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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Spannermary how are things today? Any better?
Maganum How are things?
Seapie So glad you got Ondansetron (sp) and are coping, if not brilliant. CupaSoup? Intriguing, and salt y, as you say...Take it easy, it must be so difficult teaching when feeling nasueated.

Elliot'sMummy Cheering you on over the finish line...
Gabbity Some do escape, or get off lightly...MaryLou who comes on sometimes had it much more mildly this time. Magnum is so r ight about an aggressive treatment plan. about your losing your job last time, 'That seems like sexual discrimination'?
waves to Grandma and MoH.
T he rest of my message below...
LucindaE
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Helibee How are you today? Pearl didn't meant to ignore you. Are things the same?
Lucinda
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better day thank you. managed to get lunch down ds (admittedly while watching diggers on u tube!)

Fair to middling, thanks LucindaE - keeping food down remains a challenge, but I have my House blu-ray through! Silver lining, eh? Unfortunately it's all about a neurosurgeon who can't stop puking. :(

Plus it's my 12 week scan today - scared and excited! And hoping not to throw up all over the ultrasound!

Hi all,
Thanks Lucinda, yes am much the same as usual. Starting to struggle a bit with insomnia and am feeling huge. This heat's not helping although I know I shouldn't complain because it's nice to see the sun. Last night I tossed and turned in bed for ages and eventually got up in a grump and went and lay down on the sofa in the study to read. Of course I then nodded off and woke up at 3am and had no idea where I was!
Spannermary, good luck today with your scan, hope it all goes well.
Magnum, glad to hear you've had a better day so far, long may it last.
Everyone, I wonder whether we're due to start a new thread soon, this one is getting pretty full? Does anyone know how to make a new thread with the EDD list and the link to MOH's site at the start? Lucinda? :)

Hi all

I am new here and just wanted to say how greatful I am to have found this forum. Reading everyone elses experiences make me realise I am not alone! I am 9 weeks 6 days and have been vomiting for the past 4 weeks straight ( sorry TMI?) I have been perscribed Metoclopramide which if I am honest is not doing too much especially over the past 72 hours where I have kept no solids down ( the past 3 days have been by far the worst) My poor DH is at a loss of how to help me..... he wants to go back to the GP whereas i am kind of hoping it will sort itself out and I can discuss it when we see the midwife for the first time on saturday.

Any tips or advice would be really appreciated

Thanks

FDL

FlyingDutchLady Welcome, there's no such thing as tmi here, everything is discussed, bile, peculiar foam, Puking and Peeing (my speciality) puking in bags, in sinks, on carpets, in my case over a wardrobe, in Seapie's on the beach and what is unbearable as it reappears...Can you hold out till Saturday? T he main thing, as I am sure you know, is fluids. Can you retain sips of flat coke, or Lucozade (many find that too acid) or milkshake, tepid water, ice cubes, ice cubes of flat coke, ice lollies or jelly? Anything to help with rehydration. Can you stand nibb les of crisps? Someone said Cu-a-Soup? Was it EllliottsMum? It can be hard to argue your corner that you need meds when feeling as if you are about to be sick any minut e, can DH go with you just in case they try and make out that it's 'normal' whi ch it isn't? See if you can get hold of some kestosticks too t o check for dehydration. It is awful, take herart, this is the worst part, almost everyone improves a lot as time goes on.
Spannermary I am too late to wish you luck on your scan, how did things go? I would have said, ask for one of those awful cardboard hat things, or take a plastic bag .
Pearl I know, thanks to Coconuts how to do a link, t ouch wood. You should have seen t he mess I made last t ime, but she sorted it out. Hopefully, I can get it right this time! I will have to enquire about the edd list. I suppose that can be cut and pasted...
Glad everyone had a not too bad day in this heat...
Lucinda

I was very sick with DS No 1, so now No 2 is on way I just thought I'd mention what worked last time. Last time I lost 2 stone in the first 5 months from constant sickness, I could only keep down fruit or sorbet and cooking meat made me want to leave the house and hide in the bottom of the valley. A retired midwife who did homeopathy told me to contact Weleda's pharmacy team who advised me to take Ipecac, it worked immediately. I will be on the phone to them tomorrow as its not working this time and there are 3 or 4 other remedies which are also suitable depending upon your exact symptoms. This time I'm 12 blinking stone (OMG) and wouldn't mind losing 2 stone however not actually sick more than once a day, just constantly nauseous and I've completely gone off Green & Blacks chocolate

Thanks LucindaE - ice lollies are mostly staying down and DH has come home with diarolyte which i am slowly sipping ( tastes awful!!) I am going to hve a chat with the midwife on sat and see what she suggests.
Thanks so much for the advice and support

FDL

Well the scan was great! Official due date is Easter Sunday! As for the cardboard hats...midwife gave me 2 after I had to excuse myself from her ridiculously hot room to puke! Lovely.

