New Hyperemesis Support thread founded by the lovely LucindaE

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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?

Antenatal clinic are having a laugh. Scan at 9.30am and they want me to come with wee sample and a full bladder! Don't they realise that it takes me about an hour to drink a glass of water. They can have a wee or a full bladder, but I can't see both happening!

Bike that is utter rubbish about your MiserableCowWhoHatesWomenDespiteBeingOne GP not prescribing you the meds you need. Makes you want to go back and throw up all over them when they put you in the position of having to go back into hospital. I hope someone has had a word with her since your admission or word gets back somehow as it's a disgrace.

Coconuts brilliant news that the time between meds is getting a bit longer. Hope it's a sign of things easing off.

Bike hope you can get there with a full(ish) bladder and then do the sample. It's ridiculous. I always take an extra pot for next time so I can do my sample whenever I have a wee before my appt as I have chronic wee stage fright at the hospital. Even if I think I need to go something happens when I'm asked for a sample and I can't produce. Terribly embaressing, not to mention annoying!

39+1 here...waiting, waiting, waiting. Trying not to obsess over potential signs of labour or it could be a long wait!

Hope everyone else is doing ok.

bike what a nightmare with MiserableCowWhoHatesWomenDespiteBeingOne I hate them, my GP was a bit like that luckily I was hormonal enough to scare him into giving me more tabs.... terrified about not getting another pot! Should definately make it known to her where you ended up. I hate that they think you dont know your own body.

Yes been quiet on here hope that means everyones quiet with sunbathing and not with heads down loo, in carrier bags or such like!

Proper zombie like still and thanking god for cbeebies.

We we visited by the vomiting bug this weekend DS1 was sick for 3 days, poor love really felt for him as I know what its like! This meant loads of washing - oh half was good at dealing with DS1 whilst awake but once asleep it was left to me... so of course this meant clearing up puke whilst gagging puking myself at night as no cyclizine at nighttime. nearly just took one anyway!

Have foul foul taste in my mouth and it gets worse after I eat something but if dont eat then nausea and gagging go into full swing! I'm 10 weeks now so if like last time with any luck only another 10 weeks to go of puking! and then I can expect a full onset of SPD!!

Right DS1 has suddenly turned devil like so going to go for a potter about to try and wake myself up!
xxx

Oh bikerunski poor you. Why doctors so bloody unhelpful? I'm glad you are feeling brighter tho, I hope there is light for you soon.
I'm about to call doc to discuss my meeds, if I can get past the receptionist that is! I just feel like I've been feeling too crap too long. They don't support vit b6 in pg I know that. Has anyone used zofran? I don't know if I'm comfortable with it as it's not tested on humans. I'm nearly 14 weeks now, I hope there a let up soon.

Thankyou for all your support last week ladies, I'm sorry I feel so sorry for myself. I'm normally a much better brighter person x

Hi Lucinda and pukers

Caramel bet you can't wait to be released from the HG prison! Anything happening yet? Upsurge in puking? Bowels purging themselves to add to the fun?
Bikerunski sorry you had to go to the shiny white building again but good news re poo and hummus eating since. What is it with GP's? Mine claimed to have had HG 4 times but the first time I went she fobbed me off with "there's nothing we can do", despite the fact this was my 2nd pg and I knew what was coming. They are just MEAN.
Boo so sorry about childcare issues. My DH did the looking after us all for 3 months - luckily my DS is at school so it was only evenings and weekends. Is the MIL totally useless - could you invite her for a couple of nights so she is actually "on the premises" for a while - hopefuly more reliable, IYSWIM? Any port in a storm!
Grumblin ouch to throat problems. Can't believe your HG is still so revolting after all this time.
Coconuts you must be shaken up after accident. Hope didn't set off any vom? Glad all OK.

Still no vom here - 2 weeks now, occasional nostalgic retch from stomach if I get hungry in a place which sells or smells of food. Eating totally normally except still can't stomach tea (boohoo). Thank Gawd it has gone!

Unfortunately not nitnatnaboo, she's just not interested in being involved or helping. When we got pg with dd she said she would never be a hands-on grandmother, we assumed she'd change her mind, but never did. She has a 2nd family with younger children (well 18&20) and she's just very focused on them.
Tis a big shame. I have booked a few things to do this week like been at the woods today, a friend coming over 2 other days just keeping things low key.

