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

just spoke to Terry Salter at pregnancy sickness support and he says that they're almost certainly going to do another conference in the autumn. He's got my details so I'll be informed in advance and let you all know. They're going to put a link to our website on theirs. I'll aks mumsnet to do the same.

Eek Grumblin I shall do my best not to queuejump

I have just picked 1.5kg of black currants out of my garden and am feeling smug

ooh we could have a meetup at the conference

MOH Have submitted my form on the website. It's brilliant, you've done a sterling job. Sorry I haven't been much help, will be able to volunteer more soon.

nitnat Autumn conference meet up sounds good to me, I'm in. MOH Any idea whereabouts in country it is?

Have just had some shit news from solicitor - our buyers have pulled out of our house sale at the 11th hour. Today could not get any worse. Surrounded by boxes of packed things that I'm now going to have to unpack. I'm an elephant, DS2 has got slapped cheek and haven't had so much of a twinge.

grumblin officially collapses in heap and wails.

I know I know. I should pull myself together, it all could be much much worse. Self piteous rant over.

Great job MOH, I've fillled in the survey, and I think its great! I think if you are going to use it for research purposes, it would be useful to have the womans age, and if possible the sex of the baby if known. Apart from that I cant think of anything else, great job done!

grumblin glad you got time to do survey before unpacking. If you give us details we could arrange a hit squad to go and whack your ex buyer, maybe a mass vomit, could be a powerful deterrant to anyone who messes with a hyperemesis mum.

This conference was in Nuneaton so good for midlanders, presume the autumn one will be too. A meet up would be great for anyone who can make it. I'll aim to go, I'm not too far away and I'll make sure DD is in nursery for the day.

angel good idea, will add in question about age and baby gender.

TECHNICAL GLITCH. I can't see the responses to the survey from grumblin and angel. Please don't anyone else fill it in till I've fiddled with it, something about privacy settings I'm sure but google sites is not terribly intuitive so watch this space.

MOH will fill the survey in once you have given the go ahead :) where is nuneaton?

I have a feeling autumn means that I will be pretty much full term or about to pop out a baby but it would be awesome if some of us could go and have a mini MN meet up!

grumblin Shitty news about the house move, sorry :( And I have no idea what slapped cheek is but I hope it doesn't hurt your DS.

Exhausted, spent evening in A&E with DD with nursemaids elbow but she was completely fine as soon as they popped it back in! Seems lots of our LOs are going through rough time of it :(

Theonly Sister's Californian hubbie GYO over there and he also recommended this for nausea but once on cyclizine was so spaced out didn't bother, but whatever works I say.

MOH will check out site and do survey ASA. Well done. Up for Conference in Autumn but not so sure I'll be up for ice sculpting, will leave that to berrylicous Nitnat

Grumblin oh for f**k sake can you not catch a break you poor thing! Here's hoping little buggar comes out soon. I was so excited 1st time when waters broke during sex (husband thought I was literally v excited, till I explained...) but still no contractions and ended up induced. Know I mentioned this before but couple friends swear reflexology works so maybe worth a try (gotta be better than DIY sweep?)

Coconuts glad you're eating and hopefully sign turned corner :) Angel welcome, sorry u had to join the bleak club x

coconuts nuneaton is near Coventry. I'm not too far away if I'm driving alone, but just a bit further than I'd like with DD alone in back of car getting bored.

good news I've sorted the glitch, actually I was just being excessively dunderheaded and not noticing something really obvious - all part of the learning process. So it's all systems go if anyone wants to do the survey.

Another thing I want to think about setting up is local support network. If anyone is willing to volunteer to contact a new HG sufferer for moral support and advice by phone or email, then I can keep a database. If I have a rough idea of where people are, then there is the possibility of a support visit if both parties are amenable. I'm thinking here of the poor souls who are all excited by being pregnant only to end up struck down by HG with no clue what the hell is happening and surrounded by people saying try ginger biscuits. i know a lot of you have been that person. It's just a rough idea at the moment, I'm thinking I'll have a page called support with links to this thread and other websites and a form that users can fill in to either offer or request support. pregnancy sickness support are setting up local networks so I would aim to tie it in with their efforts.

Hi la, Im actually quite enjoying the bleak club, its awful when anyone asks how you are and I give them a list of awfulness.........at least I can do that on here and everyone understands! I think I'm just having a bad few days, I'm sure my wicked sence of humour will return at some point. I miss being funny......I'm sure all my fun has been flushed down the toilet with the spew....

what a shitty day Grumblin, we are in the middle of trying to sell 2 houses and buy one........yes we tried for a baby even before buying a house together haha.....which is quite useful at the mo when DP goes home for a night to sort his washing etc,....I get the bed all to myself and get to puke in peace and he does his own washing! But it is starting to get slightly worrying we will still have 2 houses to pay for when DC comes.......

MOH great idea for the local support.....I'm up for it, coming on here has helped me more than you'll know, so someone to speak to locally would be great.....I live in Newcastle Upon tyne, so put me down for that area :)

Angel, I miss being funny too! I moan less about being sick now and more about everything else. i am addicted to Greggs - 2 sausage rolls & 2 caramel custard filled donuts for breakfast/lunch. bloody yum.

walked into the kitchen this morning and the general kitchen smell made me puke. almost made me feel nostalgic ;)

grumblin, i shall do the labour dance for you. my friend is now a week overdue and going crazy! we are trying to avoid her "being violated by the midwife" tomorrow so have tried curry, cakes, bribery, poking the bump and shouting at it. so the dance is the last resort!

Oh I am feeling smug its raining at Glastonbury :) never rains when I go!

