Post by ouchy2 on Mar 10, 2011 21:39:38 GMT -5
Endometriosis is to period pain what "HG" is to morning sickness. LOL If that puts it in to perspective.
I had this with my daughter and didn't know this was what I had. My previous OB never diagnosed it or did anything to treat it. It affects no more than 2% of pregnant women, so while rare, I'm SURE OB's have seen it or at least studied about it when you consider how many hundreds or thousands of babies they've delivered in 20+ yrs like my previous OB.
It's basically the worst form of morning sickness you can have. It's nearly constant nausea and/or vomiting 24-hrs a day. Once weight loss hits 5-10% of your body weight, treatment should be started. I was never treated with my daughter and lost a TON of weight. It can lead to low birth-weight, low blood pressure, malnutrition in the mother, hospitalizations for re-hydration, ulcers, tooth destruction, and even maternal and fetal death. It usually lasts at least 21-weeks of pregnancy. With my daughter, it lasted 25-weeks. Subsequent pregnancies are expected to be affected about the same duration as previous pregnancies.
It usually presents in each subsequent pregnancy, and if a woman has had two pregnancies with HG, she's pretty much guaranteed to have it with any pregnancy she may have.
If treatment is started at the first signs in subsequent pregnancies, it can be managed fairly well; however, once symptoms are out of control, it's difficult to get symptoms under control.
Thanks to a local midwife, I got diagnosed this time around and my OB agreed, after I'd already suffered nearly 12-weeks of debilitating nausea and 24-hr vomiting (even in the middle of the night) and lost 20+pounds in 5-weeks. She suggested a nausea med that I found info for on here, Zofran. This helped the vomiting a LOT, though I still vomit a few times a day. However, it did not help the nausea. So, I felt like I was constantly going to vomit, would dry-heave, but a lot of the time, nothing would come out. I finally found my magic bullet in a medicine called Diclectin. Thank goodness for this drug. It has saved me. I can now function and take care of my family and housework. I'm so fortunate that I did not have to drive to work and sit in an office without windows and with flickering lights this time 'round. It was torture and definitely not safe to drive like that last time. I do feel bad that my daughter has watched more television in the last 3-months than she's watched in her entire life. With the new meds, though, I'm SURE that will change!
Thanks for reading, and if you experience this yourself or know of someone who fits the description, SEEK HELP!
Edit:
Here is a great informational site on HG. helpher.org/hyperemesis-gravidarum/
Oh. I read a poll on one of the fora there, and like 65% of women needed a root canal after suffering a pregnancy with it! Crazy!
I had this with my daughter and didn't know this was what I had. My previous OB never diagnosed it or did anything to treat it. It affects no more than 2% of pregnant women, so while rare, I'm SURE OB's have seen it or at least studied about it when you consider how many hundreds or thousands of babies they've delivered in 20+ yrs like my previous OB.
It's basically the worst form of morning sickness you can have. It's nearly constant nausea and/or vomiting 24-hrs a day. Once weight loss hits 5-10% of your body weight, treatment should be started. I was never treated with my daughter and lost a TON of weight. It can lead to low birth-weight, low blood pressure, malnutrition in the mother, hospitalizations for re-hydration, ulcers, tooth destruction, and even maternal and fetal death. It usually lasts at least 21-weeks of pregnancy. With my daughter, it lasted 25-weeks. Subsequent pregnancies are expected to be affected about the same duration as previous pregnancies.
It usually presents in each subsequent pregnancy, and if a woman has had two pregnancies with HG, she's pretty much guaranteed to have it with any pregnancy she may have.
If treatment is started at the first signs in subsequent pregnancies, it can be managed fairly well; however, once symptoms are out of control, it's difficult to get symptoms under control.
Thanks to a local midwife, I got diagnosed this time around and my OB agreed, after I'd already suffered nearly 12-weeks of debilitating nausea and 24-hr vomiting (even in the middle of the night) and lost 20+pounds in 5-weeks. She suggested a nausea med that I found info for on here, Zofran. This helped the vomiting a LOT, though I still vomit a few times a day. However, it did not help the nausea. So, I felt like I was constantly going to vomit, would dry-heave, but a lot of the time, nothing would come out. I finally found my magic bullet in a medicine called Diclectin. Thank goodness for this drug. It has saved me. I can now function and take care of my family and housework. I'm so fortunate that I did not have to drive to work and sit in an office without windows and with flickering lights this time 'round. It was torture and definitely not safe to drive like that last time. I do feel bad that my daughter has watched more television in the last 3-months than she's watched in her entire life. With the new meds, though, I'm SURE that will change!
Thanks for reading, and if you experience this yourself or know of someone who fits the description, SEEK HELP!
Edit:
Here is a great informational site on HG. helpher.org/hyperemesis-gravidarum/
Oh. I read a poll on one of the fora there, and like 65% of women needed a root canal after suffering a pregnancy with it! Crazy!