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.

[Meerka]

groans up from 01:30 vomitting last night. god, when will this be over ...

[livingzuid]

chaffinch no idea :( was in so much acid agony last night after a satsuma (Dh sent out of bed at 11.45 to get me a hot milk) which would make more sense than a banana which I thought was nice and neutral

Meerka no words..

Braving lunch with a friend today. Feet hurt. So so tired. And I have stretchmarks I saw today :(

[livingzuid]

I don't think the heartburn is sugar either I get it from random things. My first thought was sugar in the banana but I don't think so now?

[ChaffinchOfDoom]

I vaguely remember bananas being crazy bad in my last pg..will have a google

[ChaffinchOfDoom]

they cause acid reflux if you react to the sugars #evilbananas

[ChaffinchOfDoom]

I am starved for lunch now, may have a pre-lunch sandwich

[LucindaE]

Meerka That is so horrible, so lonely having one's head down the loo in the middle of the night. Gentle pats, time IS passing, but on wings of lead...
Punkstar I envy you piano playing, and Tallyra percussion, I suppose it is hardly a thing one feels like doing when short of energy.
Livingzuid Aagh, satsumas - torment - and Chaffinch it seems so unfair about bananas, the weird thing is, I remember them as being much worse for heartburn than jelly, say, which is very sweet...
How are SliceofLimeSomeDizzy LauranneWhat and I WorryTotes and everyone...
Apologies to anyone rudely overlooked.
xx

[SliceOfLime]

livingzuid pm'd you back! Hope you are feeling mo cheerful to day. Don't mean to be nosy but why will your baby be taken at night by nurses? Not because of not bf surely?! And try not to feel bad about that, honestly, you are doing the best you can for your little one and she will be absolutely fine and of course you will bond!

Doing ok here, still a bit retchy but I am dealing with smells and food a lot better in the last few days. Hope it carries on. Still couldn't manage a curry though

[Mytimewillcomebutwhen]

Hello hope everyone is feeling less nauseated today. I haven't thrown up for two days, which is great although I am feeling nauseous. Its all a bit of a blur - I'm so hungry, I'm lurching from snack to meal to nap. Today I demanded DP procure tartar sauce. I'm suddenly far too fond of what up til now has been a random condiment. Never fancied it before. Ate half a jar [cconfused]

[livingzuid]

Lunch went well. Dinner at in laws not so good. Lay on sofa the whole time. In bed. Acid. Hot milk. Horrific taste in mouth even after mouthwash.

time I am the same. Starving and literally raiding cupboards in a frenzy then nauseating myself. Sigh. at the tartar sauce! Mine is balsamic vinegar, regularly eating 4-5 tomatoes with mozzarella a day atm swimming in the stuff

lime thank you :) will write back tomorrow!

And last thought for the night is that we have some very talented musical ladies on this thread. In awe particularly as I failed grade 1 piano.

Sleep well all :)

[LucindaE]

Mytimewillcomebutwhen Don't know if to say welcome, or i you've had a name change! Ghurkins is what tartare sauce is made of, I think - might be a clue there - a whole half jar , my goodness.
I hope torn muscles, sickness and heartburn at night, abcesses and awful school runs, sadness and SPD were not quite so bad for everyone today -
looks about anxiously? Another day of dismal weather in UK...
xx

[livingzuid]

Horrible weather here in South Holland!

Sorry didn't answer the breastfeeding q - I can't sadly as I take lithium and that would pass through breastmilk to the baby. I also apparently am at the highest risk of a bipolar episode right after the birth and I will be on sleeping tablets for about two weeks. I have to spend the first eight days in hospital and Dh can't stay so the baby goes off with the nurses at night so I can sleep.

It's made me howl with sadness several times already as I had always wanted to breastfeed but on the upside Dh will get to feed her as well. He's got to do the night feeds for the first month so I can sleep hahaha! But he's looking forward to it all he says.

[ChaffinchOfDoom]

ah living don't worry - it's best for your health and therefore it is best for your baby - it sounds very proactive of you and your doctors to have planned it already so you're having time to get your head around it.

[Tallyra]

oh living, what a horrible situation. I'm so glad dh is up for it all though.

[SliceOfLime]

Living I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be nosy, I didn't mean to ask why you couldn't bf - I know there are lots of reasons that might be the case. Kkeeping you healthy and well to look after your little one is the most important thing - agree it's good that you've been able to plan in advance. Shame they can't let dh stay overnight though in the circs but you know your baby will be well looked after. I agree with what Chaffinch said!

Bleurgh at the tartar sauce mytime ! I can't wait for the day I can tuck into something really tasty - like a really strong cheddar with pickled onions - or my mum's chilli - or a good curry - or...

I wonder if there is any news from jen -not long til d-day!

[petitlapin1]

Mmm tartar sauce... (Adds fish nuggets to shopping list due to fish finger aversion.)
Horseradish was good the other night too surprisingly.

