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
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no worries MoPearl I'm just scavenging tips and adding them to the site as and when. keep them coming everyone.

Well, I started off in a nice bath, but things went fairly quickly so wasn't in there long! I didn't even bother writing a birth plan with ds as figured it might be quick and if I had written one for dd it wouldn't have been any use :)
Baby is gorgeous, we went to husband's work summer party at the weekend. There were quite a few babies there but the receptionists and HR staff said on Monday that ds was the cutest (of course).
Hope everyone else is OK.

Lucinda thanks for well wishes. No water birth for me but agreed i can labour in pool :) Midwives & consultant fab and giving me lots of support. Fluffy glad all well with yr gorgeous boy, I haven't bothered with birth plan this time either but senior midwife has written 10 point plan in notes so figure that's enough!
Hopefully will avoid CS but still keeping open mind as think best to prepare mentally (rather than angels singing whilst I ease out babe with dignity and grace as per imagined 1st time round!)
Nitnat forgot to say, I would take 1 iron tab at night with a cyclizine to avoid nausea and gradually got level back up to 10.

Well had MW appointment today, apparently head has now moved down so no longer classed as transverse. Not engaged but down enough to not need scan and she is pretty sure won't need c-secton.

I know this is good news but rather a lot to take in, after being told to prepare for one way everyting changing in 5 minutes is quite overwhelming!!
(Also now could have to wait another 3 weks to meent the littel blighter!!)

Main thing is he is healthy though and only measuring 1 week under despite all the HG dramas.

LA and Nitnat good luck, I'll be snapping at your heals!!

A three horse race for the next baby then? :) hope you are all managing to get comfortable now you're on the home stretch. Please try not to have them too soon though as I will be dangerously close to the top of the list!!!

My GTT went pretty well today - maybe because I was expecting the worst it turned out ok! Was really hungry between 9 and 10 but drinking all the lucozade seemed to fill me up!! Managed to keep it down but hoping I successfully hid all the burps from my fellow patients in the waiting room!! Now just need to await the results - forgot to ask how long it takes, does anyone know? Hopefully everything is fine. Can't help feeling it's a cruel and unusual punishment to give to a pregnant lady especially one with HG!!

Wishing everyone a vom-free week with plenty of rest xx

La good news about possibly avoiding c section and labouring in water. Fortunately nausea from iron tabs seems under control most days - I did wonder about a cheeky cyclizine or two! Nothing happening here, baby is charging around stomach like a scalded cat, throwing shapes every few minutes

Luce good news about baby turning at last and chance for a VB after all, even if bit of a shock!

Hope everyone having an OK day.
xxx

If only I came accross this thread a few months ago!!!! I was admitted into hospital for 2 days on a drip and was signed off work for 7 weeks as the meds I was prescribed affected my driving :( I was so pleased when I finally got over the worse of HG and was able to start enjoying my pregnancy :)Definately put me off wanting any more. Was v bad with dd, but a whole lot worse with this one.

Welcome Faggotsnpeas, feel free to add yourself to the due date lists, are you back at work now?

i am just here to moan.....bile run every morning for last week. Night before last i woke up at 1am cos i had sick coming up, was most strange, projectile vomited a lot (OH was quite impressed with the force and amount). Then last night exactly same thing at exactly same time. Why? I figured baby moved and squashed my stomach but its been bloody ages since i woke up in middle of night puking like that. I have been doing a lot but have more energy now than the whole of my pregnancy. 35 weeks, am i not supposed to be relieved maternity leave starts tomoro because i Cant cope? The past few weeks i have been working like i used to and i Love it so gutted to be puking and leaving. Gah

Hi everyone, I hope you are all well and staying out of hospital!
Good luck La not long now!
theonly what a shitty week, at least its not too much longer to the pink castle!!
Good news, I've had my dating scan on tuesday and I'm measuring nearly a week ahead! So thats another week out the way and I'm now 13 weeks 4 days, I could have cried with relief at missing a week (I sound like a bad mammy)unless baby is just going to be huge, daddy is 6ft 7, so maybe its just HUGE! and they said they thought it might be a girl, but obviously that was just a guess, so we are finding out at the end of august, I still feel like its a boy! so I'm adding my new date on:

