Posted by LavenderMae

I might be pregnant right now and I am terrified of having to live through hyperemesis again (for the 4th time).

Oh no.

[LavenderMae]

Originally Posted by Justthatgirl

Oh no.

I took two tests one yesterday and one first thing this morning and 2 BFNs!!!!!! I'm relieved. It just wouldn't have been a good time and getting hyperemesis would have made it impossible. Maybe in 2-3 yrs we'll (dh and I) think about another.

[HarperRose]

Originally Posted by LavenderMae

I took two tests one yesterday and one first thing this morning and 2 BFNs!!!!!! I'm relieved. It just wouldn't have been a good time and getting hyperemesis would have made it impossible. Maybe in 2-3 yrs we'll (dh and I) think about another.

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[mountaingirlbl]

It's funny that, despite how sick I was, I can't remember when the vomiting began. I am only four weeks now (conceiving after a m/c) and wondering when I should be ready for this to begin. I'm a student, so I'm wondering if I should work ahead on some of my work. With my last pregnancy, the HG was so bad, I had to drop out of school.

Do you all remember when the vomiting/nausea started for you all?

Also, I am very uncomfortable taking any pharmaceutical drugs to help with the HG. I found that they knocked me out completely and made my legs and arms numb. I don't feel like this is good for me or for my developing babe.

I will try the herbs mentioned at the beginning of the thread.

[the_lissa]

With my first two, nausea and vomiting set in at about 4 weeks. This time, I was sick between 6 and 8 weeks, and that is it so far.

What drugs did you take?

more than comfortable taking diclectin as it is the most studied drug for pregnancy and is the only class a drug in Canada for pregnancy. I also took it through two pregnancies with no ille ffects on me or my children. It is the only thing that kept me out of the hospital. If I had a safe source for marijuana, I woudl try that.

[TzippityDoulah]

start the herbs ASAP!!!

the vomiting/nausea started for me at 6 weeks. by 7 I'm a mess. by 8 I'm bed ridden.

[mountaingirlbl]

I took Phenegrin (sp?) during my first HG pregnancy. I was living in Alaska at the time, and medicinal marijuana was legal. After about six months of awful HG, i caved to the marijuana (after reading mothering mag's article). It was MIRACULOUS! for the first time, i was able to eat a full meal (almost half a pizza, haha) and i did NOT throw up. i figured out a way to use a minimal amount before eating and i gained back all the weight i had lost. i still feel nauseous from time to time, but nothing nearly as bad. i hesitate recommending this, as it is not legal, but... it did the trick. i did a vast amount of research and concluded that it was safer than the pharmaceutical drugs i was taking.

I carried to term and had a healthy 8 lb baby. She's three now.

I am now four weeks pregnant and find myself dizzy and slightly nauseous at times. Nothing that food won't prevent. I've been told that once you have one HG pregnancy, the rest will probably be HG, so I'm trying to prepare.

I too can't take birth control (it makes me puke like an HG pregnancy) and I'm extremely sensitive to motion sickness (i can't even go to the movie theater without puking...haha).

what is the h.pylori treatment i've been reading about?

blessings-
b

[the_lissa]

I read that h. pylori might be connected to hyperemesis. So I had my doctor test me for it, and it came back positive (It is a stomach bacteria.) So I did the treatment which is two antibiotics and a proton pump inhibitor. A couple months later, you are suppoesed to get a follow up test because it is really hard to get rid of, which I didn't do because it involves ingesting radioactive material, and I was breastfeeding and possibly pregnant, so I am not even sure if the treatmentw as successful.

But I was only sick for a couple weeks- constant nausea, but hardly any vomiting.

Now I could get sick again at any time, but it has been a few days with NO sickness, so I am getting excited.

[mountaingirlbl]

oh...i looked for the herbs you've mentioned but couldn't find them. which herbs are they?

[HarperRose]

Originally Posted by mountaingirlbl

It's funny that, despite how sick I was, I can't remember when the vomiting began. I am only four weeks now (conceiving after a m/c) and wondering when I should be ready for this to begin. I'm a student, so I'm wondering if I should work ahead on some of my work. With my last pregnancy, the HG was so bad, I had to drop out of school.

Do you all remember when the vomiting/nausea started for you all?

Also, I am very uncomfortable taking any pharmaceutical drugs to help with the HG. I found that they knocked me out completely and made my legs and arms numb. I don't feel like this is good for me or for my developing babe.

I will try the herbs mentioned at the beginning of the thread.

N/V starts at 5-6 wks for me, every time.

Numb limbs would concern me, too. I hope the herbs work for you.

[MomtoXane]

I vomited for the first time at 3w5d. I started using homeopathics and was able to cope until I ran out and tried Phenergan. That made everything worse and my first trip to the hospital was 9wks. (Last time my first trip was 6w5d). After much research, I consented to using medical marijuana in a vape (smokeless) at 14wks. I started gaining weight and it not only helped control the vomiting, it alleviated the nausea and increased my appetite (which no other drug or remedy can do!). By 18wks I was off all HG treatments and back to "normal". This has been by FAR my easiest HG pregnancy...