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 and Everyone who has given such invaluable support and advice on this and on previous threads.

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

No worries fee Almost there! 35+6 today and he's still making me sick as a very sick thing.

Lucinda Therein lies the issue - he's not over the 5lb mark. Got scanned today after the little bugger kept disappearing from the CTG. Still hovering around the 4lb mark, maybe 4.5lbs. They want him to hang in there two more weeks, one at a minimum, but ideally at least two.

Was spectacularly sick during BP check. And again outside hospital. Blah. The ice cream was not good... Though cold vomit is novel, I guess?

DD has fully crusted over and is fever free. She went to the 'big' park with a friend today whilst DH was at work and I was at hospital.

Consultant tomorrow. Then to change next Thursday's CTG to another day as going straight before Grandma's funeral would probably get me admitted on hideous BP readings, right?!

Thanks for all the virtual hugs, much appreciated!

This has been the worst day by far...

Hey all, I see the fun times are continuing apace for all. I spent the day in hospital getting fluids, and they sent me home for the night (with IV input still in situ), so I have to go back in the morning for more. They gave me Cyclizine to take with the Ondansetron and I of course forgot about how Cyclizine has a tendency to keep me awake and uncomfortable in the night, so here I am at 4 am. I will need to tell them tomorrow that it just doesn't work for me.

So nice to log on and see people asking for me! :)

Champagne I am at 12 weeks now too, and still feel nauseated, although I haven't been sick since this morning.

Becca - sorry you feel bad

Everyone else - big hugs and hope for some small miracles ...

How rotten Jen, but at least they let you sleep in your own bed.

I am STILL feeling very sorry for my self today. So sorry to moan, just worried that I am never going to feel normal ever again. Every day is such a struggle, moving sets the nausea off worst and I can't go in the kitchen as the smell sets me off. OK, whine over.

Hope everyone is coping today, and pleased, like me that the heat has gone again!

becca I promise you will feel normal again. It might not be til you're holding bubba, but it will happen. I remember feeling normal very soon after having DD1 and being astounded by having an appetite and enjoying food.

I keep reminding myself of this (and looking at and laughing at the pic of DD1 as a new born with toast crumbs in her hair...) to get through the last few weeks of this pregnancy.

I was sick in the shower this morning. Into my just washed hair. Argh. But DM is taking me for a pre-baby birthday treat hair cut this afternoon to try and make me feel better. At least then it'll be short enough to avoid future shower vomit...

Becca Poor you- it is torment -it will slowly pass, you are getting through the first four months, usually the worst time, and relief may well come, with that first good day, a sign of more to come...Gentle pats on offer.
Jen So sorry you had to go in and are back in today. It's so unlucky about cyclazine doing that to y ou, when it knocks out most people.
Littlemachine Hoping for a better day for you.
Champagne So glad about eating and that carton of juice and congratulations on 12 week mark. Sixteen weeks (which can be the turning point for many, fourteen for the lucky ones) might be the next one to count down to?
RNJ I didn't realise he was so light - I'll keep on willing him to stay in for two weeks, not as if he'll listen to me. I hope the haircut cheers you up. How horrible it is, these public puking performances, but at least as I remember if the ice cream is smooth it isn't obnoxious on the way up. Sorry about coming funeral. I am sure your Grandmother is still about, watching over you .

Feekerry I hope they let you out today (on parole, oh dear). You are getting there.
Apologies to anyone rudely overlooked.
Lucinda
xx

Hello Lucinda and co, I'm back and sorry to find people are suffering so badly. I am hoping someone here has knowledge of managing gestational diabetes whilst suffering hyperemesis. My HG has calmed down a lot and now is manageable with cyclizine and occasional metaclopramide, but I still vomit from time to time and have a lot of food aversions still.

