Small wins

Sharing a small win but after weeks and weeks and weeks of struggling and fighting to be taken seriously and advocating for different medication and begging to be allowed to take multiple medications at once (the UK seems very medication adverse) I finally started a new protocol this Friday. I’m 14 weeks tomorrow and have been debilitated by HG since week 5.

By today I now seem to be experiencing “normal” levels of pregnancy sickness and finally able to follow the advice that has plagued me and so many of us throughout our HG experience.

I’ve been able to keep down the ginger lozenges everyone keeps banging on to me about (“bUt hAveE yOu tRiEd GiNgEr?) and even tolerate the small sips of water and actually eat frequent small meals - strictly beige food only - that all the helpful GPs and nurses have recommended I try. I might even have kept 1000 calories down today!

Still have huge food aversions, insane smell sensitivity (husband is sleeping in the spare room because I can’t cope with his “smell” and is living on sandwiches because cooking is banned from the house) and can’t imagine actually wanting food…

Also aware this could all change on a dime, as I know how up and down this journey can be, but wanted to take a moment to acknowledge what feels like a win.

[my medicine protocol if helpful: 4 x Xonvea a day, 1 x Omeprazole (as soon as I wake up), 3 x Ondansetron (Zofran) and 45 ml of lactulose to help with 💩(not currently working well)]