November 29, 2006

Hi Zane!
I can’t even begin to tell you how happy I am.

You are truly a gift from heaven. I am beginning to feel much better. My nausea and vomiting is finally going away. In fact I haven’t puked in days!

I ate in a restaurant 3 times with no problems, I am starting to spend time with friends, and I am venturing out for a few hours here and there for shopping or whatever.

I am only able to handle about 2 hours of walking around before I start getting exhausted and feeling bad… but I am working on that.

It is very hard for me to not have energy for the smallest things. I used to hike daily with Kimo up to six miles at a time, so to be wiped out after very little is...

This is an excerpt from the book I Wrote: Letters to Zane
Available September 2007

November 28, 2006

WOOOHOOO!!!
Today was my “official” ultrasound and guess what?

Everything I knew in my heart and soul was confirmed. You are a BOY!!

My sweet baby Zane.

My SON!

Today was one of the happiest days of my life! I love you very, very much and I feel you in there moving around.

It’s so weird!

Love Mommy

Statistics from Hospitals in England (2002-2003)

Hospitalization statistics for Hyperemesis Gravidarum: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Hyperemesis Gravidarum:

0.166% (21,205) of hospital consultant episodes were for excessive vomiting in pregnancy in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

96% of hospital consultant episodes for excessive vomiting in pregnancy required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

100% of hospital consultant episodes for excessive vomiting in pregnancy were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

59% of hospital consultant episodes for excessive vomiting in pregnancy required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

2.5 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for excessive vomiting in pregnancy in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

2 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for excessive vomiting in pregnancy in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

27 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for excessive vomiting in pregnancy in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

100% of hospital consultant episodes for excessive vomiting in pregnancy occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

0% of hospital consultant episodes for excessive vomiting in pregnancy occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

1% of hospital consultant episodes for excessive vomiting in pregnancy were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

0.097% (50,967) of hospital bed days were for excessive vomiting in pregnancy in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/h/hyperemesis_gravidarum/hospital.htm

Clinical Trials...

Clinical trials are being conducted to study the use of a delayed release drug for the treatment of HG.

http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00293644

To Participate you must meet certain criteria listed below:

Inclusion Criteria:
Singleton pregnancy of less than 7 weeks gestation.
Women who previously carried a full term pregnancy.
Severe NVP/HG in previous pregnancy by verbal confirmation as determined by questionnaire

Exclusion Criteria:
Women who refuse to participate in the study/sign a written concent
Women with insufficient English language skills to understand the questionnaires and assessment material
Women in her first pregnancy
Women who didn’t suffer severe NVP/HG in previous pregnancy
Gestational age beyond 7w+0d weeks of pregnancy
Multiple gestation
Women who have had previous adverse effects to “Diclectin®”
Women who take another anti-emetic medication
Pregnant women younger than 18 years.

See the link above for more detailed description of the clinical trial.

October 4, 2006

My Dear Grandchild,

Went and spent the day with your Mommy in the hospital. Had to call the paramedics to come get your Mommy yesterday around 5:15pm. When they started to take her to the gurney your Mommy fell back into the recliner and started jerking and was kind of out of it. When she came to they got her to the gurney and took her to the ER.

After being there for a while, the ER doctor told her that she might have to terminate you if she had a clot in her lungs. Your Mommy chose you and was going to take a chance...

This is an excerpt from the book I Wrote: Letters to Zane
Available September 2007

September 26, 2006

Good Morning!

Sorry I haven’t written my love. Mommy has been very sick.

I was back in the hospital for about a week, unable to keep anything down. They inserted a catheter into my arm called a PICC Line, so that they could give me nutrition through IV. I was finally able to come home but I had to have home health care with a nurse. They taught Tutu to change my IV and to take care of my needs while the nurse was not there.

Unfortunately, I developed yet more complications from that! My neck swelled one night I was taken in the morning back to the ER via ambulance. I now have a clotted area in my veins, from my neck to the PICC Line site (which had to be removed). The only nutrition I get now is whatever I can hold in… which isn’t much, but I am trying.

The doctors gave me medications to try to...

September 4, 2006

Hello my sweet Baby…

I am sorry I have not written in many days. Mommy has been very sick!!

Grandma “Tutu” sent me by ambulance to the hospital. I stayed 2 nights it was AWEFUL.

My potassium was very dangerously low because I have been so sick and vomiting. They had to monitor my heart and...

This is an excerpt from the book I Wrote: Letters to Zane
Available September 2007