Hello. I'm 30 weeks pregnant and had to go into the hospital yesterday because I was "leaking" or having a lot more vaginal discharge than normal (sorry if this post contains TMI). The doctor I talked to on the phone was worried I had a ruptured membrane but they did some tests at the hospital and it's Bacterial Vaginosis...something really common for pregnant women to get but left untreated can cause my uterus to get infected, for me to go into pre-term labor, or for my baby to have low birth weight. They gave me a prescription for Flagyl at the hospital and the doctor at the hospital (who was in and out in under a minute, I never had a chance to ask her any questions) said it might cause me to feel "yucky" and "nauseous" but if I eat something before I take it I'll be ok. I haven't taken it yet because I'm completely convinced it's going to make me violently ill, feeling nauseous constantly for the 7 days I need to take it and vomiting non-stop. I'm terrified. I feel awful because I know I need to take the medication to get rid of the infection but I've had panic attack after panic attack just trying to prepare myself to take the first dose.

I called my OB's office today and asked if there was any other medication I could take that wouldn't cause nausea (I lied and said I've been taking the Flagyl and it's making me feel sick, I wasn't sure if they'd understand the whole emetophobia thing and the anxiety that goes along with it and I didn't want to leave all that info in what's supposed to be a brief message). I haven't gotten a call back yet but I did a little research and all the medications used to treat Bacterial Vaginosis have all the same side effects. I've just been sitting in bed crying because I don't know what to do and I'm so scared for my baby. Does anyone have any advice?