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.

MOH's wonderful website is full of useful information on this illness:
sites.google.com/site/pregnancysicknesssos/
Another invaluable website is:
www.pregnancysicknesssupport.org.uk/
If you need help in obtaining medication, this phone number is
brilliant:
024 7638 2020

I would like to thank 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.

Jen Lovely, congratulations on Matthew I am so happy for you! Very tactful of you about birth details, but I for one do want to know what sort of birth it was - but I'm not facing one myself...I do so hope you feel better already?
Mrsr78 Good luck at doctors.
xx

hooray Jenn!! congratulations he sounds like a belter

well done to you X

Huzzah Jen!
Big congrats on birth of Matthew and so long HG (I hope!!)

Wishing you a swift recovery :-)

Chaffinch
Woohoo think it's your turn next

Congratulations Jen

Well done Jen! 8lb 7... Wow...

Congratulations!

Tallyra the normal mental health team said it was an understandable response but referred me on anyway. Perinatal lady this morning was brilliant. I've got an appointment with the psych consultant next week to discuss the possibility of meds (no thanks, not before i've had time to google them all, just some ondansetron for me) then weekly appointments with someone who gets it! I liked her when she said "I bet you're fed up of those ginger comments. I had normal morning sickness and still wanted to ram them down peoples throats!"

Hello! Been to the doctors and I will give him his dues, he was very understanding. I've been signed off work for another 2 weeks and prescribed 2 new anti-emetics. Promethazine and metoclopramide. I've been instructed to try the promethazine first and if that doesn't work try the metoclopramide.

Ordered some yarn today so I can get crocheting while I'm stuck at home!

How is everyone else doing today?

ever so sleepy. sleep at this stage is a bit short in supply and it does notably make the nausea (and upchucking, later on) worse. At least im lucky enough to be able to nap!

mrsb so glad you've got some better meds and that you've got an understanding doc who's up to date. Makes all the difference in the world

Meerka Sorry you are so tired, and its dismal the way tiredness makes the sickness worse.
Petitlapin and MrsR That's great news, that you had a symapthetic hearing and appropriate treatment. MrsR was that a different doctor than before?
Oh dear, yes, about diet...
Waves with wings (flaps?) at everyone.
xx

Yea like we have a lot of choice is what food stays down, change of diet indeed

Can sympathise with you meerka all of this is very stressful and therefor completely knackering!

Yes my doctor did say if those don't work then to just go back and he'll prescribe something else for me. Same doctor that I booked in my pregnancy with. We had a chuckle when he asked how many children I was planning on having after this one.

jen congratulations on the birth of Matthew! I'm a bit tearful at one more of us proving that there is an end to this. I hope you recover and enjoy it all a lot more now.

I've been a bit flat recently - still puking although not as much. The hospital refusing me better / different drugs a few weeks ago has knocked me down. I can't say the prochlorperazine is actually working - it doesn't seem to stop me being sick an hour / 2 hours / 3 hours / 4 hours etc after taking it but maybe it culmulative? I've thrown my lunch and tea up the last few days and its miserable as I'm finding being hungry a huge trigger and it makes the heartburn worse.

I feel like I'm still me but that I'm trying to do everything while wrapped in a huge duvet? Like I have all these plans but every little thing is a huge effort and I get nowhere.

mrsb last time i saw the gyne, i asked her how quickly after the birth I could get my tubes tied.

and I mean it :)

worry ... yes, it is like that. don't underestimate the draining effect the nausea and vomitting has on you, apart from anything else the preg is heavy on the body anyway and on top of that you have the physical effects of the HG. On top of that, you have the mental effects too. Its hard but .. try not to expect too much of yourself. So yes, don't be surprised that everything is 8 x harder work than it should be.

Also, have you rung the helpline for Preg Sickness Support? Mother hen wrote it down in the OP. They can be excellent in helping you get stronger meds, up til ondansetron. They'll ring you back if you leave a message.

Meerka I will phone them I think. I don't know what's stopping me...

Ok. I know what I want for tea (bear with me). I want an omelette n chips from the cafe just down the road. Down the road from my mum. Who lives 500 miles away. The cafe closes at 4. This is ridiculous. It's all I want. Our car is still totalled so can't really send dh out to purchase necessary omelette making equipment like eggs as I've already made him walk into town to buy a meal which I don't intend to eat. Pah.

Haha worry poor dh knows that old trick well. Ihad to make a special trip to morrisons after the docs to get chicken dippers ...birdseye ones. Nothing else will do!

