morning, noon, and night sickness

Well today I got to say goodbye to all my medical goodies, so I thought in honor of that I would write about my hyperemesis. At 7 weeks I got diagnosed with hyperemesis.   Basically, it's just really bad morning sickness that causes you to lose more than 5% of your pre-pregnancy weight. I was sick pretty much all day everyday and wasn't able to even keep down water somedays. At first my doctor put me on an oral medication(zofran-what they give chemo patients) which didn't work because I kept throwing it right back up.  I started losing more and more weight (a total of 17 in about a month) and the doctor got concerned. After an overnight visit to the hospital, I had a home health nurse come visit me. I was hooked up to an IV for about a week to try and hydrate me. I was also put on a zofran medicine pump which I wore around in a stylish fanny pack! After weeks of wearing my pump and having to stick myself with a needle everyday, I finally started to feel better! Now, I no longer have to visit the doctor weekly, have gained 2 pounds (which puts me at negative 15 pounds) , and no longer have to take any medicine! Thankfully through all of this baby managed to grow and stay healthy, and is even measuring big! I'm just very thankful to have started feeling like a normal person again and to be able to eat and leave the house.   Here is a picture of all my goodies! :)