SICK - The Battle Against HG

Merci beaucoup pour ce film dutilite publique et merci a Marleina Freijo pour les pistes sur le GDF15 🙏🏻🙌

Difference between cancer with cachexie: 1 nanogram level of GDF15 higher than people facing Cancer without cachexie.
In comparaison, woman with HG have a mean level of GDF15 5 nanogram higher than woman pregnant without HG. 😮

I have hyperemisis gravadium ive had it scince i was 6 weeks pregnant im now 15 weeks pregnant and i keep on being sick to the point i cant breathe and i keep having uncontrollable coughing fits to the point where i cant breathe and my head hurts i keep on getting gave cyclizine (50mg) but it doesnt help and i dont know what to do anymore also i keep on catching colds or flu's quite regulary and im just not getting a break from being unwell and bed ridden i really dont know what to do .

I'm 17 weeks pregnant now with a very, very wanted baby. We were thrilled when IVF worked but at 5 weeks I thought my "morning sickness" was just really bad. I left FT work at 7 weeks for a leave of absence until 12 weeks when "morning sickness" is generally over. I lasted 5 hours back at the job before I was on my hands and knees on the floor, unable to stop vomiting, unable to stand, unable to drive home. I am in the US and finally found a dr that took my HG seriously after my first OB (who was 6 months post partum!) told me nonchalantly, "yeah, some women get sick." My new OB just ordered home IV fluid therapy but due to American healthcare I cannot afford it. It would be $129 every day for fluids until I met my $2500 deductible, then I'd pay only 20% until I hit my out of pocket max of $6000. So I would owe my insurance company $6000 no matter what since the baby would be born in june. Even with having fluids 3x a week it would be more than my home costs. Being out of work since October there is no way I can afford it. I threw up while watching this. It is terrific that it is getting awareness but my god- so very few take it seriously. Let alone peers who tell me "have you tried saltines and ginger ale?" After all of the fertility treatments to make this baby- and have frozen embryos for future siblings- it is a daunting thought of going through this again. My coworker had HG, had a PICC line for constant fluids and IV meds, and only has 1 child because of HG.

I’m 18 weeks and still have HG I’m relying on gravol every 6 hours… that is THE ONLY WAY I CAN KEEP FOOD/WATER DOWN!!! 😢😢😢

If my stomach is too empty I vomit, if my stomach is too full I vomit.

The sad part is my appetite has increased but I can’t eat too much all at once.

The prenatal vitamins actually make it worse. But I’m slowly getting back on them.

Ultrasound looks good, baby is growing and is very active… thanks to Gravol…

It really is a mind game… antihistamine like gravol turn off that chemical message to the brain same as motion sickness.

It’s all in the mind!!!

I go to work in office two days a wee, when I’m focused and deep in my work it disappears (still gravol) but the underlying nausea isn’t there.

As soon as I get home and my brain registers safe and comfort I vomit.

It really is a combination of the mind and finding how much to eat, and when.

Going for walks helps a bit having a fan with breeze helps

Summer time and HG is horrible because smells turn your off and humidity can cause nausea as well.

Hope this helps 🙏🏽💕 prayers for you all we can do this

I’m suffering with this now and I cried most the way through this as I feel so alone. No one realises how ill I am and I have 2 young children already and feel awful I’m not the best version of myself. I had it with my 2 previous pregnancies but it feels a lot worst this time maybe because I have 2 demanding toddler now. Spoke with doctors and they will give me the anti sickness tablet but I don’t want to take because of the deformities it could cause. I will ride this out and hope for a miracle that I get better soon. 😢

Currently 17 weeks pregnant with hg this makes me feel like I'm not alone but yet my partner is so unsupportive because of this and in and out of the hospital because of this

in the past i got my first son with hg and stop on 28weeks, and now my second pregancy 10weeks again and again hg coming on my whole days.still traumatic with the same issue of pregnancy. im staying on dark, cant eat well,drink less than 2 liters perday.i feel disaster i cant even make any social things,i cant going out from my house😭i feel really super duper horrible days...my hope my wish super thought and take so long to recovery,my friends texting me and said" u need to fight" i feel more crying with that word.she doesnt understand how i feel i cant explain everything to someone that never have hg experience . throw out everything its my days, my day is nightmare....i dream can walk around like other pregnancy women,enjoy every months, taking care of family happy gathering together，but everything in my pregnancy day us horror😭im the pregnancy women who the ones stay on the dark,laying on the bed, lock the room with tear!

