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.

Hyper That is wonderful . Wonderful names, too.
On the Hyperemesis coming back again, I usually keep quiet about this because I don't want to frighten people - but it can return for a while (in my case it came back for nearly a fortnight, made worse by blood loss they were trying to rectify with iron pills). Hugs. It's dreadfully unlucky to have that, it's very rare. It does go, though, honesty. I don't think the spasming I remember that acompanies breast feeding helps. It's happened to another couple of women on here, I should write up on it on MOH's site,I think. It lingered for about ten days, I'm afraid, and it is easy to be dehydrated what with trying to breast feed, so do keep an eye on that (as if I need to tell you, when you've suffered throughout). They just discharged me after five days with an injection that wore off after twelve hours.
Thanks so much for coming back on with the lovely news. All will be well in time!
xx

hyper congratulations - such wonderful news and what a beautiful name.

i cant help with sickness returning im afraid i dont know anything that might help xx

hyper big grats, delightful to hear! though dear me I do hope your nausea goes! I guess your hormones are still going crazy. Lucinda was sick after the birth too, but usually it clears right up. NOt that that helps you :( All the best to you and your lovely daughter :)

sick very pleased to hear that you are having one goodish morning at least. Fingers crossed!

MoG how are you doing now?

Hello hello sorry for quiet spent all bloody Saturday keeping not even water down. My grand plan for not taking the tablets at the weekend was not so grand after all. Returning rich teas, noodles, chips, water, anything it was awful. Stubborn DH calls it! It messes with your whole digestive system sorry tmi but I go from constipated to runs :( which is just miserable.
And I am going to pee a lot and when there is not much there because you are busy being sick it's not fun either.

Sorry to all the new people on here. I can't believe doctors would raise thalidomide to a pregnant woman who can't even keep fluids down what the hell is wrong with them.

Congratulations hyper! Maybe it's just the hormones settling back down to normal after so long? Sorry you are suffering.

My frozen capri-sun is still my miracle cure. I'm going to expand and have home made ribena lollies as well. Sunday was better kept all my chicken nuggets and my oranges down :) what a diet, frozen chicken nuggets and oranges. Yesterday very nauseous but no vomiting. Same this morning and I could have killed DH who bought capri-sun and then forgot to freeze it! Fortunately I had 1 spare at work.

I find this tablet makes me super dopey. I could not get up today, got to work at 10. and yesterday I slept till 11! Granted I am up 3-4 times in the night to pee but still. Don't feel rested. Waaaaah is it Christmas yet I feel so sorry for myself.

And scan is next Friday. 13 weeks. I will be in hospital most of the day. I am shitting myself thinking mmc which is one of the reasons I was embracing my sickness over the weekend getting worse until DH told me how silly I was being. Bless him.

Thanks all. Still feeling sick today but going to try to rest more and see if it helps. I've stopped my iron pills lucinda as sure they make it worse :( Difficult as low iron is no fun but I think I will wait til sickness settles before trying them again.

I have read that multivitamins can make it worse. Is that the iron? I am on cheapie ones from the supermarket as we are a bit poor and the price difference is about 15 euro - but prepared to pay to help this stop! Any suggestions? On Saturday I just took a folic acid I couldn't face anything else and the tablet was nice and small.

Hi I just wondered if anybody has taken prochlorperazine before and if it was successful? Have had a really awful weekend of throwing up and nausea. Hardly eating. The cyclizine isn't working so the doctor has prescribed this.

congratulations hyper!! you made it!
are you on diclofenic (sp?) by any chance?? that made me feel awful at times after my cs. really sick and dizzy.

Hi feekerry, no they only prescribe paracetamol and ibuprofen at hospital where I had DD. Thats what I take for a cold FGS! It has been ok though actually pain wise. Day 6 and pretty much pain free, though same cant be said for my poor nipples! Forgot to update too, when I had section they discovered I had had a 'silent' uterine rupture and my previous c section scar had an 8 cm tear in it and amniotic sac was pro lapsing into my abdomen. Apparently we are both very lucky to be here. Another issue related to the HG as feel sure all the retching and heaving could not have helped. Very scary what HG can do. I have been warned to NEVER have another child. As if I needed any more persuasion after 9 months of feeling ill.

Hi pants no I havent but I think several people have taken prochlorperazine. It is one of the known meds they give, middle-ranking.

and oh my goodness hyper that must have been terrifying to find out. So glad that all went well!

Hi All, could I join the thread please? I've been lurking for a while but thought I'd join rather than being creepy! I'm 10 + 5 and this is my second pregnancy with hg (first hg pregnancy ended in mmc at 14 weeks, although consultant said that this is very rare, and my hg is much, much worse this time). This will be our first child, all being well.

I've been in and out of hospital for the last few weeks and have now been signed off work indefinitely. I'm now on ondansetron (tried others to no avail) but it doesn't seem to be helping that much, I've only been on it a week though so perhaps it gets more effective?

DH is being amazing, but I'm getting very cheesed off with other family members and the usual "I had morning sickness but I just pushed through it / there's no use being lazy and just lying there feeling sorry for yourself / stop being a drama queen / why are you so special etc etc." Grrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!! Sorry about the rant!

hyper huge congratulations!

