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.

OK interesting to know that stress is a trigger. All I want to do is lie in the shade breathing in fresh air and drinking cold drinks. Putting on fancy clothes and trekking into London is a total killer.

I have pulled out of today's meeting and am going to just dial in for my section. It is not ideal, but it's something...

Thanks Boo that helps I think it's the same here as Greece by the sounds of it. I'll be 26 weeks at my next appointment so I guess that's when they'll decide. The general hospital told me I was high risk but the private hospital where I had a scan at 22 weeks didn't agree as they thought my weight was fine and she's measuring a day behind but I suppose that could change between now and then. Hope your results are all ok and well done for getting through It!

sunny I was born on 20th December, great day for a birthday!

I too have great respect for those doing presentations and such like, and you George for the pregnancy yoga!

Stress is a big trigger tak, one of the main reasons I stopped work so early. Not having to battle through traffic, let alone feign interest in work when all I wanted to do was hug the toilet, made a massive difference. If you can reduce your workload or hours, do try to or even better get signed off sick for a while to recover.

mrsnec dates matter little I found. I was measured 3 days behind but my consultant said it wasn't important and went by my original date from LMP the whole time. Am sure you are not high risk.

okla, lucinda, starry and everyone else, hope you are feeling better. I still have lingering hg but went to the new M&S in the Hague yesterday (much swankier than anything at home!) and got myself a small bottle of prosecco to enjoy tomorrow as my antibiotics finish today! I hope it tastes good, think I will be drunk from one glass....

We had another scare this morning and ended up back in hospital to check the infection hadn't returned. Not, fortunately, but still enough to send me into a meltdown. She is doing great well though in spite of her parents making soooo many mistakes! We have a patient baby :)

I'm feeling bad because despite having not been able to work for 18 weeks I'm not getting anything done as just get exhausted then nauseous so easily..even now I'm a bit better if I clean the kitchen or go for a short walk i then have to rest for the rest of the day.I am slowly getting a bit more done as before all I could do was lie in bed but it seems such a waste of all this time off.I'm hoping I will get more energy and be able to do some more constructive things soon.

Hi all, sorry for silence, have had rough week and am now in hosp with 4+ ketones. Am 7+1 so all the pre-emptive meds delayed admission by massive 8 days compared to last time with no meds at all!! Oh well. I guess they'll put me on the max of everything they can think of now. Hope everyone else surviving, sorry I can't read thread properly.

Thanks for updating stats, lucinda. And yes, my HG completely disappeared by 20 weeks last time. Not a hint of nausea from then on. I am desperately hoping that this pregnancy will be the same!

George, try not to feel bad. If you were off sick with anything else you wouldn't be expecting, or expected, to 'get things done'.

tak I find that tiredness really exacerbates things. I thought I was getting a bit better, but in the last few days DS2 has reverted to wandering through to my room between 2 and 3am, and fidgeting beside me in bed for the rest of the night. I'm so tired, and feel so sick again, and I'm sure that they are connected.

living glad it was just a scare. Do keep posting from the other side!

Oh kali so sorry to hear that. Hope they are looking after you well. I know what you mean about reading the thread - I really struggled until recently, scrolling was a sure-fire way to induce vomiting.

Oh no - Kali that sucks!! Hope they pump you full of happy drugs.

hang in there kali

kalidasa so sorry you are in hospital BUT a delay of 8 days compared with last time is still a big achievement, so well done! I'm hoping they are taking good care of you and at least this time you know exactly what you need. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you feel a little better very soon and get to come home soon too.

living so glad it was just a scare - phew! Like some I hope you keep posting 'from the other side' too! Hope you enjoy the prosecco

Meh. I had a good start to the day and then did some work from home and got completely and utterly stressed out and had to switch off my laptop and get away from it. Now feel really nauseous :-(

George I empathise with feeling as though you ought to have achieved something or done something constructive during so much time away from work (I've been off since the end of January). But, like everyone else said, you are off work because you are ill and you wouldn't expect to have achieved/done anything if you were ill with something else. Honestly, getting through each day is a fantastic achievement, especially when you feel so crap. So, well done for doing that!

Kalidasa You poor thing, I feared as much by your silence. I do hope you feel a little better soon. Gentle pats on offer.
xx

Kali So sorry to hear you are in hospital.I hope you are getting treated well and feel better soon.

Thanks Starry and Somesunnysunday. I'm glad to know I'm not the only one...I am at least managing to read birthing books now so getting myself a bit prepared.Ha ha!

