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.

Sorry cross posted lucinda.....waves

That's great news meerka! :)

I managed to ride the horse today and although I am completely exhausted now it's the first fun thing I've done in weeks. I was getting a bit depressed stuck in the house all day long and I wasn't nauseous while riding! Maybe that's the solution, I'll strap myself to the saddle for the next 6 months!

I miss riding. Not done it since had dd... and kind of killed it for me when I broke my coccyx before having ds
If I start thinking about horses I have very horse themed dreams
would love dd to do it but is £20 a session at local stables. totally out of reach.
need to get butt in gear and go shopping. have rearranged lounge furniture. am bit peckish too.

livinaquid Sympathies about catonic state!
mrsb87 Oh dear, it's ironical hat you forget you're pregnant! Good about appointment, oh dear, emergency kit needed. Sorry about sleeplessness.
Boo That's fascinating about horse riding. At the risk of sounding like a New Age guru, I think horses give off this sort of healing quality.
Chaffinch My DD used to help out in a stable in exchange for a free riding lesson, but yours is probably too small for that yet?
xx

I miss riding, used to work with someone who broke in youngsters. New horses to play with every few weeks and a beautiful gypsy cob for me to ride whenever I wanted! This child will hopefully want to ride so we can get them a pony

I miss horse riding too, maybe once the child is old enough... How brave of you boo not sure I could manage the smell. Even my dog is too much sometimes!

Lucinda I will get her to scout around in a few years as I think riding/being around horses is fab for kids - teaches calmness, gentleness, strength, balance, hard work, respect...

oh wow, lovely idea to go riding and so so so good after being stuck in the house for weeks! We're hoping to take our son for the first time this year. I hadn't thought about how all the benefits for kids but now you point it out, finch, yeah, it sounds a really good idea

Hi all! How is everyone getting on?

I miss riding too. I see my horse about once a week at the mo as I have people to look after him for me. It's the only time I get to myself and I have always found him very therapeutic. I take DS down there and he enjoys feeding him carrots but he is a bit big for a 22 month old to sit on!

Five weeks to go.finding sickness worse at the mo as DS been waking most nights for the last three weeks so getting quite sleep deprived.

Hehe I used to go riding when I was wee until we worked out that the wheeze and 'bad cold' was actually an allergy. Wanted to be a vet too but I am allergic to pretty much every hairy beast :-(
There will be no riders in our house (my cousin had to be ventilated on ITU after sitting next to someone who had been riding, major anaphylaxis! Scary!)

Totes
Five weeks! Woohoo!!! Although I know it still feels like an eternity when you just want it to be over.

Finished Breaking Bad. Back to Walking Dead now....

HGwise, there is no safe food left!!! Ahhhh, took me an hour to fathom some lunch that I could deal with. Still managing to eat enough though. Damn you HG.

ChaffinchOfDoom that is a very painful injury. I have a friend who managed to fall off and also break her coccyx on her 6th ever lesson! Talk about bad luck!

LucindaE you know he was a total shit so sorting him out took my mind off things! My groom has been riding him and he's been taking the mickey!

livingzuid I hadn't thought of the smell at all. I find the cat poo and dog poo difficult but until you said that it hadn't occured to me that the horses are not bothering me at all smell wise. How weird!

Hello all, I popped on here briefly a couple of weeks ago and got some great advice, sorry I've not really kept up since then.

Having a rotten time, been in hospital twice to be rehydrated, struggling to keep the medicine down a lot of days and generally feeling pretty miserable.

So, I'm here for some positivity and happy, sick-free vibes please ladies!

long story short..I broke my coccyx falling off a roundabout on a playground
1 week before my ELCS with ds
was thoroughly deservedly told off by my family

Ah MrsHende sorry to hear you've been in twice, that's awful. Can you have stronger meds? it is utterly vile and horrid. Fingers crossed it will ease up for you a bit soon

Hi mrs hende I'm so sorry to hear you've not had a great time of it. What meds do they have you on? I learnt that if they aren't working you just have to keep asking for something else.

hmmmm. thoughts please. we live next door to a rowdy family, the mother of which has sadly suffered a breakdown and severe depression; triggered this time by her son passing his driving test last year. she has been admitted in last few weeks for trying to kill herself, she noticed I was pg a couple months ago and said 'oh wish I could have a baby it would solve all of my problems'
she repeated the same thing to DH a few weeks later
this made me a bit nervous as she sometimes drinks heavily/they have massive family rows you can hear outside,
she seems to wait til I'm leaving my house and then appears, today she said she wants to know the birth day so she can come round and meet the baby... she is literally a neighbour only, in no way a friend, and I am very polite to her but kind of worried too. she'll see when we bring him home, so she will possibly try and visit but I don't want her in my house... I've got enough to be worrying about but I don't want to upset/offend her either... dear lord it's difficult as she's right next door...

