Hi, I'm a sufferer of HG myself, I really feel for you right now, especially being o/s!
Can you keep anything down? Can you keep fluids down? How often are you vommiting?
If you're able to keep food down (even if its only one type of food) & keep your fluids up I'd leave it for at least a few days. If it gets worse & you cant eat or drink & continue to lose weight then I'd definately head to the docs.
Something you might like to ask the doc about if you're suffering unbearably is the medication "zofran zydis", its expensive (approx $10 per tablet) but it works for me. I took it from about 6 weeks with DD & took it from 7 weeks this PG. I have to take it until I give birth but some woman are able to stop taking them throughout the pregnancy & be fine.
Just a suggestion if you get really desperate.
I hope something works soon so you can start to enjoy your pregnancy.
Hmmmwhile I am sitting here typing I am eating a piece of french toast but I can taste the butter I used to cook it and now I don't think it will stay down. Everything and anything can set off the urge to vomit. If I move too much in a short space of time, smells, thoughts. It's enough to drive you bonkers!!!
To answer your questions Danielle, I on average am able to keep one meal down a day, and usually I snack a bit here and there and that stays down too. The 4 days of peace I had gave me a chance to gain a pound or 2 as well. I try to maintain fluids. I can only have a few sips at a time. I am probably not getting enough though because if I do drink any fluids I get really nauseated. I had a glass of water in bed with my prenatal last night and then spent the next hour crying myself to sleep because the urge to be sick was so strong. I fought it with all I had because the prenatal vitamin is the only for sure nutrition this baby is getting. I don't think there is much nutrition in regular potato chips or tortilla chips.
Thank you so much for replying to me, it is so easy to feel very alone when you suffer like this. My mother is so sick of me saying I am going to be sick that she said she doesn't want to hear it anymore. It is hard not to talk about when it consumes your every thought and movement though.
If it is still bad after my DP gets here in a few days I might have to head to the Dr for this zofran zydis stuff. I just had a read up and it sounds great. Anything to make the last few weeks visiting my family more enjoyable.
Hang in there, I know exactly how you feel. i'm 10 weeks and I'm with you on only being able to keep down on average one meal a day and that generally is only toast! this has been for the last 5 wks now and is starting to drive me batty. i can't remember the last time i had a nutritious meal and kept it down...i've even given up on trying to eat decent meals now.
anyway, the point of my post was to say that i'm of the mindset that the baby will be grabbing all the nutrients it needs from my stores and that basically i'll be the one feeling like crap and so far as i understand i don't think the baby goes without much. i think the biggest risk is us getting dehydrated and generally trying to make it through each day without being total wrecks
try and enjoy the last few weeks of your break and boo hoo to anyone who says they're sick of hearing about it....i'm sure i'd much rather hear about it than experience it
ps my mantra at the moment is that some people are this sick and are dying of cancer...at least i'm going through it to get a precious little baby!
can I assume that you're in Canada?? - well if you are go to the chemist and ask them for Restavit and Vitamin B6 - this is pretty much the only thing that worked for me during this pregnancy and research shows that in Canada this is pretty much the only thing they will prescribe for MS - I can buy it over the counter here in OZ so I'm hoping you can do the same over there.
I'm sure if you tell them what's going on they'll pull out the big guns - Oh I feel for you MS is is just awful
Thanks Dianna, can you tell me how much you are meant to take of the restavit? I will go in search of it tomorrow. It looks like that is first recommended for HG before medications so I will give it a shot. Much cheaper than the wafers. I have B6 tablets and they are 250mg but on their own they don't do much. And because it is a sleeping pill do I take it at night? It's all so confusing
I started with 1/2 tablet of Restavit (so half of a 25mg tablet) and I'd take it with 1/2 a Vitamin B6 - note you shouldn't really take more than 100mg of Vit b6 per day.
I was told by the Mother Safe hotline here in Sydney that I could take this up to 4 x daily.
My MS was really bad at night so sometimes I'd need nothing through the day but at night I'd take a double dose - which is OK also.
Restavit is a sleeping tablet but you get used to the side effects and given that you're not taking that much it shouldn't take so long- worse case scenario you'll at least get some decent sleep and stop feeling like you're on a rollercoaster
It's also a Category A drug which is meant to be safe in pregnancy - trust me I checked with a few thousand people - in the end it was the only thing that saved me.
You might want to check with the pharmacy's in Canada as for some odd reason I think they actually have a concoction made with the restavit and B6 together and I think they'll be able to reassure of the amounts to take.
maybe even google it - I found alot of info about Restavit and pregnancy use that way.
Diana I was also given the restavit, I've only taken it a few times to try & get some sleep. I was told by my chemist not to take more than 75mg a day.
The actual directions my chemist put on paper for me was 1 pyroxin tablet (B6) & half a restavit tablet (25mg) 3 times a day.
I was worried I'd get too sleepy especially with DD to look after so I havent taken many. I really only take them when I NEED some sleep.
I never realised it could be used to reduce HG, I thought the chemist was being nice with trying to get me some sleep by offering it to me. Shes been my chemist through both pregnancies & stocks up on zofran for me so we know each other quite well LOL. She just offered it to me one day when I went in & told me its a sleeping aid, duh.. I should have asked more questions.
Thanks for bringing it up, I might try taking more now so I can hopefully get off the zofran before the end of this pregnancy, costs a bloody fortune! LOL (very much worth it of course when its all that works)
Little Miss Sunshine- I hope you've found something that works for you, ideally something natural &/or cheap!! You poor thing
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It's enough to drive you bonkers!!!
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