moosh in indy.

Ouch. Does it hurt to feel them explode? I’m sure it doesn’t feel good.

My SIL’s ribs were dislocated from vomiting when she was pregnancy sick. They still are painful for her 16 months postpartum.

My worst pregnancy side effect was uncontrollable crying for about 4 weeks in my second trimester.

My aunt had that side effect, too (petechiae) during her pregnancy.

My side effect was heart surgery. Turns out I have WPW Syndrome. That means there’s an extra electrical impulse that would fire and cause a rapid heart rate (my hr got to 300). I needed my heart shocked (yes, shocked) and then surgery two days later. It’s a syndrome I always had but never knew I had it. Lucky for me (ha) pregnancy brought it out. I was 32 weeks pregnant. My son is fine but does have a heart shaped birthmark on his right knee.

My wierdest was the metal taste in my mouth ALL the time, and the sensitivity to light. I didn’t throw up a lot (well, once a day was all) but felt like I needed to 24/7.

Angela@beggingtheanswer Reply:
October 7th, 2010 at 7:54 pm

Wow, I had that metal taste too, AND I was constantly nauseous. Are you sure we’re not secret twins?

Poor Casey. I think my older sister had the same thing you have. During her 3rd pregnancy she had to be on an IV for the last three months if I remember correctly.

Since I’ve never been pregnant I can’t say any weird side effects from being sick. But I did pass a kidney stone recently and there was this side effect of wanting to pee without feeling like passing out.

I’m sorry that you are so so sick. I didn’t much enjoy pregnancy – my gallbladder was in the later stages of revolt (gallstones! whoknew?) and I was violently ill many, many nights. I hope that the medications can bring you some relief.

I’ve never been pregnant but when I’m pukey I too get the busted capillaries. I am vain so of course they freaked me out.

And then there’s the shakes. I dunno what weird reaction I have but sometimes I start shaking so hard I can’t barf straight. Disgusting, right?

Yuck. I’m sorry you’re feeling so crappy. Thank goodness it’s for an awesome cause!!

I puked into the drain of my shower every day for the first 17 weeks. Not unusual, just really sucky.

Then there was the misdiagnoses of a horrible genetic disease. Have I ever told you that story?

I need a day with you. A day where I come over to your place (without my kids), and we hang, I clean, and I cook (while you nap).

xoxox

you know I would drop everything for you, right?

and you are still beautiful.

A nine-month vomiter here, day and night and in between, including labor and subsequent c-sections. Nothing like the feeling of your insides coming out while they tug from the other end INSIDE to get the baby out.

I threw my back out throwing up in my first pregnancy. That was delightful.

Oh you poor poor thing. I’d heard of petechiae in the eye but never the face.

With my two pregnancies I never got morning sickness *ducks and runs for cover* so I’ve no stories.

Now that I’m menopausal though I can tell you some things about laughing too hard, sneezing, coughing, ad nauseum and peeing your pants!

For what it’s worth, you’re still damn adorable.

Aw, you’re just faking it to get sympathy. I know how you bloggers are.

And about the comments!! What is it, people commenting on the ugly stuff that happens to us? Like “What happened to your face?” – I am acquainted with that because I pick and pick at blemishes until they turn into big horrible things. LOOK I DO NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT ESPECIALLY WITH STRANGERS, IT IS IMPOLITE TO ASK SO JUST SHUT UP.

Wow. I feel better. Thanks for letting me vent.

Hug.

The surge of hormones in the 3rd Tri. makes my liver stop breaking down bile. So bile salts build up under my skin and I get itchy. Really itchy, especially on my hands and feet. Like can’t sleep, can’t stop itching to the point I get scabs on my feet and have worn holes in sheets itchy. And fatigue. Last time (baby #3) after a month of it they found some medicine that worked (Praise the Lord) and that made it a bit more bearable. The bigger problem is the build up of bile can cause a still-birth, especially after 37 weeks, so the last two have been induced at 37, which cuts down on 3 weeks of misery at least.

I think you have it worse tho. I’m very sorry.

What Em said.

When I was pregnant with my daughter, I vomited very forcefully and often too during the first trimester–but nowhere NEAR as bad as you have it. However, I did get the petechiae also–really bad around the eyes and in the eyeball too. I also wet my pants every.single.time.