I had been told by doctors to live off lucozade if necessary, but have now been told that fizzy sugary drinks (including fruit juice) are off limits. I won't mention other foods so as not to upset people, but basically the gestational diabetes type diet foods are generally things I have aversions to. I also can't control my blood sugar through exercise as I am on partial bed rest, am in a wheelchair when I do get up due to severe SPD/can only take a few steps on crutches.

I can only assume the weird diet I've had since getting HG has resulted in the diabetes and polyhydramnios (as well as the gout I suffered intermittently due to dehydration), as I am pretty skinny (especially now) and usually have a very healthy diet. The baby is enormous - how on earth did that happen?

Thans again for all your support! I have managed a slice of bread and feel marginally better. Also San pellagrino limonata (flat) seems manageable!

I weighed myself tidy and have lost 4kg since my BFP, would be good, but it is obviously not from my waist as I can't do up my fave jeans :-(

How dreadful Pollaidh, can you ask to be referred to a nutritionist (who knows about GD) given your HG as well?

Well done on eating and drinking a little bit Becca. Has your bleeding settled down?

I'm looking forward to starting my ondansatron tomorrow even if I only have a week's worth. Maybe I'll have a few days relief and I plan on harassing the doctor for more when I get back.

Just checking in to see how people are getting on? Pollaidh I second the advice to see if you can be referred to a nutritionist/hospital dietician. You seem to be having an awful time, to have all of this in your pregnancy

Glad that some of you are managing to eat and bit, and finding things that stay down.

RNJ truly hoping that you stay pregnant for at least 2 weeks, and that next week is manageable, will be thinking of you.

I am just today realising how ill I was for so many months. My appetite is coming back, and I am able to eat and drink. It is like I ceased to be me for pretty much the whole pregnancy. Now I have my gorgeous little boy out in the world with me, and I am getting back to myself, physically and mentally. Even my hair and nails are starting to look healthy! It is like I have my pregnancy glow at last, despite not being pregnant Most new mums feel wiped out with the sleeplessness and meeting the constant needs of a newborn. I am tired, granted, but feel so much better, people can barely believe I just gave birth.

Little Caspian was weighed today and is 7lb, aged 6 days. He is doing really well with feeding and, ironically, after my full term HG, has not been sick at all. I have what looks like a mountain of muslins and NONE have been used yet! I must have done all the vomiting for both of us.

So, I suppose that there is definitely a light at the end of the tunnel, for all of you, however far away it might seem.

Waves, that sounds so encouraging!

Bolstered by fluids I was able to eat today, and although I still feel exhausted and nauseated, I have kept it down. I think for me the key is rest - the more I move around and do, the sicker I get. Which is fine for now, but not so good come September when I am back in work!

Becca, sorry you are having such a tough time. I'd like to offer some words of encouragement.. but I don't know what to say.

Little, here is hoping the ondansetron helps you xx

Lucinda, you are lovely and so supportive

Could I assert my teacher-ness for a second and ask for a roll call of how many weeks people are? I have lost track and am not sure. Not that I need to know, per se, but if you wouldn't mind....

Champagne, I completely understand how you feel. Even if you can't eat much, can you try to drink plenty of water to keep your hydration levels up? I have found that I am sicker when I am dehydrated. XX

Jen I am 36+1 (also a teacher, what do you teach?)

DH let me sleep in after waking me to pop an ondansetron. He heard me get up and bought me a 'safe' breakfast (fruit and organic yoghurt) and a big glass of juice. So far, safely contained.

Have discovered the most perfect maternity/nursing nightie and used birthday money to buy a couple. Sad but true.

My hair is 8 inches shorter and they treated it so it looks shiny and healthy. I almost look human!

Consultant yesterday was a mixed bag. My BP has crept up again, but was 1 point under admission and my face doc was on, so she agreed to let me go home as long as I take it easy and call the antenatal ward if I get a headache/blurred vision/sternum pain/extreme swelling or if I don't keep fluids down for 6hrs. She couldn't get handheld Doppler to cooperate, so I had an impromptu scan yesterday. Head is well and truly down in my pelvis, he's very slim but long.

