Dealing With Hyperemesis Gravidarum
Written by: Tiffany Addante
No one understands. No one. No one
understands but someone who is and
has gone through what you are going
through. The acute morning sickness
you deal with day in and day out; the
struggle to get up in the morning; the
debilitating effect of throwing up so
much that you want to die, literally;
The gut retching effect of throwing up
so much that you believe one time you
may start throwing up organs.
No one understands the pain you’re in.
The gripping stomach pain that attacks
you all through the day, as you are
sitting on the bathroom floor throwing
up or laying over the side of the
bed(because getting up and making it
to the toilet is something you can’t do)
you are just praying for it all to end.
You don’t care how it ends…even if it
means miscarrying that baby inside of
you.
As you are sitting their trying to catch
your breath after throwing up every
possible fluid inside of you, you are
filled with mixed emotions:
Depression, fatigue, soreness, sorrow,
guilt and hatred. As you think about
having to go through this for 3 more
months you start to hate that little
baby inside of you…yes hate.
You hate it for causing you so much pain
and suffering. You can’t imagine
something so small can cause so much
pain. You don’t know how you are going
to make it. Then you feel guilty for hating
that baby.
As you pick yourself up off the ground you
trudge back to bed and even walking is
making you want to rush back in and
throw up again, not that there is anything
left.
As you lay there you feel so week and try
not to move too much because you know
it you do, you will be running for that
toilet again.
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