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.
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Sally Don't worry - I was only joking! Sweet of you to worry about my feelings when you have enough to cope with! Hugs. My discontent with my height is a standing joke in my family, I thought I'd be your height at least!
MrsChung I hope I've got that spelling...Welcome, really sorry things have been so bad, and what a disappointment that you couldn't have one enjouyable pregnancy without hospitalisations and misery. It is very hard when it comes back again later on.
Hope Everybody is generally coping.
Lucinda
xx

I have no idea choc :( Scared stiff.

lucinda If it makes you feel any better I'm 4ft 10! You'd get to tower over me

Hey all

I am in the nausea but no vomiting stage it seems. Nausea, hunger, food, nausea .... the cycle repeats. Ad nauseum, you might say. Still on ondansetron and metaclopramide, which is a life saver. I strongly think I'd be barfing all day without them.

Lactulose continuing to help, glad it is helping so many others as well. Belly definitely starting to feel more prominent, but can't tell if it is the baby or the food..... at dinner tonight (at friends' no less) I finished my plate of pasta then started on OH's....... it is all downhill from here. Now I feel nauseated again. The joys.

Work is hard - stressful and tiring. I have a blinding headache to go with the nausea and I still need to do stuff before I can go to bed, then get up and do it all again tomorrow.

all you can do MOG is have a little try, and keep nots of timings, how you feel etc - a spreadsheet! and if it doesn't work there'll be another solution

maternity leave question - do they pay you on your average hours worked for 6 months before you finish? or did I imagine that??
I have a small contract but generally work a lot over

also anyone looking at names yet love love love thinking about names

I don't know, Choc - I'm salaried so it is always the same (although never goes far enough - checked my balance today and was a bit shocked at what I have left for the month!)

Oh Choc I have an awful dilemma - the ONLY boy's name OH likes, I don't. He doesn't like anything I like. He likes... wait for it... Dante. It is just not me. I am hoping so badly for a girl so that it is not an issue as he likes my girl choices ha.

Dante is cool...... images of.... towering infernos, grinning devils depends on your RL surname too..

Let's just say that it would make a dramatic pair with the surname....

I know it is cool, but it is too cool for me. I'm more a Ben, Alex, James, traditional kind of person.

mind boggles at your surname

Alex is lovely

sent you a PM

Cant sleep and wanted an early night :-(
My soup is still repeating on me.

Choc and Jen, my husband and I are completely at odds over names. He has these weird ideas for names, the last one was cal'el (supermans birth name) I don't know what he was thinking!
So far we both kind of like, Jayden for a boy and Aria or Miya for a girl. Not going to over think it till next week when we find out gender. I too have a strange surname due to husbands Ghanaian origins. Both of these names fit ok though :-)

Cal'El? Noooooooo ha. I like your other choices though.

Hi all

Sally sorry I still haven't uploaded a bump pic yet, will try and do tomorrow. I'll be exactly 21 weeks and it'll be the first bump pic taken ! You can tell this is pg2 for me;I'm sure I took fortfortnightly ones in pg1. Your bump does look rather impressive, and took me a while to work out (You're lying down aren't you?).

choc you bought Gaviscon?! don't you know you can get it free on prescription?! Haha. I've been taking mine religiously before bed for a few weeks now. Have renamed it Gagiscon tho as alway makes me heave. Not sure about your mat pay question I'm afraid, as I'm also salaried. Check with HR?

MoG hope they only have to slightly reduce your steroids and that they still work for you.

Sorry to hear of relapses and dark thoughts, HG is pure evil. Just try and take each day as it comes, as long and as hard as they are.

Jen and Sally I have same prob with baby names; dh and I like totally different things. He's yet to come up with a single boy's name suggestion, but poo poos all of mine, grr. Driving me bonkers (it took until ds was five days old before we thought of a name we could agree on). Hoping to find out in the morning if we're having a boy or a girl...kinda hoping for a girl too as we've already agreed on a name for a girl! But obv just keeping everything crossed all is ok.

Oh, can't remember who mentioned discharge, but yes, I've lots, bleurgh. Wear panty liners every day now and have to change them sometimes too.

Hope everyone is hanging on in there

Found you all.... Just about to read thread through, hope people are surviving and finding the odd positive moment

There is the odd positive moment, if your humour runs to wry there's even a silver lining now and then (awkward bosses, ice cream, boss's car and HG for instance, or Ushite for a laxative!)

hello MummyChuong - this is your fourth HG preg? eyes wide I hope that your improvement stays improved.

moG 4'10"? I have a vision of you with the Bump later on now ..

mumbles I wear panty liners becuase no matter how many Kegels I've done, retching and vomitting kind of puts a strain on the bladder muscles

I have a snuffly baby laying on my shoulder, snoring away before I wake him up to get dressed so we can go for our 6 week check up at the doctor. He is the most marvellous silver lining . I am also getting complimented daily on how "amazing" I look - well, I'm now back to eating and drinking (gosh, I am knocking back litres and litres a day of fluids), and sleep deprivation/breastfeeding/newborn demands are NOTHING compared to HG. Honestly, this is a breeze. I have shiny eyes and colour in my skin and my face isn't drawn and sunken. I also have no baby weight so it's a flat tummy with frankly enormous cleavage (not something I usually have). Bit superficial I know, but goodness, I am enjoying every positive moment now. And also reminding mysel how truly debilitating HG was. And that no way will I ever ever put myself through this again.

