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.

jen there is no shame being on the drugs if you need them. i was popping ondansetron in labour! i dont know how you are managing teaching must be one of the hardest jobs with this illness. can you get signed off another week after half term to get yourself back on track?
i lived in coke last pg - cant face it at all this time comes right back up. old fashioned style lemonade is currently working for me.
i really hope it eases soon x

eggy, I've been teaching 12 years, it seems like all I know at this point! It is hard, but, I moved school 3 years ago to a much better, nicer environment, so no matter how stressful it is, it still isn't a patch on what I left behind!

Thanks all, when pg with ds, I only had two weeks off, went back to work when still poorly and ending up passing out in my office with really low blood sugars so ambulance had to be called- am sure they won't want that again!

I'm with MoG ... no one deserves a nomination more'n Lucinda! The xmas treat is a lovely idea :)

jen, sorry to hear you are worse :(

family is home today from a trip to the UK, relatives and friends and the Lake District which I had to miss . Be so glad to see them back. CVS test for downs tomorrow. Hope I'm not being too optimistic but now I've got to 12 weeks and the chance of MC is less, I feel the chances are good that all will be well with the CVS.

good luck meerka!
bezza, they have been great. I'm school support staff and my boss has just had an IVF baby so she understands how important this is. I also have a history of mmcs that they are aware of, I'm very glad they are ok with me.

Thanks, Everyone for such kind words! I wish I could do more,you are such a lovely brave lot.
Jen You poor thing, battling on, I agree with others, however does anyone teach and keep control of a classroom with this horror? Jen do you remember poor RNB saying she had to be sick out of the classroom window now and then, that really is embarrasing . I found diet coke made me sick, it had to be flat and the full sugar sort, the sugar seemed to help, but this varies so much between people.
MOB I do so hope you get a move asap.
Tallyra Thank goodness work is sympathetic. That makes all the difference in the world.
Back soon.
Lucinda
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I am hoping that the ondansetron will settle me enough that I won't be sick on Monday. Hoping, hoping..... I have only had 1 sick day this term and I don't want to miss more. Plus my year 12s are doing a controlled assessment and I want it finished before half term - a sub won't do that with them.

jen i really hope it works well for you and you feel better - early night for you i guess!

i have had the weirdest afternoon. went out this am and it wiped ne out and made me feel ill so i went to bed. i completely crashed out and then sort of woke cos i could hear the boys downstairs but carried on having crazy dreams - really bonkers. i feel all spaced out and weird now and not at all ready to face sunday night chaos of hairwash, uniform prep, shoes clean etc. need some get up and go from somewhere

Have some eggy
Not looking forward to a very similar night here! How old are your other dc?

they are 4.5 and nearly 2. and ds1 is going to school in grubby shoes tomorrow!

gawd. this week has been shocking, vomiting whilst cleaning teeth - not happened last week, but it's back on..vomming prelunch..
ultimate power nausea, superhero scenting nostrils..so sick of it.
this eve ive also got a tough of the runs. flabbergasted.
am either fighting a low level bug, hg is rising in vengeance, or ive been swigging too much lactulose - but don't think I have...

how doing ladies??.... all okay i hope. just doing my weekly check in!
23+4 here now.
Jen i find i just cannot eat in the evenings anymore otherwise i feel like you describe!
my eating stops about 5pm for the day as along with a solid bump i just feel like i can't eat or i will chuck.
still doing okay in the day but still taking the big o.
tho only 1 a day now.
everyone else okay??x

Feekerry Lovely to hear from you, I wish it had really gone off with you, glad it is at least a lot better than it was.
Oh dear, suffering all round. Choc I hope it's a bug, and Jen I hope that the meds help before Monday and SicknSpan and Eggy gentle cyber pats always on offer. Tallyra MOG and Everyone I hope coping.
Lucinda
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Quick question Ladies- my tongue is all white and furry, brushing not helping. Is this a hyperemesis thing? Tongue a bit sore today but have put this down to too much acid :(

my tongue def furrier.

thanks lucy-luce XX

do you think we could email university science/biomed dept and explain we're a group of pg HG sufferers, happy to be quizzed to expand the body of knowledge?

sick I might be wrong, but I think it's related to dehydration, sure I've had doctors tell me that its a sign before..

choc That's tempting!

Yep I reckon furry tongue is sign of dehydration too.

Not a good day, didn't manage to get in the bath till this evening and all fresh and clean until 5 mins ago when I just vomitted into my hair.....nice. It's 10.30pm, if one more person asks how my 'morning sickness' is, I'll scream! Going back to dr tomor and asking for the big guns!

Well I am off to work ... let's hope I manage ok! Don't feel too sick, but am really tired. I didn't sleep well last night at all.

Bezza, get yourself those meds, you need them.

Everyone else, have a good day.

good luck jen and everyone else facing a tough monday.

i was violently and suddenly sick last night and burned all my throat with stomach acid - bleurgh. feeling weak and drained today but going to try and have a normal day for ds2 sake - i feel he is getting a crap deal at the moment being with me. im not managing to be a very fun mummy

SickandSpan I am cocerned that you are dehydrated - mother hen wants to know what them there kesostix say? Of course, if you've been there before, you are the expert, but cluck cluck, is urine dark, head aching, skin dry etc. So glad you are going back to dr's.
Who was it who said they were being sick ten times a day? Trying?
I became very dehydrated on that.
Eggy Good idea - someone, I think Flowery or Glossyflower did tell me that a consultant was using our thread for his research already, but a ready made research group is potentially really useful!
Jen Sorry you are tired - not what you need first thing on Monday morning.
Hoe Evreyone is coping.
Lucinda
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Ah Lucinda you are nice, thanks for being concerned enough to cluck! Ketostix not showing much thankfully and I don't feel especially dehydrated, wee a bit dark but not terrible. Managing to get by on freshly squeezed orange juice and grapefruit segments too.

Perhaps it is oral thrush?

I have an additional problem now though - think I have a tear in my throat. During a really forcefully vom session before bed last night, I brought up some fresh blood in with the bile. My oesophagus is really sore now and feels bruised- anyone else had this?

SicknSpan I remember this and do still get this with violent puking with migraines - I think if it's red blood its probably from the throat as a rule of thumb - particularly if your throat feels raw - but if it's brown, that's a medical emergency. It's horrible, though, seeing blood in the vomit. I think the stomach muscles get bruised or something with the strain.
Still, you sholdn't be vomiting to the point of bringing up blood at all if you are on meds and for sure they should change them to something more effective.
Lucinda
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hope everyone is being well looked after.
i am trying to be a bit more positive as i have been feeling really blue lately and it isnt helping.
so positive things i have thought of. i am not failing to do things, i am doing a massive thing which is sapping all my energy. dh cant do it, so its no hardship for him to do the cooking. and the shopping. and the washing. and everything else. also ds2 is not missing out he is getting a baby sibling so he doesnt have to be the youngest and get the crappiest hand me downs. i managed to eat some chocolate orange cake. practically fruit. progress indeed! i am getting towards 10 weeks which is a quarter of the way there. anyone else want to join positive pregnancying or do you all need iced squash and sympathy for now?