Hyperemesis Support

[LucindaE]

A new thread needed here already! Lovely Grumblin who started the second one, may be actually having that baby at this minute!

I hope this will be a source of support for present sufferers and ex sufferers alike and also worried family members.

I want particularly to mention my favourite feline FluffyWhiteKittens, who has been so invaluable a source of support on the old threads, and MOH, who has slaved to produce articles full of useful information and links to useful websites, LaTrucha, lovely CaramelloKoalaLover, Grumblin, NitNat, La, Lottie, Grandmagain, MaryLou, Cocoanuts and so many that I cannot name everyone for fear that the current sufferer may became annoyed at the long list...

Never worry about tmi or moaning. When suffering one has to discuss things that would make most people go weak at the knees and to have a good moan can help enormously with an illness where there is still a lot of ignorance and sometimes insensitive treatment.

It might help to remember - when you are at your worst - the words in that Eastern story.
'This Too Shall Pass.'

LucindaE
xx

Hi everyone,

Hope you've all had a good weekend....

Felt quite well yesterday, managed to make it out for my SIL's 21st birthday meal and then on to a wedding reception but in the excitement of feeling surprisingly well think I over did it and spent most of today in bed and being sick!

Got my midwife appointment tomorrow and toying with the idea of actually going back to work from Tuesday, just need to talk it through with her and my GP first as some days it's taking me a couple of hours to get showered and dressed in a morning! Really glad I've had the chance to read through the website links on the thread before tomorrow, feel like I'm going in to my app armed and ready just incase they try to fob me off!!!

Excited to see of the stats there's so many babies due soon, can't wait to hear all about them!!!!

coconuts I have my gtt on Wednesday and really not looking forward to it!! Not a fan of lucozade at the best of times and not being able to eat for hours is gona be a nightmare as eating regularly is the only thing that keeps my sickness at bay! Plus don't do well with having blood taken so hope they are ready for me!! :)
Don't worry bout baby measuring big - last time my DS went right off the chart! But there was lots of fluid and he was v.long (OH is 6'2!) so those were main factors. This time I am measuring 32 at 28weeks so all following the same pattern looks like! Gotta go back in 2 weeks and see where things go from there. The nice thing about measuring big last time was I got to have 3 extra scans - I find them fascinating! And my mum got to come to one which she was thrilled about :) Please try not to worry, all will be fine xxx

Coconuts I have heard, I don't claim to know much about it, that its just a precautionary test, of the sort of which they are so fond. A grim test, though. Thank goodness you didn't have to take it with full blown Hyperemesis.
ElliottsMum Oh dear, you too? Best of luck for such a nasty test. It seems like a form of torture, even for someone who likes Lucozade...
Louby Don't rush back to work (fuss, fuss!) as the tiredness could bring on the symptoms fully again unless you are properly recovered...
MoH That is exciting news indeed on the support networks front! Things are looking up...

LucindaE
xx

Moh you are a star :)

grumblin thanks for spreading word to midwives etc, absolutely health visitors next, and GPs and all the rest of them. You gave me an idea for another page, which I've just added to the site specifically aimed at midwives. I've transcribed an extract from an article in a midwifery journal about how to treat HG patients. Have a read its a brilliant article, it's absolutely spot on advice and should be compulsory reading for all midwives. sites.google.com/site/pregnancysicknesssos/about-hg/info-for-midwives

I've also added a paragraph to the coping strategies page sites.google.com/site/pregnancysicknesssos/coping-strategies about an HG survival kit which someone (can't remember who now, was some time ago) suggested. Anyone who's well enough and has time, could you have a read. I'm doing it from memory so if I've missed anything or there's any other tips let me know. Also, do you think the coping strategies page is getting too long and should I divide it into subpages?

Waves to everyone, wishing you vom free days.

MOH Have read the new bits. The Midwives info is brilliant. and re the coping strategies perhaps you could put links at the top of the page for the separate paragraphs IYSWIM so if someone doesnt want or need to read the whole thing they could look at the subheading appropriate to them, select it and read it. MMAybe a little less overwhelming. But the info within it is fab :)

elliotts thanks for reassurance re measurements. I know its not an exact science and there is a huge margin for error with the fundal height thingy so i just have to wait and see for next appointment. trying not to worry about things unnecessarliy like i tend to all the time

louby glad you have ahad a good few days. If u decide to try working again, please take it steady, dont set yourself back to square one :)

MOH, the site gets better and better! I personally don't think the coping strategies page is too long, because each section/paragraph is clearly headed, so people can scroll through to the thing they want without having to read it all.
Hope everyone is having a good day. Top food tip for me at the moment is ice-cold fresh cherries. Moving them from the fridge to the freezer 30 mins or so before eating makes them even better! :)

MotherofPearl DH is going to have to get me cherries now! That sounds delicious!!!

Coconuts and LucindaE don't worry, saw my GP after the midwife today and he said I'm not going back to work for at least 2 weeks and gave me a sick note. I could have cried with happiness after the experience with the midwife earlier. She was nice enough and for everything else I couldn't fault her but when it came to discussing my hyperemesis, and it does say on my doctors notes that I have hyperemesis, she was very dismissive and just kept telling me it was normal, up until the point where DH began to challenge her around it too. I'm so glad I had all the information from MOH or she would have made me think that I just needed to get on with it as best I could. Thankfully, my GP is very understanding of the situation!

