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Hyperemesis Support

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LucindaE · 01/04/2013 18:03

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 for sufferers, with information about medications, coping strategies, hospital admissions, useful links, advice for family members, and much more.

I would like to thank MOH MOP Ovaltine bluebirdsunshine (I think she's changed her nickname) Fluffy, Horsey Kalidasa, Nannyl 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.

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honeymoonmum · 17/04/2013 17:15

Ps meant moaning!!!!

fl0b0t · 17/04/2013 18:30

Hey you lot. Been thinking about you all a lot this week. I've been on the whole living a normal life which is brilliant, but it's SO hard not to over do it eh? Evenings my nausea is getting really bad again and I'm taking my promethazine earlier and earlier to try to combat it. :(

chocciemousse · 17/04/2013 18:38

Hi all, I hope everyone is coping as best they can. I too went back to work since being off the past 3 months. I have some extra support with me until the end of the week but I will be back to the gruelling long days next week. I am absolutely shattered just after today.People are beginning to realise I'm pregnant now as I have suddenly developed a belly literally over night but I guess I am 20 weeks now.. It is infuriating though as colleagues don't understand what I've been going through and I feel like they just think I'm being all soft about having morning sickness.
waves my blood pressure is really low too. It is anywhere between 80/44 to 89/50. My voice goes all funny too.

TiredFeet · 17/04/2013 19:00

feeling really upset right now Sad DH has just shouted at me for being lazy Sad I'm sat here with awful nausea only about to keep any food / drink down if I sit really still for ages (at least an hour) after and yet somehow I am lazy, even though this afternoon I have looked after DS 2.5 taken him for a walk as its the only way he'll nap even though I felt so dizzy and tried to make the afternoon nice for him (he's done sandpit and bubbles and had his cars outside but he did get upset at how much I just had to sit still). I am so so sick of DH making me upset, I swear its making the sickness worse. He just seems so angry at me for being ill Sad

TiredFeet · 17/04/2013 19:04

choccie well done for coping with the return to work. could you book some days / half days of leave maybe to make the first long week a bit shorter? or do they need you back too badly? Last time round I was shocked how physically hard I found it going back to work. completely get what you are saying about dumb comments from colleagues, really hard to cope with when you are struggling your way back in.

I can't face work at the minute, I work in the public sector and there can often be quite smelly people in reception which is bad at the best of times, plus the toilets are miles away through several double doors. work are being nice about it. If I have a good day tomorrow I might try and go in for a bit but I couldn't even keep my meds down this morning, I did improve a bit this afternoon fortunately.

Tallyra · 17/04/2013 19:17

Oh tired, sending you huge hugs. Sounds like dh needs a chat with someone else who has had experienced hg. have you thought of asking for a visit from someone in PSS?

Pollaidh · 17/04/2013 20:27

Oh damn. Seem to have picked up a bug - went from feeling fine (well, HG fine) to fever and very sore swollen throat in about 3 hours. Just what I need.

Pollaidh · 17/04/2013 20:30

Sorry tired I didn't see your post. Yes stress from lack of support can definitely make HG worse. I think you're doing really well getting out and playing etc.

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LucindaE · 17/04/2013 20:45

Oh no, bad news from most, great news from Flo anyway, normal life? Wow!
Tired Poor you, hugs, I'm Angry at DH for being so insensitive. Lazy?!!!
Choccie Another back at work - cluck - tell them all it's Hyperemesis, still in undeveloped countries without proper medical care, a life threatening condition...
Poll Oh, no! and Humphrey Oh no too...
We haven't heard from Hotcrossbum in a while...
Gentle cyber pats to all. Sorry if I've missed Anyone.

Lucinda

xx

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Tallyra · 17/04/2013 20:52

Hi lucinda I got a phonecall this afternoon with a date for my initial clinic appt. it's not until June :'(
so we now have to hold off with the TTC until then. I'm so frustrated right now!!

TiredFeet · 17/04/2013 21:38

I have told him this evening that stress makes HG worse, as that had been written in my notes. I've told him its counter productive to shout at me as its likely to make it worse/ longer. He has been fairly quiet since so I am hoping he is chewing it over in his mind. He just has such a foul temper and gets angry without ever thinking things through. what is PSS?? sorry for all the ranting, just feel very isolated right now Sad don't feel able to talk to family / friends about it.

pollaidh awful luck you poor poor thing.

Pollaidh · 17/04/2013 21:40

Does anyone have any tips? I'm struggling to swallow as my throat is really quite sore and swollen. Wondering how on earth I'm going to get in the liquids and anti-emetics...

TiredFeet · 17/04/2013 21:58

hmmm pollaidh, not sure, my normal sore throat cures are salt water gargle (which really does help but might be the last thing you want to do right now) or painkillers, which I am guessing are out...

not a help for now I guess if you are struggling to swallow that tablets you could ask for an injection tomorrow? midwife has offered me these if I continue to struggle to keep the meds down.

might ice lollies help soothe your throat a little maybe?

clutching at straws though, that sounds truly miserable. I hope someone can come along with something helpful!

HumphreyCobbler · 17/04/2013 22:03

TiredFeet Sad your husband is being unsupportive. How dare he call you lazy. You are a hero for enduring this horrible illness. He is very lucky he does not have to Angry. Can you get a supportive midwife/GP to tell him how bad it is?

Can you manage some paracetemol pollaidh? Or is that a forlorn hope?