Oh - as for puking and peeing - I'm pretty damn hot at that myself!

Thanks for your help and support! :)

Just a quick hi, I'm going to try and sleep. Didn't keep anything down yesterday and brought back up my lunch within about 5 seconds of finishing! Thankfully kept down a few mouthfuls of dinner and half a yum yum. Really just surviving on orange squash I've cubes.

Will catch up with everyone tomorrow, night all

Just quick one to c how all doing.
Congrats Coconuts so happy for you - 8 days on hospital sounds serious hope you're feeling ok now?
Elliots you'll joining pink castle v soon too. good luck and will PM you with tips I used to get things moving could be worth a try!
Grumblin big hug, you has such a rough time of it not suprising - much sympathy but glad it's been diagnosed so they cab treat you.
Hectic fun with the 2 girls so sorry for nit being on for while. Lillian been suffering with reflux but getting better now 10 weeks so luckier than most - throwing up feeds and suffering hearburn we all know how that feels!

Waves to newbies and will be on to offer support more often when I can, hope coping with mini heatwave x
Offers slice of cake to Lucinda, Nitnat, Caramel, MOH, Only and other Pink Castle grads x

helibee, I really don't want to do the annoying thing of saying 'have you tried', but at your stage I found tinned fruit so helpful and one of the few things I could keep down. It had to be ice cold from the fridge though, and eaten in tiny mouthfuls. Also ice cold fresh pink grapefruit in very thin slivers. I wonder if either of these would be acceptable to you?
Wish this weather would break now. I know all non-pg people are loving it, but it's making me feel much worse and I am longing for crisp, cool autumn weather.

Pearl I so agree about tinned fruit, and the juice, too...Just got some links r ight on a trial run, hopefully all set for starting a new thread, Coconuts will be proud of me, I was such a dunce to teach...Oh, dear, sympathies to all y ou poor things suffering in this heat!
Spannermary Great about scan. Horrible about heat and needing the cardboard hat. Two? I hope y ou didn't need them...
GreenandBlacks Fancy t hat about Homeopathy, you must putthat on MOH's Website:-www.pregnancysicknesssos.co.uk that has to come out! Thanks for t he informat ion and supportive message and I do hope you come back on here if things - unluckily - don't resolve themselves. I was very lucky with Acupunture, but few are quite so lucky...
Helibee Poor you, horrible, I hope you have a better day today. So exhausting and this heat to make things worse.
LA Lovely to hear from you and Lillian! Remember last Christmas?!
Apologies t o anyone I have rudely overlooked.
Lucinda
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FlyingDutchLady There's lots of wonderful information on MOH's website,
www.pregnancysicknesssos.co.uk Go armed with it to your appointment, and I do hope things aren't too bad with you today.
Lucinda
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Hi,

Newbie here.
Edd 05/04/2012 currently 13 weeks

Was diagnosed 5 weeks ago. Haven't had to go to hospital. fingers crossed

Have so far been prescribed

Stemitol
Avomide
Metrocopramide
Domperidon

And have lost a stone in weight.

I've been really terrible at keeping up with the thread and feel awful as it was such a help for me when I was pregnant. I'm completely in awe of Lucinda for keeping up with everyone. You're amazing. How are things?

I had to post though after reading your post Grumblin. So good to hear from you but sorry you've been having such an awful time. Glad you've got a diagnosis now and must be brilliant to know you're not going mental . Hope things improve quickly for you.

Congratulations to all those who have joined the pink castle since I last posted. So many of you who probably feel like it's a lifetime away, especially those in the first trimester hell.

