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Posted: Sep 14, 2005 3:55 am
Hi - my name is Karen - I am 38 years old and live in Birmingham England. I have had 3 HG Pregnancies - the first resulting in my son who is know 5 years old - I had trouble concieving after it took us 2 years to get pregnant the 2nd time but unfortunatley I had a mmc at 14 weeks - we decided to try again - another year passed and then I got pregnant again only to have another mmc at 10 weeks - The Hg has got worse with each pregnancy - All have been severe - with my first I lost 2 half stone and was basically in hospital all the time - but I also had bad depression with it - never suffered with that before - and since then I have bouts of it - We have decided not to try again - we would like to have aother baby as I NEVER wanted by son to be an only child and it hurts everyday that he will be - I feel that I have let him down and my husband and that I am not a proper MOM and Wife - I am not brave enough - If I new that I would defenitly have a baby at the end of the Pregnancy then I would consider trying again - but that cannot be guaranteed - also I have no support only that of my Husband - he has been great but my parents are not alive (mom was in my first preg and was a great help) motherand farther-inlaw NO HELP AT ALL - (more of a hindrance - saying stupid things) Husband only child - She keeps saying that I am like her (she did not want anymore and one is enough) I AM NOTHING LIKE HER ALWAYS WANTED A BIG FAMILY - sorry getting of the track - BROTHER lives far away from us -
In the UK - the support you get from doctors and hosp is very little - when I was in hospital the 1st time they just kept saying that is was in my head and had no sympathy with me and put me next to the kitchen were the smell of food made me worse.
The last twice the hg did not respond to any meds - I was given injections and lots of med inc a new one that they said I could only have while in hosp because it was so expensive - but that did not work either.
I have read all your posts and I admire you for trying again.
Hope you all feel better soon. - got to go (at work)
Love
Karen