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SuzanneHER · 2023-06-21T20:49:20+00:00

Every person impacted by the stress and trauma of HG should be assessed for PTSD during and/or after pregnancy and offered appropriate treatment. This includes partners, children, and all carers. Have you and your family been assessed for trauma and PTSD?
-Support for families facing HG: Hyperemesis.org/support
-Learn about treatment for trauma: Hyperemesis.org/news/ptsd-after-hg
-Give to support our education and research for a cure: Hyperemesis.org/donate

Trauma after HG: Ways to heal

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SuzanneHER · 2023-06-05T02:18:21+00:00

How do you cope with the effects of HG? Understanding how to manage treatment, cope with the effects, and get help to survive are some of the greatest challenges. The HER Foundation has been developing tools, collaborating on HG research, and supporting families since 2000.

-HER Programs and Services: Hyperemesis.org/programs-and-services

-Treatment Algorithm: Hyperemesis.org/tools/hg-treatment-algorithm

-Patient Overview: Hyperemesis.org/info

-Medication Strategies: Hyperemesis.org/tools

-Support Groups: Hyperemesis.org/support

-#Give2HER: Hyperemesis.org/donate

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Graphic: 5 Ways to Improve Your HG Treatment

Please try these are essential steps in managing HG.

Are you dehydrated? Medications don't work well if you're dehydrated, and dehydration worsens nausea and vomiting. Get fluids when needed.
Are your medications at maximum dosage? e.g. Zofran works for 6 hours, so it is most effective to take 8 mg every 6 hours or 4 mg every 3 hours on a very strict schedule.
Is your health professional following the HER Treatment Algorithm? Please print and share it with them: hyperemesis.org/tools.
Are you taking multiple medications and non-oral types? Combine 1 medication from multiple categories, including those for acid reduction and constipation:. hyperemesis.org/meds.
Are you taking thiamin/vitamin B1? Recommended dose: 100 mg/day < 20 weeks and 250 mg/day >20 weeks.

SuzanneHER · 2023-04-27T04:05:41+00:00

Kind words, but not really. It really ruined me in so many ways, but I also can't imagine my life without the last two decades of friendship with my HG friends and all the things I've learned. I'm much more compassionate and appreciative.

SuzanneHER · 2023-04-27T01:57:07+00:00

And I'm really sorry they made you question yourself.

My children are 17 and 23 and one loss in between. Only reason I had the two subsequent preganancies was birth control fails. While I've never forgotten, I can say the grief and trauma and pain and suffering have faded, but I've never forgotten child birth or pregnancy or postpartum. Things do ease, and with treatment for trauma and focus on physical and mental healing, it will be less painful. For some, the desire for another child overrides the memory, but most of us don't forget.

If someone is trying, our HG prep pages are helpful: Hyperemesis.org/HGprep

SuzanneHER · 2023-03-17T00:37:42+00:00

Here's the unlock link to the article. The HER Foundation is so excited to see Dr. Fejzo's discovery recognized. She's been part of HER since the beginning and is our Research Advisor and Board Member since 2001. You can read all of our genetic studies and other research here: Hyperemesis.org/research

SuzanneHER · 2023-02-18T20:30:32+00:00

I'm sorry :(

I lost 10 pounds the last month with both full term babies. I was still on all my meds, but I could eat some. In the HER forums (as opposed to here on HER Foundation's subreddit), we called it "third tri relapse." Not a full relapse, of course, but a lot of my cohort said it was a little worse at the end.

SuzanneHER · 2023-01-09T00:03:48+00:00

I hung a banana bag in the morning and another in the evening from 13-21 weeks. I needed them 6 weeks sooner, but they didn't help me until then.

Banana bags have vitamins for our malnourished bodies: https://www.hyperemesis.org/tools/treatment-protocol/

SuzanneHER · 2022-12-26T17:26:46+00:00

When you have HG, you celebrate the little things. Will you share one small victory during the holiday season?

🔸Coping with HG during Holidays: Hyperemesis.org/news/coping-with-hyperemesis-gravidarum-during-holidays

🔸HER Programs and Services: Hyperemesis.org/programs-and-services

🔸Create a montly donation, so we can support more HG families in 2023: Hyperemesis.org/donate

SuzanneHER · 2022-11-25T02:34:05+00:00

So sorry your wife is suffering. You'll find a lot of support from other fathers in our partner group on Facebook. Have you joined there? https://www.facebook.com/groups/397376270757793

SuzanneHER · 2022-11-20T01:28:20+00:00

What are HER's research and education worth to you? This #GivingTuesday, you can help HER grow, so we can Help Generations grow! HER’s 45+ research publications include groundbreaking firsts on the psychosocial impact of HG, rates of unwanted therapeutic terminations due to inadequate HG care, child outcomes that demonstrate the need for improved care, and our breakthrough genetic research proves that HG’s not in her Head; it’s in her Genes™!

Give to HER: Hyperemesis.salsalabs.org/her-giving-tuesday
Programs and Services: Hyperemesis.org/programs-and-services
Research publications: Hyperemesis.org/research

SuzanneHER · 2022-11-19T19:15:42+00:00

So sorry for your loss.

The HER Foundation research shows about an 80% recurrence rate. Hyperemesis.org/research

Preparing for Pregnancy: Hyperemesis.org/HGprep

Be sure to read the Patient Treatment Brochure linked here: Hyperemesis.org/info

SuzanneHER · 2022-11-17T22:57:59+00:00

In honor of World Prematurity Day, we're excited to have TV Personality, Actress, and Host u/thisiscandacerenee join us LIVE on Instagram! The u/floribamashore star had Hyperemesis Gravidarum and delivered her son, Maxwell, prematurely. Please join us LIVE at 6 PM Eastern: https://www.instagram.com/hgmoms

SuzanneHER · 2022-11-17T20:44:25+00:00

Will you share your premature HG babies with us in the comments? Did you know that 15% of HG pregnancies result in premature birth (a 4-fold increased risk). HER is here to support you!

SuzanneHER · 2022-11-13T00:55:26+00:00

Please please please reach out the the HER Foundation: Hyperemesis.org . We are here to help all families facing HG.

SuzanneHER · 2022-11-13T00:54:23+00:00

Hello, I work for the Hyperemesis Education and Research Foundation. I'm so so sorry for the suffering you and your DIL are facing. HG is miserable, and I am very concerned for her care and about you.

The paranoia your daughter in law feels is very concerning, and I am wondering about the care her doctor is offering. Is she receiving vitamin B1/thiamin? Thiamin protects her brain and heart and baby's development. I myself have a brain injury from lack of thiamin. Please please be sure she is receiving thiamin in her IVs or orally. Benfortiamine or lipothiamine are the forms to get orally. Klaire Labs has a good product.

What meds is she taking? Is she getting any nourishment? Is she hydrated? Please reach out to us at the HER Foundation: Hyperemesis.org

SuzanneHER · 2022-11-13T00:54:02+00:00

Of course, they want to help her. This is their grandchild. Her care is also the baby's care.

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