Had a good couple of days with no whole-meal returns. Started sorting out the nursery today in my good couple of hours between get up (2pm) and nausea returning (4-5pm). Did a room furniture rearrangement which always makes me feel better, although got told off (gently) by OH when he got home for moving furniture by myself. Think if I manage an hour every couple of days it'll only take me... forever! to get it sorted! weeps in irrational despair at not being able to do normal pregnant things at normal pace
That was my full day used up though... No washing, tidying or cooking done here unless by OH.

Abscess pretty much cleared now, pain totally gone so back to "normality" which is good. Hoping the infection was making it all worse so things can return to second trimester as-good-as-it-gets-ness soon.

Plan for tomorrow is to open and start emptying a box from the nursery which has become a bit of a dumping ground since we moved in over a year ago. Not aiming to finish a box, just to start one!

[PunkStar]

Meerka
Oh no!!!
It's not fair that you are so ill....
It's so unpredictable and so hard to plan anything with this evil condition...

Living
Sounds like they are being very proactive about managing your care postnatally. I'm so certain bonding will be fine...this is coming from someone who never really planned on children and had no real maternal feelings during my last pregnancy (I blame the HG!)
I'm glad they are taking your mental health so seriously and planning ahead, can only be a good thing and rest at night will be amazing!! Sorry re the BF but baba will be happy as long as they are loved and fed whether it's FF or boob...appreciate is hard on you though.

Time
Hehehe re tartar sauce. Tartar sauce always makes me think of a certain Simpsons episode and now I can't get Mr Burns out of my head!

Went in supermarket yesterday, after 20 mins could not bear the sight of it anymore. Seriously hard work trying to find some things I may consider eating. Toast and a very bland muesli seem to be my only consistent safe foods. Although to be honest I think the good days are increasing in number but after three months of sloth I do feel very fatigued and apathetic in general. I feel claustrophobic in my own body, not pleasant....felt the same last time too. Whinge, whinge, whinge ;-)

[PunkStar]

Have started a 'task for tomorrow' plan as way of trying to improve productivity. My only task today was to make a phone call- tick.
Tomorrow- leaving the house ( always a big deal as requires some form of washing, dressing and attempting to smooth out semi dreads in back of barnet) so TLB can have a haircut. He has cultivated a mullet.

[Iworrymyselftosleep]

Sorry the mytime post was me (above ranting about tartar sauce). No idea why I chose a different nickname! I don't think I've posted anything contentious I'd want to keep hidden from my normal name!

DS aged 3 has been impossible today and I've been in tears trying to sort him out. He was tired when he woke, grumpy all morning, napped the whole afternoon and refused to go to be til 11.30. Had row with dp as well. The day feels like a total bust. DS is really worrying me - he is obsessed by the iPad (the daily mail would do an exposé on me if they ever knew) and everything is a battle from eating (two acceptable meals only) through to any cooperation on anything and everything from getting dressed, undressed, going to bed, cleaning his teeth. Everything. I feel like I'm a failure. Sorry. Feeling monstrously nauseated now as well cos I'm upset.

Enough is too much already right now.

[jenpatnim]

Hey all, sorry you are all having such a rough day. Yep, I am 9 days to due date, no 'signs' yet, although my mother is convinced it will happen any minute and is on tenterhooks (and driving me crazy).

Met up with 2 school friends today that have 2 year olds and I am slightly scared! Ha... I keep telling myself that I won't get a 2 year old and then I will have 2 years to get used to him!

Still feeling sick and sore, and sleeping really badly. OH has been working round the clock recently and he is really tired... then I feel guilty as I am so useless and asking him to do things for me rather then attempt to stand up.

Nothing in the diary for the rest of the week - the next appointment is antenatal at the hospital on Monday to check size.

Mood still isn't great, but I will keep checking in. Will also let you know if anything happens..........

[jenpatnim]

And Iworry - you are not a failure. I know I don't have a toddler yet, but as a teacher I know there are just some bad days with kids... it doesn't reflect on you. Tomorrow is another day hugs

[Meerka]

[Meerka]

gah. funniest bit of childbirth

[petitlapin1]

Waking to vomit bile. New things even at 25 weeks.

And I thought sleeping was safe...

[LucindaE]

IWorry Ah, it was you with the tartare sauce longing! Hugs about bad day. My daughter was like that at one stage, I found myself shouting at her every day she was so impossible, and it must be twice as bad with this scourge draining you of energy. You are not a failure, He's probably asserting himself.
Petitelapin Mother hen is flapping wings wildly. I so agree with DP, you should NOT be moving furniture, you need to rest. Glad the abcess pain is gone.
Livingzuid I so agree with Punkstar and Tallyra the night feeding will help DP to bond with the baby all the more (and understand why new mothers are so tired). Don't feel guilty for a minute, there's so much pressure over breastfeeding from fanatics.
I hope Whatareyoutalkngabout Lauranne Dilsa and others are OK?
Meerka Aah, poor you, hugs. You are being very brave.
Jen It's been an endurance test - but you are almost there at the Pink Castle at the end of the horrible board game. Your DP sounds very understanding and he knows it's not laziness!
Apologies to anyone rudely ignored.
xx