How many times have you faced HG?

[Ivydragon]

Ok, here is our first poll to test out this feature. This is where we can probably explain why we are asking our poll question, or explain it fully.

I know that some women have had undiagnosed HG, and I know some women have miscarried before HG set in, or suffered HG and experienced a loss. So, this is IN YOUR OPINION, how many times have you had an HG pg?

I honestly do not know if your signature is stamped with your response or not, so I'll figure all of that out.

Andy

[Valerie Cruz]

I won't remain anonymous. I guess most HGers stop after four.

Valerie

[PamelaRose]

4 for me, though HG ended with the first at 10.5 weeks and I miscarried at 12. I had an insurance co. nurse argue vehemently with me that HG with a miscarriage is IMPOSSIBLE, so I'd be interested in finding out just how many of us have had it and gone on to miscarry.

[Mar2]

Pamela - I would be interested in a poll about HG and miscarriage as well. When I first found HuGS, I had just lost my first baby at 16 weeks. I had severe HG which went untreated until my 11th week. I was so sad and confused and obsessed after the loss. I was looking for links and causes at every turn. But everyone on the site assured me their was no link between HG and miscarriage. Then, as time passed, I think we all began to notice a number of women with severe HG and late first or second trimester losses. Maybe it is just that women who miscarry seek out more advise/comfort online. Who knows. But I think it would make for an interesting poll. I will attempt to create one if my membership status allows it. If not, would you mind creating the poll? I will let you know if it doesn't work.

I wish I could do more of a survey type poll, so I could expand on the questions if I get certain responses (e.g., do you feel you received adequate treatment during your HG pgcy where you miscarried during the second tirmester, etc.)

How are you and your blondies doing this summer?
Take care,

[sarahts]

I have miscarried twice with HG, both around 8-9 weeks. I also have two healthy children and am 7 weeks pregnant currently. All five pregnancies I have experienced HG! Right now I am just keeping my fingers crossed that this will be a healthy pregnancy.

[ashleymoore65]

One miscarriage at 15 weeks and one healthy baby boy... Two for me... About to embark on a third pregnancy- hopefully w/o HG!!!

[Manchelle]

I voted one, because this is my first pregnancy that has made it. The first (and only other) one only made it about 4 weeks, but I was indeed sick as a dog for 2 of those weeks.
I would hope that it would be different if I decided to have another child, but I don't see that happening.

[Kadinga]

I just have to say

WOW!

Here I am, nervous about facing up to this a second time and there are ladies here who have gone back again and again....

Whoever the heroine is who registered 7 pregnancies, you truly are an inspiration. I have no idea who you are or what circumstances or experiences went with your pregnancies, but just in case nobody ever praised your courage and emotional strength, I really want to make sure you know that there are people out here who think you are completely amazing.

Lets face it, anyone who goes back for more when the "more" means more HG is a brave soul. Maybe it's true, what they say;

"That which does not destroy me only makes me stronger"

Amanda

[nikki0072004]

I voted for four times for me, that includes the preganncies I lost.

Pamela and Co: Did you mean that nurse said you cant have HG with a pregnancy that is destined to miscarry? OR that HG would not cause you to miscarry? I wil answer as if you mean the last one, but if you mean the first, please forgive me.

I am seeing a Peri for this pregnancy, and he made me go over like 5 hours worth of sexual/female history to get a good idea for this pregnancy. I lost my first child, Jack, at 22 weeks. He died in-utero. That pregnancy was my worst HG pregnancy, I was young, and alone and had NO medical drug intervention for HG, I was being seen at a free clinic, and they didnt really deal with things like that. I had one rehydration at 10 weeks. I think I lost about 25-30lbs. For many years I assumed it was a loss due to HG, since I coudlnt see how it could have survived without nutrition.

My Peri assures me that this is a physical impossibility, and that my HG had NOTHING to do with the loss. He said that the baby would take so many nutrients from me, that I would literally go into heart/renal/system failure before a baby was lost due to lack of nutrition or dehydartion etc.

