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.
So many women on this thread have thought they couldn't get through this, but they did.

Apologies as I haven't had the chance to read back... Hope you're all doing as ok as poss.

Quick question - are you finding the, erm "other end" has been, erm, loose?? I'm finding I desperately need the loo first thing (ie it wakes me up and I leap out of bed, usually am a 5x snoozer).

I've still not actually thrown up though feel close tonight. Have eaten a load of old shite today (Pringles and kitkats namely) so this could be part of why I feel so dire now. DH is making dinner (which I feel guilty about as he works loooong days) because I just can't face doing it.

My lips are getting v cracked too which I'm guessing is because I'm not drinking enough.

Day off tomorrow so will stock up on fruit as I do seem to fancy/tolerate that ok and has got to be better than crisps and chocolate.

Sorry for the self-indulgent ramble....

it is a hurricane isnt it? hoping our chimney survives.

Sickness is so much better than the beginning of the week. It's such a relief; I panicked when it was as bad as the worst its ever been. Living, hopefully lots more good days will follow.

Hope everyone is not too bad ...

Thanks for kind words everybody.

Thoughts of the move have become insignificant as I'm currently on and off the toilet whilst puking into a bowl at the same time. Must be a bug as it was so sudden.

Sorry I can't chat much, really feel too ill xxx

crazyThursday

do not apologise for self indulgent ramble! we are your support team, and everyone must say whatever they want/need to to vent it all out

the festive feeling is creeping in huzzah December is skidding past = closer to 2014 & OUR BABIES!!

can't wait to hear everyones birth stories, their name choices, and their celebratory meals and drinks after hyperem becomes a distant dream nightmare

aw sally there's nothing to say you poor wee hen feel better

Nope, overdid it last night. Feel dreadful today, terrible nausea and a headache. But it was lovely to pretend to be normal for an evening :) we didn't linger shopping due to storm just strsig

Doh phone. Just straight to restaurant.

Going to take it easy this morning. Have Japanese delegation in for work this afternoon which I could really do without!

sally :( feel better soon.

jen what a relief to have a few days off.

meerka glad the sickness has eased for you again, just in time for sintaklaas yesterday!

thursday yes at the start of pregnancy I had runs. It is now the opposite. The hormones affect the bowel and digestive system pretty strongly.

Sally How horrible, you poor, poor thing. . In that horrible situation, you just long for the bowels to empty completely.
Hugs.
Thursday Welcome. I remember that, on and off, when not too dehydrated. Are you on any meds yet?
xx

Evening all

Just had a chance to catch up with the thread. Sorry your all feeling so awful too. Hugs to you all xx

Well, my cold is gone and sickness back to usual levels. It must have been either a 24 hour bug or something I ate.
I'm trying to be really careful though as I feel quite ill when my blood pressure rises. Felt like I was going to pass out earlier in asda.
But glad to say at this moment in time I'm feeling ok :-)

Husband has ordered boxes etc for moving and removal guys come to survey everything tomorrow so I'm not too worried about things. So far he's organised. I just hope his cleaning is up to scratch as I don't want to move into a dirty home.
We get keys on Christmas Eve and move on 28th so it's going to be a busy holiday period for us. I'm just trying to get all the babies clothes, blankets etc washed and organised before we move so its all ready. I've also just finished packing my hospital bag.
Just want it over with so I can relax.

Hi all, happy Saturday.

sally what a chaotic Christmas ahead. Hopefully your sickness will subside in time. Glad your bug seems to on its way out.

living take it easy! Funny how our bodies tell us when enough is enough eh?

lucinda no meds here, feel a bit of a fraud as my sickness seems to be much milder than you guys.

First small vom today in the shower this morning. Felt v dizzy too. Now in bed with wet hair feeling weak but hungry and have sent DH out with DD. We've got a busy day ahead and I can't muster up the energy to dry/straighten my hair let alone the rest of it. Feeling v pathetic.

Hello all....much the same here and as now 17 weeks not that hopeful of much change. Only sick a couple of times per day but wow, the constant nausea/heads do not want to go.

We finally told dd about baby I'd been waiting to see if I improved as I just feel so miserable....she keeps hugging baby and last night kissed my tummy before bed and whispered "I hope you get out soon".

I'm now going to read through thread I see lots of new sufferers names amongst (my sympathy) and catch up with how you all are.

Take care all x

sally so glad that you're feeling a bit more ok, and that your husband is generally so good. Just so much upheaval at the moment for you!

Hope the day improves thursday

Only1 sometimes things improve around week 21. From what people say, it's between week 14 and week 21 / 22 or so. Unless you realy draw the short straw like sally :s But most people do improve, so therés still hope.

Sally I'm glad that didn't last. Its your new house far from your old?
CrazyThursday Don't feel a fraud. Oh dear about puking in shower, that seems a favourite place, I don't know if it's the heat or the time of day...
Livingzuid I hope headache has gone. Did you find out if there was a connection with meds?
Only1Scoop I so agree with Meerka don't give up, as with some it does improve a lot later. Sweet about your DD. She will be a lovely older sister.
Meerka So glad things have looked up a bit.

I hope Everyone including new people is managing OK today.
MurderofGoths My Mumsnet Christmas present for DD arrived today!
Thank you.
xx

Quick wave to everyone will reply properly tomorrow. I spent most of the day finishing my first piece of consultancy work :) but was behind due to wretched hg! Powered through with diet coke then felt exhausted just by having a shower.

Nausea still very much there although I haven't been sick for the last couple of days. Hoping that doesn't change! I could easily be sick I think but just not allowing it.

Hope everyone has a nice nausea and sick free Saturday evening!

