tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331752969086770281.post8320784426546421175..comments2024-03-19T03:10:26.951-04:00Comments on Clover Lane: Hyperemesis GravidarumSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14912466557223829314noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331752969086770281.post-20507348565478169762014-01-21T14:13:59.666-05:002014-01-21T14:13:59.666-05:00I LOVE YOU! THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY!!!!!!...I LOVE YOU! THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have gone through the same senario, nearly identically to you. I am crying just knowing that I am not along (PS I'm at work!). Oh I would skip around the room if I didnt feel so crappy. I am 16 weeks along and in better shape than earlier on. Again, THANK YOU. Good luck to you in the rest of your pregnancy!Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12420435385512511256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331752969086770281.post-26297447874193969962013-08-30T13:26:37.565-04:002013-08-30T13:26:37.565-04:00I usually don't comment on blogs, but felt so ...I usually don't comment on blogs, but felt so compelled to just say a huge THANK YOU for sharing your story so beautifully. I'm currently pregnant (just starting the 2nd trimester) and it has been ROUGH. Fortunately, my condition is no where near as severe as yours was, but it can be described as "severe morning/all day sickness." So, I can definitely relate (to a degree) to the feeling of loneliness and uselessness, not being able to function normally or take care of my household, like I once was. If nothing else, this experience has given me a whole new respect for those who suffer hyperemesis. I've done extensive research on it and it still baffles me that this condition is still not widely known, and still misunderstood by so many. Many of my own family and friends can barely understand my condition (since most of them never had many symptoms). So, I don't even want to imagine how lonely I'd feel if I had hyperemesis. I'm also completely inspired by your courage to continue growing your family. Because of my own severe sickness, I have major anxiety about having a 2nd child now, even though my husband and I had always planned to have at least 2 children. Your post gives me hope that maybe I can do it again... one day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331752969086770281.post-22232921418211627242013-05-01T20:48:59.302-04:002013-05-01T20:48:59.302-04:00Thank you soooo much for writing this! I'm a f...Thank you soooo much for writing this! I'm a few days from my third trimester with my second little one, and - just like with the first - I've been sooo sick. I think I was even sicker with this one! Thankfully, I had an actual diagnosis this time (because of the hospital visits for rehydration) but I didn't last time and I was working a full time job and my boss didn't understand at all...just thinking about it still makes me want to cry. I don't have that much throwing up but I have a ton of dry heaving in my first trimester along with severe nausea and then have the nausea (sometimes mild but often moderate to severe) for the whole or part of every day until I go into labor. I can relate soooo much to what you describe and you're absolutely right about the terrible loneliness and depression that ensue. Zofran didn't work for me, actually, but I am able to take this compounded medicine (I think it's like B6 and unisom?) that takes the edge of the nausea and helps me eat more. Pregnancy is just sooo miserable for me, though, and I can't fathom being pregnant and not being lonely and sick. I have friends and family who all try to understand...but you can't understand it unless you've experienced it, you know? I've just been so lonely so much of this pregnancy and it is definitely harder when caring for a child (no breaks or off days!) but my husband and I both still want as many children as God will give us (I also struggle with infertility, so we are grateful when I'm able to conceive!) but the whole process is just so hard - infertility, followed by hyperemesis for 8-9 months (depending on how early it starts), and possibly post partum depression after (although I'm hoping to be spared that this time!). But seeing women like you and hearing your stories and know you've made it through with so many children...it gives me such hope! Thanks for sharing your story!Michele Chronisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05328455640818231923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331752969086770281.post-83360829752381705462013-04-22T13:27:52.474-04:002013-04-22T13:27:52.474-04:00Wow! I had no idea that others suffer with this t...Wow! I had no idea that others suffer with this through all 9 months. I was blessed in the sense that mine didn't start until the beginning of my third trimester, but that was definitely the roughest 3 months of my life. I was so dis-heartened to go from being a moderately healthy wife and working woman to being someone who couldn't even get out of the house by myself. I thank the Lord for all those who came to bring food or help clean my house, because I simply couldn't do those things. I was hospitalized twice after we had exhausted all measures at home to prevent it. Some people understand it was a rough experience when I tell them that I weighed less when I left the hospital