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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Hello everyone - I have had a rough night tummy grumbling all night and the trots on top , feel better am had toast -so far so good MOH100many thanks for the support I have just ordered some sticks - everything here gets ordered in now thank god for the net - as shops are a def no no.lottieCongratulations on your baby boy and thankyou also for all advice I have 2 girls so I am wondering if this 1 is a boy ? I never had hg before yes the thoughts of a new baby in my arms keeps me going ..coconutsthankyou again for support I know it will stop but some times its hard to imagine the girls want days out now the hols are here ,my eldest wants to go to camelotdh will have to go with her ,To all others who gave me support as well Thankyou - Ill call in later

Alpine Thank goodness for that! You had us worried. So glad you're a bit better today.
Blissful I remember dreadful fatigue too, it's because all the nourishment is going to the baby, which is reassuring, but makes you feel even worse.Don't torture yourself with guilt, Lo's are so resiliant, I didn't have one myself at the time, but I know from others that this period of comparative neglect is soon forgotten. Just do what you can, think of Fluffy Lottie MOH
Caramel Grumblin and so many others, all with their prizes at the end of the horrible Hyperemesis adventure, now. I wish I'd gone for a second myself!
How are you today? Any better?
Cocounuts How is maternity leave?
NitNat Luce LA I wonder if you are hard at it, yet...Still laughing over that 'bit of myself' LA.
LucindaE
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Hi wondered if i could join this thread recommended by louby?
I am 9 weeks today and suffering somewhat
I had a prescription for stemetil and piriton from urgent care Dr, I dont get anywhere with own GP (same old story it seems) but couldnt keep them down
hayfever and asthma making it all worse
so last week spoke to obs and gynae registrar who advised buccastem to dissolve on gum, this is making the nausea more bareable at times but getting tired now
lost 11lb, and only pee once a day in the morning, going to check for ketones later, but sipping ice cubes and managing to eat boiled sweets, although managed a fish finger last night stop press!!! LOL
feeling very miserable and exhausted now, trying to plod on at work, got today and thursday then off for two weeks......camping

Ladies, excellent news for anyone in the Birmingham area - Birmingham Women's Hospital are running a hyperemesis clinic. I've just called and asked them about it, you have to be referred by your GP and they have to have checked your ketones so referral is only for those with high enough ketones in urine. In the first instance you go to the Early Pregnancy unit for assessment then you go to the hyperemesis unit. Its a day clinic, you get hooked up to the IV, rehydrated and sent home the same day.

MOH that sounds brilliant wish they had something like that here in cheshire area!
it may be too late for us but hopefully will catch on!

Lilyrose Welcome, I'm glad Louby recommended us, so sorry things are so horrible, Hyperemesis alone is bad enough, thank goodness the other Dr gave you something - 11lbs is a lot of weight, poor you - nine weeks is the worst point for most people on here, it does usually get better, sometimes as early as 13 weeks sometimes as late as 20 weeks, but for sure once you start having good days they increase.
I'm glad you have got kesosticks to check things. How are you finding ice lollies, jelly,tinned fruit and sips of coke? I swore by Iron-Bru, most people find that disgusting, and Lucozade.
MOH Great news on the Birmingham front.

LucindaE
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Hi lilyrose123I too am in the Cheshire area Warrinngton, yes wouldnt it be great if they had at least regional clinics , hope you are feeling some relief soon I am 9 weeks and I think I am as ill as I have ever been LucindaEthankyou also for all the continued support Just had 2 strawberry jellies so far so good ..Need to go and was my hair now which is always a burden even as Iget so dizzy tipping my head over the bath ..Take care everyone

Hi everyone

Sorry to hear we have more people suffering with the dreaded HG and hope you are getting the necessary meds.

All ok here, nearly 20 weeks and not been sick for 2 weeks now. Down to 1 cyclizine per day, almost getting giddy!!

Keep going everyone and hopefully the sickness will soon wear off.

