As excited as we were to be pregnant, I didn’t expect being diagnosed with hyperemesis gravidarum. I started to feel the symptoms of morning sickness a few days after I got my BFP (5 weeks pregnant) & the following week I had in home health care giving me IV’s while training my mom & husband how to change the IV bags & the dangers of getting air into my veins. This was scary for all of us, but we did it!

It was 4 months of being on a medication pump to help keep the nausea at bay. Every other day I had to be poked with a small needle to pump the medicine into my body. It definitely helped keep me alive as without it I was barely able to eat & would’ve lost more than the 15 pounds that I already lost. There was about a month that I ate less than 300 calories & drank minimal amounts of liquids.  It was a part of pregnancy that I never thought I would be experiencing.

None of this was what we had planned, I was not able to work or even get out of bed for that matter. I lost a good amount of my hair & started to get very depressed. Needless to say, I was not an advocate of taking medication while pregnant, but I felt it was my only choice. It was a very difficult time for us, but fortunately around 18 weeks I was able to be medicine free. Most of the rest of my pregnancy was without issue, although the morning sickness always stuck around.

Btw, we didn’t find out it was twins until 8 weeks pregnant at our first doctor appointment.