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Monday night was another nightmare for hubby and me. I was throwing up every half an hour and hubby sent me to the clinic at 2:30am. At the clinic, the GP gave me a jab to stop the vomitting, at the same time assuring me that the jab will not harm my baby. The jab did not help and I kept throwing up till 5am and that is when the GP gave us a form for hospital admission. I found myself in SJMC again and hooked up to IV fluid in the ER. The ER doctor told me that she could not do anything for me because I had just received a jab less than 3 hours ago. I was still throwing up while the nurse wheeled me to the ward. Poor hubby did not sleep at all and he left at around 7am when things seems to calm down.

This is yet another episode of my pregnancy symptom, most likely this time triggered by something I ate earlier in the day, which is not good anymore.

My pregnancy disorder is known as hyperemesis gravidarum. It is a form of severe nausea/vomitting that affect nearly 10% of preggies. The reason for this post is just to bring awareness what this pregnancy disorder is about. With careful monitoring and treatment, both mother and baby can still stand a chance to survive, but if left untreated, it is life threatening to both the mother and baby. Below is a very useful website that I found on hyperemesis gravidarum:

http://www.helpher.org/hyperemesis-gravidarum/impact-hyperemesis/index.php

Over here in Malaysia, I only start to be aware of this disorder when I come face to face with it. In my struggle to fight it, I manage to find the above website that give me more detailed information on this disease and the various treatments.

Overall, I found that there are very little awareness on this disorder here. It is not my intention to scare others, but I strongly think that women should be more well informed about this especially those who are planning for a baby. My mother had this disorder when she was carrying me 30 years ago, but because she thaught that it is just morning sickness, she was not able to properly caution me when I plan for my pregnancy. This disorder can greatly robbed the women emotionally, financially and physically and the impact to other family member is not to be taken lightly as well.

As for hubby and me, we are just thankful that God is truly merciful and gracious to us. He has prepared the path for us way before we knew all this and we manage to cope this far (physically, financially and emotionally). Thanks to all our supportive friends too. We are looking forward to our bundle of joy, thou there are still so much uncertainties along the way. We will take one step at a time and look to God for strength and courage.