ms mind over matter [Archive] - Bub Hub Pregnancy & Parenting Forum

MUMSIEOF2

14-01-2009, 20:51

Crazyfamily

15-01-2009, 05:38

Some people believe this. I know it is not true. I am pregnant with number 7 and some pregnancies I have been very sick and others not so bad. It is very real.

megaminz

15-01-2009, 05:57

I think it depends to what degree you have MS.

I have been lucky and had mild nausea occasionally through my pregnancy, most of the time I can deep breathe and say to myself calm down I can control not being sick...but on the odd occasion when I have really felt bad there is no controlling it.

I can only imagine what its like when its a lot worse than mine...you wouldn't stand a chance...

Sheer Bliss

15-01-2009, 06:55

I told myself i was NOT getting MS this pregnancy. I changed my diet and decided that MS would not rear it's ugly head. By 6weeks I was in hospital on a drip to be rehydrated, thena gain at 9weeks. I tried to convince myself it would go, and everytime i try and ean off the anti-nasuea drugs, i tell myself the same thing. I have hyperemesis and have lost 8kg, it's heaps better now, so i'd say just normal MS now, but NO WAY could i have made my mind up to stop it.

People that say stuff like that have NOT had bad MS.

mini munchkin

15-01-2009, 07:09

My FIL (of all people) said this to me the other day....

This time around ms has been much kinder on me, but I still haven't been able to make it go away.

Seacretsquirrel

15-01-2009, 07:18

I must admit before this pregnancy I wondered if this was sometimes the case, and I suppose for some people it might be. But this pregnancy has changed my tune - last time no MS this time that wonderul constant nausea (hungover feeling) not bad on the scale of things but much worse than last time and there is no way to avoid it!

I guess like so many things in pregnancy unless you are actually going through it you have no idea! (or rather others have no idea what you are going though) and it is one of those pregnancy things that everyone is an expert whether they have kids or not and you have to hear all about it:D
Oh well I guess that is part and parcel of being pregnant but at least you can choose to ignore the advice and comments that are offensive and inaccurate!:rolleyes:

Electric Rodeo

15-01-2009, 07:29

I wasn't told it was all in my head, though I wish it was then I could switch it off:laughing:
My MIL told me I obviously have alot of toxins in my body that are tryng to get out and I should have detoxed before PG to avoid MS.

Am sitting here fighting the urge to vomit again this morning. So far not eating ,drinking or swallowing seems to be working:p

not too old

15-01-2009, 11:52

Ha ha ha Mitake I know what you mean!!!:laughing: I am trying breathing and air but am still fighting back the cold sweats which come before the dash to the loo:barf:

My first pregnancy I was ok a little nausea but ok. 2nd pregnancy with DD I was sick the entire time also in hospital (3 times on a drip) Third time was fine but this time with number 4 I am back to the dry horrors.
Basically I think you never know how or when you will experience ms.

reAllytee

15-01-2009, 14:06

beebs

15-01-2009, 18:07

hi, i had someone tell me today they thought ms was mind over matter, they have had ms before and said it was bad, I have ms at the moment I can't see how this would be the case. has anyone else been told this?

No, But if they did I'd slap them across the face.

I had awful ms last pregnancy. But this pregnancy just some food aversion and a bit of retching. Nothing worse so far. fingers crossed.

Its very very real as we all know first hand!

3blue&1pink

15-01-2009, 18:12

All my pregnancy's have had different cases of m/s. My first DS1 was TWO DAYS... my DS2 I was admitted to hospital, my DS3 I lived on Maxalon for 5-6months.. and #4 I had it for 3-4 weeks on and off.. it was never constant it would last for an hour in the morning then go away then sometimes come back at night..

MummyGoingMad

25-01-2009, 23:36

yeah the only people who say this havent had bad MS themselves, so dont worry... i have had the same said to be about travel sickness etc - people just dont understand. i wouldnt worry, just ignore them, its definitely not in your mind!!!

blubber

27-01-2009, 12:39

Certainly not in my head.

For bub 1,2 or 3.

I have just spent the past 12 weeks with Hypermesesis for the third time.
This time I have lost 11 kgs.

