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Hyperemesis Support

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LucindaE · 26/04/2014 20:20

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.

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Oklahoma · 04/05/2014 12:20

Family BBQ at my parents today. We were due at 11h but still haven't quite mustered the courage to leave the house. 22 relatives... I can't cope!!

Lottiedoubtie · 04/05/2014 12:25

If it will make you feel worse dont go!

Is there a room (with nearby bathroom) at your mums that you can retreat to if you do go?

I've had a lazy morning in bed despite being awake early (again) I hope the rest is good for me, but actually I just feel more sick. Sad

Going to try some fresh air this afternoon and see if that helps!

Oklahoma · 04/05/2014 12:31

Yeh I can retreat to 'my' room if necessary. It's beautifully sunny here though so I may retreat to the hammock with the dog at some stage. I like all my relatives I'm just worried it will be a bit overwhelming.

A lazy morning sounds lovely. Hopefully the weather is good where you are too so you can get some sunshine with your fresh air.

Lottiedoubtie · 04/05/2014 12:47

Yes sun is shining so there is hope!

I know what you mean about the overwhelming thing, on my first day back at work we started with coffee and then a full staff meeting, so I went from 3 months almost total isolation, to a room ful of 80 people asking how I am/offering congratulations on the pregnancy amongst the stench of coffee (which I hate at the best of times), in that first 15 mins I thought I'd made a terrible mistake and needed my bed... It did get better though I promise!

Georgebythesea · 04/05/2014 17:11

Yes sunny here too..been sitting in the garden :) Do other people have this horrible bad taste/constant excess saliva/having to spit thing..am having to carry tissues around with me and go through loads..it's pretty grim!

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LucindaE · 04/05/2014 17:31

George That saliva thing is so horrible. I remember carrying a pot about, I think that unfortunately is common.
Lottie That was brave of you - it sounds a horrific first day back.
Okla Twenty two relatives - oh dear!
petitlapin I'm sure you don't need to worry about that. Just give it time.
Rather muggy and overcast here in mid Wales.
Hope Eveyone is OK.
xx

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Booboostoo · 04/05/2014 18:17

I hated my first pregnancy, nausea, extreme tiredness, endless hours of sleeping but with constant nightmares/stress dreams and by the end I could hardly move I felt so huge and bloated. However when the baby came it was an immediate and impressive relief. I felt younger, energetic, athletic and much more capable to deal with life (as it turned out this was a good thing because DD did not sleep for two years!). I keep holding on to that feeling this time round!

Meerka · 04/05/2014 19:04

george that awful saliva thing is one of the classic signs of HG, though not everyone gets it (do you get that terrible taste in the mouth too?) actually spitting tends to increase the production of it though :s but lucinda suggested sucking a barley sugar or some other sweet and it does help

boo ... Yeah. This time it's taking a bit of time for the tastes to return to normal and sometimes I get a few other signs of the HG but ... Yes. Life is beginning again. Selfishly, it's not only that we finally have a lovley little boy but also that I myself am just beginnig to feel well again. Can't say what a difference to life that makes.

Meerka · 04/05/2014 19:12

I think we have two pics of willem now up under my name, though tbh I am not quite sure how you reach them

Lottiedoubtie · 04/05/2014 19:20

Meerka, I think you need to set your profile to public for us to see them.

Meerka · 04/05/2014 19:22

does that work?

livingzuid · 04/05/2014 19:30

george I can drool for England and I definitely get the horrible taste with almost everything I eat. Particularly sweet stuff. I rebelled and had a Magnum Classic today, why did I do that! Tasted wonderful but I regretted it afterwards Grin

meerka so pleased things are improving for you. It's been such a rough ride for you particularly and you've got all summer long to enjoy feeling awesome and playing with Willem. Dutch boys names are awesome. Having a fight with DH to get a Dutch girl's middle name, not sure I'm going to win that one! Will try and have a look at the pics soon.

oklahoma how did the 22 relative visit go? You're a braver lady than I am, I'd have had a meltdown and refused to go at the thought.

lucinda thank you as ever for the moral support. It means so much.

Better here today although feeling very nauseous this evening and icky heartburn. Sorry for ranting yesterday. DH took me for soupy noodles yesterday afternoon (which are still on the safe food list yay) and I burst into tears in the middle of the restaurant Blush but we talked and I felt better. He offered to take me to hospital to have the baby checked out and she then pummeled me on and off for the next few hours so no need :)

We talked about what had been stressing us out and what was upsetting us and the lack of sleep + hormones + hg was making me really out of whack with the anxiety and paranoia through the roof. We have decided to not talk too much about family stuff until the baby had arrived and we could look at things when I didn't have all of that charging around. And no visitors until I am ready.