You have all my sympathy. Puking really does suck. I puked my guts out for 9 months…each of the FIVE times I was pregnant. I’m a slow learner…lol

When I puked it would come out my nose and I’d get horrible sinus infections… Lovely, huh?

Christie Reply:
October 8th, 2010 at 10:20 pm

@Lauraszoo,
Yeah — I did it 5 times also. Sick, sick, sick each time. Had kidney stones with #2 and #3. Lost 20 lbs. with #1. Nos. 4 and 5 weren’t quite as bad, but my poor husband got frequent calls to come home from work and feed his children lunch because the mere act of opening the fridge caused me to yak!

Gum disease. Advanced periodontal disease that required two surgeries to fix; 2 root canals.

I had bad teeth going in, but the surge of hormones just eroded my gums all to heck.

Also, I peed my pants regularly. And I still do. Babies are 3 and a half and 1 at time point. Good times. Good, Times.

Oh man, I had that too. I didn’t realize at first and was just like, “man that last episode left my face feeling really numb!” I eventually glanced in the mirror and scared the crap out of myself.
Fun times, fun times.

All of it, the pants, the burst blood vessels, the after effects (won’t go into that now. I’ll save it. You’re welcome.), I had it. You’ll get no judgment from me so complain away. Sometimes a good online cry helps.

And HelpHer helped SO MUCH.

I always thought it was kinda weird that the only food I could keep down for 3 months was watermelon. Every other thing I ate came back up.

Sending hugs your way.

I suffered from HG during my pregnancy and unless someone has been there, it’s really hard to explain. I always have friends telling me that they had really bad morning sickness too and you hate to start playing the “I’ve had it worse” game, but it’s hard to compare throwing up to spending most of my pregnancy in the hospital and steroids. Hang in there. We’re considering another one and I’m hoping it’s not true that it usually gets worse with each one.

I had 2. With all my pregnancies, I had anxiety in my last trimester. It was like I was claustrophobic to myself and couldn’t get away from it. With my last pregnancy, I had severed itching (to the point I now have scarring from scratching my skin open). Nothing enjoyable, but at least it was manageable, and it is laughable now.

I’d take dry pants too dude. Biiig hugs to you. Just don’t ralph on me, k?

I puked at least once every day of my pregnancy, and yes I peed myself almost every time for those last few months. But oddly enough all that puking gave me very strong abs and healed from my c-section really quickly!

For me it was the mere thought of barfing…i’d have MAJOR anxiety attacks at the thought of throwing up…especially if i was out in public. I spent a lot of time hanging over the toilet forcing myself not to puke. Makes a lot of sense doesn’t it?!
Hang in there.

I have the worst gag reflex EVER. Thankfully it doesn’t result in actual puking but boy does it frighten people when it happens in the grocery store or some other public place. People start backing away and looking at me all funny.

I had the PUPPS rash during the last two months of my first pregnancy. Giant rash covering all of my arms and legs. That was fun.

Unrelated to pregnancy: I discovered I am allergic to Ginseng when, after I started going to a smoothie joint every day during lunch, all the skin from my underarms peeled off. That was unique.

No words to make you feel better. Just prayers for easing you through.

I had never heard of petechiae, but that does NOT sound pleasant! Sorry to hear!

I’m one of those pee when you sneeze girls (actually, with this pregnancy just about anything will make me pee!). Honestly, it’s easy to put on a pad or have a change, I can’t imagine having issues on my face that I just could not fix instantly!

My side effect is that I’m pretty much allergic to every medication, especially pain medication. I had my tonsils taken out at 17 and after they pumped me full of codeine for 24 hours they discovered I was allergic to codeine. The effect…continuous projectile vomiting out of my nose (because my throat was swollen shut). Not fun at all.

Off topic, but I just have to say I am totally jealous of those eyelashes you got going on there.

I got petechiae all over my face, neck, shoulders, back, and chest from pushing so hard to get my daughter out. I had never heard of it before that.

I was so nauseous for the first trimester but I never vomited. It was so miserable, so I absolutely cannot imagine how horrid you feel! I hope you can find something that works to ease your suffering!

i heart you sooooo much.

Wow! I always get the dry heaves for a half hour or so after I barf and thought that was bad. But the burst capillaries and the pants peeing have me thanking my lucky stars. I did know a guy who separated a rib he puked so hard – the worst part was that being a man-baby we didn’t believe he was really in that much pain. Poor guy!

