Pregnant and so sick please help

[Connie222]

I’ve got no one in RL so please let me moan here.

I’m 9 weeks with 3rd DC (but 6th pg as I’ve had mc).

Each pregnancy has been awful but this is the worst. I’m on medication, I insisted at 7 weeks this time as I know my body and I know how bad it gets (I’m still being sick while they are doing the c section, it’s all the way though night and day). It doesn’t get bettter at 12 week, or 20 weeks or any of the other bullshit I’ve been told.

But even with meds the all day nausea is still there. It’s the worst ever this time and is making my life a living hell. I’ve been considering not continuing the pregnancy (although I wouldn’t be able to terminate after the mcs).

It’s so hard to get anyone to take me seriously. I’m wiped. It took going to 4 drs to get anything but “have you tried resting and ginger”. I know how my body works but no one listens.

I’m on meticloperamide (not the spelling it keeps bloody auto correcting).

Ondansetron wafers were my lifesaver - ask doc for some. They were developed for people going through chemotherapy so they really work, and being wafers they just melt on your tongue so you don't have to swallow anything. Best wishes to you.

And to top it all off the only things I can eat after being carb free and losing 8 stone over the last three years is carbs. So I’ve gained 18lbs in 3 weeks (yes, really . I was super healthy before) which makes me feel worse as I’m still obsese (now over 16 stone since the gain) and I know I’ll get hell for that.

Is it just sickness or could you also have reflux? Reflux made my sickness worse but adding ranitidine then omeprazole took the edge off it

On top of antisickness meds i mean

I haven’t had any heartburn/reflux at all this time

No advice just empathy - I am also queasy AF and putting on weight like crazy. It sucks!

I had 3 hyper emesis pregnancies but the 3rd time round they prescribed me Zofran which worked wonders. Stemetil and Metoclopramide did very little with the first two and they were born weighing 6lb 2oz but the Zofran was amazing and my 3rs was almost 10lb which I put down to not being as sick. I really feel for you, it is so difficult to function when you are throwing up or on the verge of throwing up constantly. Good luck with your pregnancy, hope things settle soon xxxx

@Connie222 hi,
I am literally going through the same I am 9 weeks pregnant and since about 4 weeks I have been virtually bed bound . My life has been so miserable. I contacted the HG charity and they advised me to ask doctor to perscribe 3 x anti sickness meds . I’m taking Ondansetron, stemitol & cylizine . So combining all three (9 tablets a day ) is helping but I’m still being sick daily . I longed for this pregnancy so long but I have been so poorly that I did consider an abortion. That’s how much the sickness takes over your life ... I really do feel for you ... hang in there , keep eating every hour or so , stop taking folic acid as this makes it worse , try getting the doctor to prescribe more meds xxx

Have you tried Ondansetron ? I had HG on my last pregnancy and it really helped alongside regular admission to hospital for fluids and occasional sterile treatment but I did find the ondansetron to take the edge off the intense nausea feeling. The other meds just seemed to reduce the vomiting but not help the nausea which I honestly felt was worse at least with vomiting I felt some relief albeit for a very short time but the nausea without vomiting felt much more relentless !

I used to freeze lucozade in tiny ice cube trays and try to just suck on 1 every now and then to at least keep some hydration going, the more dehydrated I got the more vomiting I would do and it became a vicious cycle that took a lot of time as an inpatient to resolve so trying to just get a little bit of anything in no matter how tiny can try to prevent the cycle kicking in