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Hyperemesis Support

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LucindaE · 15/10/2013 19:53

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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Totesamazeballs · 28/10/2013 12:50

Hi all,
Eggy - same here with food. I used to treat myself to cappuccinos etc too. I can take a bitdof decaf coffee - have you tried it? It seems to leave a less worse taste than tea. I still haven't really found 'my' drink. Everything just leaves a foul taste. The only thing I have eaten that doesn't is tahini, oh, and olives. I love the idea of Ribena though. I hope your family is on the me. Too. You have had a really rough time.

Dilsa - glad you are feeling so much better. I am finding the same with the nausea...it's very slow but definitely happening. The biggest issue for me is th foul taste. When did yours go? I can't remember when it went first time round.do you have more energy?

I have felt wiped out and more sick the last two days. Probably overdone it and not had enough sleep due to DSs cold.

Sally and Jen - sorry to hear you are both having a tough time. I hope you can both get some rest.

Lucinda - photoshoot wasn't glam. No beautiful setting, make up or nice clothes. This was me desperately trying to shuffle dust and paper around the room in preparation and then keeping DS occupied for the duration which wasn't easy as he wanted his daddy!

Storm passed us now and all intact. Garden and horse probably a bit ruffled! Mind you, upstairs looks like the storm has passed through. Furniture and clothes everywhere as we are in the middle of assembling flat packed wardrobes etc.

Bezzabelle · 28/10/2013 14:33

Back at dr's, blood in my sick this morning. Sure that someone else on here had that??? Have lost 6lbs in 5 days. Feel wretched.

SicknSpan · 28/10/2013 15:03

bezza I had a little tear in my throat which meant I had blood in the stuff I was bringing up. You poor love- can you talk to your dr about stronger meds? They can sometimes combine them so you get more doses in the same period of time- this is really helping me.

If your dr is not very sympathetic could you see another one? Really hope they get something sorted for you. Perhaps you could do with a few litres of fluids, it's a downhill spiral once you start and so v difficult to claw your way out of.

totes and eggy have you tried the opposite temperature from what your used to re: drinks? With both ds1 and ds2 and until the weekend with this one I could only contemplate iced water in teeny sips. But have stumbled across hot water with honey and lemon and it is actually a great deal more tolerable than the cold stuff. Odd.

eggybrokenoff · 28/10/2013 16:18

bezza you poor love - i hope docs were helpful and came up with a plan of action.

so true about drinks. i am a hot drink devotee - tea, coffee, bush tea, chamomile. the coolest drink i have is red wine. now i cant stomach anything that isnt icy icy cold. weird.

Bezzabelle · 28/10/2013 17:19

Thanks all, they gave me some different drugs to try- meta something or other. Somehow I'm not dehydrated, so just got to keep going. She didn't seem to go with my suggestion to put me to sleep for a month......

eggybrokenoff · 28/10/2013 17:46

i wish there was a home drip system so in the evening we could sit down and plug ourselves in to a couple of litres and therefore not have to dry and force drink in all day

Totesamazeballs · 28/10/2013 18:29

Oh eggy that sounds wonderful! Even now I don't drink enough because I just can't. I will try the hot water with lemon and honey.

Bezza - metoclopramide?

Bezzabelle · 28/10/2013 19:50

Totes, yes that's the one! It's the third one I've tried now....

A drip at home sounds great, sure it would get rid of this constant dull thud in my head.

Just trying banana milkshake, not quite sure if its going to stay down at the moment but actually fancied it!

jenpatnim · 28/10/2013 20:02

I can drink tea, but today I am feeling quite queasy. It is 8pm and I can't face dinner. I am feeling queasy and having really bad acid reflux. I just feel this acid bubbling in the back of my throat and it makes me want to puke. I have the dr on wednesday, so I will talk to him and ask him if there is anything I can take for it.

Sorry to hear others are still having a tough time. On the plus side, junior is kicking away like a trooper! It is such a strange feeling, very distracting!

MurderOfBanshees · 28/10/2013 20:04

eggy That would be great!

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LucindaE · 28/10/2013 20:14

Bezza Poor you, I'm glad you are not dehydrated. Dare I ask if you have got them there kestostix at home to check too... Milkshakes seem to vary so much, helping some, reappearing horribly with others I think with blood it's a medical emergency if it's brown as a rule of thumb as it can be from the stomach (that happened with Melange who had her chimney come off in a storm too) but if it's red it's more often than not that cut in the throat experineced by SicknSpan.
MOB Eggy In the US they do seem to have 'home PICC' things available but only paid for under their health insurance. Eggy Champagneand Eggy and all the tea lovers, I do so feel fo r you about the tea, Grin about shedding tears in the loo bowl...
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LucindaE · 28/10/2013 20:16

Jen Cross posted. That's horrible. I do hope dr can recommend something. That heartburn can make you puke it gets so bad.
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Sally8655 · 28/10/2013 21:32

Hi all

Bezza, milkshakes from McDonald's were good for me from about 12 weeks onwards. Couldn't look at one now though.

