I’m in a bit of a tricky situation. My baby is 6 months old, I had hyperemesis until I was about 15 weeks pregnant with her but I was on cyclizine which really helped. From 6 weeks until 12 weeks I was throwing up up to 50 times a day and I had to go to hospital a few times for fluids.
I’m pregnant again. About 6 weeks and 5 days along, apparently I’m due 24th September according to an online calculator. I haven’t kept anything down for the past 36 hours. I found some unopened ondanestron from my first pregnancy that I never used, I started taking that yesterday and it hasn’t helped my sickness at all. Like, what if this time my hyperemesis lasted my entire pregnancy?! What if I just got lucky the first time? And that’s saying something because I really suffered
I feel awful.
My partner made me nauseous in my first pregnancy, every time I looked at him or was around him I needed to vomit. But now it’s my 6 month old, I can’t look after her because she makes me nauseous 😭my partner has been doing everything the past few days. Usually I play with her and rock her to sleep but I have zero strength and I haven’t done anything with her the past 2 days. She looks at me and smiles and giggles and I feel so bad because I want to be there for her and cuddle her. I bet she’s wondering why I’m suddenly not showing any attention towards her😔 I did everything for her until I started feeling sick and now nothing
I know it’s my choice and my choice only but do you guys think an abortion would be the best thing to do? I phoned the clinic and they are sending me abortion pills in the post but they aren’t coming until tomorrow or Monday. I want to put my already existing baby first, yknow? I wish I could have a normal pregnancy. I hate hyperemesis.
I’m also worried that the short wait between getting pregnant again will make me suffer in the long run (not enough nutrients and calcium stores in my bones etc) I’ve already got gum recession from my first pregnancy and I don’t want to lose my teeth. I haven’t been eating properly since my firstborn and I would be surprised if I’m not vitamin and mineral deficient.
But then again I want my baby to have a sibling really close in age so that she’s not lonely growing up.. because I initially planned to wait a good 5-10 years before having a second child due to how sick I was.
This is so hard 😖