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hi just popping on via mobile (no landline or broadband yet again, thanks bt)

Coconuts try and persevere with ferrous fum - it made me go projectile first time and then feel sick for a few days but now its ok. I was taking 2 spatone per day for 5 weeks but it had no effect on my iron

Blissful Good news about jelly! How do you find it with tinned fruit added?
I got in the habit of drinking the syrupy juice, too...
Diddygirl I am so glad that you are on the mend! You may yet be able to enjoy the remaineder of your pregnancy...
Lilyrose How are you? Alpine and Louby?
NitNat Lovely to hear from you, nuisane about technical difficulties.
LA Is that baby on the way?
Coconuts How are things? theOnly How is maternity leave?
Waves to Everyone MOH and Fluffy.
Luce Almost there...
Caramel you have been quiet for a while; I hope blooming?
Also, MaryLou.

LucindaE
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Sorry I've not been on for ages, DS has dropped his naps and that used to be the time I came on here as well as having a nap myself. It's a good job I'm a lot better nowadays. I don't think I could have got through the last few weeks without a nice sleep in the daytime, and help from all of you on here!

Pleased to see that there's a few new babies - congratulations! Sorry to everyone still suffering though. All I can say is this HG seems quite random so you can't predict when it's going to stop. I was ill until 8 months last time but this time it seems to have stopped (touch every piece of wood in sight) at 5 months. So you never know when it's going to finish - don't give up hope for an early one.

I finally got off the cyclizine at the end of June. I'm generally okay apart from the odd random vomit, in the morning on Sunday and after lunch yesterday, and still quite nauseous until I eat something first thing. I'm trying to get lots of spatone down to increase my iron. I'm sure it will be low after 5 months of iron-free food. I'm still picky about food and can't eat, or even think about a lot of things without feeling sick, but I'm managing more variety now.

Thinking of you all x

Dd's last day at pre school tomorrow, sob,

Waves to all, anyone else other than MOH on the Facebook group?
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Fluffy Ah, cyber hugs, why can't they be tiny for longer, teenagers for only two years instead? And yet we would not have them not progress...
MaryLou I'm glad you're feeling a little better, but it doesn't sound great yet, with the nausea still bad first thing.
LilyRose How are you? I hope not going down the IV route...
Louby the same? and *Blissful.
LA I am sure if baby hasn't arrived, you are feeling harrassed, with everyone making obvious comments like *baby hasn't arrived yet, then?'
'Would I be this size if s/he had?!' NitNat and Luce next for top of list...
LucindaE
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MOH frankly I think there's a market out there for "hydration therapy" - imagine the killing you'd make in university towns! You could just roll up, pay 30 quid and stroll out 3 hours later feeling like a human being! More seriously, I think the day clinic sounds fabulous. Is there also a creche? You could get your nails done, read magazines - aaaaah livin' the dream baby!

I've got a job interview tomorrow. Must remember not to vomit!

lucindaE haven't lost weight for couple days now, still feeling pretty rough and only peeing once a day BUT had a toasted teacake yesterday :)
blissful can't stand the sight of coke :( used to drink it before hand, but the thought of tizer or jelly isnt having me run to retch so maybe i should invest :)
Had to lie down most of yesterday and in bed for 8pm, but last day at work today for 2.5 weeks and will be 12 weeks when i'm due back, only downside is we have a camping trip booked, on plus side lots of people to look after DD while i lie down LOL
if i can get through those two weeks i think i can avoid the iv hydration, but now have terrible toothache so off to dentist in an hour :(

Lilyrose Once a day doesn't seem enough, do (mother hen clucking) keep an eye on those ketones...How do you find ice lollies, are they bearable? It's a shame you can't stand coke, flat I found it good for reducing nausea, that is a tip that those travel guide people know...How are plain ice cubes or sips of tepid water?
Alpine The best of luck for the interview - what a time to have one! You are very brave to go through with it. Oh dear, take a small reliable plastic bag, if you know what I mean.
Angel was it you going on holiday?
Fluffy MOH re Facebook, I don't have a Facebook account, do I become a member to join this? I seem cleverly to have missed out on hearing of it...

LucindaE
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lucinda You have missed out on hearing about facebook? You must live in the most isolated part of Wales ever! I would counsel you not to join unless you are ready to accept lots of 'friends' whose sole purpose is to gloat about their fab husband/kids/house/car/life or people who document their life down to the minuitae (sp?) status updates e.g Just had museli and blueberries for breakast...yum! YAWN.