StarsintheNightSky (Van Gogh?) Welcome, sorry you feel so bad, welcome to the Thread Nobody Wants to Need - I always forget we may have an audience, you should have come and let off steam before.Poor you, in and out of hospital for weeks, and people have the nerve to sit in judgement [red]. I hope you start feeling a bit better soon and I am so glad you have an understanding OH at least and are on Ondansetron. Have you invested in the jelly pessaries for the almost inevitable locked up bowels that go with it?
Hyper My goodness, how truly terrifying and awful, and how come nobody noticed this at the hospital before? Have you got two LO's now?

I'm glad you are not actually vomiting now at least.
LivingZuid You poor thing, there's a temptation to try and skip meds so early the moment you feel a bit better, that sounds a horrible weekend.
Never worry about tmi on here.
Meerka Hope you are ok, and glad SicknSpan is tiptoing in to whisper she had a reasonable day - and hope Handbags Superlambanana Baboli Jen Totes and Everyone is comparatively OK.
Mother hen is flapping off on a day trip to Liverpool tomorrow, take care of selves in my absence.
xx

StarsinNightSky Sorry, I forgot to put in the bit sympathising about your having an mmc. That is so unfair. Tallyra Had I think, three, and it is very hard to have both miseries.
xx

Lucinda partly named for that, yes thanks for the warm welcome . Thank you, as I'm sure everyone on here knows, lots of people just don't understand. My work are being brilliant though, my boss' wife had hg so he thoroughly understands! Ah yes, the pessaries, they definitely add to the dignity of it all don't they?!
Thank you and no worries, it really was awful but sadly something so many have to go through.

Hyper congratulations! So happy for you! Sounds like it was a bit hairy but I am so happy you are both ok!

Stars, welcome. Listen to Lucinda, she is the voice of knowledge.

Lucinda, I am continuing on ok. Still at work, despite feeling a bit ill, just not ill enough to warrant time off. Damn my parents for giving me a work ethic...... Plus I have still a fair bit to do in terms of prepping things for my maternity cover person, whoever that may be. My junior classes are fine, it is the GCSE classes that I need to make sure are properly taken care of.

luncinda - will you go to the museum at the docks? Ive never seen the slavery exhibit, bet it is powerful. the titanic pieces are haunting.

Welcome stars. I'm sorry you're having so much trouble. Lucinda is right. I have had 3 mmcs and all involved hg hospital stays. It is terrible going through all of that just to lose the baby and it makes it even harder to believe it will work the next time. But it can. Of course I'm not there yet, but I'm now 18 weeks, twice as far as I've ever been before and the hg has waned. Keep your chin up. You just need to wait it out and keep trying really hard to keep going.

jenpatnim thank you, and I will do, any and all advice very much appreciated.

Tallyra Oh no, that's horrendous - I am so so sorry for your losses . Thank you, and yes, I'm trying to remember that every pregnancy is different and not let paranoia get the better of me. I do feel very different this time though, and I always felt that something wasn't right before. Nothing to back that up, but just something niggling in the back of my mind whereas this time I don't have the niggle and I feel less vulnerable, although that sounds a bit weird, but I'm clinging to that fact. Sorry, that was a real ramble! I really hope everything goes to plan for you (and everyone) this time.

Stars I also had a mc this time last year - was only 6 weeks along but it was still very upsetting. I am now 27 weeks, and have my fingers crossed for you!

Evening all, haven't been on for a while as had a few ok ish days and after 6 weeks off work, went back today and just doing afternoons for the next two weeks as mornings are still rough. Went a bit backwards at weekend and was in bed all day Saturday but generally have been feeling more human by lunchtime. Lack of sleep def does not help and was up all night last night with ds who has hand, foot and mouth virus so was in a lot of pain with a mouth full of ulcers bless him. I am now 12 weeks and really hoping I am coming out the other side now.

Right, going to catch up with the thread now and fingers crossed beforehand that everyone is feeling ok or improving at least.

So glad you're feeling better bezzabelle!

Welcome Stars, and so sorry to hear of your loss. Fingers crossed for you this time. I've had the opposite reaction: friends relatives all saying they never really had sickness. Glad for them that they didn't have to go through it but sad for me and all of you!!

DH is being wonderful and doing lots. He even took all the grapes off their stems so I could reach for them with one hand He gets a bit grumpy at doing everything sometimes but he has been great, and I suppose he's allowed to be hacked off with the situation too.

Have fun in L'pool Lucinda, and look out for my namesakes I'd wave but I've been signed off work so I'm still out in the 'burbs...

Meerka Bit under the weather and nauseas at the moment, but DS has just had a vomiting bug so no idea if it's the bug or the HG. All good fun.

Fed up of the SPD too.

Down to one Ondansetron and 20mg steroids though, so that's good. Though I'm still getting a load of side effects (constipation from the ondansetron and bruising from the steroids). Do you know what I'm looking forward to after giving birth? A normal poo.

Urg had a rotten night, kept waking up with acid so bad I felt so sick from it. Really considered phoning in sick and starting to regret my decision not to.......

sniffles.. it had better be a good day, that's all I'm saying.

I'm so sorry stars, Tallyra and Jen for your losses.

and welcome, stars, to the thread.