Hyperemesis Support

[LucindaE]

We need a new thread.

I hope everyone suffering from the Horrors of Hyperemesis will find this thread useful as a source of support and information.

There's no TMI on here - can't be by definition - and nobody should feel ashamed of moaning as much as they feel the need to.

I used to include extracts from MOH's wonderful website
sites.google.com/site/pregnancysicknesssos/
but I think that makes this link less visible so am merely putting the link. The information on this site is invaluable.

I would like to thank MOH MOP Ovaltine Caramellokoalalover (I think she's changed her nickname) Fluffy, Horsey Kali and Everyone who has given such invaluable support and advice on previous threads.

Remember when you are at your worst, 'This Too Shall Pass'. It really will.

You know Bank, I really don't know. I'm blinkering at the moment ttc and trying to remind myself what it will be like without getting too scared. bloody impossible really! but I didn't have anyone to talk to before. this thread is going to be a lifeline I think!

Reebok That is wonderful, I'm really happy for you. Those are the words I knew you would say when you were at your worst!
Waves Thank goodness for that consultant, you need them to think out a workable plan for you, trying to cope with a very bad case of this thing and having LO's too. How do you feel now (dare I ask)?

Bankwuggrey welcome, you are very brave, it sounds as if you had it very badly. Peachy I haven't enountered,but addictedtoharibu is a name that rings a bell, she could well have come on one of these threads. If the worst comes to the worst, everyone on here is very supportive.
Talyra Once you have had a miscarriage, I know that longing, it overrides everything. Hugs.
Room I do feel for you, others on here I think in hte last thread had the test and didn't enjoy it exactly. I think they let one off on the grounds that she'd never have retained it.
Lucinda
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Hello,

Quick update, I'm on litre 5 of fluids then going home, but with cannula in as I will be having to come in each day for IV fluids and IV anti emetics. So, whilst it is nice that I'll be home each night with the DCs, it is a bit of a draining prospect, being in hospital as a day patient every day! At least it will stop me getting so dehydrated.

I have a fasting blood test for measuring blood glucose on Friday. Fasting no problem for me at all at the moment! Much better than the GTT

Waves Thank goodness they've worked something out. I hate to think how much weight you must have lost, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you'll find the treatment reduces the symptoms so much that you turn the corner soon.
I hope Everyone is coping today,not moved two spaces back on the horrible Hyperemesis board game, moving towards that Pink Castle at the end (like on my old Snakes and Ladders Board). Drank tea, one space forward. It reappeared horrifically, two spaces back...
Lucinda
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So tired. Working at home today (read from sofa, in pjs). got quite a bit done this morning but just want to sleep now. Forever. And I had 11 hours last night. Every time I stand up, I retch. Just feels like such a long way to go. I can't believe I've been sick for 6 weeks now and I'm still not at my 12 weeks yet! And knowing this could last another 6 months just has me exhausted at the thought of it. Sorry, not feeling my usual cheerful self today :(

Ps- love the snakes and ladders analogy- that's exactly what it is! You throw a double six, then land on a snake.

Hello everyone
Sorry to those who are feeling very dire. I've been reading this over the last week or so, cringing, and hoping I wouldn't need to join, but hey ho.
This is my 2nd HG pregnancy, I'm at 11 weeks and so far haven't been so bad as with DD (more nausea, less vomiting) but I also know that HG peaked at 12-20 weeks or so last time.

I've lost 1 stone in a month, I'm living off bits of toast, sour sweets and lucozade/ice lollies. Every time I go out (to medical appts, nothing fun) I've ended up collapsing (low blood sugar - vision goes blurry, palpitations, dizziness then splat).

My doctor is now treating with cyclizine and has signed me off partially (I stupidly asked to be allowed to do some as there are problems at the moment and I need to be on call). Now work has asked me to see the OH doctor, but it's about 1 hour travel door to door (train and taxi) and I am fairly certain it's going to end with me unconscious on a platform far from home. My hospital team think it's madness to try.

I'm trying to manage an increasingly desperate work situation from my bed and I can't take cyclizine in the day because then I can't think straight. Not sure my decisions are any better when starved and dehydrated though
Sorry for the moan.

Hi everyone

I'm quite new to this but nearly cried when I found this thread as I've been feeling so alone in my suffering

I'm currently 9 weeks and am suffering HG symptoms, I've been to GP as couldn't keep anything down and her advice was to hang on in there! Got some tablets which did nothing! That was a few weeks ago and today I saw my midwife for the first time who wasn't very happy with the GP's advice - I have keatones and will be off to hospital tomorrow for a drip and anti sickness meds after losing a stone and a half

I had this with my first and battles until 26 weeks with no help as the docs kept turning me away and telling me it would pass! So glad I've been taken seriously this time round, I've never felt so miserable.

I'm sure lots of you have had experience of going in for the drip to re-hydrate, the midwife seems to think this will sort me out so ill stay positive. Would anyone be willing to share their experiences, did hospital treatment help you etc?

Thank you muchly

Hiya! Welcome to the thread :-)
in my experience, being on a drip helps temporarily, but my god does it help! if they can find a med that works for you then it could be much easier this time. But be prepared that it might not go away. Usually if you can control the sickness you can cope a bit better with stuff, but it sometimes stops the sickness but not all the nausea.

All I can say about the gp is GRRRR! It shouldn't be so hard to diagnose something add obvious as this if you have been so sick you are losing weight.

