I had thought I was improving. I’ve thrown up a couple of times since my last update (when I had gone almost a month without vomiting), but I have been doing a lot more recently. I had thought that my increased activity meant I was doing better, but I went back and reread all my postings on living with hyperemesis gravidarum (excessive nausea and vomiting in pregnancy), and found that I’ve been steadily increasing my dosage of anti-nausea medicine when I had thought I was taking the same amount now as I was back in January.
Now I think my body has just adjusted to the side effect of fatigue that I, at first, had with dimenhydrinate (aka Dramamine), allowing me to take enough to be somewhat active. In January, I wrote that I was taking 2–3 50mg tablets a day. Now I’m taking 5–6 on good days, up to 8 a day on bad days.
I can generally manage doing stuff like going shopping, or maybe some light housework or gardening every other day, with a day of rest needed in between to recuperate. I’m managing to cook most of the time, so I’m off my steady diet of ready-to-make meals (thank goodness!), but I still can’t drive more than a mile or so and get really motion sick in cars (despite 5–6 Dramamine a day!).
The baby continues to be very large. I was a large baby, so the docs think it’s just genetic (I was born at 36 weeks and was 8lbs, 4oz). They’re planning to induce me at 37 weeks because the baby is so big (it’s estimated at 8 lbs right now). I’m really looking forward to an end to the nausea and fatigue and motion sickness. I can’t wait to have my freedom and mobility back (something I think most new moms aren’t thinking when it comes to giving birth, but that’s HG for you). I’m looking forward to not being dependent on others pretty much all the time and being able to get back to being myself. So, unless the doctors change their minds, I’ve only got 3.5 weeks to go. The end is in sight. Phew!
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Phew! what a ride for you! I took a dramamine once for sea sickness… it made me sleepier than I’ve ever been — when trying to be awake, so I cannot imagine 8 of them! I’ll bet your’re ready to have this baby! As someone who never had HG, I felt far better in the weeks BEFORE the baby arrived than AFTER. Hang in there– end is in sight!
Good luck with the last 3.5 weeks, you have had a very rough ride but at least the end is in sight. Having not suffered from this condition I cannot begin to imagine how hard it must be to cope with the physical demands of pregnancy whilst feeling constantly sick and tired. Hope you have an easy labour!
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