after the birth of my daughter than I did before I got pregnant--but most of them don't comprehend how difficult that really was. I can't imagine going through that while having other children to take care of. I was blessed with one child, and will forever be grateful for her. Thanks for sharing your story. I hope and pray that the word will spread about the nature of this disease. Velvet Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07993689297544808092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331752969086770281.post-57137263843567110142013-03-01T06:08:57.791-05:002013-03-01T06:08:57.791-05:00Sarah, my lovely friend who also has had hyperemis...Sarah, my lovely friend who also has had hyperemisis in her pregnancies directed me to your page. I truly admire you for your positive attitude when it comes to having more children after experiencing hyperemisis. I ams so sorry you had to go through this suffering in each pregnancy and am so sorry for the suffering of the other women who have also had hyperemisis. We are so blessed to have our precious children and I would go through anything for them. I have often thought about having more children and tried t come to terms with the fact that I probably should not got pregnant again. It is difficult to explain how you feel when you suffer with hyperemisis. For me I had severe nausia and sometimes none stop sickness ending up in hospital on a drip for a few days. As well as the nausia And sickness I had constant severe migrains and body weakness which felt like terrible flu. I think the migrains and the weakness were the hardest to bare. I felt so guilty for feeling that I just wanted to die to be able to escape this terrible illness. I couldn't get out of bed, brush my teeth etc, make food and look after the children and home. I felt helpless, afraid and not understood. I too have the longing in side to have more children, but truly do not know if I could ever go through hyperemisis again. I have had depression on and off for years and I'm sure hyperemisis has played it's part in that. I truly don't know how you managed to carry on having more children, but I know you must be so grateful that you went through what you did for them. I don't know what to do? When I found out I was pregnant with my fourth child I was so afraid and cried all of the time. I do know that my faith and belief in Heavenly Father gave me the hope I needed and the peace. I also believe we go through trials for a reason and that having hyperemisis and othe trials has helped me to become a more understanding and compassionate person and I am so grateful for that. I really don't know if I should ever be pregnant again. I know Heavenly Father is watching over each of us, especially when we are struggling so much, but I really wonder if I ever have hyperemisis again will it break me, will I cope, I wonder if I just won't be able to bare it as I don't know how I got through feeling so terribly ill in my last pregnancy. - I didn't want to die, but felt I just wanted to escape the suffering and felt like dying would take the suffering away. I'm sorry if this comes across as negative. I know that I have learnt so much from all of my experiences and I am truly grateful for that. I just don't know how you managed to keep on going and having more children. Any advice would be so very much appreciated. I truly admire all of the women who have gone through hyperemisis and wish that they didn't have to suffer. We are all so blessed to be mothers and have our precious children who love us so much.Married to surfer boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630164983776742705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331752969086770281.post-11178221152886118532013-01-10T11:36:09.554-05:002013-01-10T11:36:09.554-05:00Thank you for this post. I did one on my blog conc...Thank you for this post. I did one on my blog concerning my own experiences: http://takethepoorwithyou.blogspot.com/2013/01/hyperemesis-gravidarum.html and linked back here.<br /><br />You are an inspiration to us all!Tiennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315891571577431883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331752969086770281.post-7208971305593874512013-01-03T21:57:13.129-05:002013-01-03T21:57:13.129-05:00My friend just sent me this - thank you for puttin...My friend just sent me this - thank you for putting into words so perfectly my own heart on the issue of Hg. I had it with my first (he is now 18 months), and husband and I are agonizing about a second. I lost 30lbs in 12 weeks, was hospitalized for a week, and after several meds weren't working, finally was prescribed steroids for 2 1/2 months (normally they try to keep it at 3 weeks). I am nervous for the physical agony, but more so I don't want to not be there for my son. Your post gave me hope and a stubborn determination. God bless you for sharing, you are right - babies are a gift.Chloehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12390965959814608184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331752969086770281.post-1239360062047675632012-08-12T23:15:34.799-04:002012-08-12T23:15:34.799-04:00Sarah- Thank you for writing this! Couldn't ha...Sarah- Thank you for writing this! Couldn't have said it better myself. I also had HG & was hospitalized. HG was a very challenging experience but I always viewed it as the best things in life are worth "fighting" for. Your life does unravel week by week, your health hour by hour BUT I wouldn't change a thing. The experience makes me love my son even more!