I cried again today when I realised I have exactly one month to go till my due date. It feels like so far away but at least it's the final, final month.

As a result I have been pampered all day :) not had to do anything and have had two massages as my back and right hip feel like they are about to fall off. My new food are these Turkish bread roll things (white) with something called smeerkaas which is kind of like cheese in a tube ie massively processed. But surely better than McDonalds!

How is everyone?

Meerka · 04/05/2014 19:41

oh living im so glad you got it talked out with your husband. Stress at home makes everythign worse, so pleased it's resolved well!

And will be thinking of you in this last month. Hold on, hold on =)

Lottiedoubtie · 04/05/2014 20:36

Beautiful pictures Meerka, he looks amazing! I'm so jealous! still haven't quite made the connection that there's one of them in me

livingzuid · 04/05/2014 21:17

meerka he's such a cutie and big looking - the hg didn't seem to have much of an impact on him at least! Congratulations once again :)

Popalina · 04/05/2014 21:30

Lovely Meerka!!

How much did he weigh?

Oklahoma · 05/05/2014 09:00

Family BBQ was really nice. I sat myself outside with the dog and my brother ran interference so I didn't get mobbed. I passed out on the sofa at 20h30, DH carried me to bed and I feel like absolute hell today. Hey ho. Self inflicted so I can't complain.

Lottie I totally agree. My brain hasn't yet computed that there is a baby inside me. Which is probably a good thing at the moment...

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LucindaE · 05/05/2014 10:24

Meerka What a lovely baby - so sweet in his carrier. Such a nice conclusion to all your torments. Grin
Livngzuid Sorry that this last bit of the marathon seems so endless. No wonder you cried.
I'll do another due dates list soon,and I suppose you, Punkstar and Petiteapin must be nearest the top?
Popalina Lovely to hear from you.
Okla I'm glad you enjoyed the BBQ.
George Does the sea air help matters?
Hope Everyone is reasonaby OK today.
xx

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LucindaE · 05/05/2014 10:25

Okla Sorry, missed that bit about passing out - not the circumstances in which you wish to be carried to bed. Hope you feel better.
xx

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Meerka · 05/05/2014 10:48

glad it was mostly good okla, so nice to do something normal! hope you feel better soon :)

Willem was 3kilos 875g, 8 1/2 lb. He's not doing too badly on the sleep stakes. the medical system has its, ah, hiccups here but the 'kraamhulp' here is amazing - a lady who comes for 8 days to every new mother to help with the baby, teach breastfeeding, show you how to bath the baby, do basic cleaning, washing and ironing ... it helps SO SO much!

livingzuid · 05/05/2014 11:33

Wow meerka that sounds pretty big to me! Still trying to see if I qualify for kramzorg given I am in hospital for a week. I would be home in 24 hours if I had the option. We think so as the baby and I have no choice but to stay so fingers crossed. One of the upsides to the system here! Good that he's a sleeper, that must help you regain your strength.

okla it's always the way isn't it. A day of fun is then punished the following day sigh. Still, isn't it a bank holiday there? Is your dh with you today?

Oklahoma · 05/05/2014 11:44

Yeh. He's ripping out wardrobes in the spare room and I have taken myself back to bed.

Popalina · 05/05/2014 11:48

That sounds fantastic Meerka. I am sure we would have had a successful breastfeeding start if we weren't tipped out on the same day as I gave birth!

LePamplemousse · 05/05/2014 13:41

Thanks so much for all your advice on the pack of goodies for my friend -- and sorry for my delayed reply. In the end I did get some bland food and drink in the hope that she could save it for later in the pregnancy if she can't eat it! I included a bunch of flowers that didn't smell too strong as well and a card :) Thanks for your help.

espa · 05/05/2014 14:20

Hi. Can I join? 6+5 today and been feeling nauseous for just over a week, and I think being sick since 6 weeks. It's gradually got worse, had been nauseous all day but only sick when I first got up, until yesterday when I was sick a few times and was struggling to force myself to eat. Now today I've had a tiny bowl of cereal and have been sick 5 or so times. A sip of water tends to come straight back up.

I have first midwife appt on Wednesday, will she be able to help or should I go to gp? I don't think I'm at HG levels but I'm really going to struggle at work this week. To make matters worse I have a 12 hour flight as we're going on holiday next week and I'm getting really stressed about the thought of that. Hoping you ladies might have done words of wisdom for me.