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 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.

[Tallyra]

FC KW!!!!!

[LucindaE]

Just dashing on to say, K That is wonderful!
Bodo That is very high, you must have been feeling awful, hope you start to feel a bit better soon.
Hugs to all and Flo and Reebok I am so glad this thread helped you.
Waves Those drinks sound pretty sickly, I'm just glad you retained a bit of them.
Lucinda
xx

[wavesandsmiles]

Fingers crossed for you kw

I'm hoping I have my baby before 40 weeks. DS arrived early of his own accord at 38 weeks and I was induced with DD at 37 weeks. The fortisip drinks are pretty yukky but prepared to try anything at all.

My cannula is out overnight after being in since Sunday. So I plan to try and enjoy a bath this evening and hopefully it won't be too painful having a new one in tomorrow.

[bodo2]

Good luck kw! So 2 iv bags and 2 doses of iv ondansetron later, I've not been sick all afternoon but ketones are still 4+. There were no beds at the hospital for an overnight stay so I've been sent home and scheduled to go back in first thing tomorrow for more. Night night x

[Haylebop12]

bodo I'm the opposite. Think they're bored so keeping me in! Just finished my 7th litre and ketones are negative. If they are still negative in the morning I can go! Good that they got you booked back in for tomorrow though.

Feel quite lucky this time as I've had my own room with en suite!

[Haylebop12]

waves my cannula started stinging with the fluids so had to be changed, took the doc four attempts to get it again. Feel like a bloody pin cushion, holes everywhere!

[honeymoonmum]

TMI alert, anyone else have vomit like battery acid? So acidic. It's awful. Any tips?

[honeymoonmum]

Ps haylebop know the feeling, took four attempts to get mine in and in the end they used paediatric cannula. Painful hands/arms :(

[HumphreyCobbler]

hello everyone

gosh good luck kw.

Had both my scans today and am delighted that all is well. Saw a very wriggly baby. I was so worried I was shaking.

[honeymoonmum]

Can anyone give me tips on getting through this? I am only 7 weeks and can't see how I can spend weeks more feeling like this, unable to get out of bed and eating a tiny amount each day. I feel quite despairing. I was pretty ill with DS 1 but not this bad. Any words of wisdom/experience. Did u spend a lot of time in bed? X

[Kw2013]

Just to update - we are on the way back to hospital (for the last ever time!) .. Got irregular contractions, 4+ ketone (no energy for labour!).. If things don't pick up they are inducing me later on today. So hopefully next time I post I will have a beautiful baby to tell you all about and a nice yummy cup of tea that stays down!

There's an end in sight ladies! Just hold on we will all get there.

Hugs to everyone

[HumphreyCobbler]

oh Kw HOW EXCITING

[fl0b0t]

KW fingers crossed for you-= good luck!

Honeymoon- Seriously, it's awful but you can do it. Yes to spending time in bed. Lots of time in bed. I don't have any other kids so didn't have that to contend with too, but get as much help as you can. Get lots of rest and sleep and meds and see what you can keep down. Particularly liquids x

[HumphreyCobbler]

In Agatha Christie's autobiography she gave birth to her daughter and immediately said "Thank goodness I don't feel sick any more"

[HumphreyCobbler]

Honeymoonmum - sorry I missed your post. It IS so hard, but I know I feel much better when I am well rested. I know it is not always possible. With the vomit like acid I drank some milk even though I knew it was going to come back up, as it seemed to neutralise the acidity. This tip may not be for everyone though as I know milk is rather off putting for lots.

