Frustrated - Need to vent

If I come across one more "medical professional" that doesn't know or understands fully what HG is might actually lose it! It's not like it's a brand new thing so I'm baffled when even my GP wasn't fully aware of what HG is and what it means for someone to be suffering from it! It's honestly just a disgrace! I feel lucky that at least my therapist (who's a man) knows what it is and how awful it can be because his wife suffered with HG for both of her pregnancies and he agrees with me that it can be extremely mentally draining and a very lonely situation and the fact that GPs are not all fully aware of it It's just shameful! I'm severely lactose intolerant, it's on my records and I remember that at the beginning of my pregnancy, when I was diagnosed with HG they gave me tablets saying that I was absolutely fine taking them and guess what, they had lactose and were not even working for me so I was constantly on the toilet either throwing up or with diarrhoea and ended up in A&E for 2 days due to severe dehydration and I was fuming! After 2 months (towards the end of the first trimester) they've finally prescribed me Xonvea after 3 failed attempts with other pills. A box only has 20 and I was told to take 2 tablets daily and my GP requires a whole 7 working days notice to issue prescriptions so I was literally picking up the tablets and then send a request the day after to make sure that the prescription would be ready by the time I finished the box so I wouldn't run out. Guess what, after a month on them, they've refused one of my requests with no explanation whatsoever and when I called the practice they told me that I needed to book an appointment and that they had no availability until a week after! I suffer with severe anxiety and depression and being without tablets triggered me to the point where I was suicidal (my mental health issues are on my records so GP knows). I had to call 111 and literally beg them to issue an emergency prescription for me. Spoke with the GP a week later as I still decided to book an appointment, threatened to sue them for the psychological distress I was put especially being pregnant and never had an issue with my prescriptions since! I was told that the request was declined because I was requesting them too soon (wtf). Absolutely ridiculous of them, I've suffered more because of their ignorance and negligent than because of my actual HG! They also knew that a decade ago I was mis diagnosed and had to interrupt my first pregnancy because I was told that my HG was something else so they knew what I had gone through and still told me in a waiting room FULL of people that I might have to end this pregnancy as well. I didn't listen. I'm now at the end of this pregnancy and I'm extremely grateful that I didn't end this pregnancy because of the ignorance of that GP that didn't know what he was looking at!
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I totally get this. I went to pregnancy assessment and the doctor told me to eat ginger and sniff alcohol wipes ... also because I didn't actually throw up while at pregnancy assessment even though I felt horrendous weak and sick the whole time they couldn't do anything for me. I battled it again myself and luckily it did get better earlier thus time

Oh my goodness im so sorry! Id be looking to join a different GP practice because that is just awful!!

completely understand sadly pregnancy with HG has been made worse by ignorant professionals and also just other women tbh 😶 I’m glade you made it to the home stretch this time, almost there ❤️

@Cesca I can't...I have to use the local one apparently depending on my postcode 😪

I am so sorry to read your experience 🙁 HG is so tough and the last thing a patient needs is for their doctor to not take them seriously. I am so happy that you made it to the end of the pregnancy - I hope you are as okay as you can be 💙. After things settle for you, I wonder if you would be up for sending a letter or an email to your GP practice? Informing them of your experience and asking them to read the latest guidelines for HG so that the next HG patient doesn’t have to suffer in the same way. Sending you hugs

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