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.

Punkstar I agree! Some of the women on the October ante natel thread are planning holidays abroad and doing this and that. It's exhausting reading a about let alone doing it all!

punk I know the feeling I'm off tomorrow evening to speak to a local organisation about becoming a trustee. Not sure I will be able to speak properly as I feel like I'm wading through treacle at the moment! Good luck with your work

starry I was off sick pretty much from week 8 and then my contract ended week 15 anyway. It was a huge relief. I've no intention of working till after the birth. For us with hg it takes a huge physical toll.

meerka so glad to hear it went well. It's so nerve wracking isn't it. No matter the reassurance it's not going to be 100% until the baby is safely in your arms! Am sure he/she is all good in there though :)

Feel a bit calmer, just seen my psychologist and talked through some coping strategies. Also advanced my blood tests forward to tomorrow to check my thyroid again as my levels were a little low and seeing the thyroid lady on Friday. It's possible the sickness is related to that and the bone numbing tired/low feeling may well be.

Or I just overdid it which is also highly likely and hope it's not my thyroid back to bed for me. How's everyone now Monday is done?

Oops cross posted. That's exactly it slice and when I get advice from very well meaning and excellent doctors and dh and family and everyone else to rest and relax I want to scream and say it's not that easy! Positive thoughts are the last thing on my mind when I'm cured up wanting to sleep but can't because I feel so rough. And I'm a person not just a uterus. I want to do stuff. Then I try and wish I hadn't

I had a big boo hoo today because dh was put onto a project team at work for a really interesting sounding piece of work. I was wailing that I missed all that kind of thing and felt like I'd never do it again and my brain would just be mush. Then he texted me to let me know it was the biggest pile of drivel he'd ever sat through and bemoaned wasting his time as no one was interested in anything else but their own agenda. And I remembered why I was so glad I didn't have to work and trotted off for a snooze cuddling my dog :)

One day we will return but for now incubating is the main thing. It will be worth it!

have worked last 3 days, too much. very sick this morning & last couple and super nausea all fecking day. am starved now, scoffing olives and feta from sainsbo's as a real treat with crusty bread.

tired

heh, ive got a real craving for olives, feta, chicory, orange and walnut salad finch .... hope you're better tomorrow, can you take it easy?

hello pops, sorry if I missed saying hello before!

Wow, so many posts to catch up on in one day!

meerka 30 weeks... I'm catching up at 28 ;)

doomfinch sorry to hear you had a rough day. How's the feta? Now you've mentioned it I think I fancy some too.

living your psychologist seems quite good and practical. I've not hoped for abnormal bloods before, but at least if it's the thyroid then a meds tweak might make the last few weeks better?

punk, starry i'm coming up to the 3 months off work marker next week. Thank goodness for the great NHS sick pay policy!

mrsb I think officially I still need a dr referral if I need to go in, but I find "i'm severely dehydrated due to known hg and have 4+ ketones. I was last admitted for fluids on... And I have managed ...ml fluids in the last 24hrs" usually works a charm at getting me in quickly!

I might be joining you with IVs tomorrow. I've had a good dew days keeping down food and fluids, so can't work out why i had 2-3+ ketones when I saw the consultant this morning. Who was rubbish BTW, with gems such as "Oh, those ketones are alright considering it's your morning wee" And "have you tried biscuits or dry toast?".
Surprisingly I left her unharmed.

Apologies to anyone rudely ignored.

mrsb87 Oh no, about dehydration headache - so liquids not staying down, either? I have been on domperidone not in pregnancy but for puking with migraines, it did lessen it but increased heartburn, but every med seems to do that with me. I'm so glad you've got kesostix, anyway, and can monitor yourself. I hope the new meds help soon.
Meerka It's not surprising you have a nagging anxiety, even if they do reassure you that the chances are very low because it's only natural to worry, and that was such a traumatic time. Hugs. That's great advice for Starry I so agree, talking is so difficult, you've got to open the throat, which is asking for trouble at times.
SliceofLimeI hope a bit better today?
petitelapin Good luck with appointment. Sorry it's in the morning .
livinzuid Punkstar Starry and others I so agree about the boredom thing, it is awful having to lie about while people assume you have turned into a hypochondriac and it isn't exactly by choice.!
Punkstar Disappointing you can't come off the meds, but you've tried hard. livinzuid It's nice DH could feel the movements, anyway.
Chafifnch Sorry you feel so bad now, I wonder you could struggle through.
PickofthePops Fingers crossed it doesn't get as bad this time, it must be very nerve racking waiting to see...A good few women on here haven't suffered as much in a second pregnancy, so there's room for optimisim for sure.
Apologies for anyone rudely overlooked or cross posted with.
xx

petitlapin Silly me, I thought the appointment was tommorow - oh dear, his suggestions sound very annoying, with the 'have you tried'... and about having perhaps to go in for IV, that's too bad. I hope you didn't feel too dreadful with the morning appointment.
xx

lucinda, you had a nice list of due dates a while back, might you still have them? They give a little hope

awaits meerka and co. do they have any more olives?

