10 weeks, so sick, so annoyed

Hey ladies! I’m ten weeks today and have had CONSTANT nausea and vomiting since about 6 weeks. I’ve lost over ten pounds, I’ve been in the hospital twice for fluids, once kept overnight and I feel like I can’t function. I told my OB it’s like I have constant motion sickness whenever I’m sitting up or standing, laying down with my eyes closed (not even sleeping) is the only time I can get some peace. Most days I can’t keep water or fluids down, and when I try to eat easy things like canned fruit or applesauce it doesn’t even stay down for 5 minutes. Of course, they’ve prescribed me medication that doesn’t help but how is someone supposed to work like this!?

I was put on short term disability in November for something unrelated. As I was preparing to go back to work, I was hit with this insane 24/7 sickness that keeps me vomiting at least twice an hour. Naturally I have not returned to work but my OB is acting like my nausea isn’t debilitating. YES ladies, nausea sucks and it is totally part of this beautiful first trimester. But, why is my doctor making me feel like I’m overreacting when I’m trying to tell her how sick I am? I just keep losing weight, keep needing a fluid drip because I can’t keep water down, and I genuinely don’t know how to balance this with my job. I take upwards of 100 calls a day, back to back with very little opportunity to get sick as often as I am. My OB at my first appointment spent MAYBE 10 minutes doing my Pap smear and ultrasound before rushing me out the door and basically telling me to buck up.

I know every woman struggles differently with sickness in the first trimester but, am I just being a baby? Should I just force myself to go back and just try to mute my phone when I need to get sick? How much weight will I have to lose before I’m taken seriously? 😩😞 This is unbearable.