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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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starrynight123 · 30/04/2014 13:48

Erm... 'as if you were sick'?! :-O

PunkStar · 30/04/2014 13:51

Petit
I was only in hospital 48 hours after CS and that was even after I collapsed 6 hours post op. I found it a relief to have a fixed date, hope you are happy about CS.

Grrrr Lottie she gets the award for ' most annoying/smug colleague ever.'

Not having such a bad day today, no vomiting. I feel like I am starving away a little with the nausea and food aversions. I'm not going to have a great deal of weight to lose postnatally....

Re the motion sickness.... Yes, I frequently vomit when driving but it's worse if someone else is driving. Lying down helps but bed is much more comfy than sofa.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if there was a cure for HG...even with great treatment and care I've felt crap the whole pregnancy. It's only due to the prednisolone that I've gained any weight and now plateauing rather than losing again.

Meerka as ever, hoping things happen soon. Will it ever end?

Hope everyone else okay.....x

livingzuid · 30/04/2014 13:52

I hate people. Not all ofc but people like that! You just want to tell them to eff off! How bloody patronising.

Hiding in McDonald's with a diet coke and a cheeseburger as I have overdone it and nearly vomited and nearly fainted trying to get a bit of shopping done. Mother is ON THE PLANE HOME however which nasty as it sounds is such a relief. It's hard, hard work. Dh said he's never met anyone so oblivious in his life as my mother Grin

Will write more later but meerka rant away it's what we are here for :)

starrynight123 · 30/04/2014 14:34

punk sigh, yes, a cure would be a glorious thing. I know that it is going to take me a long time to get over this whole thing, mentally and physically.

starrynight123 · 30/04/2014 14:35

living hurray!! Your time is finally your own again! Hope you are feeling better after your meal. Man, I miss McDonald's - actually, I miss all food!!

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LucindaE · 30/04/2014 15:32

Livingzuid What a relief! I'm sorry your mother isn't more cuddly and understanding. That's what you want with this, to be fussed over a bit...
Waves anxiously to all.
xx

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LucindaE · 30/04/2014 15:34

Forgot to say, Meerka [smie] I so agree about Helpher, maybe I should add that as a link but I didn't want to overhwhelm people. I'm sorry to say I haven't been on in a while, logging in and email problems with it.
xx

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Meerka · 30/04/2014 17:05

starry nice to hear that the decorator is there, it has to be a nice step forward to get the nursery sorted! Hope you arent feeling too bad. Absolutely know what you mean about it'll take time to get over it. You're having a hell of a time, I really hope that it improves for you.

living so pleased you can get some peace and quiet now, well deserved!

lottie you are so patient. I dont think I could have stopped myself from snapping something very curt!

punk i dont know how you've coped at all. thank god for your consultant.

lucinda hope yoru email and net gets sorted!

Had the afternoon at home with husband and even drove to a park and lurched 100m or so, then we just sat quietly the rest of the afternoon. Then picked up son from daycare (HG has been so expensive!) and went to the local wonderful ice cream parlous and joy, the ice cream seems to be staying down! It was absolutely lovely. This morning I was really fed up again so it was perfect to have a laid back and companionable afternoon.

PunkStar · 30/04/2014 17:42

Glad you had a nice day Meerka!
You are not kidding about HG being expensive, I've probably lost around 90% of my income over this pregnancy...
We've had to use nursery a bit but my Da has been the true life and money saver!

Starry aw it's fab getting the nursery done, I've not moved my stuff out of the nursery to be, absolute laziness!

starrynight123 · 30/04/2014 18:43

meerka what a lovely afternoon! It sounded perfect - the fresh air, company and ice cream - and hurray for Springtime meaning a little more sunshine into all of our lives! You really deserve many, many such beautiful days.

Thanks meerka & punk - it is sooooo nice to have a nursery coming together! It was stressful while the decorator was here, but all the decorating is done now: one wall with wallpaper and the others painted a simple cream colour. Dh and brother-in-law are moving our little chest of drawers in there over the weekend and the cotbed will be arriving in 2-wks time (thank god for the Easter sales).

I spoke with a lady from the PSS website this afternoon and she was incredible. Can't recommend them highly enough. It was so good to speak with someone who experienced the horrors of hg AND who also has emetaphobia. I keep sobbing because it's so good to speak to an actual person who understands. I've signed up for a volunteer, so am very, very much looking forward to having someone to speak with.