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14062507999194830558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331752969086770281.post-7621727621914746202012-08-06T00:00:02.361-04:002012-08-06T00:00:02.361-04:00Thanks for posting this. I had many similar sympto...Thanks for posting this. I had many similar symptoms that you describe during my pregnancies, but never to the degree you experience. I honestly can't imagine because even in my experiences I felt I was living minute-to-minute literally unable to think past the moment I was in. I also remember lying on the floor daily while my other children went on with life around me...I would stand up just long enough to stir whatever I had cooking, and then was right back down on the floor right there in front of the stove. So glad you are beyond the illness now...God bless you, your family and that new precious life within!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331752969086770281.post-45918789242491565352012-05-22T10:07:09.890-04:002012-05-22T10:07:09.890-04:00I found my way to your page through a fiend postin...I found my way to your page through a fiend posting about your short shorts article, and then saw the Hyperemesis on the sidebar and clicked. BTDT, 6 pregnancies(ages now 6-28), surely it would get better next time... but it never did.I throw up through the whole pregnancy. I only needed IVs a few times through all of that, but the last pregnancy, in my early 40's was the worst- it would end up that at my 2 weeks postpartum check up I was down 30 lbs from my starting weight.<br /> But I was blessed to have an amazing midwife- we planned our 2nd homebirth with her, who INSISTED that I try accupuncture, when I was about 16 weeks.<br />I was skeptical but went anyway. For 6 weeks I went once a week, the 1st week I went twice, and that made such an amazing difference. I would leave the session *hungry*, usually heading to the grocery store for a cooked chicken! I don't know how it works, I don't why it works, but accupuncture saved me during that last pregnancy, and it was even partially covered by our health insurance. Please pass the word so others can try it. Good luck!Constancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17872432933344513092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331752969086770281.post-77326472931058687192012-05-04T16:27:08.768-04:002012-05-04T16:27:08.768-04:00Oh my goodness, I had hyperemesis also through eve...Oh my goodness, I had hyperemesis also through every pregnancy. It was the hardest thing to go through. I remember well...constant nausea, as you said, the sense of smell going haywire, and not being able to keep anything - even water - down. It is hard to understand unless you've experienced it. I pray that you are having an easier time and feeling good!! My thoughts and prayers are with you. Hugs!!Kathy Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11668699397851882212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331752969086770281.post-27214483610159993402012-04-12T23:04:17.252-04:002012-04-12T23:04:17.252-04:00I think I was meant to find your blog today. I to...I think I was meant to find your blog today. I too, have hyperemesis with my pregnancies, picc line, hospital visits etc. I could not have described it better. Most people don't understand. I am so relieved to know I'm not the only one out there. We have 2 boys, and we desperately want another one...but I keep coming back to, "I don't think I can do it again". <br /><br />You are an inspiration. Thank you for posting this!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15295305232064830292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331752969086770281.post-85354167476738828452012-03-30T20:10:36.481-04:002012-03-30T20:10:36.481-04:00Hi Sarah,
I just stumbled across your blog and hav...Hi Sarah,<br />I just stumbled across your blog and have enjoyed reading several of your posts. Warmest congratulations on your pregnancy. As a fellow mother who has experienced great loss, I celebrate your future bundle of joy with my whole heart. Thank you for this post about your illness as well. I had a girlfriend who had this too, so awful. I just wanted to say hello and thank you for your courage, inspiration and writing. I wish you all the best!<br />SarahSarah Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06477529664915222097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331752969086770281.post-30299259251483674092012-03-29T02:20:32.333-04:002012-03-29T02:20:32.333-04:00Yes! Yes! Yes! That is exactly what it is like! ...Yes! Yes! Yes! That is exactly what it is like! It is so hard to explain it without someone saying "just take... Or have you tried...". All three of my pregnancies were like this and my husband was a saint for helping out and taking over everything! It is debilitating and horrible! It has left me with acid reflux issues, and a probelm digesting dairy; I had to go dairy free.