How to Cope with Hyperemesis Naturally

Hyperemesis Graviderum is more than just "a little morning sickness". This debilitating condition causes excessive vomiting, and nausea in pregnant women. This can result in weight loss, severe dehydration, malnutrition, and take a toll on life in general.

For the first four months of my pregnancy, I experienced the misery caused by this condition. Not only the physical discomfort that comes along with vomiting six time per day, but also the effect this had on my daily life. The exhaustion, nausea, and stomach cramping, took a major toll on my energy levels, and concentration. I was admitted to the hospital several times early on due to dehydration. My obstetrician tried prescribing different anti-emetic medications, none of which worked. Swallowing pills, was not even an option, as they would just come back up, so I had to opt for injections and suppositories, and they did not work either.

At four months pregnant, I was in the hospital , getting 're-hydrated' by an IV drip, one of the nurses in the E.R. recommended a particular midwife may be able to help me. I thought, if all this medication prescribed by my own obstetrician is not working, how could a midwife possible help me? After finishing my four hour long IV treatment, and getting another shot, I vomited on the way to my car twice, and decided to give the midwife a shot.

The midwife "Sherry" was so compassionate and understanding. Unlike my doctor, who said cliché things like "this will pass" as he handed me yet another script for medication, Sherry was very kind. As I walked in her office, she drew the blinds, and even lowered the resolution on her computer monitor. She understood the light was making feel sick as well. She spoke quietly, and explained to my (now ex) husband, how all these things are triggers, and it was not my imagination.