Hyperemesis Support

[LucindaE]

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.
Add message | Report | Message poster

Hi Ladies,

I wanted to pop back, as I jumped off the last thread, about the same time I had my 12 week scan and got flooded with RL helpers once everyone knew how sick I was!

I'm 19 weeks now, still nauseas all the time, but the ondansetrone (sp!) keeps most of the actual vomming at bay. DH reminded me tonight of the three week period I could only eat macdonalds chips. I think he was gently encouraging me not to whinge as it is so much better than it was.

I'm sorry to see so many names on the thread, but remember how supportive it was in the first 13 weeks of hell. So this is mostly a thank you!

Oh no, sorry everybody's having a tough time.

I'm suffering here too, I've obviously done way too much again. When will I learn!
I decided to try and sit through a head of foil highlights. Just wanted to spruce myself up for dh returning. Boy am I paying for it now. So for the first time in 6 months I'm looking presentable but still feeling like poop.
Don't know if it was wise though, people will think I'm normal again. It's amazing what hair, nails, eyebrows and fake tan can do.
But yes I'm back in bed, trying to keep my dinner down. Drank a good load of gaviscon as dinner keeps bubbling back up my throat :-(

Lucinda You have a strange message for me?

Not doing too badly here today, 15w2 so I'm keeping fingers crossed that I'm getting a break/the drugs are now stronger than the HG. Definitely not ready to risk coming off either the ondansetron or the steroids though.

Also should be finding out at the end of the month whether we're likely to get moved. Would be good, hips are starting to play up, and setting off my back pain.

Fee and Totes Milk is so ridiculously bad for HG! Doctor is worried I'm not getting enough calcium though - I was deficient before the pregnancy - so now I'm on calcium pills too. Fed up of taking pills.

Well, dinner did not stay down. Yuk! Still feel like I've got lumps in throat which won't budge :-(

i need to have a huge hg rage. cant think where to do it but here. v self indulgent so dont feel you need to xomment.

it is so so shite. took 3 tablets yesterday and still puked dinner after going to bed at 8. i feel shocking this morning - nauseous, shaky, panicky tearful. on ny own with dcs and need to make packed lunches and breakfast and get ds1 to school. supposed to be ds2 swimming today but i dont think im up to it so feel horribly guilty. have visitors this weekend i really dont want.
starting to question why we are doing this again which is a horrible thing to think. i need to be in bed

rage away, eggy, most of us do sometimes, and that's why this thread is here ! Visitors are a real strain. Hope your other half can help ...

joins the milk hate brigade actually, can drink a bit on the mornings with cornflakes but come lunchtime, it's evil, evil stuff

eggy Rage away sweetheart, it is shit and it is hard, and I think you'd have to be mad not to question why you are going through it. It's completely normal (and logical) to think like that. How far along are you?

a measly 7.5 weeks! looong way to go. i too hate milk but ice cream on the other hand slips down quite well some evenings. there must be calcium in that mustnt there?! also i can stomach a small amount of v cold cream cheese on a cracker.
im sure the dcs kmow something is up. my toddler is behaving horrendously - even worse than his normal level of bad. maybe he knows im too wiped to do much about it! and my older ds is a bit teary and more cuddly than normal

Hi all. I'm a mere 7 weeks but have been knocked off my feet by this absolute asshole of a condition in the last week. I'm feeling so pressured about work, and although I've been signed off for two weeks, I just don't see this relenting by then. I feel pretty shit about the prospect of not working, and I'm only on a temp contract so it's awkward anyway. Have you had to be signed off on long term sick or have you found ways to cope? Thank you x

Meerka - how did the scan go? Fingers crossed for you.
Eggy - as others have said...much space on here for rants! We understand on here and there is only so much a RL partner can take!
Sally - so sorry you are feeling rough. It takes the smallest thing. My milk debacle had repercussions for 24 hours.
Trying - poor you. You are at the worst stage. I hate the first trimester with a passion. You feel sooo shit and also shit scared that the scan will show up a Robles. You can't tell people and have to keep making lame excuses and it feels like you are just at the start of a marathon where you find you have forgotten your water and know how hard things are ahead. With my first child I was signed off sick until 17 weeks when I started to get better. The doc would sign me off a few weeks at a time so I am sure you won't be forced into going back prematurely. Work had no choice but to go with it.

