As the old thread is nearly full here it is time a brand new thread is born. All we need now is a new vomit face emoticon MN towers!
We are a bunch of past, present and future 
HG sufferers (along with worried spouses, family and friends) who use this thread to support, listen and discuss the dreaded pregnancy illness that is HG (hyperemesis gravidarum).
There are no limits on how much moaning posters can do nor can anyone's symptoms or experiences be tmi.
The old thread has been a great support to many of us and we hope this new thread carries on the great work started by old thread founder and HG guru LucindaE. She still maintains, supports and clucks 
around the thread daily even though her own experience of HG is thankfully over.
So with no further incoherent rambling from me on with the new thread eh?
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New Hyperemesis Support thread founded by the lovely LucindaE
grumblinalong · 04/03/2011 17:18
Thanks Grumblin! On lives the HG family!
How are you feeling? Has the sinusitis shifted yet? I hope so...one thing at a time to deal with would be nice
Hello :) Just marking my place while eating an apple, my first in weeks
Hello, Everyone mother hen calling in from library pc (they must be fed up with the sight of my face) to thank Grumblin and Everyone for the compliment in the name of the thread, undeserved in my opinion.
Welcome, all. I have boringly recounted my story several times, my doctor didn't believe me and didn't test urine, etc, but I was helped so much by Acupunture that I avoided hospitalisation, though I was a sight to be seen as I staggered retching up the street to that appointment. I think Acupunture does help everyone a bit,I just wish it helped eveyrone as much as it did me.
Aisling I do so feel for you,and I can only second other's comments about kesosticks. Thirty weeks of it is awful. You must, like these veterans Caramel and Grumblin be one tough woman, but that is not much comfort. I am startled that you have received so little sympathy. MaryLou how are you? Crisps, Lucozade and Coke were my staples and lots of other people's, too. I wonder why? Is it the saltiness/sweetness? MOH100 that is an awful story. I remember reading part of an old book on pregnancy and motherhood which told women off for feeling/being sick and said that they had no right to feel sorry for themselves, they had brought it upon themselves by mental attitude, etc etc. Steam burst from my ears!
Caramel I do hope that the vomiting hasn't come back? How is the heartburn? LA and NitNat Ihope the sink episodes haven't (no pun intended) repeated themselves? Rozzee apple - now that is surprisingly healthy to be able to face...You'll be daring a salad soon...
Re: sweets, has anyone been able to get hold of that barley sugar I used to get hold of from a funny traditional type of sweetshop?
NitNat I do hope you feel happier today, I was so shocked about the treatment you received, particularly in a unionised place. Grumblin how did you ever manage to teach at all in such circs?
*Everyone I have rudely not named, being warned 'five minutes to go' on computer screen
We need a green face. Should we use the green 'envy' icon (how ironic) for the purposes of this thread?
Luce TheOnly and all, thinking of you.
Kittens I hope you come along to purr soon...
LucindaE
xx
Hurray, glad everyone is finding the new thread without too much bother.
caramel sinusitis is clearing thanks. I'll never forget the emergency GP's face when I threatened to chop my head off! She couldn't believe I still had HG at 25 weeks, apparently she was told at medical school it went at 20 weeks. I said 'Does it look like it's gone?' and shoved my sick bowl hat thing at her! I can not believe the medical profession keep themselves so uninformed about it. She quickly wrote me a script for antibiotics to get me out of there I think.
aisling, moh100 and marylou I found that the care of HG gets slightly better each time, like they take you more seriously if you've had it before 
but it could be that I've just got more assertive. Now that I'm on my third bout of it I pretty much just tell GP's and A&E doctors 'My ketones are 4+, I can't keep down any fluids, the antiemetics aren't staying in my stomach for long enough, do my bloods you'll see my counts are low...put me on a drip now please, yes I still throw up daily until labour.' Sometimes they get a bit shirty but they soon come round when all their tests prove me right. Ondansetron gave me such high hopes, I really thought it would be my magic pill but when it didn't work for me I realised that medicines can only go far, there is no real cure for Hg apart from time (20 weeks seems to magic for most) or delivering the baby (for the very unlucky few).
Anyway rant over for me! don't get me started on HG I hate it!
Hope everyone else is ok/good/fantastic!
Grumblin glad the sinusitis is clearing. Your emergency GP sounds like the same one I saw when I had sinusitis a few weeks back. I asked him to take my BP to rule out any Pre-eclampsia probs bc of the severe headaches I was getting and he told me you only get PE in the first trimester . Uh, no. Also said HG, actually said 'morning sickness', doesn't last past 12 weeks .
And I think they take you more seriously when you have HG second time round too. This time I didn't have to get to hospitalisation before being listened to. Sad that it has to work like that though.
Coconuts glad you've found a strict regime to make the most out of the meds. It's insanely controlling this HG business. If my morning routine doesn't go exactly to plan I'm screwed for the day.
Lucinda sympathies re your lack of internet at home. I'm still using a mobile dongle and waiting for bband to be installed...so frustrating!
Caramello - that's just it. If I can't get that balance right, my day goes to pot. Nothing stays down and I'm back to square one. Must be having a good day... Just cleaned all my floors. Haven't done it for 6 weeks 
well done on new thread girls
dont forget to tell all your worried mums to join me on gransnet.
Morning all Just popped onto new thread to mark place before going to Docs for sick note #324.
Ariane Cyclizine works for me to stop most nausea but doesn't stop vom or loss of appetite/food aversions. Might be worth a try? If you can get it on an IV in hospital, even better - it's very, erm, relaxing.
Congrats on pink bump La. I am now obsessed with tights. Cannot wait to dress this poor baby up in stripes! DS wants to call the baby Lady Gaga, with Frame for a middle name
.Grumblin are you back to work today? hope feeling better-ish?
Good to hear stories from other HG fighters. I think a Channel 4 documentary is the way to go to expose this ridiculousness. Do we know any producer types?
Had good day yesterday (21 week mark) apart from obligatory retching of a bucket of saliva in morning. Body appears to have run out of bile. Went to Ikea, arrived 10am, left 3.30pm. Had free coffee at 10am, a bowl of soup at 12 as about to vom, meatballs at 1.30pm (husband works nearby and met me there) and then resisted hot dog after the checkout and just had a fat coke! Eating much better as you can see. Just need to drop the retching habit at 8am and 12pm. I think I can see what they are on about when they say you need to stop the vom before it gets entrenched. My body has definitely got into the habit and even though I usually bring nothing up except saliva (lets not go into what happens in the tena lady dept) my stomach doesn't seem to be able to get out of the habit. Bah.
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