*Thursday, I was nearly sick in the shower yesterday and today too, very common. Am 14 weeks today.

Livingzuid- i felt the same with the nausea. When I asked a midwife at the hospital if I should just puke and get it over with, she looked at me as if I was stupid and told me that if I was really that sick I couldn't control it. She didnt quite understand that I did spontaneously throw up but most of the time kept it in as I have such a fear of being sick due to choking on it a few times.
I think your the first person I've heard mention keeping it in. The nausea however I think can be so much worse than the actually being sick sometimes.

Lucinda- I'm not moving far, just to the next village. Removal guys are doing all the moving but packing and cleaning is going to be difficult. Just want it over with now.

I've had a stressful day. Family are driving me mad, just expecting too much of me. They know how poorly I am but still put on me so much and dh is really starting to get annoyed by it. I'm worried he's going to blow up and cause more of an issue. Keeping the peace is not easy.

Wondering how fee, choc and MOG are doing? Xxx

Sally I do get annoyed when I hear of relatives expecting women to do anything but try and survive with this, so I sympathise with OH. In your case, you've had so many complications too and the move, that really it's fairly obvious you have enough to cope with.

Livingzuid and CrazyThursday It is horrible, the only good thing being at least you can wash it away. Livingzuid My goodness, I didn't realise you were still doing that consultancy work.
Hope Everyone is having a fairly relaxing Sunday.
xx

Hi can I just ask a bit of advice I'm not sure if I'm bad enough to be here or not...I'm 10 weeks pg with first baby following 4 mc, I've been feeling sick since about 6 weeks it gradually got worse and was unrelenting nausea. The last probably 2 weeks I have actually been vomitting at first it was just occasionally then it was every morning still with constant nausea for the rest of the day, since the beginning of this week it has been a couple of times each day but then yesterday and today is just a whole other ball game. Yesterday I vomited up everything I ate and today I didn't get out of bed til 2pm my dh made me some crumpets and I've just brought them back up. I feel rotten. Do you think this is just normal ms up until now I've managed to maintain my weight I've lived off cereal crumpets and salt and vinegar crisps. I hate to moan when other people have it so much worse and im so grateful for this pregnancy.

Butterfly complain away. That's what this thread is for :-)
It's awful to be feeling like this. The nausea is just as bad as the vomiting.
I'd get yourself to the docs and get them to test your urine to see if your dehydrated. Or you can by some ketostix from the chemist. Ideally get some meds from your GP to hopefully make it more bearable.
Whatever you can manage in the form of fluids is great. Lollies, juice, soup, jelly etc.
For me it was only lollies and the odd bit of fruit for months.
Hope you feel better soon xxx

Hi all, sorry to the pukers, the December weeks always fly past though, time ticks on
am knackered, working a tonne - retail busy time. is utterly manic at work. was our xmas do last night too, so burnt the candle both ends. bushwhacked now. more work tomorrow I just want sleeeeeeeeeeep!

how's everyone doing with the xmas shopping? Ive a few odd bits left to get but everything to wrap up eeeeeeeek

Thank you sally I'm at hospital for a scan tomorrow so I'll mention it to them. I'll give lollies a try I've been drinking juice but that's coming back up now I'm hungry but feel sick and I know it will only re appear shortly after! I've had some of dh's diet coke he got from kfc it helped briefly and was refreshing don't want to be drinking loads though!

I've got no christmas tree up and have bought no presents I'm hoping the fairys will sort it :) xx

Hey all.. back to work tomorrow for the last 2 weeks. I have still been pretty nauseated and still have a cold but I need to get back in and see out the last 2 weeks. So tired tonight - I am starting to feel uncomfortable at night, waking up achy and sore, and my back hurts quite a bit. :(

Am now at 30 weeks! EEP! Still no closer to a name though.

To all other sufferers, welcome newbies... it does get better, even if it is just the knowledge that you are closer to having your baby.

I have my staff do on wednesday week, and I have to see if I have anything that fits me and will look vaguely presentable. If the dress I am thinking of wearing works I might try to get away with it for Christmas day as well. I have all my shopping done - I just hope that the stuff I have ordered online comes in time. I also got something for OH's birthday on 3rd January! I am glad to find something as he is soooo hard to buy for.

Can't believe we are so close to Christmas now!

Butterfly86 Welcome, that certainly sounds like Hyperemesis,I so agree with Sally and others, you need treatment, and for the GP to test your urine, and to get kesostix from a chemist to check yourself for dehydration. Bossy mother hen says emphasize that you can't keep anything down - GP's too often think that your being a drama queen about normal ms, this is something else, and serious if neglected.
So agree with others, too, you have to write off any attempt to stick to healthy things with this - any liquid that stays down, or partly does - jelly, full sugar coke, the juice of tinned fruit, anything.
Jen and Chaffinch Really feel for you poor things having to work.
Apologies to anyone rudely ignored.
xx

Lucinda thank you I thought I was just being a wimp about it, I'm going to try to get an appointment at the doctors tomorrow I have a feeling they will fob me off they aren't nice usually! I seem to want anything sugary. when feeling so sick as the sugar seems to ease it monentarily I haven't eaten any fruit or veg for weeks but I just can't manage it I normally eat really healthily! I will pop back and let you know how I get on tomorrow.

HI butterfly

when you go to the doc's, arm youreslf with info. At least then you will know what's what, because quite a lot of doctors still don't.

The two really useful sites are the NICE site - all doctors are supposed to follow the guidelines and the Pregnancy Sickness support site. it's excellent.

The first link is here National Institute for Clinical Excellence

and the Preg Sickness Support site is here www.pregnancysicknesssupport.org.uk/

best of luck, everyone with serious sickness needs good support and treatment