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Our store cupboard essentials and this week’s meal plan

It’s been a while since I last meal planned.  Thinking about food when you are suffering with Hyperemesis Gravidarum is not the most fun thing but I think our family has really suffered from us not having a plan in place, both nutritionally and financially.  Along with this week’s meal plan I’m going to share a list of things that we like to have in our cupboards all the time, our store cupboard essentials that help us make something out of nothing when we get to the end of the month and money is tight.  Having a few basic ingredients in the cupboards means that we can create something tasty for our family on those days where we haven’t planned ahead. Continue reading “Our store cupboard essentials and this week’s meal plan”

22 weeks pregnant with hyperemesis gravidarum: Back to the hospital

This week has been another struggle with HG (hyperemesis gravidarum).  I struggled to keep food or drink down for a couple of days and decided to go to the doctors to see if there was anything I could do to ease my symptoms.  I had 4+ ketones in my urine and was told I needed to go straight to the hospital to be put on a drip as, for the second time, I was showing signs of severe dehydration and malnutrition.  This was all at about 10.30am, I had Harry with me and struggled to find childcare so I could get to the hospital.  Eventually Alistair managed to get home from work and at about 3pm I got to the hospital to be told that I was being kept in overnight and needed to stay on a drip until I could keep food and drink down and the ketones were gone.  Having a cannula fitted while you are dehydrated is horrible. (I mean it’s never fun is it?!) It’s harder for the nurses to find a vein and usually, for me at least, means being poked and prodded several times before it goes in successfully.

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20 Week scan: Gender reveal!

20 week scan

We had our 20 week scan yesterday morning.  I’d been looking forward to it for weeks, there’s something so magical about seeing the little baby that’s growing inside you on a screen in front of you.  The scan went well and baby is growing nicely, all looks healthy which is such a relief after how little I’ve been managing to eat and how much of it has been coming back up.  It was such a relief to hear all of the checks going well and everything looking perfect on the scan.  I was a little disappointed to learn that I have an anterior placenta again which means I probably wont feel much movement with this baby, just like I didn’t with Harry but as long as it’s doing it’s job and keeping baby healthy I guess it doesn’t matter.

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18 weeks pregnant

I don’t really feel like writing much this week, so I’m not going to.  I’m now 18 weeks and still having days where I really struggle with the sickness. Everyone keeps telling me it will get better at 20 weeks.  I really hope so.  I’ve tried a few times to reduce my medication but have quickly realised that it isn’t a good idea.  I feel like time is ticking away and I should be in the breezy second trimester  by now, I’m feeling like this baby will be with us before we know it and we have so much to do but I don’t feel up to doing even the simplest day to day things a lot of the time.  I can’t lie, I have good days but I just wish I was completely rid of the bad days already! Continue reading “18 weeks pregnant”

15 Weeks Pregnant: What you should never say to someone with HG

I’m keeping this week’s update short and sweet, this picture sums my week up pretty well. My hair is scraped back in my signature, safe hairstyle that I’m wearing daily, I’ve got no make up on and my car is a mess. Harry refused to nap (he seems to be doing that a lot at the moment) so we went out in the car, then when he was asleep I parked on our drive, reclined my seat and had a little snooze myself! Keeping it classy as always!

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Meal Planning during pregnancy sickness: This week’s meal plan

I feel like I should point out that this meal plan is a loose idea of what I will attempt to cook for Harry and Alistair next week.  Whether or not these are the things I actually end up cooking I don’t know, it all depends on how I feel and what I am capable of.  I also need to be very wary that what may be a safe food for me one week might make me sick on the spot just by preparing it, let alone eating it so there is a large amount of flexibility in these plans.  My meal plan for the week will mostly consist of Kelloggs Frosties, salt and vinegar crisps and ice lollies, the foods I can eat, but as a mother I know that I can’t inflict my crazy diet on my family.

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Hyperemesis Gravidarum: The pregnancy game changer

My story

When we found out I was pregnant we were over the moon.  Surprised, but ecstatically happy.  I was excited to be pregnant again.  When I was pregnant with Harry I felt healthier than I ever had before.  Pregnancy was easy and I loved every second of it.  I had visions of things being the same this time round, me walking on air while my bump grew and I glowed with pride at the new life I was growing.

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10 Weeks Pregnant

This is my first ever pregnancy update on my blog! eek! I am now 10 weeks pregnant according to the scan I had but this could change when I go for my 12 week scan in a few weeks time.  I still don’t quite understand how that works as when I figured it out using my dates I was a few weeks further along than that but hey, it gives me longer to enjoy my pregnancy.  I’ve got a little questionnaire that I will fill out each week.  I didn’t do anything like this with Harry and I feel like once this baby is here our family will be complete so I want to cherish every moment of my pregnancy this time round!

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