[honeymoonmum]

Thanks ladies. Just feel like I should be at least up and and sofa but can't manage it for more than about an hr a day. Getting some rennie to try one before I feel sickness coming . Thank you all for your support x

[LucindaE]

KW How exciting! The best of luck. I wish too, you had found us earlier.
Bodo This is the first time I ever heard of anyone being allowed to go home with 4+ ketones. Is this NHS cuts? I am horrified...I do hope you get some fluids soon. It's outrageous.
Honeymoon Poor, poor you, you are at the worst stage, things do improve for most in the second tri, even the unlucky few don't generally suffer quite so badly, I think poor wavesandsmiles is the exception. it is very hard to bear, some swear by a kindle to read by but it might make you dizzy, or radio. Reebok was one of many who thought she wouldn't be able to bear it, but she did, and she can function now, on meds.
I remember the battery acid, and never worry about tmi on here, I so agree with I think, Humphreys advice about milk. I remember taking half a teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda in water out of despair at the heartburn and burning bile, but that is disapproved of as so salty and led to my bringing up half a bowl of disgusting foam. I think people swear by Ranatadine. I didn't find Gaviscon any good even when it stayed down.
Flo I so agree!
Humphrey I never realised AC had it. How awful, in the 1920's. I read some advice about MS written then in The Mothercare Book: 'If the expectant mother is ever sick, she should blame herself and not feel sorry for herself etc etc...' I read that as an adolescent and had a premonition that that was rubbish.
Lucinda
xx

[bodo2]

Thanks Lucinda. Had a good nights sleep at home and came in first thing this morning. Feeling brighter today. Ketone levels coming down and they hope to send me home this afternoon.

honeymoonmum what medication are you on? They have now put me on ondansetron which is helping much more than cyclizine. This is the 3rd drug I've tried this pregnancy, so it might be worth asking to try something else. In terms of dealing with my older 2 kids, if you are able to call on anyone to help look after them, I've found that a massive help. I've found someone to come in next week in the afternoons to help me do the kids dinner, bath and bed. It's obviously going to cost me but not sure I'd be able to do it on my own. Xx

[honeymoonmum]

Thank you for words of encouragement. Just spoke to gp who said try stemetil as well as cyclizine. What do people think?

[Tallyra]

stemetil is buccastem, which is also used. I always found that the stiff that dissolves in your mouth made me feel worse as it tasted so horrible, but ignoring the taste I think it might work for some.
kw I just got something in my eye reading your post. come back and let us know soon!!!!

[bodo2]

So although I've gone my longest in 5 weeks without being sick and I've been in a drip since 9.30 this morning, my ketone levels have gone up!!!!! They're going to check me again in an hour or so. Just seen another dr (my 5th over my 2 admissions) and the first one to talk about the possibility of developing blood clots as a consequence of dehydration. She was considering giving me some sort of medication to inject myself with at home but I said I wasn't keen. She's given me anti-embolism stockings. Can anyone shed any light on this? Just surprised that if this were the case, this is the first I've heard of it more than 2 weeks after first being diagnosed with HG.

[PrincessRichards]

Hi honeymoon I had the buccastem first before Cyclizine and found it did nothing and made me worse due to the taste of it dissolving in my mouth. I was told this is mostly used in travel sickness but most GPs try it as a first pass.

[littleducks]

Oooh, I had the stockings too, hideous green things that are a bugger to get on and almost impossible with a cannula in your hand.

I didn't take it too seriously tbh. I think there is a heightened risk of DVT due to pregnancy, a heightened risk when you are dehydrated and a heightened rick if you are bed bound/moving around less. If you score more than two risk factors on a chart (was in my bedside medical notes) the hospital I was at prescribe the stockings. I think the risk is increased by not common or an imminent threat.

But then I generally take the whole HG thing a bit lightly, helps with coping but might not actually be sensible .

It was stemetil I had 7 years ago with dd. Couldn't remember the name just the st... but until you lot started discussing it! I liked it back then honeymoonmum but I think I remember that whole pregnancy through rose tinted spectacles, for instance I stayed in a week one time, no idea why.....I'm thinking I was pretty bad, I had no idea about ketone levels then either, they didn't mention figures at all.

[PrincessRichards]

How quickly we can forget eh?! My first pregnancy I can hardly remember being sick but I know it was bad!!

[HumphreyCobbler]

I felt so much better the last few days I decided to try not taking my medication. I bet you can all guess the result . I won't be making that mistake again.