Thinking off all of you ladies. Thanks waves and Lucinda for being ace.

jen and champagne I really struggled with anything other than tiny sips of liquids, but managed a bit better with ice cubes and ice lollies - just made with water and squash. Might be worth trying those if you are struggling to keep hydrated?

RNJ Glad you got a reassuring impromptu scan. Glad you like your haircut and nighties! Just 6 days til you are full term now.

I am not eating vast amounts but drinking loads - it is so lovely to be able to drink. (Not just plain old tea, and squash and even milkshakes!)

Pollidah Welcome back, this is a horrible quandry, I think the best thing is to contact www.pregnancysicknesssupport.org.uk/ or phone
0247638 2020 or alternatively, get straight on to MOH by clicking her name further down (she posted recently) or her or on her website on the introductory stuff above and someone medically qualified will get back to you asap. This is too bad and I hope the diabetes is just pregnancy diabetes. I've heard you do grow big babies with that.
Becca Champagne and Jen RNJ Everyone Thanks for kind words in the middle of your suffering, I'm glad my sympathy which is often all I can do, is of any use . Becca that is a big weight loss, congrats on bread. Jen Good idea, we used to have a list of due dates, I let it lapse, naughty me, but it does give people some sense of moving up the list! RNJ is 36.2, then,and we are all willing her to reach 38.2...Others? Champagne How are ketones, usual clucking Feekerry Are you out yet? RNJ I am so glad you got a nice boost through your hair. OH sounds sweet, as if he's doing what he can to be supportive. Littlemachine Are you off on holiday, now? Aagh, don't forget that Ondansetron, and good idea to pressurise for it. MOH mentioned a series of NICE protocols for gp's about the treatment of this which are up on her website the PregnancySOS one mentioned in the introduction to this thread, and might persuade GP's from now on.
wavesandsmiles Lovely to hear from you, so glad Caspain is thriving, and that you are eating and drinking again.
Hugs to all. Back soon. Sorry if I've overlooked anyone.
Lucinda
xx

RNJ I teach English to secondary level in a special school that has pupils with autism and other special needs. What do you teach?

I am 12+1, and completely exhausted. Have managed to eat a chicken sandwich and hoping it stays down. Off to the chemist soon to get metaclopamide to go with my ondansetron. I am also going to be ambitious and sip some lucozade. I have to say, after the trip to hospital and 3 different attempts to place a cannula, I look either like a drug addict or a battered wife - my arms are covered in pinpricks and big blue/purple bruises. Fun times.

Also, I presume we are all UK based, although I could be wrong? I am in Belfast, and I have to commend the docs and midwives at the Royal Victoria Maternity Hospital in Belfast - they have been amazingly caring, kind and helpful. I actually had a wee cry when I went in on Thursday and was told I had done the right thing by going. I always worry about being a pest...

Champagne, I know exactly what you mean, and I am sure you are doing your absolute best to get fluids into you. It is so incredibly difficult.

Champagne, I have no hint of a bump but I do have a fat tummy already, ha. I wear a siz 18-20 normally so with the 1.5 stone I have lost, my clothes are loose on me rather than looking pregnant at all. Sigh.

Jen I'm secondary MFL - French and German.

I'm a South East London-er. Being seen at Lewisham but with potential to be transferred to Kings if complications increase.

And I was a 22-24 Pre-preg. I am now wearing a size 18 bottoms and my usual tops swamp me and my sort of bump. It took him dropping to make me look pregnant. Today was stood next to a 6m pregnant lady and they thought she was well ahead of me. :(

Champagne - I apologise for talking rubbish to you. I was waffling that being hydrated made it better etc etc. well, I am clearly still hydrated from the hospital and I have never felt sicker. I am lying flat on the bed trying desperately to keep that chicken sandwich and the tablets I have taken down. I feel so ill, I just want to cry.

RNj - I hope I do develop a proper bump, I'd like to look pregnant rather than just big as I generally do.