So I always give you guys the fun little "What My Toddler Taught Me Today" blurbs. But today I'm just not feeling that great, so I thought I'd go a different route with "What Hyperemesis Taught Me".
WHAT HYPEREMESIS TAUGHT ME
1. Crackers and Sprite aren't gonna cut it.
2. The next person to suggest crackers and Sprite just might get punched in the nose.
3. This isn't just morning sickness and it's not the worst hangover you ever had. It's MUCH, MUCH worse than that.
4. This is damn near debilitating some days.
5. A constant battle is waged between what you need to do for your unborn child, and what you need to do for your existing child.
6. You have never known true anger at your own body until it takes every last ounce of energy you have to lift your toddler into his crib at night.
7. It takes at least 24 hours to get fully hydrated again after getting sick. On the opposite side, it only takes about 2.5 minutes to get dehydrated in the first place.
8. You'll learn more about testing your own urine than you ever wanted to know.
9. Sticking yourself with a needle goes from a dreaded event to a relief on the bad days.
10. The misery on the bad days will more than pay off with the final reward of holding your child in your arms.
Okay, I'm guessing at the last one, but I already refer to this little one as my
"special" baby, or my "challenging" little man. I can only imagine the sheer joy (and let's be truthful, sheer RELIEF) once he's born and in my arms. :-)
9 comments:
I've been thinking of you a lot lately as I am having the worst morning sickness (rather all day and all night sickness) I could ever imagine. I keep reminding myself that it could be worse.
I've got to hand it to you. You're one heck of a mom!
Sorry you have been so so sick!
Hi! I found your blog by doing a search on Hyperemesis. I had Hyperemesis with my child 7 years ago. I really felt like I was going to die. I had to quit working for 3 months and was in and out of the hospital. The only thing that was perscribed was Phenergen. It totally did nothing for me. Anyway, I am wanting to have another child and was wondering about the Zofran pump. What exactly does it do?? Your help would be greatly appreicated.
Monica in Corpus Christi, Texas
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I have been suffering from this horrible disorder for the past 3 1/2 months. It has been HELL! I had it with my last child 3 years ago. My experience then does not compare to what I am going through now. I have the Zofran pump but it does do much. I live in the E.R. and I've been in the hospital 3xs. Every morning I wake up and I wonder will this misery ever end.
this is my 3rd pregnancy and for some silly reason I thought it might be better this time since it has been 5 years since my last one. Only 7 weeks and lie in bed all day like a useless body. I'm taking the max Zofren and maxalon possible, had 1 ER visit ALREADY. The best way I describe ALL day sickness is really bad gasto but constipated mixed with the worst hangover ever. If I had a start and finish date, I'm sure it would be a little easier Lucy in Oz
I found your blog by doing a search for Hyperemesis blogs. Wanted to see if there were other people out there who are writing about this stuff.
I see that the post is older, but still relevant.
Hi there, so sorry to bother you all but I am hoping to find out whether those who suffered from HG during their pregnancies, have since had complications/health issues? I fell pregnant with my first baby when I was 21. I went from being a fantastically healthy, happy lady to one who lost 2 stone in weight (I only weighed 9 stone to begin with!), couldn't work or eat and who could not get up from the sofa for over 5 months. At my worst, I would be sick until I bought up blood and went for periods of up to 5 days without ingesting any food. I had a normal delivery and as soon as the baby was born, I felt AMAZING again - no nausea! However, I quickly developed what can only be described as severe IBS symptoms: diarrhea, nausea, cramps and bloating. I of course had it monitored by my doctor and eventually was sent for a Barium Enema X-ray, which proved normal. Then, last year I fell pregnant with my second baby. The HG was so aggressive, I was repeatedly hospitalised, at my worst did not ingest any food for almost three weeks and ended up on three types of anti-ametics. This time I lost over two stone but stabilised sooner as I continued to take my anti-sickness drugs until I was approximately 6 months pregnant. Post-pregnancy, my IBS symptoms have returned with a vengeance. I suffer extreme lower back pain, stomach cramps, diarrhea and nausea. Does anyone else have these symptoms? Can my bowels have been so disturbed and aggravated by the HG that it has caused these troubles? I would really appreciate any advice and a little reassurance, before (in my melodrama!) I diagnose myself with something dreadful! x
Dear Anonymous, it is ironic that you posted what you did about IBS and other digestive issues. I have been having IBS type symptoms and other issues for almost a year now that come and go but I never thought it might be related to the hyperemesis I had during my pregnancy! Here's what I know overall:
1 - I did not have any issues after my first pregnancy, though my severe nausea went away after about 18 weeks that time. I also only ever took Phenergan while sick that time.
2 - I took Zofran and only Zofran while pg with Stephen, my second little man. And I had to take it or be on the pump nearly my entire pregnancy.
3 - I once had a GI doc tell me that after a certain age, generally around your 30's, the lining in your intestines stops rebuilding, fixing itself, etc. So at that point what you have is what you have and if it gets messed up, too darn bad.
I would not be surprised in the least to find out that we had done damage to our stomachs/digestive organs from getting sick so much. Bile is the most corrosive thing out there I would imagine. I also wouldn't be shocked at all to discover that the medications we had to take to try to survive each day may have had a detrimental effect on our systems. I have been having good luck with my digestive issues using Culturelle (OTC probiotic that you can find at any drug store) and learning what my trigger foods are (generally anything fatty or fried). Please keep me posted if you find out any additional info about the possible connection between the two though! Feel free to email me at jnremeta@gmail.com.
Thanks!
Hi, I had HG 3 years ago when pregnant with my one and only son. I too was sick so much that i brought up blood, was hospitalised, on meds until the end. 3 months after giving birth i had such awful pains i had to call an ambulance. It felt like i was being strangled around the top of my tummy. It turned out i had gall stones, so had my gall bladder removed. Since then i had weird tummy aches and pains and cramps. Recently i had an operation to remove internal hemmeroids. It turned out i also had a prolapse, possibly caused by the long labour but also by the continued heaving and sickness. Since they discovered the prolapse by accident i feel very lucky. Since then i have not had the pains and feel great, at last. It was a worrying time as despite ultra sounds and tests the doctors could not find a reason for my pains and cramps. In the end they said IBS and anxiety!! I feel lucky i had the operation to remove the internal hemmeroids so they discovered my problem. I doubt a GP would ever have discovered it as the pains and cramps were just really odd and hard to describe.
Hope this helps.
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