Meerka and others
Chaffinch 25 March
Meerka 30 April
Livingzuid 6 June
PunkStar 8 June
SliceofLime 2 August
*IWorry 8 August(
What 14 August

We need an update now.

I am a bit slow on the uptake, as ever. We did have a sufferer StarsintheNightSky who vanished - and now we have Starry and thickhead Mother Hen is wondering if they are one and the same? Although maybe not, as I got the impression Stars was further along.

xx

Sorry, IWorry you're descriminated against in the one below!
Meerka and others
Chaffinch 25 March
Meerka 30 April
Livingzuid 6 June
PunkStar 8 June
SliceofLime 2 August
IWorry 8 August
What 14 August

oh thanks lucinda ... when's Tallyra?

I'm 20th May :)

Chaffinch 25 March
Meerka 30 April
Petitlapin 20 May
Livingzuid 6 June
PunkStar 8 June
SliceofLime 2 August
*IWorry 8 August(
What 14 August

I've somehow missed Tallyra's due date - it must be nearly the same as Chaffinch. Lol about the waddling to goalposts, clutching olives .

xx

Grr - I've got that glitch again! Let's see if this comes out. If not I'll peck myself. I hope Tallyra checks in soon, to give date.
Chaffinch 25 March
Meerka 30 April
Petitlapin 20 May
Livingzuid 6 June
PunkStar 8 June
SliceofLime 2 August
IWorry 8 August
What 14 August

xx

Why didn't that all come out in bold? Pecks herself frantically!

I love my anti sicky tablets why did I bother trying to stop them :)

Hello from Shrewsbury royal hospital, much better experience of getting the line in today as I hadn't let myself get so dehydrated this time. Had some Randoms this morning but still really struggling with the idea of fluids. Got weighed and lost approximately half a stone this week. On my own though today as dh had to work but will be picking me up later.

Oh my edd is 2nd October!

Ewwww meerka and chaffinch I hate olives and that whole feta, sun dried tomato thing ewwwwww. I managed to keep down a bacon sarnie last night which I was pleased about

And if anyone else is getting or has had blood tests is it me or does it get really quite painful the further on you are?! Never used to hurt before but this morning was ow! Experienced nurse too.

Oh and meerka and chaffinch I'll contribute to the tapas with salami, mozzarella and tomato - addicted! I ate Dh's lunch!

See my thyroid lady Friday so fingers crossed all is working ok. Google can be evil and there are terrible stories of what could happen like cognitive function not developing properly. Dh took my phone away for a bit!

That's Randoms the sweeties btw!

Oops living cross post! Glad to hear you're feeling better, what medz are you on?

You lot can keep ya olives!

mrsb87 You poor thing, back in hospital. Gentle pats on offer, hugs too violent. I did wonder, when you felt that hateful dehydration headache.
I hope they get some effective meds for you. Was it all downhill after that or is that a silly question?

Chaffinch 25 March
Meerka 30 April
Petitlapin 20 May
Livingzuid 6 June
PunkStar 8 June
SliceofLime 2 August
IWorry 8 August
What 14 August
mrsb87 2 October
xx

mrsb sorry to hear that you are back in hospital.

OK so I have made concrete progress this week. I am having my copper coil out on April 10th, and this morning I saw the GP who has given me a prescription for cyclizine, pyridoxine, ranitidine and (a small amount of) ondansetron - she can't prescribe lots of ondansetron because of the expense, but I have some left over anyway. The plan will be to hit the cyclizine + pyridoxine + ranitidine at the first sign of nausea/suspicion that I might have conceived, followed by the ondansetron as soon as I have thrown up for the first time. Fingers crossed it makes at least a bit of a difference!

So we are into the last six weeks of countdown now. I shall be lurking on this thread more regularly now I expect . . .