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Hyperemesis Support

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LucindaE · 04/09/2013 08:48

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.
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Meerka · 07/10/2013 12:52

I just ... well, like everyone, its a matter of trying to get through the morning, which isnt too bad; then the afternoon which is unpleasant, then the evening which is horrendous. Not sure how to make it through to 22 weeks :/

Husband is away next week too, holiday to the UK which we were meant to go on as a family holiday and ofc I can't go now. 8 days in northern england, 4 of which are in the Lakes.

Sally8655 · 07/10/2013 13:23

Ah bless you, that's where I am. Sunny northumberland! Hope your going to manage while he's away xx

eggybrokenoff · 07/10/2013 14:23

oh meerka that is crap. how many weeks are you? what is your hg history? if a first baby maybe it wont last too much longer? i am told it is v unusual for it to last the whole pg. are they giving you other drugs to help? you must be gutted. try and look after yourself as much as poss (physically obviously but also mentally). keep talking to people and crying if you need to. hg can be so so lonely and people dont realise how hard and damaging that can be.

Meerka · 07/10/2013 14:56

10 weeks 6 days now. strangely, today seems better and I've got backache and having had such mixed emotions about the preg due to the sickness, now im feeling worried that feeling better is a bad sign! ( still in the 50% miscarriage range that comes with being 44).

It's my second HG preg, the first one was even worse by a shade, but I got even less treatment than this time. It's been really hard to handle, being told by the hospital that yes, we can have drugs, no we can't, other similar nonsensical thing.

I cant keep my head clear atm ...

eggybrokenoff · 07/10/2013 14:59

when did you feel better last time around? the first trimester is so hard - feeling at your worst but not being able to tell people.

Meerka · 07/10/2013 15:13

started to improve a bit at 22 weeks ... before then it was horrendous, though I now think that the health people didnt pick up on how ill I was. Or I didnt tell them strongly enough. Its all awkward when you're trying to speak in a different language.

We did have to tell people this time including our son .. I just sort of dropped out of the playground orbit and people were asking.

We have the second scan in two days so we'll find out then if all is well with the baby. It jsut seems odd to one day be vomitting ten times from late afternoon, then the next able to eat at 4pm, less vile taste, less spitting, less nausea, plus backache. I dont know, the backache's probably normal!

gah, like I say, just cant think straight at all today. so muddled ...

Totesamazeballs · 07/10/2013 17:29

Hi Meerka. I am sorry about your hospital sitch. It is well and truly crap. As for your symptoms dropping out. First time round mine were steady as an ox. This time I have experienced patches of feeling a bit better and then had down moments again. It does cause doubt for sure! I was feeling a bit better last week but just had horrendous weekend. Bit better today again...it's up and down all the time. And mine goes in the same cycle as yous..morning is reasonable, afternoon less so, evenings bAD.

Meerka · 07/10/2013 18:37

Yours went up and down too? that's kind of good to hear. Was steadily sick the whole time last time too. Im probably just hormonal ... feel like a crazy thing today

jenpatnim · 07/10/2013 18:38

Meerka, I am so sorry that the hospital is being so difficult about this. I know that I would not have made it this far without the ondansetron.

Speaking of which, guess what I forgot to bring to work with me to take at 10.30? Yeah.... I am feeling pretty queasy now, I can tell you. I had parent interviews until 5.45 and I am not long in, have just had a lengthy phone call with my mother where she complained that she thought I was annoyed at her yesterday. Sigh. Sally, I don't really know how I am doing it either, between the nausea and low mood I am not at my best.

We have been using the spare room (now nursery) as a sort of storage room, so it has 3 large chests of drawers and 2 big wardrobes, plus a lot of OH's hobby stuff. He has moved out his hobby stuff and I have emptied one wardrobe and chest of drawers. We are thinking of getting rid of the empty wardrobe and using the drawers just - stacking them on top of each other. That will give loads of drawer space for baby clothes and a changing area, plus room for a nursing chair. Still a question of where the rest of my clothes are going to go - it is a small 2 bedroom house and the storage in our bedroom leaves a lot to be desired. We will have to really look at how we manage our space.

Meerka · 07/10/2013 18:57

how in the world you manage to work jen ... hat off to her!! hope you've managed to get a pill now and feel better.

We have a space problem too! no idea what to do at the moment heh

eggybrokenoff · 07/10/2013 19:21

sigh - hurried to loo earlier feeling v sick. only to discover toddler had emptied an entire box of tissues into the bowl clogging it completely. so i had to get a placcy bag and scoop out all the sodden tissue goop onto it. then i puked. the joys!

jenpatnim · 07/10/2013 19:32

Oh eggy! No!

Totesamazeballs · 07/10/2013 21:04

Oh eggy! Awful! Mine enjoys unravelling toilet roll. Such pleasure is gained from it!

