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Talk about every stage of pregnancy, from early symptoms to preparing for birth.

Still relying on cyclizine

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TeaAndToast92 · 14/02/2013 13:36

Hi all, I'm 25 weeks pregant with my first baby. I had what I thought was just "morning sickness" (I was being sick up to 20 times a day, but somehow still battling on and going to work etc - feel drained thinking about those days) but at 17 weeks, when I could no longer even keep water down, I got admitted to hospital where I had to stay for 3 days on a drip. It took 11 drip bags in the end to get my hydrated. Got diagnosed with hyperemesis. Anyway, so as soon as they gave me cyclizine in injection form, the vomiting stopped almost straight away so I was prescribed cyclizine in tablet form. I am very lucky in the sense that since getting the cyclizine, I haven't vomited (the tablets don't work so well for some people). The only times I have been sick had been when I have tried not taking the tablets for a day to see if I can cope without them (which evidently I can't!) I wish I had been prescibed hese straight away but hey-ho!

Anyway, so I am not 25 weeks pregnant and still need cyclizine. I have managed to get down from 3 tablets a day to 2 tablets a day, but I guess what I'm asking is, has anyone else had to take them a long way through their pregnancy? I guess I just need reassuring that what I am taking isn't going to harm my baby because I really can't cope with the sickness that I have when I don't take the tablets.

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TeaAndToast92 · 14/02/2013 13:37

Sorry I should also have said, I lost 2 stone because I was so sick and couldn't eat barely anything for that 17 weeks I was vomiting all day. The baby is growing well though.

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Paradisefound · 14/02/2013 17:09

Yes 31 weeks and still taking 2 per day. I think they say if you need them after 20 weeks, you'll probably need them until the end. Cyclazine has a very good safety record, if your baby was ok at 20 week scan, then I am sure all will be fine. I'm not too worried anyway.

racheld33 · 14/02/2013 18:42

Hi, with my first pregnancy I was on cyclizine from 7 weeks till 28 weeks (and the nausea then amazingly disappeared!)
He is now a healthy 2.5 year old DS, so I have no problem on cyclizine again in this pregnancy!

glossyflower · 14/02/2013 18:58

Same here, severe HG and two admissions, I'm now almost 31 weeks still taking cyclizine and ondanstetron. Xxx

talulahbeige · 14/02/2013 18:59

34+5 and still taking 2 a day.
Baby is tap dancing away under my ribs which im taking as a good sign.

Littlemissexpecting · 14/02/2013 20:16

I'm down to half a tablet in morning and half a tablet at night at 22 weeks but found if I don't take one I'm sick.
My gp said as someone has already mentioned I'll probably need to take them the full pregnancy now

scaredysquirrel · 14/02/2013 20:21

I took them up to 31 weeks too when the sickness stopped. my dd is fine!

AppleCrumples · 16/02/2013 21:38

Took them til 37 weeks (when baby unexpectedly arrived). She seems fine. Tbh i think i carried on taking them as was so scared of getting ill again.

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