Big hello to fellow oldtime HGers La, Nitnat, Fluffy, MOH - how are you all doing? And to MOP ('not long now' you must be sick of hearing that!), Theonly (huge congrats, Harper is a lovely name), coconuts (congrats too, thomas is gorgeous, as is your dd!). I think I missed Lucie's birth too, how is she doing? Has she been around lately?

Sure I've missed others too, sorry if I have. Blame sleep deprivation .

News from the caramel house...Scarlett is 5mths now. Where did that go?! She was diagnosed with reflux at around 12wks, when it was at its worst - continual vomitting (must get that from her mother!), weight loss, terrible sleeping, lots of painful crying etc. Hideous. Took weeks to get meds sorted to ease things for her but she refused the breast and I had to start giving her ff for lots of her feeds, which I (foolishly) beat myself up about. I think the sleep deprivation combined with everything else got to me and I finally went to the GP a few weeks back saying I thought I could have PND . Have since had some CBTish self help sessions, Scarlett's reflux has improved and her sleep is slowly improving, which means mine is too, and I finally feel like I'm coming out the other side and feeling more myself again.

Phew..that was long. If you made it this far well done! Sorry for those who don't remember me who must be thinking, 'who is this crazy woman posting'?! I'm thinking of you all though and truly empathise with how awful you're feeling suffering with HG. Big unmumsnetty hugs and for this thread.

AahBump Welcome, though sorry you have to be here, if you see what I mean! Congratulations on reaching 13 weeks - I hope from now on things will improve gradually, as I am sure you know, while talk about the textbook twelve weeks is purely annoying most people find things improve somewhere between fourteen and twenty weeks...
That's a lot of meds - at least it shows they're taking it seriously, but how annoying if none of them have worked so far. I've had two out of t hree recently as a matter of fact for vomiting with migraines - not very good, as far as I was concerned, but it seems to vary so with individual's make up...
How are you finding liquids are staying down? Any luck with those standards -
sips of flat coke, ice lollies, ice cubes, Lucozade (some find that too acid) jelly, weak orange squash, et al?
You should find lots of support on here.
Caramel How nice to hear from you - so sorry that you ha ve had that reflux problem with Scarlett - it sounded awful, thank goodness that things are beginning to sort themselves out. Grumblin came on a little while ago, not suprisingly had been suffering with PTSD after all she'd been t hrough - LA
fine, Luce too, Coconuts and TheOnly recently delivered. EliottsMum top of list...
Lucinda
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Hello all, hope you've found somewhere cool in this heat!

Had a great day yesterday and thought we might be at the end of the tunnel but grim again today :-(

GreenandBlacksaddict how interesting that you mention about homeopathy because another lady this week said that Sepia worked brilliantly for her. Bit cross that i hadn't thought of homeopathy so far as I'm up for any options!

anyway looked at this website (there are lots out there)
littlemountainhomeopathy.wordpress.com/2011/03/03/homeopathy-for-morning-sickness/

then marched myself up to local health food store in this unbearable weather and found a lovely knowledgeable lady who questioned me about how the nausea and vomiting are specifically manifest and any other associated symptoms (headaches, heartburn, congestion etc..) and then chose a remedy for me.

it was lovely to find someone who gave me time and sympathy!

anyone have taken some and so far feeling ok so will report back.
only needed Ondansetron once this week so maybe things are looking up...

Thanx LucindaE

In my worst weeks the doctor recommended glucose powder/tablets desolved in cheap lemonade. He said at least you'll get something even if it shoots back up.

Last week was all about the quavers and pepsi.

This weeks looking good.

Hugz

Lemonade: tried it yesterday and it really helped. Had a shocking night last night though...there's little more depressing than vomiting induced incontinence; especially when all there is left to throw up is bile.

Ugh.

Back to the lemonade today...

Spannermary Poor you - how awful, especially in the night, when it's so lonely. Sending you cyber hugs. I do hope it's a bit better now?
AahBump I'm glad this weeks looking good. He was so right about some gets through, though you think it is all coming up again, as you get so much iller if you don't keep sipping away.
Magnum I do hope t he Homeopathic remedy helped with this relapse...
Not quite so hot today, but humid...
Lucinda
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Thanks, LucindaE, it was pretty awful, but my wonderful hubby got up too, to rub my back and feed me sips of water. He's a keeper!

Today I've felt properly poorly....but....everything's stayed down! Pretty amazing.

