I’m back from the brink of death!
For most women pregnancy is a time of joy. For me it is a struggle to live. I’ll be 13 weeks tomorrow and as of today I am finally starting to feel human again! Hallelujah!
As soon as I found out I was pregnant I started feeling sick. That is actually why I suspected I was. And after a trip to the ER my Dr. put me on a home IV and medicine pump. This helped minimally. I’ve lost a total of 26 lbs through this 2 months ordeal and most of my bones are showing! It even grosses me out a bit.
I was taken off the IV last week and the home health care nurses are going to start weaning me off the Zofran the end of this week, if I let them. I’m thinking about insisting I stay on the strong dose an extra week just in case.
The baby is fine. Apparently it really wanted to live. I feel it move a lot even though I’m not showing yet. Now I have the other joys of pregnancy to look forward to i.e. leg cramps, back pain, hip pain, heart burn, sciatic nerve, hip displacement, groin pain, and ligament pain. Oh the joys of childbearing!
My days consisted of waking up and usually throwing up immediately. Then I would pee if I was lucky. And off to the couch. Here I would remain until 6pm only getting up to throw up. And what did I eat and drink? Nothing, especially in the beginning. After I got on the IV and medicine pump I was able to eat one or two small things a day and maybe some liquids. Today, I am eating and keeping it down. I am still nauseous, but it comes and goes! I am so happy I really thought I was going to die this time. I’m alive…Alive!
For most women pregnancy is a time of joy. For me it is a struggle to live. I’ll be 13 weeks tomorrow and as of today I am finally starting to feel human again! Hallelujah!
As soon as I found out I was pregnant I started feeling sick. That is actually why I suspected I was. And after a trip to the ER my Dr. put me on a home IV and medicine pump. This helped minimally. I’ve lost a total of 26 lbs through this 2 months ordeal and most of my bones are showing! It even grosses me out a bit.
I was taken off the IV last week and the home health care nurses are going to start weaning me off the Zofran the end of this week, if I let them. I’m thinking about insisting I stay on the strong dose an extra week just in case.
The baby is fine. Apparently it really wanted to live. I feel it move a lot even though I’m not showing yet. Now I have the other joys of pregnancy to look forward to i.e. leg cramps, back pain, hip pain, heart burn, sciatic nerve, hip displacement, groin pain, and ligament pain. Oh the joys of childbearing!
My days consisted of waking up and usually throwing up immediately. Then I would pee if I was lucky. And off to the couch. Here I would remain until 6pm only getting up to throw up. And what did I eat and drink? Nothing, especially in the beginning. After I got on the IV and medicine pump I was able to eat one or two small things a day and maybe some liquids. Today, I am eating and keeping it down. I am still nauseous, but it comes and goes! I am so happy I really thought I was going to die this time. I’m alive…Alive!
posted by Dawn @ 11:53 AM
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