To the nurses and doctors that have been CARRYING me through this shit thank you. My three times a week IV and vitamins are life savers and the consistent effort to make me feel better with meds. Just feeling very grateful.
Thank you steroids friends I am trying to get an idea of the journey I am on I just started obviously going down as you can't stay on a high dose. At least this is the protocole for Aus.
Thank you for taking the time to share, I am using prednisolone or prednisone.
I'm about to walk into this and what the hell am I going to do!
Yellow fellow GD sufferers. I am getting tested soon and I'm Def's going to get the diagnosis (lame). Last time I just stopped eating as the very common GD triggered my old ED.
So this time I have decided to plan ahead I'm coming to the nurse with the plan haha. Now I am very aware that living in Australia affords me a privilege of having almost free and very accessible access to medical health care so that's why my plan is possible.
Fudge diet controlled I'm going straight to insulin. I'm sitting down and asking for the insulin pen handed over in that session hehe (politely of course). I do not aim to change my diet greatly I am just commentating with insulin.
That's all, less struggle more joy this time around as I will have it for longer due to earlier testing.
Thanks for coming to my ted talk :)
After much apprehension and many doctor consultations (I couldn't be more thankful for Australia's public health system). I started steroids today. I hope it works team!
Hi team, due to a personal relation I have become aware of the immense impact this condition can bring to people's lives.
I have been learning and lurking in the forum but it's dawned on me that it appears to only effect females. Now I knew this couldn't be right so I went to the web and read some peer reviewed journal articles about emetophobia and it documented that majority females have the condition.
Looking to see if anyone has any onsite or a place I can learn to why this is?
Thank you kindly for taking the time to respond :)
So in 6 months i shall have a newborn and a 2 year old in the house. What are the running opinions or thoughts on the new born needing a out of reach spot to be in? I'm worried if the newborn is on the ground the toddler will roll them or want to play with them and they are not renowned for their soft hands.
Welcome recommendations for chairs as well
Pretty much what the title asks. And if some men have it easier then others, which men?
When I ask myself this question i consider caucasian men who meet current beauty standards. Is this correct? Or are men in India/middle east who have legally more rights then a woman better off?
Thank you for taking the time to answer my question, been something I have pondered since discussions mens rights at uni.
What do we think about me eating this during pregnancy. The concern would be listeria, but looking to see if you think this would still be okay?
Like it's Betty's particularly good at washing their lettuce 😂
Thank you for taking the time to help me and my anxious mind.
I have skim read two peer reviewed journal articles and I'm feeling like I should give it a go.
Obvs not for the babes who can't do needles but that's not me I'm all gee with needles. Had acupuncture once as a teen but I was thinking it's silly but now I don't.
I dunno tell me if anyone's tried it?
My mind is so weak and I am thinking the dehydration and malnourishment has made it hard to battle all the anxiety and scary thoughts.
Also I'm not even worried about miscarriage which was my main worry last time.
I havnt seen my son in like three days and I feel like the worst mum.
I'm on my second pregnancy and second time having HG. I have a toddler and the village kabute. And I have no capacity to look after my toddler, I'm missing out on so much I feel. I was hospitalised yesterday for malnutrition and dehydration also have lost a kilo. Just so low and feel so worthless.
How much time did you have to take off work? When did you call it? Ive already lost a kilo and am considered malnourished. Im wondering how far I should push myself?
What week into pregnancy did you take work off? When did you go back?
At a mere 6 weeks I have been referred to hyperemesis clinic.
Just like to say thanks for having me back but I really didn't want to be here. Lol
Hi team I am outrageously new to the personal finance world. Which is humiliating seeming I am 31 with a toddler and pregnant. Lucky I have a partner that took on this burden. I have since taken the time to learn personal finance and grow in capacity daily. I appreciate this is a privlidge.
My husband and I are expecting our second baby and we both agree we rushed into it without really crunching numbers. Our biggest out is that we can't afford two kids in daycare if or when they come top side.
Our plan is a) remove any capacity for savings and cut household spending which we can do.
B) I pick up a night job at home which is assessable for me as I'm a social worker and can work for a handful of over the phone crisis lines that are 24/7.
I feel very embarrassed that this has occured and want to know how others manage this situation before? I doubt I can get another job between now and then as my pregnancies debilitate me.
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TLDR; expressing milk makes me sad due to D-MER, what do I do for baby number 2?
Hello team I am pregnant and have started thinking how I want to feed my child when it's born. So you understand my own social context fed is best.
With my first child I experienced D-MER this is an involuntary hormonal reaction that causes a sudden, brief wave of negative emotions (like sadness, dread, or irritability) just before milk release. I felt deep dispatch and dread. It's an absolute joy as you can imagine.
I don't have a desire to feed my child from the nipple I prefere expressing and then bottle feeding. This works for my family.
Okay context out of the way. I don't know what to do for baby number two. Share your opinions and thoughts, as I can't find a single strong thought and feel really lost on this decision.
Reason to express milk - give my second baby the same opportunity in nutrition as my first, my sense of responsibility to feed my child brestmilk as a mother if my body allows it which it appears to do so. I was a over producer of milk last time.
Reason not to - I get sad from DER and I did not love the process of expressing milk
TLDR; expressing milk makes me sad due to D-MER, what do I do for baby number 2?
Look forward to the needles, stress and what I called in my house diabetic taco night..
Defs going straight to insulin this time around I nearly killed myself with management of just diet. The classic GD triggered my old ED.
Anyway can't wait to be back in this very exclusive and super popular club haha
Hi team I am deeply apologetic if this is a dumb or silly question. But I have recently found out the deep impact this has on the lives of those who manage this condition.
If your a person wishing to become pregnant. How do you manage the condition? Both my pregnancies I have had a condition called Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG). This causes malnutrition and dehydration due to excessive vomiting that is related in your first trimester while you experience high levels of HCG hormone.
Woyld this phobia lead people to never have babies?
Once again, please don't reply if this is upsetting or discomfortable I apologise
I deeply respect this is not the narrative for a cross australia. But social work and community services has endless jobs in Melbourne, Sydney, tazzie, Perth. Almost all the main cities.
Something to consider. I always want to comment it when people are asking where are the jobs, who's getting jobs etc. my answered is social work
I have spend time watching the YouTube and online in finance subreddits and as we know Reddit is mostly people from the united states.
So much credit cards and consumer debt this is not as common in Australia. Such as most people buy cars outright. Those that buy it on credit are rich rich people.
I understand debt is built into your society but my question is when did you remember being told buying things on credit good? Like was it when your parents got you a card in your name and said just to buy petrol on it? That's a common story I hear.
Thanks team appreciate the time you take to respond :)