Jessica Spry-Sinay and husband, Willem, daughter Yaiza

Jessica Spry-Sinay lives in the Netherlands with her husband and 2 daughters. She wanted to share her experience with two HG pregnancies and hear about the differences in treatment and care in other countries. She volunteers for a support group in her own country and reaches out to support groups in neighboring countries to offer help whenever she can.

We talked about:

• Emesafene: first choice anti-emetic for HG in the Netherlands
• She was told she had normal morning sickness at first, but then needed a 13 day hospital stay.
• Had HG with her missed abortion (sac was found but never a heartbeat).
• Metoclopromide:
• 3rd pregnancy was hospitalized at 6 weeks
• After the HG abated around 22 weeks, she was diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes
• She saw 8 different OB-GYNs and got 8 different treatment plans.
• in the Netherlands, Ob-GYNs are typically only for high risk pregnancies or complications. Midwives handle all normal pregnancies but they don't have a protocol for HG.
• The Netherlands supports homebirth, low c-section rates and very low epidural rates. Only complicated births are in the hospital.
• Hyperemesis Gravidarum Support Group in Holland
• Hyperemesis Gravidarum Facebook Support group in Holland
• They "cracker" and "ginger" women with HG over there too.
• 2 meters equals about 6 ft. 5.5 inches. That's tall!
• Don't brush your teeth after vomiting. Just rinse with water.
• Jessica feels a duty to stay in the groups and offer support and experience to the new women coming in every day suffering from HG.