Hi everyone, hope you've been enjoying the weather. All I've been able to do is look at the sky from bed :(

Motherofpearl, no worries about offering advice, I'll take any help Unfortunately my body is not liking fruit of any kind. A few weeks ago I could manage tinned peaches but now definitely not! Even though this is my second hyperemesis pregnancy, everything that worked last time, isn't this time which is so very annoying

Aaahbump, hope you have a good week and things start to improve for you. When I had hyperemesis with ds, my dr said drink appletiser as it at least had sugar, fruit etc in. I tried that this time but all I can stomach the thought of is water with squash ice cubes. I'm going to try jelly this week!

Spannermary, sorry you had such an awful night, glad your dh was up with you. I don't know what I would do without dh.

Magnum, hope the homeopathy works and glad that you seem to have had a better week.

I still haven't heard about my scan date yet and I'm nearly 11 weeks! I'll need to phone the midwife tomorrow. Just not sure how I'm going to get to the scan when I can't even get downstairs? Oh well the joys of pregnancy I'm also supposed to have my ESA medical this week, so dh needs to call to get them to make it a home visit, I could really do without that at the moment.

Lucinda, thanks for all the advice and support. I had a look at the pregnancy sickness website and I'm also going to ask dr about doxylamine. When I have migraines the only medication that works and stops the sickness is syndol which contains doxylamine so I may see if he can get the prescription like the website said.

waves from pink castle, clutching a tub of Ben & Jerry's

hi all newbies, sorry you have had to join, this place will def help and make you feel sane again! I swore by jelly for breakfast.......if that stayed down then i could have a bit of toast and anti-sickness tablet, if not, at least it was easy and nice tasting coming back up :)

Lucinda really does do the most amazing job at keeping up with everyone, i dont know how she does it

feekerry when explaining HG to my bosses I said if you were this sick normally you would be dead. you really would be, how on earth can your body keep going when all its doing is spewing?

Elliots we are waiting with baited breathe at news you are eating again.........oh yes, and had a baby, but thats less important ;)

seapie reading yr post reminded me of myself. once I admitted I couldn't go on and just sort of gave into it, I seemed to feel better. Stress is a major factor too, i think, I worried so much about work and not being able to do anything it was counter-productive and culminated in me having a mini breakdown in my bosses office.........he still hasn't recovered!

grumblin (waves madly and passes Ben & Jerry's over) what a shit time! just when you think you are over the worst of it.......at least its diagnosed and you are starting to feel more like yourself? you really did have the most shit pregnancy. yay for sterilisation (ha ha what a weird thing to yay for!)

spannermary prob best to delete all those auto messages now, I used to get angry at the ones saying "you are now massive" and I would look down and go nope.....not me! but the ones after the birth are nice, mainly about "yr baby is 7 weeks old and you may start fitting back in some of your old clothes" and then I go "ha ha try 5 days after birth!" and feel very smug for the rest of the day ;D

grandma I meant to thank you for my Mum's hug, its nice to know people are thinking of her after my HG. I bet you are loving it as much as my Mum :) just can't get over something so cute can make you so sick!

MoP ahhh reading.....taken me 7 weeks to read 3 books! make the most of reading whilst you can't sleep, I miss devouring books in a night

flyingdutchlady hope yr appointment goes well and you get the support you need

la thanks for the cake :)

caramello lovely to hear from you! I saw some crumpets in my freezer the other day and thought of you smothering them in tzatziki. Glad things are on the up now, lack of sleep really does ruin you. I am still in shock Scarlett is 5 months already, I don't know why, just doesn't seem that long ago we were all miserable together

helibee its far too hot to go outside even without HG, you aren't missing much :) hope you get your scan soon

wow mega reply! its hard to keep up and reply on my fone but will be here for support when I can be :) Harper is 8 weeks on Wednesday. Yesterday I sneezed and wee'd so obviously need to up my pelvic floor exercises as haven't done that since pregnancy! also cannot stop eating huge amounts of everything (apart from fruit, Harper does NOT like it at ALL!) which means i am now getting fat. I am fatter now than the day I came out of hospital. 8 weeks of eating what I want when I want just doesn't seem enough compared to all those weeks of pregnancy! Off swimming this avo, might burn off one of the chunks of cheese i have munched.

sorry to anyone i have missed, hope you all have a good week xx