Bless your sweet heart. You are still adorable. I think the worst thing about morning sickness for me was that when I’d given everything I had to give from my stomach, it was as if my salivary glands went into overdrive. I spent one evening drooling so much that I finally just got a big cup to spit into. I’m sure that story REALLY helped your nausea.

I have gotten the mask of pregnancy with both my pregnancies (melasma) and the bridge of my nose turns brown. Its horrible. This huge brown patch on my already horrendous looking nose. My brother told me “You got chocolate on your nose.” and I said “No i didn’t. its the dang melasma” and he said “No really. Lick your finger and wipe it off.” and I said “No really. if you mention it again I’ll hit you.”

Pregnancy sucks. Oh and I would pee my pants a little bit almost every day for the last trimester.

Bless your heart Casey.

I had the same thing from 7- 41 weeks of pregnancy and it is what is keeping me from having another one anytime soon. I was miserable during pregnancy.

I had morning sickness for 7 months with my 2nd then someone mentioned B6. No more sickness at all….
worth a try…

During my first pregnancy, I was SO nauseous; the only way I could explain it to people so they could almost understand was to say, “You know how when you get the flu or food poisoning, and you are so nauseous, but you really don’t want to throw up, so you lay there miserable for a long time, but you come to that point where you are leaning over the toilet begging God to either kill you or let you throw up? THAT is what I feel like EVERY MOMENT I AM CONSCIOUS.” I could barely eat or drink. The doctors said, “It is morning sickness. Pregnant women feel nauseous.” Uh huh. It lasted for 20 weeks, and every day I wondered how a body could feel so awful and not JUST DIE from the misery. I got pregnant the second time thinking, “Some people just get really sick the first time and they are fine after that! Hopefully…” and that time I only had morning sickness which was SUCH AN IMPROVEMENT over what had happened the 1st time. So the 3rd time, I thought I would be safe! But no, I got sick the same time as the first pregnancy, but this time I actually had to lie flat and not move (so much fun with two little boys at home and a husband who got sent away on trips for work) for 4 weeks to keep from throwing up all day long. I could sit up for the next 4 weeks, as long as I didn’t move too much, and I could walk for the next 4 weeks, as long as I didn’t move too fast. Not that any of that helped me feel less nauseous every waking moment; it just kept me from actually throwing up. I was so miserable I finally went to the ER and begged them to do SOMETHING, ANYTHING! because I hadn’t been able to eat or drink for so long, and death was looking like a GREAT option for escaping the misery, and the woman taking my name looked at me suspiciously and said, “I was pregnant 6 times and wasn’t ever sick” and the nurse checking me in looked at me and said, “You don’t look dehydrated”. And then they wondered why there was protein in my urine and why I didn’t need to pee after receiving 4 bags of fluid. Huh. A different set of doctors said, “You are pregnant. Pregnant women get nauseous.” I felt worse than the first time, and again I wondered how it was possible for a body to feel so much misery and not JUST DIE! My first two were boys, and the third was a girl, so when I was going to get pregnant the next time I thought, “OK, some people get sick the first time they have a boy or a girl; now I’ve had both, hopefully it will be better this time!” I had to lay down for 8 weeks that time to keep from throwing up all day long, and then I was able to walk SLOWLY for another 8 weeks after that. I could barely eat or drink again. I lost 12 pounds in one month and my doctor GAVE ME A REFERRAL FOR THE NUTRITION CENTER because OBVIOUSLY what I needed was help knowing what healthy things I should be eating (along with ginger and saltines, you know). This was even worse than the first two times, and again I wondered, “How can anyone feel this awful EVERY MOMENT OF CONSCIOUSNESS DAY OR NIGHT and NOT JUST DIE from the misery?!” All three times I was so sick, but the nausea went away by about week 24. About 10 months after that baby was born, I found your blog. I read the post about the overdose and I cried because I KNEW WHY YOU WOULD MAKE THAT CHOICE! And because I FINALLY KNEW THERE WAS A NAME FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO ME WHEN I WAS PREGNANT! I was not crazy, and all of my doctor’s had been stupid! A few months later, I met another lady who was telling me that she got really sick when she was pregnant, and I was able to tell her that IT HAS A NAME and point her to the website! When I went to visit her when she was pregnant, and she looked just like I had the last time I had been pregnant, I was able to tell her, “You are dehydrated and can’t think straight; you NEED to go to Urgent Care and get an IV.” This last time I got pregnant, I pretty much knew what was coming. I called the doctor the minute I found out I was pregnant, I firmly told them I needed to get in ASAP because by the time they would have scheduled the usual 12 week appointment, I would already have been sick for 6 weeks. I went to that appointment and told the doctor that I had HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM and I needed her to give me the anti-nausea medicine then so I would have it when the sickness hit, and I found out what I was supposed to do when I was too sick to eat or drink. Of course, the medicine didn’t actually make the nausea go away; nobody seems to understand that either, so I tell people, “If nausea has a scale of 1-10, and 1 is where you feel fine, and 10 is where you wish you were dead, hyperemesis puts you at about an 18, and taking the medicine and getting IV fluid brings you down to about a 14, so, yes, it helps, but not that much.” This time was EVEN WORSE than the previous 3 times; I had so many IV’s that my arms were covered in bruises, I was so dehydrated that they couldn’t find a vein, they gave me a PICC line which was HEAVEN…until it gave me a blood clot…I just am not talented enough with words to convey how miserable the pregnancy was. This pregnancy I discovered that if you don’t eat anything for 2-3 days, you stop feeling hungry (hunger seems like such an ironic companion to have along with nausea). I lost 30 pounds in 3 months because I was too nauseous to eat. And this time? The nausea didn’t go away until the baby came out (and I promptly had my husband order Pizza Hut in the delivery room because I was HUNGRY). Again, I wondered how a person could feel so awful and NOT JUST DIE, and this time I was worried that it really was going to kill me, so I AM DONE. But through it all, I was able to say, I AM NOT CRAZY, and THIS IS NOT ALL IN MY HEAD, and CASEY DIDN’T HAVE WARM FUZZIES FOR HER BABY UNTIL THE BABY WAS BORN EITHER SO THERE IS HOPE THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO LOVE MY BABY EVENTUALLY, and I was able to tell all of the medical professionals what was wrong with me BECAUSE OF YOU! I was also able to help another woman know what was going on with her pregnancies BECAUSE OF YOU! I hope you end up reading this because I wanted you to know how GRATEFUL I AM that you shared your experience because it helped me hang in there when I didn’t think I was going to make it! THANK YOU! Sorry for the novel, but I wanted you to understand why I APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH and know that YOU HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD and know that YOUR EXPERIENCE WAS NOT IN VAIN! I will be praying for you!

