Health Update

It's been a while since I've made updates on my pregnancy's progress. I wanted to let y'all know what's been up with me lately. I had a huge fallback with my health starting back in December when I began throwing up a few times which is normal because of morning sickness. Then it escalated to a point where I had such severe morning sickness, I mean, I was throwing up every 15-45 minutes and bad smells had been part of why it got so bad. One night I had enough and literally had no fluids in my body that I decided I needed to go to the hospital. I went and got hooked up to 3 bags of iv fluids. After that, I was given anti-nausea meds and released to go home. I was doing ok for about 3 days til I got sick again and threw up almost 3 days in a row without a break. It was horrible and I thought I was dying. I texted my mom one morning to tell her that I wasn't feeling real good and sent her a picture of my face to show her how sick I was. I had sunken eyes, a blister on my lip from dehydration, and skin was very white. She was horrified and left work, drove a hour to help me. When she got to my house, she tried to feed me food and get me to drink fluids but none of them would stay down so it was time for another visit to the hospital. I was there most of the day on iv fluids and went home afterwards. I was fine for a week and the next week didn't go well. Bad smells, lack of meds, and not much eating were big contributions of why I was getting sicker and sicker. I had struggled to get a doctor for a while but decided to just go ahead and get one anyways because I felt it was enough for me being sick almost everyday. My first appointment was last Wednesday and I was shocked with the horrifying results of what being sick had done to my body. Back in December, I was 125 pounds and when I stepped on the weight scale, it revealed I weighted 103 pounds. My heart stopped when I saw those numbers and that's when I realized how serious it was. I'm almost 4 months along and should be gaining weight at this stage instead of going backwards and losing 20 pounds. I look thin now but hope to get my weight back to normal and work on feeding the baby. Now I'm beginning my path to recovery by drinking fluids and eating every 2-3 hours. I also have left my house for a while to avoid bad smells and go stay with family. I care more about my health and the baby's that I need to do what needs to be done. All I want is my life and appetite back! Once I feel totally better, the first thing I would eat is a huge frosty! :)