I am currently pregnant with my sencond child. I am 11 weeks pregnant. And yes I have hyperemisis. I went through this with my first child he is now seven yrs old. With my son I was treated as though I was faking it or just being a wimp. Finally about one month of LOTS OF COMPLAINING I got IV"S at home. I was given 24 hr bags of fluids with anti-nausea medicine and prenatal vitiamins since I could not take any medications by mouth. I had this until I was about 5 1/2 months. After that I was fine had a very healthy boy. Now here I am eight yrs later going through the same thing. Only now I have different doctor, one of which I am not sure she understands any of this. I have been on three different meds so far and in the hosp 3 times they keep me one to two days and send me home. The last time I was sent home I was told by the hosp case worker that THE WE THE HOSP HAS DONE OUR PART , WHEN YOU GO HOME AND TAKE THE MEDS AS PRESCRIBED YOU SHOULD BE JUST FINE. I realized at this point the hosp had red flagged me as a hypochondriac. I had never been so insulted in all my life. When will people understand? I can see how much has changed since I had my son, but I also see so much has not. Insurance Comps. I sure would like to know who decides what they will not pay for. My insurance comp told me that I did not loose enough weight for them to give me the IV'S at home. They wanted me to loose 10-15 lbs. Who to blame. They all seem to think it is my fault for getting pregnant. I want to thank everyone for convincing myself that after this baby I want to get fixed just so I never have to go through this again. I am just so tired.
Thank you so much for listening
Stacy Anliker
Francesville, IN