Windy Reply:
October 8th, 2010 at 12:38 pm

@Rachel, AMEN!

I’m actually commenting because of a post that you closed the comments on already…actually a few of the past posts that have spoke to me…you’ve been where I am (and I hope to be where you are now, soon). I wish I’d been reading your posts over the last 3 years. I have a 4.5 year old daughter and have since not been able to have another child. It’s been tough to say the least but reading your posts and the way you explain it all to a tee what I feel even now…I don’t even need to explain it…you know it! I am referencing and quoting from your blog on mine and I hope you don’t mind. Theres just so much that you explain that for some reason I just can’t put in to words myself lately so I wanted to share it in some way and you say it exactly how it is.

That aside though I am SO happy for you getting a second chance, and I hope many more or as many as you always hoped for. Congrats on your Pregnancy…sorry you’re having some painful and annoying side effects to the whole thing. That part is never fun but I know you appreciate the blessing of creating life again.

Thanks again for such a great blog—you have an amazing way with words and I know you’ve helped a lot of people along your journey. Your daughter is adorable by the way.

I am 33 weeks along with my second daughter (my first is 15…after years of unexplained secondary infertility, giving up and coming to peace with it, I too became “one of those stories/people”) and started round the clock barfing started very early. By 8 weeks it was so bad that I ended up in the ER because the pain in my neck and shoulder was so severe I could not even move…turns out the violent barfing caused severe nerve and muscle inflammation that required weeks of chiropractor visits, physical therapy heat and ice packs supplemented by zofran every four hours. Ultimately, they gave me IV fluids and a bolus of steroids that finally made the pain go away. I am still needing the zofran, and am miserable a lot of the time, but I am still grateful for every minute. No matter how hard she kicks my ribs, elbows my kidney or head butts my bladder, every wiggle and movement makes me smile a little…my little miracle takes my breath away in more ways than one and I can’t help but love it.

