Comments on: Struggling with Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG): Week 23 Update http://www.mamasworldwide.com/2010/02/18/still-living-with-hg-23-weeks-in/ Bringing together parents from around the world Tue, 19 Jul 2011 04:59:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Christina http://www.mamasworldwide.com/2010/02/18/still-living-with-hg-23-weeks-in/comment-page-1/#comment-14022 Christina Fri, 14 Jan 2011 07:45:30 +0000 http://www.mamasworldwide.com/?p=720#comment-14022 @jennifer: Sorry you are going through this, but there are a lot of other women out there who've gone through the same thing and we've all had the same feelings that you're having. Hang in there and lots of hugs! @beatrice: I'm so so sorry you are still having HG. That must be horrible, thinking it will be over and it just keeps going. I haven't read anything about it continuing for so long, you really should find a doctor who is knowledgeable about HG (if you don't already have one). My HG disappeared about 4-5 days after the birth, so I think yours has gone on much too long. Talk to your doctor and if they don't know what to do, find another doctor! Good luck and I hope things get better for you soon! @jennifer: Sorry you are going through this, but there are a lot of other women out there who’ve gone through the same thing and we’ve all had the same feelings that you’re having. Hang in there and lots of hugs!

@beatrice: I’m so so sorry you are still having HG. That must be horrible, thinking it will be over and it just keeps going. I haven’t read anything about it continuing for so long, you really should find a doctor who is knowledgeable about HG (if you don’t already have one). My HG disappeared about 4–5 days after the birth, so I think yours has gone on much too long. Talk to your doctor and if they don’t know what to do, find another doctor! Good luck and I hope things get better for you soon!

]]> By: Beatrice http://www.mamasworldwide.com/2010/02/18/still-living-with-hg-23-weeks-in/comment-page-1/#comment-14011 Beatrice Thu, 13 Jan 2011 23:55:42 +0000 http://www.mamasworldwide.com/?p=720#comment-14011 I feel desperate. I had HG the full 9 months of my pregnancy. I was induced at 37 weeks because the baby was not gaining weight. I started my pregnancy at 186 pounds and now am 155 pounds. Baby is absolutely fine and lovely although small, he is healthy. Why am I complaining? I am still sick!!!! Its been 3 weeks still my baby arrived and I still cant even drink water sometimes! I cannot find anything at all anywhere about the damn HG leaving me. Please if you have any information, please please help me. I am breastfeeding too so Im extremely weak because Im not able to feed myself. Help!!!! I feel desperate. I had HG the full 9 months of my pregnancy. I was induced at 37 weeks because the baby was not gaining weight. I started my pregnancy at 186 pounds and now am 155 pounds. Baby is absolutely fine and lovely although small, he is healthy. Why am I complaining? I am still sick!!!! Its been 3 weeks still my baby arrived and I still cant even drink water sometimes! I cannot find anything at all anywhere about the damn HG leaving me. Please if you have any information, please please help me. I am breastfeeding too so Im extremely weak because Im not able to feed myself. Help!!!!

]]> By: jennifer http://www.mamasworldwide.com/2010/02/18/still-living-with-hg-23-weeks-in/comment-page-1/#comment-13976 jennifer Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:17:21 +0000 http://www.mamasworldwide.com/?p=720#comment-13976 i needed to read this :) i am 26 weeks pregnant and have been suffering from Hyperemisis the ENTIRE 6 months like literally from conception it seems . i was hospitalized for 6 weeks i lost 25lbs . ive gained it back but im so ill all the time still ! i have a 6 yrd old son and a 5yr old daughter , they along with my husband feared DEATH for me ! ive felt like a cancer patient .i got really depressed and cried and screamed for hours a day :( it has been tough on the WHOLE FAMILY ! and facebook kept me intouch with people but lol made me hate them when i read their GREAT LUNCH & DINNER post ! oh how i wish i could eat and go shopping without needing to hover a toilet or wanna just go to sleep anyplace !! anywho I WOULDNT EVER WANT ANYONE TO SUFFER FROM THIS MISERABLE DISEASE if I MAY :) its comforting to know i am not the ONLY one ! i needed to read this :)
i am 26 weeks pregnant and have been suffering from Hyperemisis the ENTIRE 6 months like literally from conception it seems .
i was hospitalized for 6 weeks i lost 25lbs .
ive gained it back but im so ill all the time still !
i have a 6 yrd old son and a 5yr old daughter , they along with my husband feared DEATH for me ! ive felt like a cancer patient .i got really depressed and cried and screamed for hours a day :(
it has been tough on the WHOLE FAMILY ! and facebook kept me intouch with people but lol made me hate them when i read their GREAT LUNCH & DINNER post ! oh how i wish i could eat and go shopping without needing to hover a toilet or wanna just go to sleep anyplace !!

anywho I WOULDNT EVER WANT ANYONE TO SUFFER FROM THIS MISERABLE DISEASE if I MAY :)
its comforting to know i am not the ONLY one !

