How Many Hyperemesis Moms?

[kim]

Okay,
The number of women with both Pre/e-Hellp, and hyperemesis is astonishing to me. There has to be SOME connection, seeing as how less than 1% of women have hyperemesis. It completely SUCKS that we puke our guts up (I did the ENTIRE pg), and then we get this life-threatening disease. I almost wonder if hyperemesis is some sort of precursor to p/e.... Reply and let me know who all has had both so I can keep a count..
Take care,


Kim
Ainsley Kathryn 11/26/02-36 Weeks Preeclampsia
http://home.austin.rr.com/schwintz

[joanne]

Kim

It cant be the only factor as I sailed through my first pregnancy until developing severe PE at 28 weeks.

This time has been the opposite so we are hoping for no PE!

Jo

Jo 30
Sandy 33
Kit 31 weeks
EDD 12/28/03

[laura]

Yup, me too. Both times. (and the scary part is that the thing I fear most about another pregnancy is the hyperemesis!!!)

Laura-28
DH Jack-30
Allie 5-13-98 (35 weeks-pre-e)
Baby Camille 4-17-03 (36 weeks- htn and oligo)
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/c/camilleandallie/

[angelical]

Count me in! Hypermesis from Christmas til April. Preeclampsia/HELLP became critical at the end of April. Delivered May 2.

"We spend months feeling like we are gonna die...then we almost do." [xx(]

(Laura, the hypermesis is a BIG reason I don't ever want to be pregnant again. I don't think I could be that sick, work fulltime, AND take care of Aaron. ugh)

Sharel

Sharel & Kevin
Aaron - 28 weeker
Born 5/2/02 due to preeclampsia & HELLP

[rachel]

Count me in! I was sick all 7 months. Even threw up the week she was born. The severity lessened somewhat the last couple of months, but, it was awful. I remember thinking that had to be the worst part of pregnancy. At least there is a definite "end" to labor. The m/s just went on & on!

Rachel

Mommy to Kailee - born at 28 weeks
12/20/01
1lb. 13 oz.

[deerhart]

Nope, I had very little morning sickness, but I can't handle vitamins.

On the other hand, my mother spent a vast majority of her pregnancy with me sick.

Erin

[shimmer]

I was borderline Hypermesis... my Old OB refused to say I was. I threw up daily (multiple times) and could barely keep water down most days... until 19wks. I went into Ketosis a couple of times due to being unable to keep food down, and lost 10+ lbs in the first Trimester.

I even missed Valentine's Day dinner out because I could not stop puking even with the meds.

But I also do not have Pre-E so far, just PIH.

Donna(32)
DH(33)
DD(8)
DS(6)
Laurelin EDD 10/5/03
C-Section 9/29/03 or sooner.
Large Fibroid Tumor 17wks.
PIH since 21wks.
Placenta Previa found at 23wks.
Headaches starting at 25wks.
23-27wks Laure's Right Kidney is Dialated (monitoring with U/S for progress).
As of 27wks Baby is Breech...

[catherine]

I'm with Erin, my mother puked her guts up with me on a regular basis, the thinnest she's every been was the morning she gave birth to me.. full term, almost 6 lbs. I have only ever felt nauseated with my pregnancies and only rarely threw up. Maybe I split it with mom, she did the hyperemesis and I did the pre-eclampsia. My sister sails through pregnancies, full term, and deliveries (2-3 hours of labor and a couple of pushes, no epidural) and she's the sickliest one of the lot of us!! No justice.

Catherine (37)
DH, Dave (40)
Finn (6)
Lucy (1 1/2)
Chloe (7/2/03)

[deerhart]

On the other hand, while I had very little sickness, I should note that I lost 20+ lbs in the first 5 montsh with my first pregnancy and about 17lbs in the 1st 5 months in my second pregnancy. I didn't gain hardly any of the weight back until I started having BP problems in both as well.

So the only thing I would have in common is the weight loss.
Erin

[twlightdreams]

I had hyperemisis (started being sick 9 days past ovulation), until the week I delivered my girls at 28 weeks. Once I got the hickman feeding tube put in and got on TPN at home, at 17 weeks, I did begin to improve, but still threw up countless times a day until after I delivered. It was only 2 weeks time between getting the hickman put in, and the beginnings of PE starting. I literally did not eat from December-June, and that is no joke. And after I went home from delivering, I really ate like I hadnt eaten in 6 months [:0]

Me-35
DH-39
Amber 6-18-90
Nicole 6-18-90 (formally 28 weeker twin preemies: 1 lb. 9 oz & 2 lbs. 10 oz. born via emergency c-section due to pre-e and HELLP)now perfectly healthy 13 year olds