La: EDD 14/07/11
Nitnat: EDD 20/7/11
johnnyd1 (Luce): EDD 31/07/11
Theonlyhb2: EDD 16/08/11 First timer (eeek)
ElliottsMummy: EDD 25/9/11
Coconuts: EDD 01/10/11
AgBag: EDD 18/10/11
BikeRunSki: EDD 25/10/11
Littlewizz: EDD 6/11/11, Next scan 23/6/11
CakeForBreakfast: EDD 07/11/11 (subject to change)
Marylou: EDD 9/11/11, next scan 22/06/11
MotherofPearl: EDD 19/11/11
Eggy: EDD 30/11/11
LadyOTCM: EDD 01/12/11
poorlysicklou: EDD 02/12/11
Diddygirl: EDD 19/12/11
Bensgirl: EDD
Alias: EDD ??/12?11 , Dating scan: 25/06/11
m1nn1e: EDD ??/01/
Angel: 16/01/12
Louby86: EDD 17/02/12

theonly What did you eat for your eve meal for past 2 nights? If it was pasta, pizza or garlic then it could have been that caused the projectile vom. Enjoy your ML - rest, rest, rest!

faggots&peas Love your name btw. Welcome to the thread - glad HG has settled a little for you.

spooks, angel and other newbies how are you all? Hope you're not feeling too poorly, been thinking of you all.

nitnat Due date alert, due date alert. Sorry very annoying I know, hope you're ok. Are you getting fed up? You sound very serene & cheerful in your posts.

fluffy Aw your DS sounds like a darling, a work summer party? Your DH sounds like he's got a nice job.

elliottsmummy Good luck on the GTT results, think they'd ring you pretty swiftly if you have GD as they like to start treatment asap.

la Good news on the pool - labouring in a pool is very calming & lovely so at least you have that to look forawrd to, not a scalpel.

johnny&luce Good news on the VB. Honestly, I know it seems like a disappointment & messing around now but giving birth vaginally seems a whole lot easier than CS - the poor women I saw on maternity ward looked terrible after their sections.

lucinda Sterling supporter work you're doing. DD feeds constantly during the day so finding it hard to get online at mo. Will endeavour to be around more often.

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Sorry I mixed up la & nitnats due date. Naughty grumblin. I'm very tired

Oh, just read back through thread - la & nitnat hope your sweeps are successful today. I can lend you my big handed obstetrician if they aren't, he got me going no problems. Thinking of you both. x

Hello everyone!

Good luck for those of you having sweeps! I'm on my phone again so not mentioning individual names as I know it'll end up as an epic fail with my brain at the moment!

I've started to dread the days I feel ok because it usually means I'm going to pay for it the day after! Had a brilliant day yesterday, even went to the supermarket for a fee bits and bobs, did online shopping to be delivered tonight and cooked DH dinner for the first time in over a week! Today, not so great, barely managed to wash my hair in the shower, gave up and crawled back into bed where I still am now!

Hoping you all have a lovely day in the sun!

Argh, Louby, it's dreadful isn't it? The false hope that things are getting better is in a way worse than just feeling dreadful 100% of the time! I'm feeling sorry for myself today. I'm still stuck on 1-2 voms a day, which isn't so bad really, but the nausea gets me down. Also, sorry for tmi, but in the past the actual puking was over quite quickly, but now I seem to spend ages heaving and retching even after everything has come up. And with a bigger bump, the heaving stomach is even more uncomfortable and painful.
Nice to hear from Grumblin that all is going OK with little Seren even though she's at the constant feeding stage. Hope all those on the brink of the pink castle are doing OK and looking forward to the end of the horrible HG journey :)

Quick post for eliotts I had my test Friday, results were back Tues morning. So not long at all. Mine was all clear although am quite badly anemic so pick up my prescription for iron supplement in the morning.

louby hb sorry about feeling shit :(

Sorry to post and run, going to have a go with my doppler, baby bit quiet today, but lots of braxton things.