]]> By: Christina http://www.mamasworldwide.com/2010/02/18/still-living-with-hg-23-weeks-in/comment-page-1/#comment-8583 Christina Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:28:41 +0000 http://www.mamasworldwide.com/?p=720#comment-8583 Thanks everyone for your support and advice. I really appreciate it. @irina: I have tried through my doctor and it didn't help. I would bet that the Hebammen at St. Hedwig's Krankenhaus could do acupuncture for nausea, I know they do it for many other reasons and have friends who have had it done there and were quite happy. Thanks everyone for your support and advice. I really appreciate it.

@irina: I have tried through my doctor and it didn’t help. I would bet that the Hebammen at St. Hedwig’s Krankenhaus could do acupuncture for nausea, I know they do it for many other reasons and have friends who have had it done there and were quite happy.

]]> By: Irina http://www.mamasworldwide.com/2010/02/18/still-living-with-hg-23-weeks-in/comment-page-1/#comment-8567 Irina Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:26:49 +0000 http://www.mamasworldwide.com/?p=720#comment-8567 hallo Christina, sorry to hear you are struggling :( have you tried Acupuncture already? I stayed in Munich up to being 34 weeks pregnant and was going to the midwives center, http://www.hebammenpraxis-meinbaby.de/ 3 times a week:). They do apply acupuncture against nausea (and other things), in my case it helped quite good. Unfortunately I am new to Regensburg and can not really tell where to go here, but maybe you talk to your doctor? irina hallo Christina,

sorry to hear you are struggling :(

have you tried Acupuncture already? I stayed in Munich up to being 34 weeks pregnant and was going to the midwives center, http://www.hebammenpraxis-meinbaby.de/ 3 times a week:). They do apply acupuncture against nausea (and other things), in my case it helped quite good. Unfortunately I am new to Regensburg and can not really tell where to go here, but maybe you talk to your doctor?

irina

]]> By: penny http://www.mamasworldwide.com/2010/02/18/still-living-with-hg-23-weeks-in/comment-page-1/#comment-8436 penny Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:46:18 +0000 http://www.mamasworldwide.com/?p=720#comment-8436 Dear Christina, I don't know how comfortable you are with the German language, but I wnated to let you know about the forum of the website www.hyperemesis.de; lots of nice women there with the same story who offer tips and consolation. Also, a lot of them use Agyrax which they order from Belgium (the drug in that is Meclozin); it didn't help me, but a lot of others and it doesn't make as drowsy, apparently. For medication during pregnancy, there's a good site ( government-related) called www. embryotox.de, they also have a hotline and offer great advice, very friendly too. Got to go, te little one is crying, wishing you all the best penny Dear Christina,
I don’t know how comfortable you are with the German language, but I wnated to let you know about the forum of the website http://www.hyperemesis.de; lots of nice women there with the same story who offer tips and consolation. Also, a lot of them use Agyrax which they order from Belgium (the drug in that is Meclozin); it didn’t help me, but a lot of others and it doesn’t make as drowsy, apparently. For medication during pregnancy, there’s a good site ( government-related) called www. embryotox.de, they also have a hotline and offer great advice, very friendly too. Got to go, te little one is crying,
wishing you all the best
penny

