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.

Oh glitterbug does small sips of more calorific drinks stay down?

I'm thanking my lucky stars for my sister who immediately googled hyperemesis and 's anyone that dares suggest ginger.

I don't know how politely I can tell people to google HG. My 3 sisters have all had equally unhelpful and insensitive reactions. The youngest of course jumped to ginger and promptly went out and bought me a load of ginger beer. My oldest my sister sat in my living room reminiscing about her perfect, easy, vomit-free pregnancy. And my middle sister gleefully told me she just can't wait until I'm fat! (She's had weight issues all her life).

In fairness my oldest sister has called today to apologise, having been lectured all the way home by our cousin (who is a doctor) after the astonishing display of insensitivity last night. And my younger sister has tried to be helpful in other ways ever since that first inept attempt. It won't occur to my other sister that she has said anything insensitive, it never does. It doesn't seem to have occurred to anyone to look up what HG actually means though.

I have vomited so many times today I've lost count. My chest is so painful it's hard to walk to the bathroom anymore and every time I get up my legs shake like mad. I've just been lying on the sofa dreading the next minute in case another vomiting fits comes. DSD came in earlier and gently patted my head and whispered "I love you". Cue more tears from me. The poor girl is just so bewildered and I feel so bad. Her mum has tried to explain but DSD is 7 and she doesn't really get it.

getred and glitterbug im sorry its do hard for you.

I lost three stone in my last pregnancy so you can assure your sister that you will not get fat.

Is it wrong that ive been cheered up today by my MIL realising that my SIL had been faking pregnancy sickness?

I've lost so much weight already, I'm like a stick insect. I just felt like the sentiment behind it was so spiteful. Maybe I'm over sensitive though and thinking too much into things.

red you probably are slightly more sensitive because you're so ill, but I agree-the sentiment behind saying "yay you'll be fat" is rather cruel. X

GettheRed Hugs; try not to let ignorance got to you, though it's hard.
I'm a bit worried about so much vomiting - what are your ketones like? What meds did you say you are on now, they obviously aren't working today for sure:?
xx

Evening everyone (although it's morning here)
Thanks for the welcome. It's great to find somewhere where people understand & have tips on how to cope. I'm "lucky" that my mum had 2 HG pregnancies so knows how I feel, even if she is 1000s of miles away in the UK.
I actually had a good night. My husband found some grapefruit ice lollies in the corner shop and they actually stayed down! Looks like they'll be my favourite thing for a while.

I've been struggling to keep things down since the ondansetron ran out the other week. I've had more prescribed since then but after I got so dehydrated while off it, it's been a real struggle to rehydrate. It goes up and down, today has been a bad day but on Wednesday I managed to eat loads and loads of ice and it stayed down so I felt better.

I don't what level the ketones are at the moment but I'm feeling like they're pretty low. My cousin came to check on me specifically yesterday and she'll be back round Sunday. She works at the hospital I'm registered with so she can book me into the gynae ward if I need it.

Sorry for the radio silence it has been a long few days!!

After a 46h labour Oklette was finally born at 23h15 last night.

Having been sick with pretty much every contraction throughout the labour the nausea lifted completely about an hour after she was born.

Will read back and reply properly later on, hang on in there girls.

Congratulations Oklahoma!

Congratulations!

Welcome to the world Oklette!!!

congratulations

Congratulations Oklahoma, such fab news

okla what lovely news =) welcome Oklette!

Delighted to hear it, wonderful news.

Congratulations Okla, what lovely news xx

Oklahoma Wonderful, happy news. [thanks
I am s thrilled for you,and how sweet of you to let us know quickly. Forty-six hours of that sounds awful, but so happy the ordeal is over at last.
xxx

Omg 46 hours?! Congratulations! X

Wow, Sat and read this whole thread through. I don't know if I have hg or just really bad ms but I've taken great comfort in reading your words and experiences, having made a list of suggested foods for the online shop (thought of going round the supermarket fills me with horror). We were supposed to be going to a bonfire tonight but what with my perpetual nausea and my oh having caught the lurghy, I doubt we'll be going. All in all, just wanted to say thanks and, as horrible as this sounds, glad I'm not the only one.

Ps - having read the whole 32 pages of this thread even I want to say congrats to Oklahoma.

Tryingreallyhard84 Welcome, sorry you are suffering. You'll find a lot of support on this thread. It was incredibly diligent of you to plough through all of this thread - particularly when feeling awful. Brave of you even to think of going out.
xx

Congratulations oklahoma!!

Congratulations Okla fab news

HI trying and sorry to hear you're struggling. But big grats on the pregnancy :)

Post here whenever you like, we've all gone through it and understand and have lots of tips =)

okla ... Pic! :)

Sat at home crying the diziness has got to the point where i am only comfortable lying flat. My dds have gone with dh to a bonfire and fireworks and i want to go to. I'm missing out on my dds experiences. I hate this.
DH and i had a massive fight just before they left. He is working from next week 9 till 10 everyday and hasn't attempted to organise childcare. I can barely walk up the stairs - how am i going to pick the girls up from school? And i did an online shop, it arrived last night and dh has put away the fridge stuff but everything else is in bags in the hall - im so unsteady on my feet its making it impossible to get to the kitchen. I think he just is in denial but i need help now
Is this diziness part of hg? I remember the excessive vomiting, inability to eat and general feeling rough but i don't remember feeling dizzy.

Oh willow .... would it help to show him this thread?

So many people have had to organise special child care with family or paid .... I did myself. It was simply -not- possible to look after our older child.

Can you plan child care together? You just can't do it at the moment.