by Libbee » Jun 17, 2004 10:33 pm
This has brought tears to my eyes.
A little over six years ago, I too nearly lost my life to hyperemesis. I was pregnant with my first and had no idea that this was not normal, I just figured I was being weak since "everyone" is sick during pregnancy.
I was extremely lucky that my mom had suffered HG with both pregnancies, although she never had that diagnoses, she suffered through it. She realized how sick I had become and didn't want to see me suffer any more. She loaded me in the car and brought me to the hospital. A few hours later we learned that I was not only at deaths doorstep, I was ready to step through that door. My liver was failing and my kidneys were barely functioning.
I spent four days in the hospital before I ever passed any urine because I was so extremely dehydrated. They had never seen anyone who was so terribly dehydrated. I had extremely high levels of keytones and (can't remember the name) something about my blood being very acidic.
My baby was three weeks behind development. The nurses had prepared me to miscarry. They said there was no way it could survive. That baby who became my beautiful daughter, Jasmine, turned six on June 9th!
I think the fact that most OBs will not see a woman until her 10 week of gestation puts women with HG at unnecessary risk. By my 10th week, I had already been hospitalized four times and nearly lost my life and my childs.
I wish that the public as well as more doctors and midwives were more informed on Hyperemesis and the great risks of it.....
I am praying for this woman and her family.