Still haven't plucked courage to battle doctors receptionists...

bike, i have a whole pot of about 90 cyclazine, just send me yr address ;)

tiredness = puking. I had a day of interviewing, didn't eat enough, and didn't get enough sleep last night cos I have pulled my shoulder more (ah, the ptfalls of puking and coughing so much) and I am in constant agony when I try and get comfy to sleep. Physio tomorrow, I can't wait!

Also, the poo issue is getting to be a real issue. when I need to go it makes me feel sick, then once I go once, I go 3/4 times over the next few hours. its a shame the feelng of needing to go and feeling sick comes about 6/8 hours before actually going. I was about to say pain in the arse but realised the irony!

i have a new craving - raspberry crusha milkshake or mars milk. I drunk a litre of it in an hour yesterday.

theonly you superstar, I'll pm you my address.

See it's MN karma. I have just found a new home for my spare Clearblue Digi test, and then karma offers me cyclizine....

karma must be telling me I really was a bitch this weekend, judging by the raspberry crusha that just came out my nose

The only, you poor thing. When I puke something it normally writes it off for me... I'll never be able to look a banana in the face again.

I've just sent dh off to make angel delight fingers crossed it stays in

Well I have got up and dressed to day for the first time in a month! And have eaten normally.

12-ish week scan tommorow. But at least I am going as an out patient. Did think I was going to be accompanied downstairs with a nurse trundling my drip stand....

Bike I can't believe how your Dr treated you. I hope she's got into some kind of trouble over it. At least if one if them is awkward about prescribing something next time, you have proof of what happens.

Caramel hope you don't have to wait too much longer, I wish I was at your stage, not sure how I can do another 30 weeks.

Boo sorry to hear about unhelpful MIL, it will be her loss when she realises her grandchildren have grown up and she's not been involved.

Wizz oh dear about sickness bug, that's the last thing you need.

Just been back to the doctors. I was fed up of the 24 hour nausea, the retching was getting more frequent as well. I am trying Avomine (promethazine teoclate), it's not looking very promising after tablet 1 though, feel sicker than ever. I'm not sure if to just stick with the cyclizine because at least I don't throw up very often, just retch. I've had ketones the past few days, only mild but they are still there. It's not really the vomiting that's a problem this time, I just seem unable to eat or drink because I feel too nauseous. She said I should go back in 2 days if no better.

DS has now started copying my retching noises as well as trying to close the toilet lid. It's not helpful! Some part of me wishes for a hospital stay so I don't have to do anything for a few days...

Marylou242 I totally sympathise. How old is DS? I know exactly what you mean about wishing for a hospital stay. It's like complete surrender. It they'd given me a catheter as well as a drip I probably could have just slept for 6 weeks.

Ah, Everyone nice to hear from you all! Let me offer you the virtual rest room of cushions and silken hangings with virtual male slaves (who politely turn their backs if you feel the need for a sick bowl) to offer sherbet - if you can stomach it, but the thought of that going up the nose! TheOnlyThis is a set back. Oh, dear. A foul experience...
Bike let me join in the anger against the DrMiserableCowWhoHatesWomenDespiteBeingOne, whatever possessed her when she knows cyclazine is safe?! So sorry you had to go back to Gynae, but I am glad you feel a bit better. Well done on fecal matter, of course not tmi, it's all part of the problem, for sure. Best of luck for scan.
Whizz excuse my ignorance, but I admit I don't know what SPD is? I know that Slippers who was on here last year had it, and I should have looked it up.
Caramel 39.1? Cheering you on! Hope you are not feeling to bad. You and I are old friends now, I do hope when you get your prize like lovely Fluffyyou come on as often as you can with a new baby and a toddler too...
NitNat as you specialise in music, I you might appreciate:- 'What is life to me without tea?'
Boosephena Never apologise for moaning, that is what this thread is for. Who wouldn't be sorry for themselves? I am glad you feel a little less desperate. Oh dear, about MIL. Dare I say that she doesn't sound exactly lovable?
Cocoanuts I am so happy that you are eating better (gently moves figurine into 'possibly on mend' place on board).
ElliotsMmmy How are you now?
Grumblin I hope your throat is on the mend? How long along are you now?
La I hope flourishing...
Apologies to anyone not mentioned...
LucindaE
xx

Lucinda - don't move that board piece too hastily, had a terrible night last night. I wasn't sick but spent the whole night looking a bit green and everything was loud and annoying me, every smell made me gag a bit. I felt so spaced out and tired just like I was when I first started the cyclizine Ended up in bed at same time as DD and slept through til 9:30am. Still feel iffy but not sick this morning.