MOH - I'm up for the local support network too. I don't drive although would be happy to visit people in and around my area via public transport links and also phone calls. I live around South Lincs around the A16 area. I think it's a fab idea. And I have no idea where Coventry is either I'll google!!

Will do the survey this evening :) I have bookmarked the website :)

Had a nice haircut today and take out burgers and chips for dinner - perfect day

ahhh our dreams of Glasto are long gone.....I tried for tickets for this year, let just say thank god I didnt get them..... imagine hyperemersis at Glasto....its quite comical to think about.....:)

You'll get yr SOH back but can kiss dignity goodbye ;)

I waved that goodbye yesterday when I was admitted.....3 different doctors, a young good looking 30 od year old surgeon and a giant probe up my bum......bloody dignity flew out the window faster than concorde, :o

i had a ticket, angel, and was seriously considering it for a long time! in may i admitted defeat and said i couldnt go. Luckily found a buyer for my ticket and made 70 quid :)

Poor you grumblin - must be desperate if you've resorted to sex! I don't think I'd actually physically be able to do it at the moment!
angel - anal fissure??!! Very painful! Apparently botox is a treatment option for it!! On the positive you could have a wrinkle free bum!!!

I have finished work today and officially on mat leave!! Left very reluctantly! As now have to actually think about having a baby! Stretch and sweep tomorrow - yuk sounds gruesome! Having my last night out tomorrow night! Going to see a fab Doors tribute band who I last saw about 9 months ago - I blame them for my current situation. Too much to drink and a bit careless on the contraception side!! Induction on tuesday!! Yippee!! Its nice to actually be able to see an end in sight!!

Yes lottie as a result of constipation from my ondansetron.....and its internal and severly infected....oooooooh lucky me!!! I havent heard of the bo-tox option though? Its not a small one though, its a trauma tear to the anterior wall......so lucky me has to have a full camera investigation where they have a look up my full bowel (sigmoidoscopy).......its so sad you have to laugh! (the best thing was I ended up on a ward I've worked on before and was recognised) :o

and lucky you...mat leave and baby not far off too, enjoy the Doors, they are a fav or mine and DP......:)

Damn, forgot to put in a question about how much weight did you lose. I might have to add this in, it's quite important, but I need to put it in near the top where it makes more sense and when I add a question it automatically goes to the bottom of the form. Hmm need to think about this. I've also added a question at the bottom for anything else you want to say. This is defo a work in progress. If you haven't already filled it in, might be best to wait a few days.....

OMG Grumblin I shudder to think what else can go wrong

Grumblin's naughty baby stop this nonsense at once and make your way to the nearest exit without further delay.

Sorry about house and unnecessary packing Babies seem to blight house sales - ours fell through on the day we registered DS's birth, then again with the same people a few weeks later. I was unamused. We ended up moving anyway and managed to get a further reduction on our new house to cover the interest on a bridging loan.

MOH Count me in for support network.
Lottie congrats on starting mat leave - can't believe you're straight in there with the violating midwives so soon

Angel sorry about bum ishoos. Sounds horrible. Today I have had a repeat of last Wednesday's sudden mystery bleeding from unknown orifice but it was again associated with having a poo, although no visible signs of injury, so I think I am safe and NOT GOING TO GIVE BIRTH. NOPE, NOTHING TO SEE HERE.

Angel Nice!!!! My worst nightmare is being a patient on a ward where I've worked!!! If you ever get the chance - I highly recommend The Doors Alive! Very authentic and sound just like them!!

Grumblin Oh, no, about house! Poor, poor you! This is not fair. Why is fate picking on you? Cyber hugs. For sure you deserve an easy labor and an a good, sleeping, happy baby. Sucking ice swan's beak, lol...
Angel Awful, about tear. That is dramatic! I had a camera up my bum but that was only about a lingering stomach bug that went anyway. It was the breaking wind afterwards that did it for me...Hyperemesis Glastonbury, lol!
You haven't lost your sense of humour for sure...
TheOnly I hope that is the last puke of this pregnancy...
Lottie Carrying such a giant baby, surely you need a rest?Congrats on maternity leave.
LA Ah, priceless re: husband's misapprehension re broken waters...
MOH Count me in as a local volunteer. I'm in the mid Wales area. Sadly, I hate driving so much I don't do it any more, but if I can get there by public transport...I did volunteer for the Pregnancy Sickness people but they never got back to me...I said IT doesn't like me...
Caramel Fluffy waves...
NitNat I hope happier today?
Waves to anyone rudely not mentioned.
LucindaE
xx

Lottie I'm joining you!
Last day in office, hurrah no more rush hour tube :)
Lovely farewell lunch yesterday at River Cafe w no nausea, double hurrah (don't worry sufferers won't mention what I ate)
Farewell drinks after work, triple hurrah - after all I'm drinking for 2 right?!?

Angel Anal tear? Ouch. In ward where recognized? Oh crikey, poor you, full on loss of dignity training. Hope not too painful now?
MOH put me down for support in Twickenham/Richmond post crazy early baby days. Will wait your greenlight before doing survey :)

Waves to all in hope none are head down in loo :)

La congrats on Mat Leave. Outing to River Cafe how posh! Their recipe book is such a faff - skinning and deseeding cherry tomatoes for God's sake! Would love to experience the real deal!
Angel any improvement in the infection today? Hope it heals up quickly. How is nausea/vom?
Lucinda thanks for asking - yes I had a much better day yesterday, encouraged by the blackcurrant "harvest". Going to make pie today and do other clucky nest-making activities.

I have just made it rain by pegging out one teatowel [clever]. The effect was almost instantaneous. I shall concentrate my new-found powers in the direction of Grumblin's baby