WANTED; Support for Not-Quite-Hyperemesis-But-Still-Poorly!

[Roseylee20]

So there are general morning sickness support groups, and Hyperemesis support groups. I have learned that since I'm not physically being sick constantly all day, I do not have hypermesis. But I have just about everything else! Nausea almost 24/7.. Extreme fatigue.. Cases of actually being sick.. Everything smells bad.. Gone off sex.. Gone off a lot of food.. No energy to do housework or go to work etc.. No energy to really talk to anyone or make an effort with myself .. Help! P.S. I am almost 8 weeks

'Morning' sickness is the worst case of a misnomer I've ever heard. 'Morning all day evening and oh-God-get-me-to-the-bathroom wake up calls in the night sickness' would be more accurate.

and - it honestly does start to get easier a few weeks down the line! Get plenty of rest, try to stay hydrated and eat whatever appeals to you. Worry about nutrition once you can keep stuff down reliably. Baby will take what it needs from you regardless!

Thank you TwigletFiend .. Hmm your name has made me peckish for a twiglet or 2 now! Shame I'm at work. I suppose I am eating and drinking which is the main thing.. Even if it is the odd dairylea dunker, or toast. It's just feeling like this has forced me to tell a few people sooner than we would have liked. It's impossible to hide how I feel!

I didn't vomit once during the first few months of pregnancy with DS2. I also didn't eat, drink, get out of bed... I genuinely don't know how I survived. I lost 10-13% of my body weight & I was only 8.5 stone to start with. It was truly horrific & I suspect if I'd actually managed to drag myself along to the Dr I'd have been sent to hospital & put on a drip. For about 2 weeks all I could stand to consume was tiny sips of flat 7up. It took me at least 2 days to drink a small bottle! Nobody understood how horrific it was just because I wasn't actually vomiting. My DDad told me I should just make myself eat. Poor DH was running up & down the stairs fetching anything that I thought I might be able to stomach but by the time he got back with it it was the last thing I wanted! It ruined DS1's christening - I was standing at the front of the church just trying to keep my balance, never mind anything else!

It'll pass eventually. With DS2 there was definitely at least a week where I could eat normally before the heartburn kicked in! That really wasn't the nicest pregnancy! Fx you get over it soon!

Thank you AGnu. Your right, unless you've been through it or know someone who has it's really hard for people to understand! Your case sounds a lot worse than mine, but nevertheless I feel like I have symptoms of glandular fever- I had this a few years ago. Although I was told any illness I have from then on including colds etc, will always feel a lot worse due to having had glandular fever. Great! x

Poor you, it's awful isn't it. I had what you describe with DS1, then full blown hyperemesis with DS2. Not sure about DS3 (current pregnancy) as doc gave me anti emetics as soon as I started feeling sick.

Do ask your doctor to prescribe you something if you aren't able to function. I was on a temp contract and lost my job first time round because I just couldn't do anything. Pregnancy can be truly vile.

If it's any consolation, I found the 8 week mark to be the worst point. After that it slowly got better and I was only sick if I felt really tired or wore myself out.

Fingers crossed things will get better for you too.

Rosey. I could have written your op! I am exactly in your situation, also about 8 weeks and been so so sick since 6 weeks, I can barely eat or drink anything at the moment and I feel sick all the time. To upside is I'm not actually throwing up all the time (only some of the time although I feel like I could. And because I'm not eating enough I have horrible heartburns but I just can't face most food. So far the only thing that helps a bit is sipping water every few minutes throughout the day.

Hope we both feel better soon!

Thank you all iliveonabuildsite it's nice to not feel lonely! I hope we get better too.. Do you work at all? I have my midwife app later as going to see about being signed off x

I don't work, I'm lucky to be a sahm, however 2yo dd is not at all sympathetic to my wanting to lie down on the sofa and do nothing for most of the day! I do like the idea to be signed off from looking after her for a couple of days though, I could do with not having banana mush hands shoved in my faced every morning

Oh bless you. The way I have been feeling lately, I haven't been able to interact much with my partners 5 year old, which makes me feel guilty but I really had no energy to play! Dare I say it I'm starting to feel a tiny bit more human today, hoping it's down to the fact that I've started taking pregnacare. My midwife said today that if I get worse or I feel like I can't cope at work then I can book a doctors appointment to see about being signed off. Best wishes x

Another one here that could have written that post! I'm 17 weeks and still feeling completely awful, I feel sick from morning until night although not physically sick every day. Because I'm barely eating and drinking constipation has set in. This is DC3 and the hardest pregnancy yet, I feel so sorry for my other two as patience is in very short supply at moment. Hoping we all start to turn a corner soon.

Hi OhTheDrama I'm so with you there about my patience not being what it should be, I feel so bad for dd, I'm just no fun at the moment. And bless her she keeps trying to share her food with me, today she tried to give half of her kinder bar, I think she is trying to cheer me up.

Hopefully you continue to not feel too bad Roseylee20 and you can start playing with dsc soon again