Meerka · 07/10/2013 21:11

urf, and what perfect timing .. :s

eggybrokenoff · 08/10/2013 13:09

hi ladies. struggling here today. had some breakthrough sickness and d
feeling far too wiped to do anything. we have visitors at the weekend so should be cleaning but just cant face it. ds asleep for now so im having a sit down with my feet up.

has anyone elses brain turned to mush? i hugely admire those of you who are working. i canr even be bothered to read or do crafts - just want to watch crap on tv from under a blanket.

Meerka · 08/10/2013 14:04

sorry to hear it, hope you feel better soon Eggy. Rest is gooood ! YES to mushy brain. Can't face my usually- enjoyable crafts either.

As for the people who can keep working, I can't imagine how they do it ... awe

eggybrokenoff · 08/10/2013 17:25

huge awe. my lovely doctor (so different here to treatment last time) has upped ondansetrom to 4 for a few days to try and get me drinking again and prescribed me lactulose for side effects. im to cut down to 3 in a few days. so so grateful to her.

Totesamazeballs · 08/10/2013 18:34

Sorry it's a bad day eggy. One of the annoying things I find about this is that one spends so much time in bed and yet doesn't feel like doing anything in the slightest bit constructive. I can't read or knit or draw or do anything useful.

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LucindaE · 08/10/2013 18:46

OK, back, OH and I (I refer to him as 'Ragnor' online, as in middle age he has come to have, what with his grey beard, a resemblance to Ragnor in 'The Vikings') have penned a filthy communication to BT demanding compensation of a non derisory nature. Sorry everyone, I can see you have kept each other going wonderfully anyway.
Jen Four years, you sweet young things - I am a sour old cat these days - I hope you manage to have some sort of nice celebration. Goodness, I admire you for working on too, particularly at teaching - even if you were cross with your mother, you've an excuse. I think women with this should be allowed to be as cross as they like, and more.
Totes Don't blame yourself for a second, we've all said it or at least thought it. My own view if that men had HG they would say it and think it every five minutes, but there must be stoic exceptions!
MOG What does this strange message I have scrawled for you say?
SickandSpan Sorry nausea and disgusting taste has started up. This seems to vary, from metallic to bile like or phlegm like- really dismal.
I did find sucking barley sugar helped it, but you don't seem to be able to get barley sugar now, I only did through a funny old sweetshop which had probably come through a time warp.
Feekerry and Jen Lol about manual evacuation expert! Grin.
Sally I am so glad OH is due back in a couple of days, and you feel a bit better. Another angelic husband, obviously.
Eggy I am so glad you have got a symapathetic doctor. That makes all the difference in the world.
Meerka You poor thing - what a hideous position to be in. Can the doctors you spoke to on the pregnancy sickness advice line give any advice on this at all? Those figures of fifty percent seem a bit high to me - have they upped them, I read that it was less than half that some years ago...Perhaps they don't know really?
Sorry to anyone overlooked.
Lucinda
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Meerka · 08/10/2013 18:59

wb Lucinda! missed ya. Bloody BT.

I cannot believe the dutch health system. its such high quality in some ways, but over this business its ... well I cant say what I think. Can't find the words. I keep hoping the dr who advised me to keep quiet yesterday was wrong, but I dont dare put it to the test.

Tomorrow we'll know if all is well or not. I dont really know about the figures tbh, its jsut a couple of sites said that at 44 plus the risk can get as high as 50%, but they might not be reliable. Totes put my mind a bit to rest, she says she had days of being good too this time around. funny how you can so long to be free of the HG but if you think something is wrong, suddenly you flip over into total worry.

ChocChaffinch · 08/10/2013 19:24

huzzah Lucinda Im sure BT owe you big recompense for the hassle.

risked exotix fruit juice today wtf was I thinking. had to force self not to vomit up lunch because it was so acidy in my tummy.

high point - eating 2 yes two! hot bacon breakfast muffins in costa. MMMMMMM

eggybrokenoff · 08/10/2013 20:13

totes - so true about not getting anything done.
meerka - really hope things go well for you will be keeping everything crossed for you.
choc - that is brilliant! gives us hope!
lucinda - hope you get compensation for that what a nightmare!

jenpatnim · 08/10/2013 20:32

Sooooo tired. Was sitting at my desk at hometime wondering if I had the energy to walk to the car and drive home.

Also, all I seem to want to eat is chips. Healthy stuff.

Off to collapse in a heap.

feekerry · 08/10/2013 20:45

hello lucinda glad to have you back!!!

ughhh. just ughhh. i had the cheek to try a warm mug of milk tonight. oh the horror of what has just occurred. haven't chucked in a week but warm milk is a total no going on the horror that has just happened.
how dare i try sip anything apart from weak squash.

Totesamazeballs · 08/10/2013 20:58

Fee! I had the same last night! Milk is still a no go....