So, I did want to reassure anyone who has this concern. Of course 99% of people have far better care than I was receiving at the time. But its still a nice thought, since we would all go thru anything it took as long as we know its not affecting the baby, right?

Again, if this is not what you meant, I am sorry.

Nikki

[Trudy]

I've had 2 HG pregnancies. The 1st with twins. A hospital midwife told me that women with HG don't miscarry, the theory being 'that there was too many hormones'. However when I was almost 13 weeks pg a scan showed our babies had died around 8 weeks 5 days apart. HG continued until a few days after a D&C.

Nikki, I too had thought our loss was due to lack of adequate treatment/nutrition so thanks for that, what you said makes sense.

My 2nd pg HG lasted to 23 weeks then was finally able to enjoy be pg.

Trudy

[PamelaRose]

Nikki - I believe the "specialist" I spoke with was running with the idea that HG is related to hormones--the whole "sign of a healthy pregnancy" thing. Indeed, many HGers who suffer early miscarriages suspect that something is wrong because they're NOT sick. But there are many of us who've suffered through full-blown HG and have miscarried, so it's certainly not impossible. Is there a link between HG and miscarriage? My miscarriage had nothing to do with my HG, but I have known more women here who've lost babies in their 2nd trimester than I've run into elsewhere. Is there a link, or is it as Marla suggested--that women who've suffered such a loss after devastating illness reach out for support? You're so right about our bodies putting babies first, though HG can cause life-threatening complications and puts babies at risk for a whole host of problems, some of them deadly, if not treated effectively. One thing I've learned here is that there's ALWAYS an exception to the rule. Come to think of it, most of us are the exceptions to the rule!

[freesgirl]

i had a loss but experienced no hg with it ... so when i got sick with this one i blessed god... in fact i told god "i don't care how sick you make mem, just don't let me lose this baby" lol and then i got extremely sick and in the midst of the worst actually thought about abortion... how ironic huh lol

[helen-l-a]

Hi

Not sure if this will hinder or help...

When I was in hospital with HG a few weeks' ago now I had some lovely old ladies in my bay (before you ask... it was a gynae ward). One day another girl was admitted to the bay and these ladies pointed out that she had been in the week prior to my admittance with what I had. Unfortunately she was back to have an evacuation as they could not find a heart beat. This sent me into a panic. When she wanted to talk about her experience she told me that she was technically 10 weeks' but the foetal measurements were that of 6 weeks'. She had suspected that something may have been wrong as apart from chucking up anything and everything she said her breasts were not as large and her stomach had gone back to normal (it was her 4th pregnancy).

Like I said not sure if this will help as I am not sure absolutely sure whether the HG had started before she suspected that there was a problem or at the same time.
Helenx

[Kariinbliss]

JMTC here... my doc swears that my HG had nothing to do with my m/c either. However, that being said... the reason we knew my baby was gone was because my HG went away at 10w4d. I had been in the hospital the week before and the baby was absolutely fine. The baby did measure 10w4d... apparently as soon as the baby's heart stopped, my hormone levels plummetted and I stopped throwing up. I was always told that HG'ers rarely miscarry because we had so many pg hormones going on. Guess that's not necessarily true. I did (the night before my little one's heart stopped) pray for God to deliver me from the HG... and now I regret that prayer more than anything in the world. All we wanted was one more baby. Sorry if this is kind of disjointed.. it's been one of those days.

[PamelaRose]

I'm so sorry about your loss, Kari. You miscarried at the same point I did with my first, and it's such a cruel shock to suffer through HG and then wind up with nothing. Don't feel guilty--there's nothing you did to cause your loss. My first doctor told me that my "morning sickness" was all in my mind, and I spent those weeks of HG worried that I was killing my baby...and sometimes wishing I would just die along with it. And then I miscarried, and the guilt was enormous. It took me months to realize that there was nothing I'd done (or hadn't done) to cause the miscarriage, and eventually I did understand that my loss had had a silver lining, too. Good luck to you with ttc!

[Kariinbliss]

Pamela.. thank you so much for your kind words. It means so much. I'm sorry about your loss, it's so sad that so many of us have been through that hell on top of the HG hell. Take care, and thank you.