Gracias, excelente documental!!! Soy una sobreviviente de HG, llegué al hospital con 32 semanas de gestación y 1 semana a punto de morir. Aún no puedo hablar de lo que viví con nadie y ver esto ha sido mi primer paso para comenzar a sanar.

I felt so bad terminating my pregnancy but it was so bad it was going to kill me I couldn’t eat or drink or even smell food I had nothing left in my body to throw up just kept throwing up bile I pray and love all the mommy who are going through and has survived HG it’s such a dark place and it feels like no one understands

Mt first was stillborn 💔 I now have a healthy 3year old boy but my pregnancies and deliveries were so traumatizing on top of the great loss of my daughter 😢

Thank you so much for making this. I am currently 12 weeks pregnant and have lost 28 pounds so far. I am largely bed bound and experience almost constant hypersalivation. I have been hospitalised twice also. Thankfully my employers have been incredibly supportive. I spent week 6-10 literally thinking I was going to die. Thank you for shedding light on something so poorly understood.

My heart goes out to those suffering with this horrible problem. I was fortunate enough for my doctor to give me Zofran before getting dehydrated enough to get hospitalized. Even with medication the nausea is horrible and debilitating. I can’t believe how slow some doctors are to prescribe or find a solution for this suffering.
Lord have mercy 💔

I have a friend that is going through this what will be something I could do to help them get through it 🙏🏽 please help

I am so grateful for this video shining light on HG. I’ve struggled with HG throughout my pregnancy so far: bed bound, not able to drive or leave the house, not able to work.
It is so debilitating and I assumed for ages this was just “normal pregnancy sickness” that I couldn’t cope with.
I realised after loosing a lot of weight this can’t be normal.
There needs to be much more support out there for sufferers and awareness from others of this awful debilitating condition

I have ptyalism gravidarum and and nausea all day

Does anyone have advice? I had severe HG with my last pregnancy and experienced all the things mentioned in this film. I'm now 6 weeks into my second pregnancy and feeling terribly nauseous and fear everyday it will get worse. My insurance company in the USA is renegotiating with a lot of obyns and I can't get a doctor appointment until 13 weeks pregnant because of it. How can I get treatment if I can't see anyone until 13 weeks? No one will see me unless I pay out of pocket, and even then, the doctors are so few and far between that won't tell you it's just morning sickness. What should I do?

11 weeks in and in such a dark place with HG 😢 Started 5 1/2 weeks and the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life.

I have HG, currently 8 weeks and I've been in and out of hospital for fluids. Lost 12 pounds. It's awful. I'm transitioning from my fertility clinic to my actual OB and it's been really tough to get medication. So many docs just don't want to give you meds to help. I haven't left the house since week 5. I have two different doctor's appointments this week to see if anyone can help me. Getting help shouldn't be this hard.

I’m currently going thru hg and I feel so depressed and alone. My partner thinks it’s all in my head and that I’m being dramatic. That women have babies everyday, that I’m choosing to not get out of bed n to be lazy. I’m so heartbroken I don’t think I can do this much longer

Thank you for making this documentary😢 am 10 weeks pregnant and am going through hell! It hurts when people around you don't take it serious, they just assume it is a normal morning sickness 😭It's my first pregnancy and am afraid how long will this go on. I can't take care of myself, i can't eat, drink all i do is vomit, spitting saliva every 5seconds, staying in bed all day,am so weak i want this to be over soon, please God help me

I’m 33 weeks and at my next appt am going to be signing papers to have my tubes removed. I hate that this awful disease has robbed us.

Thank you.

I had hg with my first baby I gave birth 1 stone lighter then I was at my booking appointment I thought I was dying

Currently 10 weeks on IV already for last 4 weeks hopefully will get better lost 8 LB can’t play with my toddler so depressing

I had this during almost my entire first pregnancy. I felt I was going to die it was hell. I became a zombie.
Thank God it's much different now with my second pregnancy even if I still felt sick during the first trimester, it's nothing like the previous one.

Kids are totally worth it of course but It really is hell

I was so ill 1997 with my daughter that I considered abortion I was so ill will this from the 5th week, I was luckily taken into hospital at 12 weeks and put on a glucose drip for a week nul by mouth for one week, luckily after 2weeks in hospital I was ok.

I suffered with terribke HG with all my pregnancies. I was sick that much I bled!! Ten years later and I have lost nearly all my teeth.

