Cooking for sdil with Hyperemesis

[Babysharkdoodoodoodo]

Hi,
Sds, sdil and toddler are coming for a week before Xmas. She's really suffering with morning (all day) sickness and is currently surviving on soup. She super fussy anyway about food, hardly any veggies and no spices. So I'm really struggling with food ideas. I get the Morrisons fresh soups for my lunch anyway, so would it be reasonable to get a few in just for her?

I feel guilty for not cooking specially for her but I don't get home from work until around 6pm and tbh I can't be arsed with faffing around cooking multiple meals after a stressful day. It's bad enough having guests for over a week when I get up for 5.30am anyway. (Sorry just stressing and venting, I do like them all really) I just don't want to be faced with the nose wrinkle again, when I've just spent the best part of an hour or so cooking. Last time it was picking the kidney beans out of the chili, and being told she didn't like peas after I made a lovely pea and ham soup. I keep asking about like and dislikes and getting vague answers. It's generally driving me mental.

I guess what I'm asking is what bland , tummy friendly, easy to cook recipes are there? Whilst I cook normally for the rest of us?

[JassyRadlett]

Trouble is with the no pungent fumes is that just about all my cooking relies on spices. I'm not good at bland.

Couldn’t you try, just for a week, if it meant easing another person’s misery a bit? I’m speaking as someone who couldn’t go into the supermarket for four months during one of my pregnancies, because of the smells. It’s awful.

I guess I could always pop a chicken breast or a pork chop in the oven whilst I'm doing the rest and give her some boiled pots to go with it. Or some basic pasta with cheese?

Seriously, please don’t prejudge what she will and won’t be able to eat or that ‘bland’ nursery-style food is the answer. The answer is different for every woman.

[ElfOnTheShelfAteMyJoy]

Most of my nutrition from my pregnancy came from the 'yellow bag' of parbinex IV... Just get her to come to you prepped for that and you'll have no bother!

[timeisnotaline]

I’d get some junk food- fizzy drinks, haribos, sour jelly sweets, individual packets of potato crisps, and fruit & crackers , ice lollies and sorbet and just see if anything works. Basically you can’t win this week except by stocked bathroom as pp said, understanding plenty of time in bed
And having no pressure options. She may not be able to answer, I couldn’t give any answers to what I would want to eat because there is no right asnwer and just thinking about food hurts. I didn’t use Pinterest or pick up a magazine for months because the pictures of food made me feel ill. When I was recovering so starting to think I might eat x or y, I suddenly thought I could actually eat a burger one night. By the time we’d thrown coats on and walked 200m to the burger shop and ordered I couldn’t any more. Is there not a step son who can give as much helpful advice as possible? Can you not ask him?

[VimFuego101]

If there's something she can eat - even if it's canned soup or plain toast - I would just make sure you're stocked up with the exact brand, try to block off cooking smells from wherever she'll be sleeping (maybe a fan in her room) and be clear you won't be offended if she doesn't feel up to sitting at the dining table while others are eating. It must be tough staying at someone else's house while you feel so rough.

[ElfOnTheShelfAteMyJoy]

Not wanting to be dramatic but it's gone 2am in UK and am still up as we've been talking about baby no2 but the level of HG I had was so awful and this thread has triggered so many memories- OP am so hoping you accept HG is a medical condition and not just your sil being faddy!

[BusterGonad]

I have never had HG but I have got crohns which can often make me feel really sick, I tend to go for soups cream of Tom or chicken, jelly sweats are a real winner, plain biscuits like digestives and rich tea, lots of squash, Coke and lemonade to reintroduce sugars. Crisps like plain pringles and lightly salted are always good. Ice lollys is an amazing suggestion as they rehydrate and taste good.

[BusterGonad]

Wheatabix is great too either as a snack or for breakfast.

[TeddyIsaHe]

When my HG was severe I couldn’t eat or drink anything, even my own saliva without throwing it up 2 minutes later. My dr dismissed me as being paranoid until I said I hadn’t had a wee for 36 hours and then an ambulance was called.

When I was slightly better (ie had 45 minutes in between throwing up rather than 5) I ate plain crisps, sour jelly sweets and apple tango. And that was it.

Please be accommodating to your SIL - it’s just a week and you not cooking pungent food/having air fresheners everywhere/ washing bedding in strong smelling fabric softener etc etc could mean the difference between her having an ok week and being made to feel the illest you could possibly imagine.

Also fuck whoever suggests ginger.

[timeisnotaline]

How is it going op? How is your poor sdil?

[kateandme]

heres a few that helped or was managed.
chicken in white sauce.so a really basic white sauce with chicken in and rice.surpisingly tasty but very comforting for her.
scrambled egg.
toast.
rich teas
fish fingers
brwad sticks.
a few nuts to snack on
foxes creams
porridge
cornflakes allowed to go soft.same with branflakes.so id come and put milk on half hour before we had breakie.
warm custard with sponge.or dgiestives gone soft in it.
rice pudding or those muller rice pots.
ribena
rice krispies.
she managed the shephard pie but just the topping really with more gravy than the mince.
jackets with just some cheese on.
mashed carrot and sweet potato.
it changes.
I got her a litte box of comfort.some fluffy socks and pjs.some pringles.hot water bottle.mug with hot choc in.one of those kids size selection cereal boxes.packet of rich tea and bourbons.and a loaf of bread for toast.magazine and chick lit.and a dvd.she really
appreciated it.
tyr and help her eat regually and empty stomach is trigger for vimit and nausea small and steady.