I’ve had two pregnancies (both successful). No real problems with the first, she saved that for her teen years (she’s 17 now).

With the second, I was nauseated for about the first five months. If I smelled food, I didn’t want to eat it. (very, very unusual for me)

I also had a recurrence of Bell’s palsy during my second pregnancy. (Originally caused when I was hit in the face when I was mugged.) For several weeks, one side of my face drooped, my mouth was kind of like when the Novocaine took effect, and I actually had to tape one eye shut at night because it didn’t close properly. Ah, the joys of pregnancy! That kid came out with the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck, causing all kinds of consternation from the medical personnel. However, she’s 14 now, and absolutely brilliant, if sometimes a little hard to get along with. It pains me to say, but teenagery has taken hold of my sweet baby.

Anyway, I realize it’s not quite what you asked for, but it is a pregnancy side effect. I also had a co-worker who developed carpal tunnel syndrome. I asked my nurse midwife and she said pregnancy effects your whole body, so weird things happen.

Reading your entry today reminded me of my pregnancy – I wasn’t as sick, but the effects of sickness included ruptured capillaries on my face and eyes too…it was miserable. That and 28 weeks of semi-bedrest about did me in… However, the two girls I delivered months later made it all worth it. Hang in there! Love your attitude and approach – wishing you the best.

You can complain all you want, babe. I’m usually preaching to the choir when I rant and rave and whine to a good friend and they totally understand and still love me for it. As we do you. Though I didn’t have that as a symptom during pregnancy, I do tend to burst little capillaries when I throw up. What can I say? I’m an overachiever!

Yeah, I pee when I puke, too. Glad I’m not alone on that one…

I too had issues with petechiae. Luckily though, I was not throwing up a lot, so it was easier to handle.

Like you, I had hyperemesis with my first pregnancy. Bed rest with IV treatment for one month straight, and a pump that delivered the reglan to me 24 hours/day.

With my second, I knew to be on the lookout and got on zofran as soon as I started feeling nauseous. It helped. I hope that you’re not stricken for your entire pregnancy so that you can enjoy at least a few moments. I never knew anyone else with HE, thank you so much for writing about it.

And, I got the busted capillaries too. SO HOT!

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I have Meniere’s Disease..which means my inner ear doesn’t work and I have terrible dizzy spells. Which (much like HG) people do NOT get. (What do you MEAN you get dizzy? Just close your eyes!) Unless they see me go through one..it’s like being on a tilt-a-whirl for 5 or 6 hours that you can’t get off of (eye closing does NOT help), so I fall down, throw up, and then sleep for 2 straight days because it is exhausting. So, not a side-effect, really, but just a weird disease that was only helped by a shot into my eardrum. The shot was easier than the dizziness.

For the record, the first thing I noticed in the picture was those gorgeous eyes of yers.

I agree with that designhermomma chick. you are totally beautiful.

and I had that too from puking.

Have you tried Compazine yet? I’m sure you have since you are so super sick, but thought I’d throw it out there.

Hang in there! It will be over soon and we will get to see your beautiful baby!

I am in my 12th week of twins….can’t stand the taist of my own saliva, gag at the thought of opening the fridge, hot flashes, big boobs (I say big now that I FINALLY fill out my AA bra), constant need to eat or puke, oh the joy….and the zofran locks me up like a brick….:)

Windy Reply:
October 8th, 2010 at 12:33 pm

@Windy, I forgot…I almost pass out every time I stand up…life is good!

Rachel Reply:
October 8th, 2010 at 1:49 pm

@Windy, Windy, I had that problem with the Zofran too! Which, I suppose, would have been totally worth it, if it had actually MADE ME FEEL BETTER!

My husband and I will start trying for our first at the end of this month (EEEKKK!!) So while all of this is certainly scary, it helps to know that there are so many strong women out there who deal with infertility, the weird medical pregnancy issues and come out just as lovely on the other end! Possibly with more wet pants than we care to think about though! Thanks for sharing your experiences!

Eeesh, girl. I’m so sorry you have to struggle with this instead of just being able to be happy and joyful and deal with the NORMAL annoying “helpful” pregnancy advice and tips.

