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.

Hi again. Anyone found that cyclizine makes them really tired?? I've done nowt but sleep since I started on them on Monday . I know it's only been a couple of days, but I really can't go on like this - I'm getting nowt done and I'm dreading having to go back to work .

I remember someone else saying cyclizine wiped them out; I only tried them for about 3 days, they made my vomming worse in the end.

with red blotchy rings!! may ask doctor google

possible 'melasma'

nope, maybe not. just w e i r d

mine appear at bedtime, and I don't really wear makeup so it's not allergy to a makeup or remover, I suppose the red bits feel a tiny bit dry, will ask ze midwife next time I see her.

handbags I had a nosebleed the other day.
sometimes get a constant low level headache too.

is it maybe ringworm? just sounds s little similar to something my ds had when she was younger. just needs s bit of hydrocortisone cream to clear it up.

dsis...

it's vague patches, don't think r/w, will google s'more...

more like pityriasis rosea

nope, minor compared to dr google's images

Not shingles??? Although that has to be on the site of a nerve I think...,

Oh meerka that sounds terrifying! :(

with my first preg i had something for a whike that meant i just slept, had an incredibly dry mouth ans felt like a zombie. it could have been cyclizine.

no idea about blotches or nosebleeds. i am a big worryer and pester the gp for everything!

having a crap day today. dehydrated, sick, bad headache. i went out for an hour last night to fireworks and think that is why i feel so pants.

i have scan next week - i am just desperate to know if baby is ok or not

Different Now I think has changed her name - or I'd know who it is! Thank you so much for coming back on to encourage others with that lovely post - I am glad we helped - would you be RMJ- I think she had four kids, a real veteran? Lovely to think of you and baby snuggling. Ah, my daughter is so big now she could take me on her knee...
Meerka This must have been so gruelling. You are due a piece of good luck. Hugs. I'm glad the antibiotics have helped the bowels, at least.
Jen I think people can be so judgemental and insensitive - they don't like to think somebody could suffer so horribly through no fault of their own, so they decide it must be weight, or something - well, lots of women on this thread have been underweight when they got pregnant and it didn't help them escape this. Venus of Urbino wasn't thin, was she? She was a well covered pear shape...
HandbagsMoanathon - . I hope those ice lollies help. So glad you've got Ondansetron. Do invest in some of those glycerine suppositories to help with tied up bowels, just in case.
Talllyra and ChaffinchofDoom My daughter had ringworm too - not the really infectious head sort, it seems, the facial sort that looked just like that.
BezzabelleMIL's attitude must be annoying. If people have good pregnancies, they seem to take the credit [green] instead of saying 'There but for the grace of Goddess/God go I...'
Eggy That was energetic of you to go out on Fireworks Night. It's always so horrible and cold, too.
Rara I think most people say it makes them feel weird and vague, but alot get used to it. If it's really bad, do try and get something else, says bossy mother hen. It's not as if there isn't a choice. How is the vomiting now?
Sally I hope taking it easy.
Murder of Goths How are things with you and thinking of your worry about grandfather.
I hope Ink SicknSpan and Random and Everyone is ok.
Probably cross posted with someone.
xx

hi hotair

Most peopel with Hyperemesis can eat - something- (it often varies what, from minute to minute sometimes), especially at certain times of the day. Morning for a lot of people. if you're throwing up 20 times a day you are definitely in the right place !!!

please, please do not worry about cyclizine. the original post Lucinda made has a link to a site which has some very specialized knowledge about preg sickness. At least one of the guys in the organisation is very high powered. Cyclizine is considered completely safe, though it's usually given -with- 10mg vitamin B6 as they work well together.

And you're right, you can't continue being that sick. Im glad your doc sounds as though he's on the ball, lots and lots arent. I'm under the weather myself atm but lots of people here have good advice.

Do look at that site at the meds, and also at suggestions as to what people sometimes find they can eat / drink. Also, try sipping with a straw or trying very hot / very cold liquids.

good luck, we're always here

Hotair Welcome, that sounds like fully fledged Hyperemesis already - there may be some 'clinical' definition where you have to lose ten per cent of your body weight before you're diagnoised but most people on this thread thankfully get diagnoised before that. With this level of sickness you desperately need meds or you'll be in needing IV in hospital in no time. Bossy mother hen says you need kesostix to check on dehydration levels too, you can get them in any chemist. That Public Puking is so humiliating - in bins, on flloors - I'm always amazed some manage to avoid it - I didn't!
You'll find lots of support here. Don't worry about taking meds, they wouldn't offer any that weren't safe and Cyclezine has been taken for Hyperemesis for decades without any ill effects on the baby.
Do you find ice lollies or flat full sugar coke or ice cubes any use?
xx

hi hotair - what others said 20 times a day puking means you are no fraud!

dehydration is the main risk so really focus on fluids or wet food (eg grapes, melon) if you cant drink. some people find jelly helps, or ice lollies. others find really hot stuff helps. and dont worry about meds i have used them loads esp in last pg x

i have given in tonight and am in bed. dh has been fab - changed bed, dinner, cleared up downstairs, and is doing kids bedtime. cant remember when i last didnt do bedtime, feel a bit guilty

Me 2 Eggy....Oh away, so I picked dd up from nursery (smell of nursery made me gag) ....fed her....bathed her (steam made me gag....so did bubble bath) read bedtime story (shortest on shelf). And have flopped under duvet.

not at all hotair, about a fiver a pack.

some sickness meds do make you drowsy, if your doc prescribes more then mention you need to drive. It does sound like you might need more tbh.

Hi Lucinda: I've stopped using it today - I've slept about 14 hours a day since Monday and I'm constantly weary, dopey, and tired on it. Don't feel safe to drive, and I have to be able to. Will take it up with the midwife tomorrow - got my booking-in .

RaRa do persevere of its helping with the sickness - I was like you for the first week of cyclizine but then I guess my body got used to it and I don't feel woozy now. If it helps the sickness it might be worth continuing for a couple of days? (Agree about the driving though that's a hard one to get around!)