[wanttobemommy]

I went to my appt today and that was about all I was awake for. The phenergan makes me sooo sleepy. According to my dr he doesnt care that I cant stay awake as long as I can keep food down. Well I can barely stay awake to eat anything . I am so tired all the time. Even now I just woke up I am dying to crawl back into bed. I honestly think that this sucks but my dr doesnt care. I over heard his narratives and he said 'patient seems to respond well to the new medication with the exception of excessive sedation' So yes I can eat and drink whatever I want but I am taking this med every 4-6 hours and it makes me soo sleepy. I tried taking half of a pill today and I was still tired but sick. So I guess for the next 27 ish weeks I will be napping.

[MiracleBaby06]

That happened to me i ended up taking 1 every 8 hrs so i could stay awake. I would wake up 7am take 1 then went back to sleep so when i woke up i would be able to eat and not get sick and then take another at 3pm. I was still sleepy but not as bad

[KR258]

Well it's good you'll be well rested....I'm glad you can keep your food down

[purelegance]

i agree with your doctor, sleeping is definitely better than no food or nutrients!! sweet dreams honey! just remember to say hi when you wake up for a pee break lol.

[wanttobemommy]

My only concern with the sleeping is I have no one to watch Jaxon so we are trying to figure out how this is going to work. If this was my first baby I wouldnt have any issues I would just sleep. But since Jaxon needs his momma I feel bad. Today he barely saw me and when it was time for bed he freaked out and wanted to stay with me. I am trying to figure out what will work best. I will probably try taking it every 8 hours like Jessica suggested and hope that helps some. I am so tired I can barely function. I have to force myself to stay awake right now because DH is trying to take a quick nap before going to work.

[mommy2067]

Hope you are able to work something out so you are able to get the rest you need...how long does your doc think you will have to be on the meds for? Keeping you in my thoughts...((((((((((((HUGS)))))))))

[Labhaoise]

I'm hoping that you don't have to be on the meds for much longer so that you don't go into full Mama Bear hibernation!

[angelic_ky]

hope you can work something out and/or the sickness will go so you don't need it (fingers are crossed that m/s goes soon but unfortunately i'm not game to hold my breath on that one)

[AuntLissE3]

Kristin, I don't want to scare you, but my brother went to the doctor with a stomach bug about 6 months ago, and his doctor would not give him phenergan. He said there was a new study that indicated that it was the biggest cause for seizures in children and adults. (My brother has no history of seizures, ever...just kidney stones). Instead, they gave him another anti-nausea med that was incredibly expensive. The doctor may have been jumping the gun or ill-informed, but my brother telling me that has stuck with me ever since. We both have stones regularly, and I've wondered since then if they would give me phenergan the next time I go to the ER with a stone. I googled before I posted, hoping to find a link to provide you with..and of course, I couldn't find anything other than the regular possible side effects which say it gives an increased chance for people prone to seizures.
Have you tried just taking half a pill to see how that works for you? It might not incapacitate you as badly as the whole pill while still providing you with releif from the sickness.

Good luck!

[wanttobemommy]

I did try the half of pill and I was still super tired and super sick. I went over everything with my dr about the medicine and he said there is nothing to prove the statement of seizures unless you have a history of them. Phenergan is given as a sedative and is a class C as well. There are no side effects for birth defects but it can cause issues with platlets if the mom takes it until delivery. Right now the game plan is this med for a couple of weeks and then we will slowly switch back to the Zofran. I have hypermemsis for some people it goes away for me it didnt go away until I was 30 weeks. Even then I still got sick but it was barely enough to cause any issues. So I will stay on this until the middle of april. I am not counting any days in March because its almost over. Then I will start replacing doses of phenergan with Zofran