]]> By: penny http://www.mamasworldwide.com/2010/02/18/still-living-with-hg-23-weeks-in/comment-page-1/#comment-8421 penny Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:56:02 +0000 http://www.mamasworldwide.com/?p=720#comment-8421 hi there, i stumbled across your blod looking for baby clothes. i'm so sorry you have to go through all of this! i had hg as well, the suffering is so horrible, poor you! i was also worried about giving birth after hg; but, i have to tell you, two weeks before birth i got better. not good, noooooo, but better. in the end, i had to have a ceasarian, but still, i think i would have been up for it after all. and if you feel to weak, tell them you want a ceasarian. honestly, after a hg pregnancy we have done our share!and i know it doesn't help a lot that you know it will pass. my daughter is 5 months now, and i can't imagine to go through this once again. but i know, and so do you, that the reward for this suffering is wonderful. if you need support from an hg sufferer in germany, feel free to contact me.i so hope you feel better soon! all the best penny hi there,
i stumbled across your blod looking for baby clothes. i’m so sorry you have to go through all of this! i had hg as well, the suffering is so horrible, poor you! i was also worried about giving birth after hg; but, i have to tell you, two weeks before birth i got better. not good, noooooo, but better. in the end, i had to have a ceasarian, but still, i think i would have been up for it after all. and if you feel to weak, tell them you want a ceasarian. honestly, after a hg pregnancy we have done our share!and i know it doesn’t help a lot that you know it will pass. my daughter is 5 months now, and i can’t imagine to go through this once again. but i know, and so do you, that the reward for this suffering is wonderful. if you need support from an hg sufferer in germany, feel free to contact me.i so hope you feel better soon!
all the best
penny

]]> By: kat http://www.mamasworldwide.com/2010/02/18/still-living-with-hg-23-weeks-in/comment-page-1/#comment-8340 kat Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:38:00 +0000 http://www.mamasworldwide.com/?p=720#comment-8340 I'm sorry to hear things are going not so well at the moment. Sending hugs your way! Sometimes the only thing you can do is worry about the next 5 minutes, and know that this too will pass. I’m sorry to hear things are going not so well at the moment. Sending hugs your way! Sometimes the only thing you can do is worry about the next 5 minutes, and know that this too will pass.

]]> By: Rachael http://www.mamasworldwide.com/2010/02/18/still-living-with-hg-23-weeks-in/comment-page-1/#comment-8325 Rachael Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:53:44 +0000 http://www.mamasworldwide.com/?p=720#comment-8325 Oh my goodness. I am sorry to hear how things are going. I was really hoping that things would improve for you -- when I read on Jan 7 or so that you'd puked only ONCE in the New Year. It was normal for me as a SAHM when I had a tiny little newborn to feel isolated -- I had serious baby blues and felt home bound. But your sickness and is a whole new level of isolation, symptoms, seeing facebook fun, etc. It is only natural to feel sad and depressed. I second others -- ask for help. This is hard, though, when not near people you feel confortable asking... so I would take up any offers you get if you cannot initiate requsts. Don't dismiss it with the usual pleasantries "I'm fine, thanks." Instead, say "Can you do XX?" Hang in there! Oh my goodness. I am sorry to hear how things are going. I was really hoping that things would improve for you — when I read on Jan 7 or so that you’d puked only ONCE in the New Year.

It was normal for me as a SAHM when I had a tiny little newborn to feel isolated — I had serious baby blues and felt home bound. But your sickness and is a whole new level of isolation, symptoms, seeing facebook fun, etc. It is only natural to feel sad and depressed. I second others — ask for help. This is hard, though, when not near people you feel confortable asking… so I would take up any offers you get if you cannot initiate requsts. Don’t dismiss it with the usual pleasantries “I’m fine, thanks.” Instead, say “Can you do XX?”

Hang in there!

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.mamasworldwide.com/2010/02/18/still-living-with-hg-23-weeks-in/comment-page-1/#comment-8252 Jennifer Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:35:16 +0000 http://www.mamasworldwide.com/?p=720#comment-8252 Hi Christina! This is easy to say and hard to do but....DON'T BE AFRAID TO ASK FOR HELP!!! If I lived in your city I would be over tomorrow :-) The people in your life will jump at the chance to assist you in anyway they can. Really! Believe it! YOU ARE A WONDERFUL MOTHER!!!!! I have you and your family in my prayers. If I can ever do anything to help (really!) please call on me (yeah I know I'm a stranger but....). JH Hi Christina!

This is easy to say and hard to do but.…DON’T BE AFRAID TO ASK FOR HELP!!! If I lived in your city I would be over tomorrow :-) The people in your life will jump at the chance to assist you in anyway they can. Really! Believe it!

YOU ARE A WONDERFUL MOTHER!!!!!

I have you and your family in my prayers.

If I can ever do anything to help (really!) please call on me (yeah I know I’m a stranger but.…).
JH

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