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.

hi all

jcb77 sorry you have started feeling rubbish again it is so disheartening isn't it. In my first preg was never truly right all the way through although the middle bit around 16-22 weeks was weirdly particularly bad. After that it was a bit on and off- some good days and some bad but never as relentless as when HG has a total grip on you. Try and take each day as it comes a bit as hopefully you will have more good days than bad. Some of it is am sure down to the tiredness that comes with 3rd trimester. Are you able to get signed off for a week or two at all? Are you on any meds at the moment? I found stemitil (? Spelling- the one you put under your top lip) was the most effective med for me at this stage. Also work were very good and I went in most days but had later starts so I wasn't rushing.

sicknspan sorry it it coming back at the same point again. Hoping for you that it is not back with so much of a vengeance if you were a bit better earlier on this time?? [eternal optimist expression] it is so utterly disheartening though i know (((. Are you managing to keep meds down ok?

mrsb hope you have had your call back with positive news

waves to everyone having good/bad/mediocre day!

Thanks for all the advice, I saw my gp again this morning who is lovely and on the ball, she said to try dioralyte (gross) today and if I'm not better tomo then admit for rehydration. I do have an awful headache, dry lips etc and feel so weak. Ketones were 3+ yesterday but 2+ today so I guess the 1/2 glass of squash I kept down helped! I saw a different dr yesterday who was sympathetic but didn't seen to get how awful I felt and kept going on about ginger biscuits and drinking water.. I have been better today after tracking down ice pops, magic! Sugary water is definitely my friend right now! I have my first scan tomorrow so really looking forward to that confirming there is a good reason for this misery!!

hey dizzy and sick newcomers (welcome!) and everyone else

How was the interview living? hope you're able to rest now, it must have absolutely worn you out. Imagine seeing your friend was pretty tiring mrsb but must have been lovely to actually get to see her again :)

the bug's disappeared now, just normal upchucking and nausea ... overall the HG has been better this time than last (maybe it was getting some meds this time?) but the last trim's definitely been more nauseous

jumpalot gl tomorrow !

living, so know what you mean about the bladder. Baby seems to have an uncanny accuracy for kicking / punching it.

Yet one more day nearly down ...

Hello ladies I'm just popping back in to say hello to the new people, and how sorry I am you're all feeling like this. My advice - if I'm so bold as to add any to the excellent advice given by lucinda is that if you aren't feeling better on the medication you are given, to keep telling the doctors and asking to try different meds. After struggling for four weeks with nothing working and another five weeks with prochlorperizne barely working, I'm now on metaclopramide which has meant I can leave the house. Course, I could have happened upon the famed second trimester sickness break - but I was four hours late taking a pill last week and spent the next day vomiting so I'm putting it down to finding meds that work.

My other tip is that what you fancy or can tolerate will change and to change with it. I got really dehydrated at one point when my only tolerated drink stopped staying down and it didn't occur to me to try a different drink as they hadn't worked before. There were a few days where all I could manage was diluted lemonade - now it would torture me: heartburn...

and Good luck for scans x

I've woken with a strange feeling... I think I remember it from months ago... I think i'm hungry and without nausea! Quick, to the kitchen!

Or back to sleep as the thought of the kitchen has brought on the nausea. Hmph.

after a rotten night, you made me smile, petit ... :))

Morning, actually slept fairly well!
No help from benefits, dh is working so that is apparently supposed to be able to carry us both and the house. Very helpful.
The bank don't do mortgage holidays but are willing to look into helping us out as a last resort but it will effect out credit score which worries me.
We have been in touch with an independent company who help out when you get stuck with your finances and they will call us back next Monday with some advice.
I feel like we're in this situation and no one is willing to help and we're completely stuck. Dh and I have both worked hard since we were 14 snd this is the thanks we get

mrsb did the bank say how it would affect your credit score? It's very stressful I know. Perhaps worth looking into with a credit agency so you know what the impact might be. Was there no joy with the sickness insurance?

SicknSpan Good to hear from you, but I'm sorry you're suffering again. It's dismal the way it's come back for you on the dot exactly like last time - well, I think you deserve a medal and Chaffinch too for braving it three times. In hospital every two weeks four days at a time sounds really horrible.
mrsb87Lavender satchet for me, held them to my nose round the house and in bed because OH stank to me.
I'm really sorry about there being no help apparently forthcoming - which I could think of something to suggest, can only echo livingzuid's suggestions about health insurance. It isn't fair.
ijumpalot Dioralyte how foul. Oh dear, that headache sounds as if you're still dehydrated - I can't believe a doctor talking about ginger biscuits - I do hope you escape IV but it will probably make you feel a lot better and make them take you more seriously. I so agree about ice lollies,do you find jelly or flat coke bearable?
jcb How are things today?
Iworry Your advice is probably worth a lot more than mine, you're a current sufferer! How are you? That heartburn is miserable and relentless.
Chaffinch Must remember March 26.
livngzuidHow did the interviews go?
somedizzy Meerka Punkstar How are things today?
petitelapin I hope you do manage to eat something, anyway!
elizabeth'smumWaves, excellent advice as ever.
Apologies to anyone overlooked rudely.
xx

livingzuid the life insurance won't kick in til I've had 3 months off sick. The mortgage company didn't go into detail about how it will effect it they just said it will.
Vommed again this morning, caught a woft of something nasty in the kitchen and that was it. My lovely friend is a lifesaver and is currencleaning out my fridge. Love her!
We also now have a broken washing machine. Fantastic. just what we need

Ok Im on a high ... really am.