Hiya

Thank you for the advice, I agree re: GP why is it so hard to see that not eating and losing so much weight is an issue

Well I'm hoping to at least feel a little more human after the drip so will cross everything. It's the nausea I hate the most, I can handle being sick it's that constant feeling of being on a boat and trying to explain to people how I can't eat anything (and if I hear 'what about ginger biscuits' again I might scream!).

Fingers crossed I'll be feeling brighter by tomorrow then - thanks for the response

Hello, welcome to the new joiners here, sorry you are having to join but hope it will be lots of support.

princess I've had 6 admissions now for IV fluids and am starting a new treatment plan of day patient care as of tomorrow. I came out at lunchtime today but they left the cannula in ready for my daily fluid top up and IV ondansetron. The fluids make me feel so much more human. Was a bit of a crisis yesterday as I'd toughed it out a couple of days longer than I should so had the first litre through really fast over an hour, before a 2 hour one, then 4 hourly for the rest. Everyone said I looked like a different woman when I left today though

Loving that I'm in my own bed tonight, hospital beds are so uncomfortable, and I've had loads of cuddles with my DCs.

pollaidh the prospect of all that travelling sounds awful. Maybe you should get fully signed off for now if you are struggling? I hope that you get some medication that works, and that work are understanding.

Oh, and I'm 19 weeks pregnant now, still hoping for things to improve!

Wow wavesandsmiles 19 weeks in and no let up, I really hope it passes for you soon. I had it first time round for 26 wks but it was no where this bad

Thanks for the reply, I hope they same about me tomorrow and for the least that I'm feeling more human, it's everything at once, sickness, no eating, vomiting and then the side effects of dehydration ??

I can't describe how happy I am to actually be going in tomorrow, I will literally try anything right now!

I'm also finding that I'm suffering acid reflux now and killer heartburn. My little bundle is really making me work

Just dropping in as I saw this pop up in active convos. This time last year I'd just been signed off work with HG, I was 7 weeks pg and miserable! I ended up on ondansetron and being rehydrated a couple of times, but began to be able to function again at around 18 weeks. However, I still vomited every evening throughout the pregnancy- almost every single day for 9 months. I ended up back on a drip at 36 weeks as the HG really ramped up again at the end

Good luck to you all currently suffering, tick off each day, and enjoy the reward at the end the ability to eat chocolate without puking , a gorgeous squishy newborn oblivious to the suffering they've caused!

I was given IV ranitidine for the acid reflux/heartburn. Bliss! Must remember to ask them to put some of that in me tomorrow with the ondansetron....

One thing I am slowly starting to learn is to ask for everything, and explain what does or doesn't work.

That's really good advice waves , you need to let them know if something isn't working otherwise they might just assume it is.

That's great advice waves I will make sure tomorrow I ask for something for the acid as I think even getting rid of that would be an improvement.

Thanks for all the comments ladies, it's so nice to speak to people who really understand. My family and friends are all so good but they just don't understand and it's really hard feeling like everyone thinks your over reacting. I def think this is a condition you can only understand if you've lived it.

How are people today? Sending you all hugs!!!

Everyone, sorry for silence, have been doing some spectacular puking myself with migraine, it does serve as a reminder about how truly foul being sick every hour is, though it can't compare in suffering to it going on for weeks and weeks. Princess and Poll Welcome,sorry you are suffering, I'll try and catch up with the thread today, stirling advcie from lovely Waves (six admissions? I think you win the highly uncoveted prize of worst case on these threads) and Talyra. Flo Sorry you feel so bad, can you cut down on hours, your poor thing, you shouldn't be trying to battle on?
Back soon.
Lucinda
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Hope the migraines have left you for now lucinda.

I'm on my second day of day patient care in hospital now. Just had a huge palava trying to get blood out of a vein! Have had IV ondansetron and now have ranitidine going through, then it will be fluid time. I'm so much happier knowing that however dire the afternoons/ evenings are with vomiting, I only have to hang on to the next morning. It's a little frustrating having the cannula in as I keep forgetting it when I'm at home, and bumping it, but in the grand scheme of things it is better than the unpredictable admissions.

How did you get on with the IV fluids princess?

Morning all

Waves, it went well thanks. They gave me 3 litres to re-hydrate and some Cyclizene straight in too which made me feel high as a kite. It's true what you said, I felt like a new women when having the drip and am still feeling better.

I wouldn't say I'm back to my old self but I don't think I ever thought I would be, still feel a bit sicky but I had a dream about coco pops and managed to keep some down this morning so something is working!

I now have Cyclizine in tablet form for 10 days then I will have to go back to GP if I need more and they've told me if it recurs then I can go back for some more

So keeping everything crossed and full bed rest to make the most of it

Big hugs to everyone feeling rubbish, here's hoping for some good days for you all x

And Waves, hope you come out feeling better today just a few hours relief I'm sure will make the next day bearable. Will be thinking of you, hope you're not too bored - I know I was yesterday

Glad people are feeling a little more shiny today :).

I don't really know what to do at the moment. The medication seems to have pretty much stopped me vomiting but the nausea is back at an all time high. I know that realistically I should make a move to cut down work hours but I don't feel ready to go about that. Was wondering if its worth changing my medication? I feel a bit helpless, having to get back into bed about 3 when working from home and being too nauseous to eat much dinner.

Also got thrush (yay) but was too tired and confused to say I wasn't pregnant so the pharmacist wouldt give me the canesten. Like I've got ants in my pants on top of the rest of it :( whinge!

I thought I was doing better today. Then I threw up in a drain outside a shop and had an awful sweat attack. Oh dear. I am starting to feel more human though. Signed off for another week and hoping this is the week where I start getting it together.

flobot I'm convinced my medicine reduced the vomiting but worsened the nausea.