I will be 36 weeks pregnant on Tuesday. I have had SEVERE sickness since I was 8 weeks. Doctor put me on Phenergan after about 4 months pregnant. When I hit my 3rd trimester sickness only got worse so now the doctor has me on Zofran. I’ve been the hospital twice allready because of the vomiting. 1st time I was not dehydrated, although my potassium was low due to the vomiting. Doctor gave me my 1st Zofran prescription. Medicaid will only pay for 8 pills a month!! So I was only taking one pill a day. Worked great I felt better and was actually eating. One night I got really sick and ended up in the hospital again. This time I was very dehydrated. Doctor gave me a new prescription and told me to get the prescriptions as much as I need them because of the Medicaid situation and the refills. Medicaid will pay for new prescriptions. So I got my pills and even though I never stopped throwing up completely because of heartburn, it was better. Now I ran out of pills again. Called the doctor’s office to get a prescription 2 days ago but the nurse never returned my call. Thing is that I spoke to them again today but I have to wait and see if the doctor makes it back to the office today so he can approve it. I’ve been taking my Phenergan meanwhile but they stopped working a long time ago. I’ve been throwing up a lot as you can imagine and don’t even know what to eat anymore. I don’t want to end up in the hospital again until Monday that the doctor comes in for sure. I just wish they would keep me in the hospital with an i.v. and medication none stop so that I never throw up again or that the doctor takes the baby out allready. It has messed up my throat so much that sometimes blood comes out too and it’s VERY painfull. I drink lots of water and try to eat crakers, bread, fruits, etc but there is NO controling it. I just don’t know what to do anymore. I feel like it’s something serious, even though it is pregnancy related. But when you are this sick you just feel like you’re dying! I cry because I can’t handle it anymore and I don’t know what to do. Please help me. I can’t take it any longer! I feel like no one understands how horrible I feel and I’m desperate, miserable and feel like I’m slowly drying even though I know I’m not.
Sorry I wrote so much.
By me saying I would like the doctor to take her out allready doesn’t mean I will do something on my behalf to make it happend. 1st of, 2nd educate yourself because at this stage baby is strong enough to survive. You’re not in my shoes and you do not know what this feels like. Nobody understand because nobody feels like I do. I would never do anything to hurt my baby and I do want to keep her in as long as I have too. I just wish I didn’t have too because I’m too weak allready!
I am asking for advice on what can I do to feel better. If I wanted the baby out allready I wouldn’t be here asking you people, I would be in the hospital trying to get her out!!! I don’t mind my own child inside my body, the pains, the stretching, doesn’t bother me. What I am having a hard time dealing with has been the severe vomiting!!!! Gosh you people just make me upset!!

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