Oh insomnia I have not missed you why are you here again....

chaffinch oh dear that's a tricky one. We actually disabled our doorbell so we wouldn't hear people ringing on the door as dh had some family he didn't want coming round which worked. If she does see you then just say you/baby are not recovered or up to visitors right now and try to leave it at that?

I hate problem neighbours. Our lot above us are pissed every weekend and make a horrendous noise.

hm yes, very awkward :/

She clearly has some major problems. She sounds rather invasive and pressuring as well as a bit pitiable, no way would you want her near your newborn!

would it be possible to say gently that you're expecting it to take a while to recover and at first you're only receiving family / old friends?

or maybe to gently say plainly that later on would be better without explanation? can be perfectly polite and friendly, but you say she isn't a friend as such. Creepy if she's saying that all her problems would be solved by having a baby and is waiting for you to leave the house to talk to you, I'd be nervous too.

If you prime your husband to say the same thing, that might help too. Awkward!

Hello Mrs Hende sorry to hear it's still uncontrolled. Do try to see if you can get stronger meds, what are you on at the moment?

MrsHende You poor, thing, that's awful you've been admitted twice in as many weeks. Gentle cyber pats always on offer. I'll join with mrsb87 and others in asking what meds they've been trying? Obviously, you haven't been able to find the magic liquid that stays down, ice lollies, fkat coke, soda water, jelly, the juice of tinned fruit all no good? How far along are you? What do the magic kesostix say at the moment? I do feel for you, it's soul destroying when it's as bad as this.
Chaffinch I so agree with Meerka livingzuid and others - it seems like a good idea to say you've been constantly sick during this pregnancy and won't be up to socialising for a while after the birth. She does sound mad, poor woman; having a baby obviously didn't do anything for her former problems!
I do feel for people with awful neighbours and this thing. Livingzuid I'm really sorry those people are so inconsiderate.
Hope everyone isn't too bad today.

Morning everyone, chaffinch I too agree with everyone else, get oh to deal with it too, you don't want to be hassled with a bew baby.
Capri Sun juices seem to be the new thing with me, completely gone off coke and lemonade.
Feeling like I've been hit by a tank this morning, completely shattered. I really miss a good nights sleep! !

I love Capri sun! Frozen mmmm

And I broke my coccyx going down a dry ski slope on my rear when I was 12 never again

mrshende that sounds horrible, how are you today?

Just cried all over my psychiatrist after dh got a bit worried about my conversation last night oh dear. They've upped my dosage again and more tests. She's concerned with my insomnia which has been bad for a week now and I may get sleeping tablets if the lithium increase doesn't help turn my brain off at night. All these drugs :( hello nausea and vomiting again :(

And gynaecologist tomorrow. More fear. Then they will want to do the growth scan in a couple of weeks. I want to get to 35 weeks and then I might allow myself to breathe. Really hope my blood pressure hasn't risen again I have been getting bad headaches and I am hoping it's just dehydration when I haven't stuck to my 2 litres of water a day. Do not want to be hospitalised!

I can feel the baby kicking away but even that sometimes doesn't stop me being irrational.

Gosh what a tale of woe! How is everyone?

Oh living what a horrible few days! I hope you start to feel a bit better and maybe even sleep a little bit? I bet you rattle when you walk don't you? Hehe. I can't wait to have a bump as proof of why im feeling so unwell all the time. I had a wobble yesterday as I'm still feeling quite lonely and feeling like people just think I'm overreacting and that now I'm not being sick as much anymore I should be back at work and back to normal again.
To top it off its my birthday next weekend and we were planning on going for a meal etc etc. Bit disappointed I won't be able to enjoy my birthday.

Urgh misery all around! Sorry for all your troubles everyone!

Amongst everything else I haven't kissed DH in a couple of months (sex is completely out of the question - there is no way I could bear that much movement!). The best I can do is hold my breath and give him a quick peck, anything more and I want to vomit which is not very nice.

ack, sorry things are such uphill work living Sleeplessness makes everything worse. sleepnessness + HG + usual preg worries is a nasty nasty combo

boo I know what you mean. though we do manage the odd hug. For him and me, all this sickness has oddly brought us much closer. He's worked tirelessly without complaint ever since I got sick. He's been absolutely brilliant.

Thanks ladies, enjoyed a nice amble home with the doggie and now curled up with Netflix again and a nesquik. I do like my junk TV - just caught an episode of the City and is it me or is Olivia Palmero somewhat annoying!

Feel so much better for being home. Does anyone else feel like a recluse? I am part of a research project about bipolar in pregnancy and had to give 8 vials of blood but on the upside it was less owie than last week - but I do not do pregnancy well!

boo I can't cope with dh being near. Kisses are few and far between. Sad face as I miss cuddling him!