The strangest thing during my morning sickness (lasted five months, 12 hours a day) was that I vomited every time I was in the shower. EVERY time. Didn’t matter that I had puked in the toilet three times already, nor did it matter what time of day I showered, I would lose it in the stall. Week 18 found me on an Alaskan cruise and STILL. Shower = puke.

Casey…so sorry. You have my permission to throw up on them when anyone says something stupid to you. Gentle hugs…

I’ve had the petechiae too–just not on my face. It’s mostly on my arms, chest, and thighs. Small capillaries have burst in my eyes after puking, but I never thought to associate the two.

Oh you poor thing. You complain all you want hon.
Two out of my four healthy pregnancies were just like you, constant puking. I actually hate being pregnant but love kids. Best wishes.

No puking here (thank goodness) feel free to punch me. With my first pregnancy, I lost feeling in most of my fingers. I must have had a pinched nerve or something. I got the feeling in my fingers back, but it has never been the same.

With my second and third pregnancies I have felt like my pelvis is going to shatter at any second. SO PAINFUL. Some days it was difficult to walk. Oh the toll these babes take on our bodies! So worth it.

P.S. I think the pregnancy glow is a load of crap. I never look glamorous and beautiful while pregnant…just fat & happy.

With my 4th I endured HG and it came with so many ‘side’ effects that just about put me over the edge. I’d say the worst (other than the complete 24 hour sickness) was the extra saliva I produced. Less than 5% of those with HG get it (lucky me). I literally carried a cup around with me for months which was filled with spit since I was unable to swallow all the excess saliva. If I had to leave the house, I’d try to pretend I was drinking from the cup instead of spitting into it so I wouldn’t totally ruin the appetite of others. It was the worst! Oh, and it spilled several times…YUCK!

You know, I always wondered if there was a link between Endo and HG..? I had HG with both of my kids (and migraines my entire life, but worse with the pregnancies) and I know there’s a link between the migraines and the Endo, but I wonder if they aren’t all linked? Thank you hormones!(I had stage 3 Endo and had to have a full hysterectomy at 25. Fun times…)
Thank you for sharing your story with us, Casey. It’s nice to know we’re not alone, but it breaks my heart that you’re having to go through it. Just keep looking at Moosh and remembering how worth it all of it is. That’s how I got through my second pregnancy.
*HUGE HUG*

Wow, no dislocated ribs or anything, but I did pee every time I puked. I wore pantyliners during pregnancy because of that. Those graduated to pads when it came close to the due date – I was so afraid of my water breaking. Good thing, too, ’cause my water broke at work and the pad saved me. (TMI quota for the day: Reached.)

I was annoyingly nauseous all day every day with my first pregnancy. With the second one, I took round the clock doses of zofran and phenergan to get myself to work each day. And then this latest pregnancy came along…I couldn’t get out of bed for over a month and landed in the hospital because the zofran and the phenergan still didn’t let me get water down. I am so so so thankful that it was only about 3 months of misery in total, and not the whole pregnancy. And I will so so so NOT be doing this again. I think I would have attempted to end it all except that I blacked out every time I stood up and couldn’t come up with a way to manage it from where I was laying in bed. But as for less dark things…….I too peed when I puked. It’d also make my eyes and nose run…like, it took a whole washcloth to clean up the snot before I even got to trying (in vain, b/c it just made me gag) to rinse my mouth out. In short, hyperemesis sucks.

You poor thing!

You know, “they” say (and my they I mean my great grandmother) that if you lose you looks while pregnant, it’s your baby stealing them for itself. So here’s to pretty babies!!!!

Are anti-nausea meds not helping? Zofran or whatever it’s called. My friend had bad hyperemisis and it was her life saver.

I hope you feel better soon

When I was pregnant with my first I ruptured a blood vessel in my eye. And then the white of my eye was RED. SO GROSS. I’m pretty sure the rupturing happened when a bite of McDonalds hamburger (yeah, I know) went down wrong and then came RIGHT BACK UP. At the table. It was one of the single most horrifying experiences of my life – suddenly (and violently) throwing up at the table in the middle of the restaurant and then running for the bathroom and making it only as far as the sink before tossing the rest of my cookies.

I hope you feel better soon.

