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.

eggy, get him to the dr? Fingers crossed he is ok xx

Oh dear eggy, I hope he's better quickly and the doctor can help

hope everyone's morning is not too bad ...

Feel like I'm just sleeping and vomiting through the first trimester!

welcome Horrendous I hope I got the name right - I can't improve on Choc's advice, hang on, things will almost certainly get easier, and as she says about links, there's a link in the intro too which is excellent for general support and advice. Everyone on here is lovely and supportive though a certian mother hen called Lucinda can be a nuisance.
Jen You poor poor thing, that's a tough day when not ill. You shoudn't have to deal with this, to be honest, people should be looking after YOU.
Perhaps you are one of these people who are too competent (not a problem I've ever had!). Try acting a bit helpless.
Eggy I do hope you managed to get a dr to see him, that must be so worrying. I wonder if it is the same bug building up again? I've heard that can happen with these nasty stomach things.
Bezza Poor you, it is dismal when life seems to be spent hunched over the loo or asleep. Things will get better.
Talyra and Meerka and MOB and SicknSpan and Eveyone how are things?
Lucinda
xx

Goodness, I do apologise, what came over me, your name is Randomm. What made me think it was 'Horrendous'? Though people do chose striking names.
Welcome. I hope I got the name right - I can't improve on Choc's advice, hang on, things will almost certainly get easier, and as she says about links, there's a link in the intro too which is excellent for general support and advice. Everyone on here is lovely and supportive though a certain mother hen called Lucinda can be a nuisance.
Jen You poor poor thing, that's a tough day when not ill. You shoudn't have to deal with this, to be honest, people should be looking after YOU.
Perhaps you are one of these people who are too competent (not a problem I've ever had!). Try acting a bit helpless.
Eggy I do hope you managed to get a dr to see him, that must be so worrying. I wonder if it is the same bug building up again? I've heard that can happen with these nasty stomach things.
Bezza Poor you, it is dismal when life seems to be spent hunched over the loo or asleep. Things will get better.
Tallyra and Meerka and MOB and SicknSpan Middleclassdystipia and Eveyone how are things?

generally rather better Lucinda thank you. can stay out of bed til about 4pm nowadays. Have to keep very quiet though, people or busyness very quickly make me worse. Manage small bits of housework with long rests in between. The meds really do help.

Eating and drinking carefully but adequately, stopped loosing weight. Vile taste and spitting still here, its amazing how unpleasant such relatively small things can be. But overall far better than 3 weeks ago. it'd be nice to keep improving but I'm grateful for it not being as bad as it was.

if ever i needed proof that rest can make a huge difference this is it. this is the sickest and most nauseous i have been so far. i am really weepy too. i just want to be in bed but cant til the kids have gone to bed.

it makes a huge, huge difference doesnt it? how in gods name we'd cope if I had to look after our son after school I just do not know. Could not have done it I think, seriously.

< giggles at Lucinda's Dozy Mummy moment and leaves a for later .. seeing as she's allowed it!>

i swear it was easier being pregnant and working than pregnant and looking after the kids (disclaimer my job was nothing like the challenge of jen and others - dont mean to be rude i am in awe of you guys managing to work. my job involved a lot of sitting and typing)

Meerka What a lovely wine, lol! On names, the funniest, but I have a vulgar sense of humour, was one I came across on another site - "Trumpet Bum*, a woman, not a man, though men are best at that...
Lucinda
xx

Eggy Oh dear, how is the LO? You must be shattered, and as you say, longing to go to bed yourself. Jen I hope not suffering too much from yesterday's schedule?
Luicinda
xx

I'm doing ok thank you lucinda. I took my first independent steps today, drove to a friend's and went to a pub for lunch. it's so nice to feel a bit more like me now. I'm just hoping to all hope it's not teasing me and will come back.

eggy I really hope de is getting better xxxxx

I'm doing ok thank you lucinda. I took my first independent steps today, drove to a friend's and went to a pub for lunch. it's so nice to feel a bit more like me now. I'm just hoping to all hope it's not teasing me and will come back.

eggy I really hope ds is getting better xxxxx

Lots of new faces! (Waves)

I hope your DS is better today Eggy. It's not nice having to deal with more vomit on top of your own. I dread the winter vomiting bug, although DS seems to puke when he has a heavy cold too.