I say take any of the medication tat is available. Particularly when you already have a young family to look after.

I am alergic to Maxalon and only discovered Zofran this pregnancy.

I wish I had found it at 6 weeks preggers not 11. Now it is expensive but we were prepared to pay for it to try to get me going.
I had 4 days in hospital at around 7 weeks and in hindsight should have been there earlier.

I am 16 weeks now and have seemed to turn the corner. I am no longer taking the tablets, although I do have a few spare just in case.
They allowed me to get my own body up and going by being able to keep fluid down and have something to eat.
Once you get in that cycle your body can pick itself up.

Hope some of that helps.

silver_locket

27-01-2009, 15:25

Yes!! My dad actually told me "it's all in your head" just the other day, I told him " YOU try being pregnant for a day and see how much YOU focus on your head".... I was quite devistated!!
My first pregnancy was okish, only first month or two i was chucking up, this tie round it seems stronger!.. It's so hard to not chuck when you really feel you need to. Last time I sucked on some sugary lollies and it helped a bit, tried that this time and i chucked them up too...

My hubby said this one is extremely fussy- must be a girl! :laughing:

simba6

27-01-2009, 15:43

hi, I think it depends on the individual, i know i recently had to do this myself, my last pregnacy my son died @ 24 weeks due to placental abruption from violent vomiting, i am since pregnant again and had m/s for about 6 weeks, i was terrified to vomit, i gagged alot but myself out of it and didn't :barf:once.:yelclap: But i might have had a mild case of m/s. so each person is very different, so who knows. :confused:

our little treasures

27-01-2009, 22:07

Oh I heard this many times .... Even on here there have been err 'discussions' LOL on it !

I would love to think its mind over matter ...

But I doubt losing 20kgs, vomitting at least 5 times a day on a good day, being unable to leave the house without a bucket & the fact that I now have 4 rotted back teeth from all the bile I threw up is all in my head ....

My mum thought I was over exaggerating with Boof until she saw me ... She was so horrified that she couldnt get over it !

It became such the norm for me to be vomitting that my family were used to me sitting on the lounge with my head in a bucket while they continued their conversations !

Sometimes the nausea I suppose can be like that but when you really have MS you have buckleys chance of ' changing your mind ! '

:yes: I suffered much the same as you. I couldn't handle water and lost weight as well. I also suffer with my teeth because of it :(

My GP was so very worried and my mum tells me it looked as if I had cancer and was dying.

I guess it's hard for men and women who don't suffer to get how it's not in the mind!!

It also frustrates me when people who have normal morning sickness complain and complain and I think hang on you really have no idea;)

HG really sucks and IF someone ever said it was all in my mind I am sure they would hear an earful!

Jamaica

28-01-2009, 12:44

No one dared suggest that to me but I have heard people say that before. For over 10 weeks I would be waken a couple times a night by nausea and in seconds be vomitting so I definatly would disagree. I wasnt even awake and was vomitting. Also some people say keeping busy keeps your mind off it, this never helped me I could be driving, thinking of where I had to go and have to pull over.

If only it were that simple, mind over matter - i wish.

chameleon

29-01-2009, 08:18

No I don't think it is mind of matter for most people- however I think this time for me some of it was just in my head. I almost get 'in the habit' of being sick, that I just continue to do so. There were some times that it was definitely real, but at other times I think MY morning sickness was psychological. It was just me reminding myself, "you haven't been sick yet today!" So then I would start to feel sick and go and throw up!

Herchy

29-01-2009, 08:24

haha all in the mind?? Nope, mine's all in the toilet.... every single morning for 9 months. My teeth have also suffered (2nd pregnancy with full time sickness).

TripleTime

30-01-2009, 10:01

My own Mother told me it was all in my head, gave her the dirtest look when she did, seeing as she spent 9 months in the bathroom with my sister.

I've been extreamly sick, spent the last 11 weeks on Maxalon (best thing ever) & was told it can be worse with multipuls, i sware its been multiplied by 3 :( I'm not a fan but i do know it will be all worth it in the end :D

Happy2be3

30-01-2009, 20:55

All i can say is Grrrrrrrrr ppl who say its in your head have either got no kids or didnt have ms!