Had Gyne appointment - this is the gyne who would give me some meds - and she says that the baby is just fine but the preg is being too heavy on me. She isnt going to let me go over 40 weeks and she says if my cervix is ready, she'll induce at 38 weeks ... Im absolutely over the moon. Apparently there are stomach and intestine problems and have been for a while and they're not clearing up, though tbh I hadn't even noticed them :D

so if my body cooperates, only 42 days to go .... and only 56 if it doesn't. Then the end will come, at last!

Thats great news meerka, I'm glad you're being looked after x

I am so pigging sick of this pigging illness! Having a really tough morning with it. Seems it's back to first tri levels today, probably because I woke early and didn't go back to sleep.

Aims for today downgraded from exciting leave-the-house things to

1. Drink water
2. Rest

Again.

Wow meerka, that sounds like it's actually do-able!! Congratulations!

Commiserations on the washing machine mrsb. It never rains...

livingzuid how did your interview go? I was keeping my fingers crossed for you! You are so brave to have got on the train and headed over to the interview - very much in awe of you!! I’m really happy for you that the employers weren’t concerned about you being pregnant too :-)

It was fantastic to see my friend yesterday!! I didn’t want to say goodbye when she left... Felt very jittery in the evening, and very nauseous (anxiety/tiredness), but woke up this morning with a clearer head and brighter outlook than I have in months. Yes, I was sick too, but, now I’m sitting down (in bed) to do a little work from home :-) So happy!

my enhanced sense of taste and smell is so ruddy annoying,. I normally live in a body that can't tell the smell difference between fruit, for heaven sake. Now I can suddenly 'taste' the plate beneath my food. or the glass tastes metallic. or I can identify different chemicals in tap water.
rank.

treated myself to Schweppes tonic water with a twist of lemon. it tastes posher than own label tonic! the bubbles are posher!

meerka fantastic news! I really hope you get to have your baby early! Must feel wonderful to have an end in sight.

mrsb how frustrating about not being able to get the financial help you need. I don’t know if you have a job, but if you do, when can you start your maternity leave? I can empathise with the lack of money; we are pretty much living from paycheck to paycheck with hardly anything left after bills/food to buy any baby things. I’m just hoping our family will be able to help a bit with the absolute basics.

chaffinch LOL about the posh bubbles!

Ugh I know that one chaffinch complete fed up of not wanting to eat anything, ever. I've become super fussy about cutlery and glasses. Oooh get you with your posh bubbles!!

I dunno if they are smaller, or neater, or more packed in per mm of liquid? but they are definitely posher

classier bubbles!

now for some bombay sapphire to go with it, once we've sprogged ...

thank you everyone, given that the baby is fine it's just so so so good to think the end really is in sight.

Hi all absolutely fooked today. Interview was a good experience but I don't think the right role. I only apply for stuff to get my unemployment benefit here so when I get an interview I'm a bit shocked! But it's good to know people want to see you.

I found myself completely out of breath and was gasping for air at the start which did not help. I couldn't talk properly! I was trying to allow loads of time but there were delays on the train and I had to walk around lots to find the office. I was puffed. Sigh. Maybe the job for me is out there somewhere but I'm not convinced of interviewing when six months gone!

Have another interview next week for another job so have to go through it again. Nice that people want to see me.

It seemed like such a good idea to amble through central Amsterdam to have a nosey before getting back on the train but then I was so sick by the time I got back. I had to sleep on the sofa last night because I could not get comfy and bipolar made me paranoid about yesterday.

Only have to find five more jobs to apply for then I am done till my maternity leave ends in September :) We've been deliberating moving back to the UK again. I can keep paying my health insurance here and see my doctors which sorts out my concerns over treatment. But no decisions till this baby girl arrives as everything will change!

So now I'm in bed. Have not really moved today but I am going to get a tonic water thanks chaffinch!

mrsb so it could kick in for some of the pregnancy at least? Honestly after yesterday I really doubt I could go back to work. You must take care of you first.

I am even off bottled water. Can't stand it. Had to by icy tap water.

Essay over, may nap now!

Meerka
Excellent news!!! Two weeks less HG is amazing, fingers crossed cervix does as it's told :-)

MrsB
Shame about illness cover, I foolishly changed mine from three months to six months before it kicks in last year! So I won't be able to use mine either (all being well...I'm at work next week!)

Nausea seems to be settling a little IF I don't do anything at all and if I don't eat. Once I eat it goes crazy. Still no vom for a good few days now so think I've settled into new med regime.

Living
Hope interview went well :-)

Oh and meerka so exciting about 38 weeks!