Well done Tallyra. It's good to feel like part of the human race again.

DH isn't home before 8/9pm these days so it's just as well I am feeling better as the whole day is down to me now. I am still plagued by the sour milk taste but able to eat veggies now. Bit disconcerting that I can't feel kicked but it's because of the anterior placenta. Makes the pregnancy not feel very real and more like I have had a nasty virus for ages.

I was wondering if I could get the advice of anyone who has had medication? I am currently on cyclizine but am still having some really bad days and I am really struggling because it is wiping me out. Are all the antisickness drugs likely to make me sleepy or are there others which have that as less of a side effect?

ah cyclizine actually managed to make me worse.
there is avomine - a travel sickness thing
maxilon - was ok for about 3 days with me
but the crème de la crème is ondansatron. Only available to the lucky few with understanding consultants...or after a stint on a drip...'tis an expensive and powerful drug that actually works. So fear not, there are loads to try just go back to doc and ask for something stronger.

Ime of two different types of anti sickness meds, both have made me very drowsy but I see this as a positive as I can then sleep through the sickness!

some symptoms are drug side effects, but some part of being pg anyway I suppose; I am a bit more headachey on ondansatron; or it's because I need my eyes tested

Hey all.. I managed some sleep today and yesterday after work - makes all the difference. Having said that I did throw up again today after getting home from work, then when I went to bed I woke myself up by stretching and pulling a muscle in my calf.... so now I am limping. I doubt OH thinks I am 'too capable', he knows I am a disaster!

I agree with Choc that ondansetron is the gold standard of anti-emetics. I would be hospitalised still without it. Yes, it constipates like crazy, yes it is a pain to get but so worth it. Even the headaches (a known side effect) don't matter when you can keep food down and function.

23+6 today, finished school (YAY) and off on a course tomorrow which should be easy. Family issues in no way resolved but other than being supportive there is nothing I can do.

Hi all. Not had a chance to catch up on thread but hope you're all coping as well as can be expected.
Ive been in hospital for rehydration last night and today. 5 bags of iv fluids and lots of cyclazine/ ondansetron on board. Still throwing but they've done enough to let me home. got the feeling that's all they were worried about, no interest in whether or not I would be able to manage sickness on release just wanted to get my stats to a level that they meant they didn't have to keep me in.

Lying v v still on the sofa so that I keep the oral meds they've given me down. I asked for other methods but no joy. Expect more hospitalisation.

you poor thing sick. it's horrible feeling like a bed statistic but thank goodness you had those drips. sending you lots of cyber hugs.

The HG has eased here at the moment, which is especially good as DS is unwell and has barey slept for the last 4 nights. Bloody exhausted.

Have lowered the dose of Ondansetron and Steroids, so shall see if the improvement is drug induced or not.

sick That is tough :(

Sicknspan, glad hospital is helping you xx

Sick- poor you. Try and rest up.
I woke up at 5 to throw up, now trying to eat some toast before I try to go back to sleep, had that excessive saliva thing going on that just makes you want to gag all the time. Hope everyone has a better day.

hi all. thanks for nice messages ds is on the mend i think but v sad and hard work poor boy.
murder hope your lo is better soon. i put in 10 hours in bed last night and feel much better for it.

re sleepy meds i never got on with those at all. ondansetron is the only thing that works for me.

jen really hope you can get some rest over half term even if you have a load of work to do hope you can do it from bed in your pjs.

sickn sounds like hospital is where you needed to be. i hope they take you back if you need it. its so hard being away from home though.