Chaffinch The next in line!
Iworry It'll be great if you ring them, it's so exhausting being sick several times a day.
mrsRb87 I hope the new drugs help a lot. It is extraordinary the way people seem to think that the puking is somehow voluntary...
Meerka Mother hen hopes you didn't overdo it yesterday.
Livingzuid I was very impressed with your website.
How are Star and Starry, Lauranne What and everyone@
Apologies to anyone rudely overlooked.
xx

Hi all. I'm after advice really. I've just posted my own thread but thought here may be a good place to get advice. This is what I wrote:

"I'm 10+4, and since I've been pregnant I'm being sick lots. Some days it's after everything I eat, other days I can eat but am just randomly sick and gag randomly. I've not had many days where I'm not sick at all, and I've lost 10lbs since I found out, and it's making me exshausted.

How do I draw the line between normal morning sickness and HG? "

Some days I'm not sick at all, but spend all day feeling nauseus. I'm always thirsty and my mouth is always full of dribble x

HI MrsGiraffe congrats on your pregnancy :)

whether it's HG or not, it sounds like you're pretty sick and nauseous.

The best thing you can do is get some meds from the doctor. The meds prescribed for serious nausea and vomitting - and loosing 10lb isn't great at all- are safe, please don't worry about that.

They will probably start you off on cyclizine and maybe Vit B6. This is the w orst time of night for me, so forgive me, but I wont find the NICE link but if you scroll up maybe the prev page or page before, the link is there. Its the governmental guidelines that all doctors are supposed to follow and it has a nice summary of how the goal is to make sure women can follow a normal life and to reduce the nausea + v.

Hope someone is along soon to help more, sorry, with hints and tips. I'll try to post more in the morning though we have got plasterers in so I might be a bit busy! Mother Hen (lucinda) will be along soon im sure.

btw the excess saliva is very typical of severe n + v or of HG

Congratulations jen on your new arrival. Hope you and Matthew are recovering well.
mrsb and iworry it is so strange that grim as hg is, when you do actually have the urge to eat it is so strongly for something so specific you simply have to have it- can remember well the look on dh face when I literally had a huge tantrum because he had eaten a chicken and mushroom pasty that I had in the fridge!
mrsgiraffe sorry you are suffering. I think that hg affects everyone differently but if it is affecting your ability to function day to day, you are becoming dehydrated and have lost a significant amount of weight I would urge you to see your doctor to get checked out. They will check your urine and be able to advise you with regards to whether medication is necessary to try and bring your symptoms under control. Hg affected me differently in both of my pregnancies so it is difficult to define exactly. In both I lost 1.5 stone. First preg sick on and off all the way through (including labour) but second preg (twins) was very very sick with constant nausea for 15 weeks but then it eased. X

ahh mrs giraffe - sorry that you're feeling pants. It is hideous.
get a doctors appointment and ask for some meds - all totally safe -
lots of links through this thread to help,
suck lollies, eat sweets, nibble salty snacks...try and sip ice cold or boiling hot water as much as you can manage
get to the chemist and buy some 'ketostix' you wee on them and they monitor your dehydration.

we're all here for support

this pg I'm really noticing the braxtons - never noticed them in the other 2.
got a big weekend at work now, so won't be on much.

Big Love and 'Sup to the puke crew ,

Mrsgiraffe sounds like you need some help, go to your doc and tell him how sick you've been and that you're struggling to get through the day. I'm now on my 3rd kind of meds, just trial and error I guess til you find whats right for you.
I found dairylee dunkers good to nibble on today (added extra of the calcium!) And fairly bland so not too offensive.
Hope that helps

Thankyou meerka elizabeths mum chaffinch of doom and mrsb87 for your kind words and advice.

I know it's silly but I've avoided doctor about the sickness/nausea till now as ive had to go for a few other reasons and I already have the high risk label plus dont like making a fuss.

I'm going to have to go through, today was particularly bad, I haven't been sick today but have felt sick all day and have belly and back ache from the retching. It's unfair really. I'm just about managing to carry on with daily life but would much rather be laid on the couch than serve coffe and muffins (barista at famous coffee bar) xx

Hi, can I join you :)

Currently 23 weeks with my first, wish I had found this earlier ! Been great reading people having similar experiences with hyperemesis. Been off work sick since 15 weeks and am currently taking Promethazine which seems to help reduce the vomiting just wish the nausea would go away !

I am truly in awe of any women that work throughout their pregnancy with hg, I work with food and it was almost ridiculous trying to get through the shift with the smell of it! It doesn't help people at work tended to use the typical phrases that made you want to scream. Such as bloody ginger biscuits and another woman who was pregnant at work who was most unsympathetic as she has been sick once throughout her entire pregnancy and thinks I am just playing the "pregnancy card"

Thanks for giving me a place to rant :P Has been great being able read about others going through the same experiences and know I am not alone :)