Currently 12 weeks on an IV fluid and medicine 16.hours daily and still throwing up and feeling like my body is shutting down thank you!

I'm a sufferer. It is debilitating. I hope something is found soon. Thanks for making documentary.

Thank you! Showed this to family and friends to understand me better!! Thank you for making this.

Hyperemesis is awful and women deserve more care and more awareness, love to all my fellow sufferers.

I’m currently on my 8mos of pregnancy and still suffering from HG. 8 mos of nonstop vomiting, difficulty breathing, hallucinations, vomiting blood, nausea all day, dehydration, weight loss, etc. I’ve been isolating myself for 8mos. It feels lonely and tiring. And it feels cruel hearing people comparing my condition to morning sickness which is totally different lol.
Watching this video made me feel like I am seen, I am heard, I am not alone.
Hyperemesis Gravidarum needs more medical support and understanding. I really hope they find a better treatment for HG soon and that people take this sickness more seriously.

I had 2 HG pregnancies and to this day I still have fear and nightmares about it, Certain foods and smells still make me want to vomit. It’s truly horrendous. I felt guilty for not enjoying my pregnancies, felt like a failure from the moment it started. I had been given sickness tablets but they did nothing as would bring them back up within minutes of taking them. Unless you’ve been through it NO ONE UNDERSTANDS!

My darling sister suffered all this and sadly died leaving her beautiful 4 month old baby girl x

I had HG with my rainbow baby pregnancy, it was awful, was on a zofran pump for 12 weeks of my pregnancy, in and out of the hospital at times, zofran tablets and a couple of other medicines that didn’t work. Might’ve helped some nausea but I was still puking every single day. It’s hard to go through an Hg pregnancy, you’re loosing weight, frail, dehydrated and still expected to do everything as if you aren’t struggling with this condition. Thankfully I had an amazing partner to help me with chores and working, but not everyone has the option.

I suffered with HG with 2 of my pregnancies the last being the worst. I was so sick it was like my life completely stopped. I had to stop working and I couldn’t leave my house for over half of my pregnancy unless I was going to dr and that was miserable. I called on my mom in law daily because my mind was in such a dark place she prayed for me daily, if not for God and her my daughter and I would not of been here.

I just had a baby a few months ago with severe HG ,i am fighting 2 autoimmune diseases. Thank God pregnancy is over but the horror of HG will stay with me life time, i had 2 HG pregnancies, i wanted to have more kids but due to this horrible condition i will not have any more children also when my autoimmune condition has worsened after the childbirth.

I’ve recently been diagnosed with hg and was put on a drip a week ago I haven’t ate since and feel horrible

Thank you for this documentary i feel so seen.

Yup. Pure hell. My son is my world
But a second pregnancy, absolutely not.
Tubes tied up at age 29.

THANK YOU so much for this 💗 💖 💓

Horrible
My daughter is going through this 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Thankyou for all your supportive comments. We made the film to try and get the message out there and get more people talking about HG. All your comments below must go someway to helping others who read them. Thankyou for your support of the film

Thank you for making this video

I bawled my eyes out! I'm 27 weeks pregnant and still feel like hell, despite the meds. I've suffered, and I've gotten very little understanding or sympathy from anyone.

I think this is amazing I'm at the end of my first pregnancy and I've gotten much better but it seems to be coming back and all the feelings about how horrible it was seem to flood back. I really hope they find a better treatment for HG and that people really do take us more seriously.

I am currently suffering from HG and it has had me in such an awful and dark place. I feel guilty for some of my thoughts and feelings. I love my baby, but I also feel like I'm dying. This movie makes me feel more seen and not so alone. I'm sharing this with friends and family so they can have a better understanding of what I'm going through.

I suffered from HG my second pregnancy 9 years ago. I was hospitalized almost my entire pregnancy and almost terminated as well. I believe it also caused me to develop alopecia in my 3rd trimester.

My baby is 7 months old now. I have 3 kids and the last 2, I had hg. My hg only got worse with every pregnancy. I went into preterm labor with my 2nd at 25 weeks and was bedridden the last 3 months all while having severe hg. I was fortunate enough to be a stay at home mom with my last pregnancy however, it was still very very difficult. Having 3 kids ages 7 and under is tough but especially harder dealing with hg. Thank you so much for making this documentary. People need to be educated on this and especially employers because many of them lack any empathy about this. Thank you for the information and I hope we continue to spread awareness and start finding more ways to help mothers like myself with this debilitating condition.