Hyperemesis Gravidarum

I was reading a lovely birth story last night when I saw this term mentioned in relation to morning sickness. I had never heard of it before so I looked it up. The HER foundation page was eye opening, and I could have cried while reading what could have been my own pregnancy diary times six, and the fact that it is actually treatable. I showed my DH this morning who promptly bundled me and Harry into the car and took me to see our Doctor.

Sure enough, I have suffered through it through 5 previous pregnancies, have been fighting it hammer and tong in this one, and my doctor - who treats sufferers at the hospital - was utterly shocked that my first doctor not only didn't pick up on it, but told me all the way through my pregnancy that my inability to keep any food at all down was "normal". This set up the precident in my mind that it was, and I never brought it up again. Even worse, the midwife who noted my near 40kg weight loss with DD2 with the flippant comment "Well, thats a neat way to lose weight - getting pregnant" also didn't pick up on any problems. He saw the photos of me from before and after I had Lyta, that my DH brought along to show him how bad I get it, and simply was astounded that no one thought to put the waif in the waiting room at the hospital on iv nutrition. I must admit that I am having a hard time coping with the fact that these people put me and my children at risk too. It seems now that it was the cause of my hypoglycemia, and there is concern that DD1 may have diabetes from it.

He put me straight on Maxolon and has updated my hospital referral so that they can monitor it properly and get me treatment if I lose any more weight, as I am borderline now at 7%.

Sorry, I just had to get that all out. How can I go through so many health professionals and not one of them found morning sickness in the later stages of the second tri, and all through the third tri to be a problem. Its not normal. So if anyone else is still sick at 20 weeks - go see your GP.

For anyone who has suffered this before - how long does it take for the maxolon so start working? I took one as soon as I got home hours ago but I still feel horrible.

Hi Inertia :hug: I know how you feel.
I suffered from HG with both my pregnancies, but only lasted until about 18 weeks. Still threw up every morning after that until the pg was over but I was usually ok as long as I ate soon after. Before that it was hell though. I was in and out of hospital during this time. They would just put me on a drip for a few days until I was well enough to eat a piece of toast, then I was sent home only to be back within a few days or even hours. I got so depressed and sadly it is mostly the reason I won't be having any more kids.
Unfortunately, Maxalon did nothing to ease the symptoms for me, even when administered through a drip, it only made me extremely tired. I hope you get some relief from it. :)

:hug: hunny.
I suffered from HG til about 25 weeks while pg with my girls. It was hell. I'm so sorry you are going through it. It is my reason for no more children on its own.
I was given Maxolon with DD2, but it sent me sky high & gave me panic attacks for a good hour after. It didn't do anything to help me with the HG at all. Well that I noticed.
Keep looking it up & reading about it, coz you might find something that works :)
I hope you feel better soon.

Ugh. I am really tired now. This whole thing has been depressing enough in itself.

Thanks so much for the support. It seems that I am just going to have to keep my fingers crossed that it does something for me. I mean I started to feel a little better about 30 minutes after, and now I am straight back to where I was. Probably just me being hopeful. DH is an absolute dream though. He looks after me so well, but this really was the straw the broke the camels back for him. As if having 6 was not already enough reason to stop, he is actually going to make sure it can't happen again.

I just really needed to vent, and I am grateful for the support here. I really am.

Inertia, you are one tough cookie I think! To go through this six times while looking after five other children. Your DH sounds wonderful and I can understand him not wanting to see you go through this again. My DF was great too, actually, I was surprised by how wonderful he was! I saw a side to him I never had before. I think he was in utter shock of what was happening and very surprised that a woman could be that sick. I remember one night when I had thrown up every 20 minutes for about 2 hours, he was trying really hard to get me to go back to the hospital - I had only just left that day - and when I started to throw up blood and lose my voice, he picked me up and carried me to the car. On the way to the hospital we were stopped at a red light and he looked at me and said "we are never having anymore children, this is the cruelest thing that you are going through". He even cried a couple of times.

There was a thread on here not long ago about this and someone mentioned accupuncture. Might be worth a try. :)