Lucinda it would be fabulous to have a link to the HelpHer website. I understand what you mean about overwhelming people, but it's such a fantastic resource!!

Oklahoma · 30/04/2014 18:57

Lottie please tell me you threw up on her or punched her?

A cure for HG. Sigh. That would just be the most wonderful thing imaginable at the moment. My dad has started referring to the baby as 'the body snatcher' which made me smile. I don't know what I would without them so Living I read about your mother with horror. How do you cope!?

Meerka I have no words. Just...lots of sympathetic vibes.

Punk yes. One of my pregnant friends pointed out I was lucky as I hadn't put on any weight the other day. If looks could kill.

Can't remember the other things I was going to say. Sorry to those I've missed, stupid baby brain!!

Lottiedoubtie · 30/04/2014 19:25

Grin punching pregnant women not quite my style!

I wish I was cutting with her but there were so many people around and it was dressed up as a 'naice' conversation... She did shut up after I mentioned the hospital admission though fortunately....

Ended up at work from 7.30-3pm and then 5-7pm tonight, so reduced hours is going well Hmm

Should be better tomorrow I think, aiming for 10-12 and then 7-9pm.

Feeling pretty nauseas now though Sad

Oklahoma · 30/04/2014 19:30

Lottie I don't know how you did it! I managed 13h - 18h from home today and feel like I have been hit by a bus. 7h30 is unthinkable but I guess I am very sick in the mornings and different people have different puke schedules.

Please take care of yourself...

tak1ngchances · 30/04/2014 20:09

Today has been a complete mare from start to finish.
Got up, washed dressed for a fancy workshop. Started puking and got massive nosebleed, meanwhile taxi driver calls to say he is outside. Washed blood and sick off myself, went to workshop and pretended to be normal.
6.30 pm at workshop threw up so hard that I peed myself.
Now waiting for taxi home which is delayed due to frickin tube strike.

AWFUL.

Lottiedoubtie · 30/04/2014 20:14

Oh tak1ng sounds horrendous, hope you get back soon.

tak1ngchances · 30/04/2014 20:27

Taxi just cancelled. I might never get home Sad

Lottiedoubtie · 30/04/2014 20:39

You will, have you got the kabee app? I've found it pretty reliable for getting a taxi and they were advertising as good in the tube strike yesterday.

mrsb87 · 30/04/2014 21:01

Oh no tak1ng what an awful day! I think most of us here have peed and puked at the same time at some point or another so you're not alone!
I hope you can have a rest tomorrow?

Sending lots of kind thoughts to meerka, I hope this ends for you soon xx xx

I think I over did it today at work. The not been sick but the nausea is horrid! We go into sale next week and we received the list of stock that's going in and I really wanted to make a start on prep. Will be slowing down tomorrow though!

Meerka · 30/04/2014 21:12

oh god taking ... how awful :(

might you be able to take tomorrow off? YOu'll have to rest!

Best of luck

thanks for good wishes everyone, the nurses here -are- lovely .. its jsut waiting waiting waiting.

tak1ngchances · 30/04/2014 21:27

No chance of taking tomorrow off but I will work from home and then we have a glorious 3 day weekend. Can't wait!
Am home now, thank you so much for your nice messages. Another lady from the workshop lives near me so she gave me a lift. I was VERY CROSS with the cab company down the phone after 1 hour delay...you can imagine.

starrynight123 · 30/04/2014 21:32

tak1 omg, big hugs from here and WELL DONE for getting through such a nightmare day. totally agree with mrsb - we've all peed/puked at the same time. It got so bad for me in the mornings, that as soon as I wake up, I instinctively take my pj bottoms off so I only have to put myself in the shower and I don't run out of pj bottoms(!) So sorry if that's tmi(!)

mrsb87 · 30/04/2014 21:36

Me too starry. I often have the "pee or puke first" dilemma!

Oklahoma · 30/04/2014 21:37

Starry no such thing as TMI on here.

I just realised I haven't even brushed my hair since Monday. Is bed head still in fashion?

Also how do people deal with teeth cleaning? Every time I try it makes me puke and I can never decide which is worse - the furry mouth or the puking.

Oklahoma · 30/04/2014 21:38

Ooooh the pee or puke dilemma! It makes me feel like I have some control!!

starrynight123 · 30/04/2014 21:38

mrsb ditto! Although my body usually decides for me. The joys of hg(!) My dh calls it his 'dawn chorus'.