Jen, sounds awful, hope you feel better soon. I too agree that kicking feels strange. Bloody painful too! I know it's supposed to feel amazing but to me it's just weird. I'd panic if it stopped obviously, but can't say I enjoy it.

To all that are worried about fluids, I have done lots of research on this as I've really found it hard to drink. My GP and midwife have both informed me that the 2-3 litres a day is not really a must. It apparently is based on guidelines from the 70s and I was reassured that my one litre was sufficient so long as I was eating something. Early on, I was of course eating nothing but a few strawberries a day so it was more worrying then.

Today I felt a little better so decided to bake, this really surprised me as I'm still funny with most foods.
3 types of pie, a quiche and 20 banana choc muffins later and yes I'm feeling dreadful. I don't know why I do this to myself. It's not like I can eat it. Although I did have a muffin!
Dh is pleased he's getting fed again.

Hyperhelpmum · 28/10/2013 21:59

Hello ladies, so sorry to hear everyone suffering so much. I'm on my last two weeks (c section booked for two weeks tomorrow) Can hardly believe there may be an end in sight. Feeling pretty nauseous all day most days again and I'm pretty certain I'm going to vomit before my times up but trying hard to keep it in! Just can't face puking with this bump. Had scan today to check position/ size and baby 6lb 9oz at 37+ weeks which is a good size really (though will be WAY smaller than DS2 who was 10lb! Although I know I'm in the last weeks I do feel quite low about how ill I feel. So much to get done and just don't feel like moving from sofa. More poor kids are missing out on our last weeks as I'm feeling too ropey to play/ give them much attention. Like everyone else, I just want to feel well :(

Bezzabelle · 29/10/2013 07:06

Hyper- that is so rough when you have been sick the whole way through. It doesn't seem fair does it.

Sally, I'm very impressed with the baking, I'm totally useless at the moment and can't even put a wash on!!

Got a scan today at 9 weeks- eek! Do you think it'll be a normal belly one or internal?

Tallyra · 29/10/2013 08:01

bezza, I'm sure it will be normal, mine were normal every week from 6 weeks, just. its amazing that they did this, they are still scanning me weekly because of so many missed miscarriages.

Meerka · 29/10/2013 08:57

very rough today. cant eat, trying to drink. ketones between 2 and 3 of the little plusses, ie between 3 shades below the worst reading and 2 below. not sure if i should ring hospital ...

Meerka · 29/10/2013 09:07

no, between 2 below the worst and 1 below .. cant think straight. between 4 and 8 of hte little numbers under tthe coloured square.

eggybrokenoff · 29/10/2013 09:43

oh meerka sounds grim. i dont know what correct thing to do is but i would ring hospital ir gp or something i think. can you keep any fluids down?

MurderOfBanshees · 29/10/2013 12:25

Feeling a bit sicky today, but I also felt the baby kick for the first time, and it's been fairly active since. Wonder if all the movement is what's setting me off?

meerka I'd call the hospital to be on the safe side.

bezza When I had a scan at 8 weeks it was a normal one, they always try and do that first.

RaRa1988 · 29/10/2013 12:31

Bezza: I had a scan at 6+1 last week, and that was internal straight away - quite hard to see anything at that stage otherwise. Do you know if your womb is 'normal'? If it's retroverted, they'll have to do a transvaginal one. I'm not sure at what stage that changes - presumably it does at some point! - but 9 weeks is still quite early, and I was still having transvaginal scans at 12-14 weeks last time as my womb is severely retroverted.

Bezzabelle · 29/10/2013 12:37

RaRa, think my womb is normal, didn't have any issues with ds but I only had the normal scan at 12 weeks then.

Meerka · 29/10/2013 14:19

thanks - rang hospital. they said to keep drinking but not come in yet. still in a lot of discomfort.

mob so glad to hearyou're beter than before and that you felt baby.

just had results of cvs test. all is normal, its a boy. so relieved, was 1 in 20 chance of downs at my age.

gl bezza

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LucindaE · 29/10/2013 16:21

Meerka Mother hen hopes you can get those ketones down without going in. Happy news about those results.
Sally Congratulations on baking bonanza - it was home made milkshakes - pinapple flavour, but they don't seem to do it now - with crusha when recovering.
Hyper Oh dear, I am so sorry you have suffered more or less throughout, I think you had the grand total of two weeks off from suffering - you're a teacher, too - hopefully on ML since these last weeks.
MOB Very nice news about baby!
RaraInterestng news about retroverted uterus and scans...
Hope everyone is coping.
Apologies to anyone rudely ignored.
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