2nd pregnancy after Hyperemesis

[angelaj1]

Hello

Swore blind I wouldn't ever get pregnant again after having HG for 4 months in first pregnancy and wanting to die - not wanting to concieve again for a few years but would love to hear from other HG suffers about thier experiences with 2nd babies- did you get Hg is it guaranteed with all pregnancies? was it worse?

Din't have hyperemesis but was sick everyday for 24 weeks with dd. At least once a day up to 20 times on a few really bad days. Said never again. A year later got pregnant by accident with ds. Panicked can't do this again etc. Was sick for 16 weeks but not as badly. The best thing was a lot less nausea. Don't think we would have had anither baby if it hadn't been an accident but he is 2 now and wouldn't be without him.

i had hypremesis with ds1 and jsut a bit os MS with ds2.

cx

Sorry to say this but - yes - I did get hg again.

Didn't come on as quickly (started at about wk 8, instead of wk 6) and improved much faster (stopped actually ralfing at about wk13, instead of wk 16ish) but more severe than 1st time round while I was actually ill. Ended up in hosp on a drip again.

BUT dd2 surely is worth every second of it!

Had HG first time and lost baby at 8 weeks, swore would never get pregnant again (took a year to put weight back on and feel well - I lost over 2st in the 3 weeks I was ill/pregnant). Fell pregnant last September, nausea started 3 days before AF due was on meds as soon as pregnancy confirmed (3 days after missed period) and had first stay in hospital at 6 weeks pregnant. I got my GP to sign me up with a consultant straight away and after exploring 5 diff meds with no luck was given Zofran. I was still ill (right up until the birth) but I survived! I will not be having any more children-for my health, and it wouldn't be fair in DH and DS. Best advice I can give is start meds asap. One GP suggested taking them whilst TTC so they're in your system. Best of luck!

Completely different pregnancy second time round! Got the drugs before I started throwing up and when it happened it wasn't anything like as bad - I was out of action for 2 months compared with 4 the first time, but best of all, I've had a completely normal 2nd trimester, with energy and everything!
Angelaj1, if I remember rightly the stats are that if you've had it once you have about a 66% chance of getting it the next time (ie of 3 people who had it in a 1st pregnancy, 2 will get it again, one won't) but if you do get it again, it's more likely it will be less bad, rather than more bad (though obviously some people are unlucky and it's worse second time round).
Good luck!

Terrible with ds1 - in bed for first two months. Then luckily 8months fell pregnant with ds2 and apart from a little sickness first and last thing was great. But then I'd learnt to keep eating little and often - first thing in the morning 2 ginger biccies and a glass of sparkling water. Good luck, try not to think about it but do try the ginger and sparkling water maybe even ginger beer it really really helped me.

thanks all for your advice think i may leave it for another years to gather the strength to face the HG if I do get it again - feels a bit like russian roulette but am so crazy about my little boy at least this time theres a visible incentive
Thanks Alibaldi for ginger advice but unfortunately have put myself off it for life as the day my HG kicked in I had eaten a ginger biscuit for breakfast.....(smile)

had it with both PG's, worse in second but got through it. Didn't take meds first time and lost a lot of weight but that i had weight to spare! 2nd time starting ebing sick from 5 days post conception, was nearly hospitallised at 8 weeks and given meds, whihc stopped the sickness but knocked me out every night from 8pm.

Have to say that although the HG was worse second time having been there before i had the confidence to ask for help early on which i didn't do first time.

Not planning on having a 3rd and would be lying to say HG wasn't an issue.

Had severe hyperemesis in first PG (6 years ago) for the whole 9 months. In and out of hospital and put on drips to rehydrate me.
Didn't enjoy being PG but the joy I get from DS far outweighs what I went through to get him.
Didn't think I could go through it again but 5 years later (by accident !!) I found out I was PG again. Another 9 months of hyperemesis and being in and out of hospital. Another DS and again, well worth the 9 months of feeling crap.

Does anyone have any experience of kidney stones during pregnancy ?

I had HG for 6 mths with dd (2nd pregnancy no sickness with 1st)
I am 10 weks pregnant now and had one awful week last week, now it has gone
I have taken some pretty firm steps to address what I thuoght were the main problems that exacerbated it last time though.

hiPiffle

Be interested to know what measures you took?

Basically it revolves around eating and resting.
I eat a lot of whole grain cereal esp porridge, every 2 hours whether I feel like it or not
other things like toast and mashed banana or whatever you can face
I started using the GI diet 2 years ago to improve my lifestyle and I find that low GI foods keep your blood sugar more stable so you avoid the drops and thus feeling really nauseous

Thanks Piffle - if next pregnancy is like last though eating is just not an option during the HG even the smell of bath water made me throw up and even eating a grape or taking a sip of water sent me running to be sick too
The Nausea was 24/7 I am not convinved my personal sickness was due to blood sugar dips more my hyper sensitivity to the pregnancy hormones
Am pretty healthy normally but maybe a GI diet wouldn't be a bad thing to follow before I concieve

Don't know how people with children cope with HG. I spent my time trying to sleep as much as possible. How do you look after the existing child? I'd like another one but don't know how I (or partner) would cope.

Its fascinating reading about others experiences of this as I felt a bit isolated with it. The medical profession seem to treat you as if you are a bit of an inconvenience - that its not really THAT bad.

My HG did seem less bad than some of you though I was grimly determined not to go back to hospital after my first experince. I developed an elaborate eating regime which helped a little - enough to keep away from H. When eating, my food had to be the right 'weight'. Had to have digested a bagel (toast was too light) and second breakfast before getting out of bed for first time in a day (on those days I was able to get out). If I got it wrong I'd wretch and feel badly nauseous for hours. I resorted to attempting self hypnosis.

Hi

I had HG, then went on to have another two.

I used to volunteeer for Blooming Awful (HG support group), so if you want to cat or email me for a chat )peaches and cream 04 @bt internet dot com) please feel free

The honest advice I can give is that many people experience a reduction in symptoms, I did BUT I was medicated early on with ds2. Some experience a complete lack of sickness, a very few fin it gets worse and the reality is you cannot predict it.

to you and you know where I am

X

PS is you search blooming awful (can't recall addy atm) you'll get the address for the HG support group, website packed with info

busybusy, I know what you mean about the other child- Is till feel I missed 5 months of DS1's first year as the medication I was on meant I basically slept through it, my DH (lovely fella!) basically worked full tiem AND raised him- he went to Mum's in the days. I actually remember very little of those 5 months