I am sending you all some positive vibes for non pukiness and the ability to smile about something each day.

Oh, the best thing about not being pregnant with HG? I am loving the frequency and ease of pooing. Never into life did I think that would be something I would say.

awwww that's so lovely :)

it's wonderful how fast it all goes away isnt it. once the baby's out, things are normal again so quick .. and you have a baby !

waves So glad you are doing better, it's funny the things you take for granted pre-HG. I remember before DS was born, people kept saying how if I thought pregnancy was hard I'd really struggle with the sleepless nights etc. What absolute bollocks.

Waves that's like music to my ears. I've been a bit worried about how ill cope with the demands of a baby, especially as I suffer from M/E. But your right in that anything should be a piece of cake after HG. It's hard to think that the sickness will just go, I've had really scary thoughts of this never going away. My weeks of suffering feel like years!

Slinky, that's actually me standing up with the photo taken from the side. For some reason my pic would only upload in a rotated position.

Not feeling too sickly at the moment. I've had some crunchy nut cornflakes and my vitamins and it seems do be ok for now.
Hoping for another day of no meds. Tiredness has really hit me hard. I feel so sleepy all the time now and not waking up till 11am! It's different from the weakness I have suffered from early on.
Had a knock at the door from a couple of friends who were passing my house. They actually said I looked so thin around my face and that I didn't look well. This might sound awful to some, however I'm really pleased that they saw me in my pjs with no makeup. I feel like somebody has acknowledged how I really feel instead of making me out to be a faking hypochondriac. It's like my reputation has been slightly redeemed.

Hoping to pop out in the car this afternoon, just round the corner to my mums but a great task for me indeed. My dad has a hernia operation tomorrow. It's selfish but I'm worried that my babysitters are dwindling for when dh goes to Australia on 20th. My sisters back at college, my mums going to be looking after dad and brother starts new job. I'm going to be left to fend for myself with the contractors. Food shopping and preperation is my main worry :-( oh no and cleaning litter tray!!

Hi folks, thanks for the reassurance. I haven't kept up with things the last 24 hours! Hellos newbies. Sorry you have had to join but we do manage to have the occasional laugh!

Back to vomming this morning but I did hire a Doppler for a month so that should help to allay fears or totally freak me out because I can't find one.

When I was vomiting this morning my DS who is 16 months leant over my back and gave me a cuddle. He is a sensitive little soul and obviously realised mummy's behaviour was a bit suspect. Melted my heart!

Sally - I suffered from a sort of ME virus all through my twenties. Nasty thing!

I remember the relief of being brought my first meal in hospital and realising I could eat it! And having a cup of tea!! Aaa....

Mummychuong - you have been through this 3 times already? RESPECT

Hi ladies, I hope you don't mind me jumping in. I'm 17 weeks today and have been sick daily since 6 weeks. It has eased a little since around 14 weeks and so I have the odd "good" day which is usually far from being all that good! Weeing myself everytime I'm sick has been fantastic and I've pretty much been bed bound the whole time. My bedroom has become my comfort place and I'm sick often if I'm in other rooms in the house! That part must be my head causing it!

Couple all this with awful migraines and I can honestly say that I hate being pregnant and will never do this to myself again! I worry after baby is born I'll still be in this state! If someone had managed to explain to me beforehand just how awful I'd feel I'd never have done it!

hello and (don't take this the wrong way) sorry for your sake to see you here peanut!

Sometimes bedrest is the only thing that helps even a tiny bit isnt it?

But yes, it -does- go away when the baby is born. It really does. And you will feel normal again, really quick, and as if you are a whole different person.

However ... the less good news. sally I got ME too and sadly, while you will feel better (much, much better) it may take you a time to fully recover. Preg is a strain on the body in the first place and serious HG is an extra and rather severe strain. Don't be surprised if it takes time to become your old self. Maybe quite a bit of time. But having said that, honestly, not having HG is such a relief, almost a joy, and it's true, the sleepless nights are nothing compared to it.

I hope you can find help in the coming days when your husband is away.

wb Totes. aww at your son!

Thanks Meerca, I just find it hard to imagine it just all disappears dead quick!

I think the worst thing about it is other people not quite "getting it" so I'm glad you're all here! My OH makes my dinner everyday and goes to shops for me but he's been snappy with me a few times because of the state of the house or something or other. He is right, at times I don't try because it's so much hard work! But sometimes I just physically can't do a thing. I think it's really got me down mentally though so I need a kick up the backside now and then!

Other people say "it'll end soon" after the constant "it'll be over after 12 weeks". I know it's well meaning but I could scream! It isn't going anywhere as much as I wish it would! Sorry, I'm having a bad few days and needed the rant! I promise to be cheerier from now on