Pollaidh · 17/04/2013 22:04

Thanks tired, I'd forgotten about the injection option, that might be a good idea tomorrow. I've been on the ice lollies this evening so getting fluids in that way.

Twit · 17/04/2013 22:08
Sad

I'm not a frequent m-netter anymore, but when I am around I always try to look in on LucindaE and her thread. It always makes me sad to read that there are people out there who feel as awful as I did. I once said to my DH that I wouldn't wish HG on anyone and I still mean it.
I can only offer an ear, how I 'managed' and my support as I don't know about any of the drugs, I was told, point blank that there were no drugs available and that I'd be in a ward with the properly sick people wasting nurses/ dr's time.
ThAnks to this thread none of you will have to 'just cope'.

I have had 3 pregnancies with HG, the third ending in a MMC, and three without (same father). Although this will be of no use to you right now, what I truly believe helped me get through the last three without HG was to eat and eat and eat high sugar foods and carbohydrates.
I felt that if I let my blood sugar drop, I'd feel worse, that would make me not want to eat, which would drop it further and then I would start to vomit - and we all know where that leads.

Anyhoo... One of my consistent foods that helped was salt and vinegar crisps. It somehow cut thought the pervading ick and could help, because I was actually eating. And as has been mentioned, flat coke or lemonade.
And yes to not being able to tolerate smells. I had to get new shower gel, shampoo, deodorant because my normal stuff was suddenly so vile
Ad the smell of DH Shock. He would have to shower twice, once to wash and once to get rid of the smell of shower gel .
Out of interest, were any if your mothers afflicted? Mine was as was my maternal grandmother. I only hope I can be there if DD needs me.

I hope you all manage to stay well, my mind often strays to this thread so even if you don't know me and I don't know you, my sympathy and thoughts to you all are out there floating around Grin

And the one thing that truly helped me was having my doctor sit down on my bed at home and tell me she believed me (not the aforementioned one, my new one) and trying to offer solutions (flat coke and lemonade)

Twit · 17/04/2013 22:10

Sorry, me again, a random thought, have you tried freezing the flat coke/lemonade? Would that be at all helpful?

TiredFeet · 17/04/2013 22:10

Humphrey I know, I am thinking about going to midwife appointment on my own and raising it with her and seeing if I can get some support. But I'm not very good at opening up to people so worried I will wimp out Sad.

glad lollies are helping a little pollaidh, doctors were always happy to give me an injection asap last time when I couldn't keep meds down, so don't hesitate to ask them if you need it.

Tallyra · 17/04/2013 22:23

PSS is pregnancy sickness support, a small charity that is doing amazing things spreading the word and helping. If you look down the thread I'm sure there is a link but you can search on Google quite easily, there are volunteers in many areas that will visit and help out or at least offer moral support. they are on fb too.

Pollaidh · 17/04/2013 23:16

Well Makaton (like baby signing) is coming in handy for comms as I an no longer speak. Thanks Mr Tumble!

MOH100 · 18/04/2013 09:12

twit would you consider submitting an entry in a survey I'm running examining attitudes of healthcare professionals to HG. This is in preparation for guidelines to doctors which are being prepared by the RCOG. I'm a patients representative on the working group which is preparing the guidelines, and if any recommendations are made, there must be evidence to back it up. I want to include a statement that HG is not psychosomatic and suggestions that it is are still prevalent, so I need to have submissions from women to show that it is still a problem. The survey is at sites.google.com/site/pregnancysicknesssos/surveys/survey-on-attitudes

poll I love makaton too, really handy for telling off across a crowded playgroup I find.

Twit · 18/04/2013 09:57

Hi all, I hope you managed a decent night's sleep and a good day Smile

MOH100 I read up thread about your survey, but I had HG 15 and 12 years ago so not recent enough, let me know though.

We should try to come up with a suitable response to the unsympathetic arseholes out there, my old doctor told me I was being sick because I wasn't eating the right things Hmm.

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LucindaE · 18/04/2013 10:57

Twit Hello, lovely to hear from you on the thread nobody wants to need! It's nice you still keep up with us. I so agree about that flat coke, can't recommend that and salt and vinegar crisps or maybe plain too highly and freezing it too (I forgot to warn someone to let it go flat first on this thread and it messed her freezer up). That reminds me, might that help your poor throat Tired? When blood comes up if it's red its usually from the throat because of violence of the retching.
MOH How are things with LO?
Hope Everyone is coping today. What a storm last night!
Lucinda
xx

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QuietNinjaTardis · 18/04/2013 14:37

Hey can I get some help or advice? I don't think I've got hyperemesis but my god I feel wretched. 7 weeks today and I cannot eat or drink properly. Doc prescribed pherngan sp? Took the first talet yesterday eve after throwing up every sip of water and it seemed to ease the feeling of needing to be sick and ingot through this morning on a couple of satsuma and some lemonade though I started being sick again mid day ish. I cannot face the thought of eating anything, drinking is a problem and everything makes me feel sick. Any tips? Will the pherngan work for longer each time I take it?
I'm sorry I hope you don't think im being dramatic but I'm sure I could still eat and drink with ds.

HumphreyCobbler · 18/04/2013 15:08

Hello Quiet - sorry you are feeling so rubbish. You may well have hyperemesis from the sound of it. Have a look at this website www.pregnancysicknesssupport.org.uk/ it has lots of useful information about different treatments etc.

Did the doctor test your urine for ketones?