Hi ladies, mind if I join?
I'm currently almost 13 weeks and have been suffering from HG since 6 weeks. I've been to ER twice and was finally hospitalized for 3 days when I started sobbing on the phone with my OB's office begging them to take me seriously. I had severe NVP with my first child, but it was nothing like this. Oral Zofran kept me functioning and working full time with her. I did puke regularly at the office, but again NOTHING like this. I think it took them a while to realize I wasn't exaggerating about throwing up every 15 minutes.
So I finally got hydrated and sent home from the hospital with a Zofran pump. It has worked wonders for me, but I'm still not feeling "good." I still get bouts of nausea, but I haven't actually thrown up in a couple weeks. I am so sick of sticking myself in the tummy. I'm running out of spots, it's itchy, red and really sore. But I guess it's worth it.
The thing that's bothering me most right now is debilitating fatigue, lethargy, whatever you want to call it. I can barely walk around for 20 minutes without needing a nap. Is this the medication or the HG? Do the rest of you feel this way. My BP was really low in the hospital, but it's back up in a good normal range now. Yet still, every time I stand up I'm having to grab onto a wall for support while I adjust from the dizziness and vision spots.
I'm just hoping, praying that sometime in the next couple of weeks my life can return to normal. I started feeling better with my DD around 14 weeks and I'm very close to that! It's scary to see how many people have/are suffering HG through their whole pregnancy!! I don't know how I'd live through it!
In addition to having to deal with basically no energy or ability to do anything even mildly physical, I am going to sound like the most ungrateful witch, but I am sick to death of the people who have been caring for me/DD. I just feel like I haven't been alone in 7 weeks with people constantly re-organizing my kitchen, laundry and DD's play room. Like the way I keep it isn't good enough.
Step MIL has been here over a week and is staying for a total of 12 days
I've been ready for her to leave for a while now. She lets my dogs in (outdoor dogs) and I put them out. We just go back and forth. I keep making it clear I don't like them in, but she just acts like I'm an animal abuser and lets them in. And then doesn't even make them stay in the kitchen, which is the ONLY place I can even tolerate dirty, stinky dogs! She even tried to get them to sleep with her. Umm...not in one of my beds on my sheets your not!! She has 4 LARGE dogs that are in the house and all over the furniture. One poops in the house constantly and she doesn't even care. I can't stand for DD to go there, because it's a FILTHY house. And she doesn't understand why I don't let dogs all over my nice (newish) furniture and carpet?! Newsflash, I have small children who play on this floor!
Anyhow, I feel better, lol! I want so badly to do things on my own when she's gone. At least it'll just be my family then, and they are relatively normal. My only complaint there is they don't act like they really understand or fully believe the severity of what I'm going through. At least if I could just get to part time help it would be easier to deal!
What are your doctor's saying as far as what you should do? My nurses who handle the pump said I shouldn't go out for more than 10 minutes at a time and should pretty much be taking it easy all day at home. I'm not supposed to lift anything over 10 pounds, and even a shower is a lot of work for me. My family acts like it's ridiculous that I just lay around most of the time, but I don't feel like I can do anything else. And when I do try to go to the store for the quick milk/bread I feel like I'll die by the time I'm home.
On another subject, I'm severely depressed, but I'll save that for my next post, lol!
Thanks for any input. Hope you're all doing as good as you can be!