Robles - troubles...flipping iPad.

hi trying. we are about the same! it is really tough. i am a sahm now but with my first and second i got signed off loads - esp with first as i had no ondanseteon then. they did it for a couple of weeks at a time. my work were amazing - so understanding. i found it helped to email people some info on hg for info. v few people have heard it and it is easy for people to think you are making a fuss about morning sickness. mention of drips, drugs, and death make them realise you are in fact ill!

Thank you for sharing. I work with sensitive info so not possible to work from home. I do feel like people don't really get how bad it is. I just hope to god this is all worth it and that I have baby at the end of this. I have mouth sores and I think my oesophagus is about to give up on me!

ye, people don't. Really annoying.

My good news is that the scan went well and the baby is just fine. Quite lively actually, twisting and turning around. Tiny ofc (11 weeks) but very much alive. I had it in my mind that it'd all gone wrong SO firmly, so this is more of a relief than I can say.

have you been given meds? you should have been. people dont know what it is - once they understand they are more sympathetic

oh meerka that is so so wonderful!! easy to forget this is all about making an actual baby! congratulations. i will celebrate with an iced weak squash

laughing we know how to live well don't we, us sisterhood of the sick-bowl. Iced squash all round!

Thanks, Everyone ! . Tryingtokeeppositive I can't better Champagne's wise words - except to say my normal, have you got kestostix to check if you get dehydrated and what meds are you on? Here's a link which might prove useful re employment issues
sites.google.com/site/pregnancysicknesssos/employment-issues. It is a dismal time for everybody, the first tri as others say almost invariably being the worst, with a lot of women getting massively better sometime in the second tri. Some have got a lot better by twelve weeks!
Meerka I am so happy about that wonderful news - . I was wondering - there are a number of women who have this so badly that even over here, on a cocktail of meds throughout, they spend a lot of time in hospital. Whatever happens to them in countries where meds are banned? It doesn't bear thinking about.
Becca Thank you so much for coming back on with a lovely supportive message. So glad you got a lot of RL support, it's needed.
People finally got the message!
Feekerry Totes and Meerka Oh, dear, I assume it was horridly curdled when it reappeared..
Eggy Hugs. Rant away. You should be in bed, for sure. I am sure too that the Lo's must pick up that you are not yourself, but they'll forget it in no time once the baby arrives, from all I gather from this and other threads. 'Drips, drugs and death' lol! That is well put, good get the point across. 'The Hyperemesis Horror - The Untold Story'.
Jen I so agree about chips - unfortunately, I craved lots of salt with them.
MOH My handwriting was so bad, the message was decidedly strange - good news about a possible move.
Somebody said they were missing going on holiday, OH would have to go alone - that is so depressing.
Choc Oh, dear! Poor you.
Hope Everyone is coping today.
Lucinda
xx

Just back from the doctors, looks like I've got (another) urine infection and possibly gestational diabetes. Got to go for a fasting blood test tomorrow.

I am going to be so damn relieved when this pregnancy is over, have really had enough now.

oh boy, MoB, sorry to hear both bits of news - hope they gave you antibiotics for the infection? the last thing anyone needs is to be weeing razor blades

how does it work with gestational diabetes, can they .. I was going to say diet control it but in HG that's impossible isnt it :( how do they deal with it?

mob that sucks big time. so unfair to have that to deal with as well.
ive had a shocker of a day today - constant no let up nausea despite being on 4 ondansetron today. im wondering of constipation is making nausea worse cos that is really bad at the moment. at least the extra drugs have allowed me to drink a bit more today.

Great Meerka! Hurrah!
Eggy - I know I feel more sick if constipated.
Trying - that is exactly how I felt too..just that it bloody all better be worth it!
MOG - oh no. The pregnancy Gods are being cruel to you. I hope baby will be so placid and a good sleepr to make up for it. I suffered the most out of my NCT group in terms of sickness but DS is the most happy go lucky, easy going baby of the lot. His default is to smile and please and he is cautious too. I am not sure how I would cope with a difficult baby/ toddler...hope this next one doesn't mean I will have to find out...and I am talking to you GOD!

MOG - what a nightmare!
Meerka - so glad the scan went well.

Everyone else, hey. I hope you guys are getting on ok. I have had quite a nauseated day today :( and am really tired AND have to work late tomorrow. MEH.

jen i dont know how you are doing it - so impressed!