Ah, MumsNet back on line!
Mother ofPearl Oh no, I bet you are fed up with nausea, poor you, and 'only' two pukes a day. Retching and retching is horrible, cue peeing when I did that. I just hope it finally eases soon.
Louby I hope I am right in saying that once you get a few good days, it is the beginning of the improvement for most women? But I know what you mean, if you are to be disappointed the next day, that's heartbreaking...I hope you feel better tommorow, remember to take it easy all the time.
Grumblin Lovely to hear from you, and I think it's great you come on when your L/O is on that 'constantly clamped on' stage.
LA I hope labour in bath is good and really quick, anyway, and hold out hopes of water birth for NitNat and LA. Fluffy I am glad things were quick for you, of course, L/O is adorable...
Luce Ooh, you are really near the Pink Castle, too...Dream birth wishes for you, so glad baby has turned.
Back on in a minute, trouble with pc...
LucindaE
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To continue (didn't want to lose all of last message): -
TheOnly That sounds horrible, what can be causing it? Would propping up more help, or is that making a stupid 'have you tried' suggestion? Is it acidity, would some Gaviscon immediatly before bed help or is that another? Projectile, too, oh dear. Is it as you said, just there being no room for your stomach with much in the way of food in it and the baby in certain positions?
FaggotsandPeas I wish you had found the thread months ago, it's awful if you had to go through it without the luxury of a good moan to a group of women who know that you are not exaggerating. Are you completely better now or just comparatively?
Angel I'm really sorry, thickhead here can't read her scrawled message to you .
ElliottsMummy So glad GIT went fairly well (I believe it is called that - suitably?).
Cyberhugs to all who feel the need of them. In this hot weather, its the harder to be suffering.
LucindaE
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grumblin i did wonder about the food thing but it was chicken both times (i have been eating a LOT of chicken recently). at least last night was less chunks. maybe I ate too late and it just wasn't digesting? but normally when that happens I sort of know my stomach isn't digesting but I have been feeling fine before bed. we will see what happens tonight! i did panic it was a bug as one of the girls in the office was off with one last week but been fine otherwise. thank god i didnt get her bug, i would have actually sacked her!

lucinda i finally got prescribed some randitine (sp?) and it is AMAZING! No heart burn at all. i do think everything inside me is rather squashed, I am not that big really but baby must be normal size as they never said anything at my 28 weeks scan. have scan next wednesday so we shall see!

welcome faggotsandpeas! shame you didnt find us sooner, I checked out my first post on the old old thread and I only found this place at 11 weeks, i wish i had it from week 7 :(

I cant believe there is a 3 horse race for the next pink castle place (should I say horse? I am not implying you are horses at all ha ha ha) and then its me! argh!

I did my handover at work today, I am so proud of myself as I finally put together a whole folder of all the office processes and job allocations and sorting things on the shared drive. my bosses were very impressed too. i been trying to do a lot of this stuff over the past year, got pregnant, puked a lot, played catch up and freaked out then got my work mojo back and steamed thru it all. i am going to cry tomorrow.

sorry to anyone not mentioned, have to moan at the barking hound of mine! xx

Hello all and hi to FaggotsandPeas
Theonly yuk, poor you, sounds awful. Hope tonight is better...
Grumblin how are nipples with all this constant clamping? (only on Mumsnet could you say that!!)
Waves to La and Luce in the pink castle waiting room.

No sweep - have started to lose bits of mucus plug but the (actually really nice) midwife checked cervix and although it's starting to come round and thin out it's not ready to be swept yet. Husband disappointed - "oh does that mean I'll have to go to work on Monday then?" bless him . Anyway, pretty unlikely to be giving birth tomorrrow, which is my birthday, so I'm happy with that!

If I don't get online tomorrow happy birthday nit at and happy last day at work the only xxx

ok i am fully expecting the same tonight and Shouldnt get sympathy as i ate too much. I really didnt need to eat a (small!) McD's.

NitNat Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday! . No champage allowed, but maybe a teeny slice of cake (sorry if that makes anyone feel ill). Baby must behave today...
theOnly I hope you didn't suffer horribly in the night?
How is Everyone today? So hot to have hyperemesis...
LucindaE
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Hi - so glad I have found this Can anyone help me? after trying cyclizine given by an out of hours gp I couldnt function on it having 2 other small children , my gp gave me prochlorperazine which has made me stop vomiting but I still feel nauseus and weak , Im sick of suffering and feeling dreadfull every day - I am also suffering from anxiety caused by this feeling every day and also an early bleed .I am going back to the epu in 2 weeks for another scan . My question is should I go back again to my gp -who although hes nice doesnt seem that bothered or do I just have to get on with it , and keep taking the prochlorperazine, is this as good as its going to get? I havent seen a midwife yet , ~I have just been referred to one by gp,should I try for another med ? Any advice would be much appreciated .I am only 9 weeks , and never had this in las 2 pregnancies.

Happy birthday nitnat hope you have a lovely day!

Hello blissfull my GP gave me a couple of things to try and I found that promethazine worked the best for me, it's packet name is avomine so it's definitely worth going back if it's not making you feel well enough to cope with things.

I think you may have been right Lucinda I've had 3 vom free days so far, the nausea seems to be settling down too a little, maybe it's starting to get better! Only typical me, can't cope when I have the symptoms but then worry myself stupid when they start to disappear!

Found some fantastic ice lolly moulds on amazon, they make ice lollies like callipo's (sp) so you don't have to worry about sticks or anything and you can just lie them down in the freezer so I think I'm going to order them and try putting some fruit smoothies in or something to keep me going!

Hope everyone else is doing ok!