Sorry about that rant I hate facebook as I was harrassed by a weird guy I vaguely knew from uni on there, promptly deleted my account when he started saying I know where you live

lilyrose Good luck with camping you brave soul - someone else went camping on this thread (think it was caramel?) and they said it was quite relaxing. Let's hope the campsite toilets are pristine.

alpine Good luck for interview - I had to reinterview for my job at 20 weeks and had to breathe through the waves of nausea. Was traumatic, hope you have better time of it.

fluffy last day at preschool for DS2 too - it is very sad isn't it. I don't want to buy him a big school uniform yet.

la Any news? (grumblin shoots herself in head for asking)

nitnat and Luce Hope you're both ok and not too fed up.

marylou hope the morning nausea abates soon.

theonly How's ML? Are you enjoying the break?

Going off to pump now as DH is having DD & DS2 for 2 hours tonight whilst I take DS1 to the cinema as his birthday treat. It's saying something when a trip with four 8 year olds will be a break!

lucinda yeah ive been trying ice lollies and just plain ice cubes, i know once isnt enough i am a nurse in urgent care (we are the worst for denial sometimes!) just had some tinned fruit, and some of the juice, the suggestions on here are very good!
grumblinalong I will be taking my toilet cleaning products with me LOL
am hoping its relaxing :)
Dentist has given me script for antibiotics (should dental pain not settle at least)
and going to book an early hypontherapy session for hypnobirthing when i get back so hopefully that will also relax things!
can't wait to get home and go bed today now

Things are moving fast in the world of media awareness. A journalist posted a message on the facebook group this morning looking for people to tell their story about HG. I just spoke to her I think she's been inundated. She's based in London and works for The People. Says she wants to do a sympathetic piece and not sensationalise. Her name's Lucinda Stroud and her numbers are 0207 293 3771 or 07956 524 715
Lucinda re facebook, yes you would have to have an account, but you can use a pseudonym and having other friends is not compulsory - though it can get a bit addictive once you start. I find it useful for posting video clips and photos of my daughter as I don't live near my family and that way they can keep up with her progress. If you have any ex boyfriends with stalking tendencies it's best to use a false name - i have a friend who's having repeated friends requests from guy she can't shake off issues at the moment...what do they not get about the word 'ex'??

Grumblin I put the last message badly - even dopey Lucinda has heard of facebook lol, but I don't have an acount and hadn't heard of the Hyperemesis part of it. I haven't joined as I am so rubbish at IT as you know from Coconuts having to bale me out at the start of this thread . Horrible about that man - there's so many weirdos on the net, I had to laugh when I came across a discussion yesterday of a rubbishy seven year old film nobody with any sense would take seriously, and one woman threatened to punch the other poster in the face for saying that the character she liked deserved to die...How is Seren, did you attempt to sooth nipples with ice cubes?
MOH This is such good news. If she's inundated (sp) I can defer, then.
My story is an old one, and not happy reading except for the Acupunture.
LilyRose I hope it's near a meadow, I think if one must puke, puking in a field is so preferable, bumpkin in me coming out (that wasn't meant as pun lol). It's very brave of you to try it, I can't believe how women with Hyperemesis somehow do get on with things, I was pole axed during the time the Dr refused me meds and I was suffering...
Blissful I have done it again, scawled an illegible message and if I go back I will lose this text...
Cyber hugs to all...

LucindaE
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Wafts into Pink castle, clutching pink champagne & choc eclair, exhausted but elated. Lillian Rose was born at 7.58pm last night and is just gorgeous. Pretty big one at 8lb 7oz so another one completely unaffected by all that sickness! Thankfully birth so much better & quicker this time round too :)

Will catch up and post support soon x

Congratulations la73 - what fantastic news! Such a gorgeous name and glad birth was a good experience. Enjoy the pink castle xx

fluffy I have joined the facebook group - it seems great and they are really trying to raise awareness of HG

Welcome newbies - hope you are having some better days x

Have had no news of my GTT from last Wednesday - hopefully no news is good news......

Oooh not seen the Facebook group - how do I find then right one as there are a few on there.

Congrats La73 and what a lovely name too - enjoy the pink castle!!! x

diddygirl MOH posted a link to the page a while ago - I think this is the one:

Http://www.facebook.com/groups/120865887959037?ap=1