MOH It's looking good!
On 'avoiding dehydration' what do you think of, jelly, iced lollies, ice cubes of water or flat coke, sips of flat coke? Sips of tepid water helped me, but I'm not sure if that is common...Sorry!
Louby So glad you got that sick note. Take it easy!
LucindaE
xx

I think the coping strategies is fine as it's in subsections.
Is it possible to put a comment somewhere suggesting getting someone else to read for you if you feel too sick as I know that I couldn't face reading during those early weeks?
Louby take it easy for the next two weeks but if you're still not good get back for a continuation note.
Coconuts I was also measuring large and had to have an extra scan. I ended up not doing the gtt as the morning that I was going to do it I lost my car keys and couldn't get out of the house ( as you do) and then never got round to doing it again, mainly because the thought of not eating and drinking that vile stuff made me feel too ill!
Waves to everyone else, especially the July due daters.

hello everyone hope you had good weekends, glad you got signed off louby. really nice to hear that there are health professionals out there that take this all seriously.
i have only been sick once since Saturday..... whats going on people its almost been positively pleasant yesterday was a bit yuk but still was only sick once. maybe the last 3 weeks have all been a horrible dream and it will just vanish away leaving me a beautiful glowing pregnant woman that i keep hearing about.

so how many babies do we have due in july?

ah Louby i remember feeling better and actually leaving the house and seeing people then crashed for days after. I also found it took me hours to get up and dressed so when i went back to work it was at a later start as i couldnt cope (still the same really! No way could i get in for 9am)

mega bile runs since weekend but only in morning so Thats ok. I have had much more energy lately which is great! Nursery furniture delivered and assembled. 4 days left at work now. 2 x Chinese lunches organised for this week. Its all go!

Waves to everyone x x

ps lucozade thing was fucking awful. Felt terrible for rest of day. Amazed it Didnt come back up!

MOH brill news about the support network. Will have a read of the midwife article later.

La any news on CS date? Or are things moving along of their own accord? Hope no return of vom this far along.

I am officially huge - I must be 2 foot from front to back! I get "looks" when out in public. No twinges yet. Sweep this Thursday, which is 39+1. If it sets things off I could be in labour on Friday, which is my birthday - so unfair! .

ah but nitNat you would able to eat and drink what you like after the birthi without worry!

MoPearl iced cherries added to list of edible food on website.
Lucinda jelly etc already in list of food suggestions but I'll put a link to the page in the avoiding dehydration section - actually thought of doing that ages ago then forgot so thanks for reminder.

Been meaning to post about this for a couple of weeks.

If you can't stand mint toothpaste at the moment, why not try Macleans Total Health - it tastes lemony, a bit like lockets, and is quite nice. It comes in a blue packet. If you type it into google you should be able to see a picture on Ocado.
Sorry in advance if you try it and it still makes you puke!

Oh nitnat u may have just saved me :) :) off to shop for toothpaste...

Thanks MOH, I didn't mean to sound as if I was ordering you to put my cherries suggestion on the website, more of just a general comment about something that's helping me at the moment! I generally find food or drinks that are very cold much more palatable. Somehow they have less taste and are much more refreshing.
Thanks for the toothpaste tip Nitnat. I'm ok with mint toothpaste now but really struggled early on (although my revolting solution was just not to brush my teeth at all, felt like too much effort anyway!).
Quite a few due dates coming up - La this week and Nitnat next week - although by the sounds of things it could happen sooner than that.
We're moving house next week, which I'm dreading. I have booked the whole week off work (the move is on Wed), so should be OK esp because DD will be at nursery, and we have men/van coming. I plan on doing as little as possible, but it will still be an upheaval and tiring. Speaking of tiring, Louby, I'm so glad you're staying off work for now. It's so easy when the meds kick in to start thinking you're fine and doing too much, and it always backfires badly, ime.
Right, enough chit-chat, I'd better get some work done! :)

nit nat good call on the tooth paste.

Spooks Great news about no puking since Sat. May you soon be glowing and preening!
TheOnly Isn't it awful, when 'seeing people' is a treat! Sorry about bile runs, dear me, they are the worst...You had the test too? Horrible.
NitNat Please tell me no more bile runs in a while?! Congratulations on Great Belly. Waddle this way, Ma'am, and take a chair in the virtual Rest Room. I hope you and baby don't end up sharing a birthday...Water birth wishes to you and LA...
MOH Thanks for that, very thorough of you.
Cocounuts Fluffy Everyone Waves.
Louby How are things?
Pearl Good luck for move!

LucindaE
xx

Hello all and welcome more newbies with open and sympathetic arms (rest up, it truly is the only way)
No movement yet but doing all I can to help mother nature along (think I'm overdosing on rasberry leaf tablets - couldn't face tea time this time round - do give u strong BHs).
Nitnat I'm also truly huge attracting sympathetic / horrified looks everytime I step outside but that could just be constant nipple tweaking! Happy Birthday for Friday just in vain hope I'm otherwise engaged :)
I'm also having sneaky sweep tomorrow, hilarious that last time wouldn't let them touch me at 41+, this time they can prod all they like!
MOH hope DD recovered. Agree coping section fine due to clear headers. Will give out URL to midwife tomorrow.
Pearl good tip on frozen fruit - I would do same with mango and I still keep bottles of still water in freezer! Good luck w move x

LA Good luck with sweep and congratulations on your enormous belly, too!
My own nipples stir uncomfortably at the memory of that tweaking...I didn't realise about raspberry tea and b/s. Am still wishing you and NitNat water births...
LucindaE
xx

If anyone would like to have a baby today they will be sharing their birthday with my brother (and two college) friends.
:)

Fluffy Happy birthday to bro and friends... Did you have a nice water birth with your last as a compenation for your earlier sufferings being so horrible? How is baby?
LucindaE
xx