Congratulations and I am sorry for your struggle with this terrible disease. One of my closest friends suffers from Hyperemisis too. I wish there was something any of use could write or say that would make it all better, I know better than that though. I will be praying for you. I too was like your friend that peed when she barfed, but I also get the skin blotches like you, but probably not as bad. My hope for you is that your baby continues to grow and thrive and after your first trimester is over the Hyperemisis goes away. Best wishes!

My sickness with this pregnancy was much worse than it was with my first (I hear having twins’ll do that to ya- for me it was true and I’m so lucky it ended a couple of weeks ago). I had a temp job right at the beginning of my morning sickness. There was a day I didn’t go in until after lunch because the morning had been so bad, and I still hurled five times before I left for the day.
I didn’t have any of the lovely capillary bursting; mostly my stomach would just hurt really bad after a violent episode. But whenever my almost two year old would see me puke (which was, you know, almost every time. why can’t kids let you go to the bathroom alone?), he would inevitably tell me, “Bless you”. It never failed to make me smile.

I do hope that pregnancy isn’t to bad on you.

I know that my pregnancy was a nightmare more so because of the people I encountered then the actually pregnancy check out my two part series The Ugly Truth: Pregnancy Sucks!

You poor thing. As someone who is scared of throwing up – you seem like the bravest person in the world to me at the moment.

With my fifth child, I had polyhydramnios…to an extreme. I had so much extra amniotic fluid that I was bigger than a friend of mine who happened to be pregnant with triplets. It got so bad, and my uterus got so distended, that it induced labor almost 6 weeks early. Thankfully, my son was HUGE and weighed 7 lbs 2 oz as a preemie. Even though he had to stay in the NICU to learn how to eat (ironic) he was perfectly healthy.

Hmm, side effects of pregnancy? After my stillborn daughter my gallbladder suddenly revolted. Not a great consolation prize. After my son my c-section got infected and apparently it was so interesting that doctors felt the need to call in other doctors to come have a look. I got a lot of gasps and “oh my’s” from the medical statt and I spent an additional week in the hospital getting IV antibiotics – which were not safe to use in nursing. So guess how great nursing went? Remind me why we do this?

You have my sympathy. I have endured three pregnancies with HG (maybe I’m insane?!), and I would never wish it on anyone. I got more than enough well-intentioned useless advice.

Excessive salivation. That was weird. Hope you feel better soon.

Um, this isn’t sickness related (although I am 34 weeks along and still get sick) – it is about the TACT.

This weekend, I tried to pleasantly convince a woman that I was SURE there are not TWO babies in my stomach. She wouldn’t let go of it that I had the biggest tummy EVER seen in the history of pregnancy. Which is a boatload of lies – my stomach is regular size for the 8th month.

there are SO MANY crappo pregnancy symptoms that i hated, i couldn’t even fit them in this box… but one of the truly most offensive has got to be the metallic taste in your mouth. throwing up constantly is bad enough, but your mouth tasting like old clothes-line pole 24 hours a day… deathly.

OMG! I am really, truly sorry about your HG, and I hope that it doesn’t last your whole pregnancy. But the best part of this post? Learning how “petechiae” is spelled! They’re always talking about “petechial” hemorrhaging on Law & Order SVU and I never knew what that word was. So, thank you.

I don’t have any notable sicknesses or pregnancy symptoms to share, but my nose swelled up both times I was pregnant, which is pretty odd.

I gained lots of weight due to edema; most of it was in my feet/produced cankles/the standard stuff. However, I also found that my nose grew/swelled significant. When I would look at myself in the mirror, or in my pregnancy photoshoot, I barely recognized it.

Thankfully, it has gone back to normal.

Both! Pee while puking, and broken capillaries! Super awesome fun times. Also, my favorite: pytalism. GAG.

not pregnancy related, but the first week of freshman year of college, i was i-want-my-mommy-sick & had to go to the ER (university clinic wasn’t open yet.) ended up it was a horrible case of strep throat that also produced a lovely streptococcal rash. my roommate, who was a high school friend, lovingly dubbed me rash-@$$.

After baby number one I’m surprised you don’t pee your pants while puking. I dread colds where I have to sneeze or cough hard! Puking always makes me pee… the muscles just never reverted back… lol I know TMI but be glad that all you get is a little bumpy

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