19lb loss from severe morning sickness
After 6 weeks of non-stop vomiting and morning sickness, no sleep and serious work issues due to exhaustion I finally broke down in tears, cried at my partner that I couldn't do it any more and I'm not cut out for parenthood because I can't even handle the morning sickness. We ended up going to the ER because i felt so awful. After a urine test we found out just how sick and dehydrated I actually was. Ketones present in urine, malnourished and dehydrated and a loss of 19 pounds in six weeks.
They put me on anti-sickness meds and the change has been dramatic- complete 360. I can eat, sleep and when. I feel almost normal again.
I guess my point is that there's so much to this pregnancy thing that none of us know. We can read all the books and Internet articles all we want but it's so fascinating to me that we really have no idea. What I thought was just morning sickness was so much worse than that. My doctor told me my symptoms were just the 'joy of pregnancy' (needless to say I'm switching doctors). I spent six weeks miserable and hating pregnancy and feeling so guilty because this thing I've wanted for so long was making me so miserable. I guess I just wanted to post my story in case it helps anyone else to ask questions and get help of they think something is off
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