I am 15+2 so was really hoping to be blooming and glowing by now....

Love to everyone x

Spot on lucindaE not loveable at all. She is threatening a visit tomorrow but she's very good at letting us down at last minute so I'm not banking on it!

I hope everyone has a good not too pukey day. I so far have held cornflakes down, so fingers crossed!

Aaagh Lucinda put me back in "Toilet sitting bath puking" please. Bile run this morning. Really hurt muscles as they must now be "out of condition" after 2 weeks off!

Boo sorry about MIL. Hope she is of some use today if she turns up. Low key outings with friends good idea if only to keep spirits up. I too had a very brief thing for Choc Angel Delight. Still have 2 packets in cupboard! Also have some cyclizine spare if needed.
Theonly so sorry about the favoured raspberry Krusha making a reappearance. Hope it is still acceptable.

Sorry just realised cyclizine is needed by BileRunSki, not Boo!

Love the typo/new nickname. BileRunSki!!!!

Had 12 week scan this morning, all normal. Did nuchal measurement, normal. Feeling OK and up and dressed for second day running. Maybe light at end of tunnel?

Hello Retching sisters,

I am so angry about unpleasant GP's. I have just had the run around getting a ventolin repeat prescription, after chasing and chasing, I managed to get GP on the phone and wheezed at her for a while to the tune of "GIMME VENTOLIN I NEED TO BREATH", she asked me if it could wait till after lunch because otherwise she would have to go down the stairs to give the prescription to reception! Blinking hell.

I have gotten a bit worse. My current chest infection aggravating things I think, I stopped with the cyclizine as it was counterproductive, I was so zonked out I was horizontal, but not actually eating any more than I was previously and the whole point was to stop losing weight. So I'm continuing with the homeopathy which frankly is a lot more effective. (Its called veratrum by the way).

Poor dh has had to take some time off work this week to look after us all.

Love to all of you.

Bike I am a donut and forgot to bring them in to work to post! But do not fear, you should get in time for weekend :)

Cake, you poor thing, took me ages to get rid of my chest infection, and pulled a new set of muscles.

Yesterday I deffo got too tired, didnt eat enough, and so everything I tried to eat last night just came back up. McD for breakfast with hot chocolate has stayed down, and the gaviscon is helping the mega heartburn from it! 5pm seems SO far away now!!!!

Hi all,

Lucinda please put my piece on the "hopefully on the way up" square! I have finally found a drink I can get down in better quantities - 5alive berry juice in a carton (currently on offer in co-op!) - it is thicker than squash, more like ribena so it seems to jiggle around less in my stomach! Have also changed the way I eat a bit, trying toeat more often and the combination seems to be working well. Still only eating toast, bagels and crackers mostly but hey, it's better than nothing! Am also managing a small amount of grapes a day which is great as have eaten hardly any fruit in the last 2 months. Have my 16 week midwife appointment today so may get to hear my little monkey's heartbeat - can't remember how early they do that??!?!!

Sending good vibes to everyone xx

Elliottsmummy - I think it is at the 16 week check. I have mine next week so we are similar dates :) I am 15+2 today. I have a doppler at home and have had a few cheeky listens here and there but hoping the MWs machine is louder and better than mine.

Having a pukey morning. Have definitely taken a step back, feel like I did in the early days, weak, tired, sicky and not fancying anything to eat or drink.

Well, after a night of nightmares, I have packed in the avomine and I'm back on the cyclizine. Don't recommend avomine by the way, it does warn it can cause nightmares. I prefer the waking nightmare of nausea to ones that interrupt my precious sleep, the only escape all day from feeling sick...

Retching lots again today with DS doing a good imitation. He's 20 months old. I just hope he doesn't think it's a normal thing to be learning and/or start doing it in front of other people.

Bike if I had catheter, fluids, anti-sick, ear plugs and one of those eye masks, I reckon I could sleep in hospital for the rest of the pregnancy. I would love it. I'm glad all was okay with your scan. Fingers crossed you will start 'glowing' soon.

Oh dear coconuts sorry you're still not well.

Have managed to keep down Mars milk today and one and a half Cadbury's boosts. It must be a chocolate day today. I love the random food suggestions on here.

I hated Avomine.

After 3 weeks on cyclizine though, I seem to be coping with it's sleepyness.