Morning ladies :)

tak1ngchances sounds like pulling out of your presentation was a sensible idea. Hope you're Feeling better today

living sorry you were back at the hospital. Hope today is a better today, and enjoy your prosecco!

george don't feel bad. Rest up and just do what you can :)

kali so sorry to hear you're in hospital. Hope they've pumped you with good drugs and you're feeling abit brighter today

AFM - had another good day yesterday, managed to get out and about for a Starbucks which was much appreciated. I was out abit longer than I was planning and as a consequence missed my morning dose of metacloperamide, but I was feeling ok when I got home so decided not to take the second dose too, but keep the night time dose which worked well yesterday (took all stemetil doses) However, am feeling a little rough around the edges today, not sure if that's because of the missed doses or because maybe I over did it while out and about, so am unsure whether to restart the metaclopramide fully or give it today and see what happens. It's just not nice feeling abit rough again after two good days.

Morning all. Stressful weekend coming up here...today we are driving 4 hours to a b&b where we will spend the next 2 nights. Then tomorrow my lovely cousin is having a full on abbey wedding.

Apprehensive doesn't come close...

Oh Henrietta, good luck! My cousin is also getting married tomorrow, and I'm being rubbish and not going :-(. We originally declined the invitation because we should still have been abroad, and I just haven't told them that I'm back. Couldn't face a wedding. Hope you manage ok.

Fraggle I was finding that I could miss the odd dose of drugs and feel ok, but once I missed a few it really caught up with me. I think they are cumulative to a point, and work much better if you don't miss doses (even if you feel ok). We done re Starbucks trip though.

George that sounds suitably productive!

mrsnec bump will be glad to have a birthday buddy (although in practice I think it will be a bit earlier by c-section, but the 20th remains the date in my head for now!).

Just bleurgh here. Really thought things were improving, and they're really not. Fed up!

somesunnySunday yes you're right lol i was naughty and got abit excited about feeling better I think. Back on them today as thought I could try without but the grim waves of nausea made me think otherwise. So I'm being a good girl now lol

fraggle I'm in the process of reducing Metoclopramide and I've taken it really really slowly, I started about 4/5 weeks ago missing the odd lunchtime dose, then cutting the lunchtime dose completely, then in the last week or so I've also cut the evening dose.

I would have stopped cutting out doses if I thought it was making me relapse, I've been far to scared to cut any quicker! I still feel quite nauseous in the mornings but it improves half an hour or so after I take the one remaining dose, that might be coincidence, or it might not... But either way I'm not going to stop taking it just yet!

Glad other people are cutting out doses - I forgot to take my meds to Reading yesterday and missed both lunch and dinner doses (Stemetil). Didn't feel too rough, so was going to try today on a lower dose, maybe just morning? I was going to cut them out completely but my stomach and brain this morning said otherwise. TBH, I think I may require a lunchtime dose today but hoping I can get away with 2 doses a day. 14 weeks tomorrow so fingers crossed this is the start of proper improvement. Got a busy weekend ahead (Sunday in particular) so will take all my meds then!!

Sorry to hear you are hosptialised again kali, but sometimes it's for the best (as you well know)!

Sunny it's always the way. You feel a bit better so try to do a bit more and then it goes horribly wrong. I don't know what it is about laptop screens but they make me feel super sick too. Not great for trying to do dome work.

Fraggle that was very brave venturing to Starbucks. I can just about cope with the smell of coffee again (but only in the afternoon) but I don't think I could cope with Starbucks. Last time I tried that I was sick in their delightful facilities.

Henrietta we have DH cousin's wedding next weekend and am dreading it. We've cancelled various other christenings and events but have to go to this one. Think I may go for the service and then sneak off for a nap. Please let me know if you find any brilliant survival tips!

My parents are back and picking up their dog this afternoon. We've had him all week and am going to miss him dreadfully when he's gone.

Kali hope you're feeling a bit better.

George I was mulling over the whole feeling as if you aren't 'achieving' anything while at home and it occurred to me that a few of us on this thread have been working on crafty-type things like baby blankets when we are up to it, and these will represent something really lovely when we finish them - something beautiful coming out of feeling so crap and being all isolated and all. I wonder if there is something that you enjoy doing that is easy on you while you are at home, and which would represent something wonderful when it is complete?

fraggle I so tried that with metoclopramide and felt rotten! Mentioned it to my consultant and he said to avoid missing doses of metac. because it is a cumulative drug. I'm not on it any more - am on domperidone - and I find that I can miss the occasional dose and not feel too horrific. Although I missed my evening dose yesterday and was up feeling awful at 4.30am - not great!!

okla ahh... is there any way they could leave the dog with you during part of the week so you get the company? I know how lonely things can get!

Sass take it easy, I was passed 20 weeks before I started dropping doses, I couldn't have contemplated it at 14 weeks, be really careful.

I think it's a great idea to do crafty things when stuck at home.
Hurray for good days, sorry for bad ones, and George women on this thread are too hard on htemselves and try and ween themselves off meds too early generally.
I do hope Kali is feeling a bit better.
xx

Thanks Starry Good idea..I think I might get some rainbow wool and try and learn to knit!

Dreadful day here, still have max ketones despite constant drip, can't eat or drink. Nausea totally crippling despite the drugs. Sorry no better news.

kali sorry to hear that, we're here for you, don't forget it won't last forever.