I wanted to go ahead and post my "semi-final HG protocol" - this is the plan that goes into action when one receives a positive pregnancy test. Most mums who have had HG once prepare an HG-protocol for subsequent pregnancies - it's essential and very helpful. If you have had HG once, I encourage you to try it! It's very empowering. This plan is extremely basic, as plans go. Many HG mums have protocols that are pages and pages long - to see these, visit the forums at www.hyperemesis.org.
As always, you, the reader, are responsible for making your own medical decisions and doing your own research. The following is not medical advice, but simply a report of what I am doing - so use any of the information at your own risk.
Here it is!
Pre-Conception
WHOLE FOODS DIET
WATER WITH LEMON
PROBIOTICS
MULTI-VITAMIN
OMEGA-3
B-COMPLEX – 100 mg per day, in two 50 mg doses
MILK THISTLE – 2 caps per day of 70-80% silymarin
After positive pregnancy test
WHOLE FOODS DIET
WATER WITH LEMON
PROBIOTICS – yogurt & acidophilus
PRENATAL VITAMIN – maybe without iron?
OMEGA-3 – 2 to 4 caps of fish oil a day
DICLECTIN REPLICA: - Start with 4 doses per day, up to 6, then up to 8 with OB’s supervision. Standard timing is one morning, one mid-day, two at night
B-COMPLEX – 10-mg four times a day (I will do 50 mg three times a day)
UNISOM – 10 mg 4x/day with b-complex (start with just one 25 mg tab before bed, then move up – tabs must be split in half to get ~10 mg)
VITAMIN C – a little bit with each (??) for absorption
MILK THISTLE – 3 caps per day of 70-80% silymarin
WILD YAM - (1) 3 capsules per day, (2) 1-2 tsp. dried extract three times daily, (3) 2-4 mL tincture three times daily)*
DANDELION – as directed on bottle
MORNING SICKNESS BALM BY MOUNTAIN MEADOW HERBS – as directed on bottle
GINGER - 1,000 mg every 2-3 hours as needed, no more than 20,000 mg per day
ENTROX– 1 cap per meal (for total of 3 per day) – this is an either/or with the fish oil, as they are both omega-3 sources
ABSORBAID – 2 caps per meal (for total of 6 per day)
Specifically for NVP/HG
BREASTFEEDING – helps some women
LEGUMES – supposedly good for quelling nausea
PHARMACEUTICALS – under care of an OB
MORNINGWELL CD
CHIROPRACTIC CARE
ACUPRESSURE/ACUPUNCTURE
FALSE UNICORN TINCTURE
OTHER HERBS - alfalfa, basil, black horehound, chamomile, ginger, lavender, peppermint, peach leaf, wild yam root, red raspberry leaf, yellow dock
* Most OB's will tell you that Wild Yam is not okay to take during pregnancy. Most midwives and herbalists will tell you that it is just fine to take during pregnancy. I'm going with the latter, but each mum must make up her own mind.
Oh my goodness! How I would have loved this years ago! I am passing it on to my daughters, one preparing for baby # 4 and the other just found out she is pregnant. With both daughters, nausea onset was immediate. My oldest and myself lost an average of 20# with each pregnancy. I didn't understand until TODAY after reading your blog why I was depressed (even though I was thrilled to be pregnant) with my third pregnancy. Keep it going. This is the most helpful information I've stumbled on so far.
ReplyDeleteAmber - thanks so much! I hope that the information is of help to them! Morning sickness/HG remedies are so individual, and it is so hard to predict what will work for any individual woman. I like to have lots of options to try! Best of luck to you and your daughters!!
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