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

Lastly, the NICE guidelines on treatment are useful:
cks.nice.org.uk/nauseavomiting-in-pregnancy#!prescribinginfosub

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 oh my gawd you poor thing! hang on in there, it is literally hours of being pg left and then the nausea will be gone . was the psych consult any use at all?

love to you all x

im 39+2 now and from the sound of it they will let me go to 42 ..... so im afraid it is days and days, unless the baby arrives of its own accord.

they do say they will try to induce me again if my body is showing signs of becomign ripe, i suppose that is something. Unless my own gyne overrides their decision when she gets back from hospital ... who knows by now.

They're giving me tranqs to help me sleep, though last night's was not effective. They, er, don't seem to have really understood that the sickness is pretty heavy and a good part of the strain.

How is Ethan doing now, finchy?

holiday* not hospital. when my gyne gets back from holiday!

I really, really appreciate your support guys. Husband and MIL are great but the understanding of people who are in the same boat is different.

aw he's fine and dandy thanks it's hard corralling all 3...counting down the remaining hours of the easter hols...

Oh meerka, how could they have suggested 42 weeks!!! I hope your baby arrives soon.
Thank you so much for your comments about meds - and yours too livingzuid. It's really helped me this evening as I had a chat with my mum earlier and she is still very anti the meds. Rationally I know it will be fine. But I take to guilt like a duck to water so don't really need any encouragement!
Livingzuid I'm in awe of you flying! I don't even feel like going downstairs at the moment but will have to travel up to Liverpool for work soon. Argh. Okla I know what you mean about throwing up in your own bathroom! Dh thought I was being extra picky re which bathroom I used at my mums but I wanted the one with a nice thick rug as it's more comfy for kneeling on whilst vomming :-)

how old are your older two? :) forgive my highly preg brain, I can't remember if you said!

Yay for school The Dutch holidays in the south actually start next week, oddly enough, but since Im kind of out of circulation Grandma is taking care of our 6 year old. It was his birthday today and the lovely nurses on the ward found some streamers to put up for him and we had a take away and cake and he opened some presents. It was kind of hard at the end to say goodbye but at least we did get to see each other

sorry cross post Mamma. do take it easy with work if you can ... with severe preg sickness, the more you do the worse it gets. You are more important than the work!

Meerka I'm shocked at them 'not taking into account the sickess is pretty heavy' and who wouldn't melt down in this situation? I'm so glad you had a little celebration with DS (clucks ineffectually).
Waves to Chaffinch Tallyra and Everyone.
xx

monkey and oklahoma I am selective about bathrooms too. I was so distressed when I had to be sick at work. The travelling hasnt been easy but my nausea is at its worst early morning like now and around 9ish in the evening. So long as I have diet coke on me I found the flying survivable. Are you going to go on Virgin trains? If so I'd refuse! Or drive!

meerka that's rotten and how nice you could celebrate with your DS at least for a bit. Thinking of you.

chaffinch :)

Hi all, meerka again I'm a bit lost for words and don't have much to add apart from my support. Hope something happens soon don't feel ashamed for making a fuss id be absolutely beside myself in your situation I'm glad you had a little celebration though and hope you got some sleep.

I know that feeling too about the own bathroom my dh has only just got the message. I sometimes work with him and we're on the road a lot and at the start he thought it was fine for him to just pull over! Now I just stay home I can tell when I'm going to have a bad day. Living, glad the flight was ok ish! I would feel the same about trains too especially virgin ones! Thankfully not doing too much travelling at the moment.I most certainly agree that you are more important than work. There is also no point in struggling on. Nobody thanks you for it.

Nothing much to report here not being sick as much and food aversions getting better but nausea still here and so are the early morning bile runs. We're having freakish very warm weather. I worked in it yesterday and it took everything out of me and I was asleep at 8:30! I have no idea how I'm going to cope when its proper summer.

Meerka Thinking of you during this endurance test. it must pass, it will pass, but every second must feel like an hour.
Monkey How are things on the meds front?
mrsnec Okla Monkey Livingzuid and Everyone I can't believe what tidy pukers people are - they can even make it on time to the nearest loo - I'm full of admiration...
How is Lottie and Everyone?
xx

I'm not too bad, mid level nausea so far today. Had cereal and fruit for breakfast, hoping to keep it down!

Got a busy afternoon, (scan at 2pm!) and then off to visit family etc... Later so hoping to have a good day, resting in bed for now.

Welcome to everyone new! Hang in there, the first trimester was the worst for me too but things are a lot better now (19wks). I hope you can all access the help you need.

Oh meerka gentle hugs for you!

Very true Lucinda, tidy and comfy here for I too have nice thick rug in front of loo to make it better on the old knees!

Good luck with the scan Lottie,

That's very encouraging Boo.

Meerka any news?

boo, glad to hear that things are improving :)

No news here, but they will examine me monday and see. They seem ok about me going home for a few hours tomorrow, which im really looking forward to.

I'm not always tidy I threw up in Starbucks yesterday!

Having third bad day in a row and feeling really depressed about it all.

Was hoping to go back to work but not sure I can cope yet.

Meerka lots of sympathy I really hope something happens soon.

dd is 7...ds is 5. E now a month old tomorrow.

oh meerka hope you're getting some rest & food is vaguely edible. plus baby will have a different bday to your 6yo!

to living and loopy Lou hope you're all feeling ok

What on earth were you doing in Starbucks Oklahoma? I couldn't even let dh make coffee in our kitchen for the whole pregnancy let alone go into a coffee shop!

Meerka I'm shocked that they are so blasé about your sickness etc. I hope so much that you start labour soon, it must be an absolute nightmare!

Sending lots of laboury thoughts your way meerka. Can't believe they're making you wait so long after dangling the carrot of induction.

Few bad days here, hg definitely gone back up a gear as I'm nearing the end. Almost ended up back in yesterday, 4+ ketones in the morning but managed half a subway sandwich with time and encouragement from OH at lunchtime so got out of another admission. I think the puke patrol must be the only people to hope for (slightly) prem babies and have not-so-lovely nicknames for their unborns. Meerka I was relieved to see you not refer to yours as "little sod". Ours has a similar name, "little rhymes-with-pit".

Ours is currently referred to as the parasite!

heh yeah they are parasites aren't they? even cleverer than cats, they often manage to wind us round their little claws too.

Going home for a few hours today, but the sleeping meds arent working, up at 5 and upchucking at 6. ONe nurse did hint at mayyyyybe a CS being an option next week. Wasn't anything more than a hint but some - any- hope atm is desperate. I can't switch off either the nausea or my brain, family shit weighing much more heavily than normal.

Sorry for going on and on about things. Its just .. heavy right now.

Oh meerka gentle pats. And it's Kings Day today too (lots of celebration here in NL today guys, it's a fun day where kids put out market stalls and sell all sorts of stuff, very cute, and there are Street parties and all). Is your ds selling anything today and will you get to enjoy any of it?

Sending prayers to the God of c section decisions that you will have one on Monday. It's inhuman to keep you like that.

petit I'm about to hit 35 weeks and I've told this baby any time from 37 weeks is good with me. I'm getting the odd braxton hicks going and see it as a good sign!

My dh is with his dad on a stall in Leiden today. He just sent me a video clip of our dog being all scared by bagpipes playing. It's not a good sign I'm going to attempt to get the train to see them later as it is such a fun day, but feeling very nauseous this am and also have dm coming tomorrow for three nights.

I am bracing myself. I just don't know what to do with her for two days. All I want to do is curl up in a ball and sleep, waiting for the nausea to subside.