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04276805864343373561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331752969086770281.post-27919117696250049582012-03-26T10:00:32.647-04:002012-03-26T10:00:32.647-04:00I have struggled with intense HG for now 3 pregnan...I have struggled with intense HG for now 3 pregnancies. I am so thankful you wrote this, I have written before about it on my blog, but you did a much more informative job. With my first and second pregnancies I devoured the internet looking for someone going through this and found so little other than women aborting because of the horror of the illness. This pregnancy I am finally getting a small amount of relief at 18 weeks, and there is so much more on HG out there I love that women depressed, scared, and lonely can get their hands on a life changing post like this. God bless you, you did this 5 times?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You deserve a gigantic trophy. OR 5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!CourtneyKebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12854168181754702524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331752969086770281.post-79953528539940583362012-03-25T04:28:39.525-04:002012-03-25T04:28:39.525-04:00My mom referred me to your blog when she read this...My mom referred me to your blog when she read this post, and I am SO thankful!! I had my first baby 4 months ago and reading the symptoms I definitely think I had HG. I could not eat, could not drink, could not think, concentrate, move, smell ANYTHING, and I had to crawl to the bathroom and most often couldn't even crawl back to bed and lay on the floor until my husband got back from school to help me. Which would of course send me into heaves. He had to sleep in the family room for 4 months because just walking near the bedroom door would send me off. We had just moved to a new city - with no doctor, no car and taxis made me ABSOLUTELY sick. I also felt like they would try to put me in the hospital - and I didn't think I could take that emotionally. So I never got diagnosed for what it was, and I myself was left wondering. <br />THANK YOU for this post. No one in my circle of people understood or had gone through anything like this before and thought that I was weak or over-reacting - and I did not understand what it was or why myself. Knowing that you and others have had the same difficult experience and have managed makes me feel so much better. It's validating and comforting and empowering to know what it is and hear your stories (yours and those in the comment sections).Amanda Kristeenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03593263531249234091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331752969086770281.post-4163021356180837202012-03-24T03:58:07.991-04:002012-03-24T03:58:07.991-04:00Sarah,
I am SO, so terribly sorry that you have su...Sarah,<br />I am SO, so terribly sorry that you have suffered this way with your pregnancies. I have emetophobia, which is the phobia of vomiting. It is a severe phobia or me, as in I'd rather have you saw off my arm than throw up. So I had always been terrified of getting pregnant because I knew I was going to be nauseous and just might throw up. Thankfully I found out about zofran prior to my pregnancies. I don't think I would have made it through without it. I had what I would call "pretty bad" morning sickness (or all dy sickness) for different lengths of time with each pregnancy. But for me it was horrific because I get super panicky and depressed just from mild nausea. I never did throw up, thanks to the zofran. Very nauseated but I am so very, very, very thankful to say that everything stayed down. I have always felt so awful about women who get hyperemesis - I don't think anyone can understand what it is like to feel like you have a stomach virus for WEEKS. And then to often have to care for other children and a household at the same time. It really does take every ounce of strength you can drag out. I've always been thankful too that this happens at the beginning of pregnancy so you can try to forget about once it does finally end. <br /><br />Thank you for your post. I am sure that it gave much needed strength to many women suffering today. <br /><br />Glad you are feeling better!!!!!<br /><br />~TamieTheFiveDayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03681462700484838941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331752969086770281.post-11505441812700105192012-03-22T12:56:15.560-04:002012-03-22T12:56:15.560-04:00I'm an HG girl. I don't know how you did i...I'm an HG girl. I don't know how you did it so many times. Weekly all day IV treatments. 18% total weight loss. People "jealous" that I'm skinny (only when I'm pregnant, lol). It's brutal. The effect on marriages and families and relationships is pretty killer. I remember at about 20 weeks, with my first, 1 started feeling a bit better. I asked where my socks were, and my husband smiled sheepishly--they were all in a basket. I asked how long they had been like that? 18 weeks. 18 weeks of not even realizing that laundry was being done and food being prepared. I met my sister's fiance when I was pregnant. He thought I hated him. I just hated everything. I remember after I had baby number 2, my sister started to cry (a few weeks later). She said, "Oh. You are back. I didn't know if we had lost you forever." it's scary stuff. thanks for sharing.Katie @SwimBikeQuilthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140324323541294423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331752969086770281.post-81967479749123952372012-03-22T09:14:40.617-04:002012-03-22T09:14:40.617-04:00Thank you for sharing this. I am currently 8 weeks...Thank you for sharing this. I am currently 8 weeks pregnant with my fourth child and am very nauseous. I have been able to force myself to eat small meals but have started throwing up this week. I am praying that it subsides and doesn't get much worse.Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14005201076496165287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331752969086770281.post-34447024442338789482012-03-21T22:28:20.563-04:002012-03-21T22:28:20.563-04:00Oh Sarah. A good friend of mine had this for her 2...Oh Sarah. A good friend of mine had this for her 2 pregnancies. I had no idea you'd been dealing with this each time! I'm so sorry. Praying for good days and strength for you!!!Whitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284486327135025106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331752969086770281.post-35848733885184966522012-03-21T21:01:53.665-04:002012-03-21T21:01:53.665-04:00I suffered from Hyperemesis Gravidarum in all 5 of...I suffered from Hyperemesis Gravidarum in all 5 of my pregnancies. With my first 3 girls, it lasted for 5 months. With my last two, it lasted until I delivered. I felt myself dying on certain days and no one understood. They would offer advice like 'you just have to get dressed and get going' It's worse if you just lay there' Many helpful tips like that-HA! It's a very lonely time. Though my husband and chidlren are saints. Howo do you describe being a 'High Maintenance, Non-Contributing Member of a household for 9 months?' and I'm the mother! All I can say is, I'm stronger because of it, I have 5 amazing children, My husband is more than devoted to us. I wish others understood the difference between morning sickness and hyperemesis Gravidarum. I ended up in the hospital multiple times on IV's, having a PICC line inserted, having a weight loss of 40 lbs, gone into pre-term labor because I couldn't stop throwing up etc. etc. <br />In other words, it was good to read your words, becaue they are mine. It feels good to share an experience with someone who truly understands. Thanks!Charihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15737108184988557534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331752969086770281.post-24613492636969655582012-03-21T17:16:35.684-04:002012-03-21T17:16:35.684-04:00Thank you for sharing about this very personal exp...Thank you for sharing about this very personal experience. I did not realize that there was something yet another step beyond severe morning sickness. It is helpful to be aware of what someone else might be experiencing. According to the comments here, this is more common than I would have expected. Thanks for being willing to share your dark moments so that more people can become aware of this condition and respond more appropriately to expectant Mothers who are suffering.Amy.Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15294040001838941516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331752969086770281.post-46139580674377333172012-03-21T17:12:39.660-04:002012-03-21T17:12:39.660-04:00This post brought tears to my eyes because I could...This post brought tears to my eyes because I could have written every word of it...having survived it 4 times, I'm amazed at how seamlessly your blog has kept going amid all the turmoil.<br /><br />I remember occasionally chugging a few mouthfuls of water just to have something to throw up other than bile. <br /><br />The one good thing that came from my 3rd pregnancy, I was able to lay on the couch and teach my 2nd child his entire alphabet...and he was only 20 months old at the time. He's just such a little genius. I credit most of that to the months and months of couch time we spent together. :)Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03454990838128345106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331752969086770281.post-86430815954209112542012-03-21T16:09:58.034-04:002012-03-21T16:09:58.034-04:00Just wanted to add my thanks about this misunderst...Just wanted to add my thanks about this misunderstood disease. I have been through it four times. It lessened around 20 weeks, but I continued to have nausea the until I delivered. For me, one of the worst things was the guilt I felt over not being able to care for my home and family, as though, if I were stronger, I would be able to do it and feel better. I am so glad there are others who understand what it is like. Although I would LOVE to have another baby, I just can't bring myself to face the idea of nine months of sickness.Kariannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03114223751069347235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2331752969086770281.post-34616263159088711972012-03-21T15:41:35.768-04:002012-03-21T15:41:35.768-04:00I love this post! I have 4 childrren and suffered ...I love this post! I have 4 childrren and suffered hyperemisis during my pregneancies. I couldn't believe the people who told me it was all in my head or said they just willed themselves not to throw up when they were pregnant. As if that was an option! Thank goodness for a sweet woman from church who had been through this before and took over my life for me. She arranged meals, household help and kept me sane! Congratulations on your growing family. I will keep them and you in my prayers!shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17919722828544347606noreply@blogger.com