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.

Congrats basgetti! So pleased you're feeling better than when pregnant!

Poking my head in here from the toilet bowl. Can't believe I'm "back". I have DS 2 nearly 18 months snoring next door and this one seems due round his 2nd birthday. Contraceptive failure after liaisons with his dad from who I am already divorced. Stupid and unlucky.

So scared of a second HG pregnancy by myself and after a week of almost solid vomiting I think I need to get some ketostix from amazon.

Wouldn't have got through my last pg in half as good a shape as I did if it wasn't for the fantastic lucinde and the other people here.

Congratulations basgetti on the birth of your beautiful daughter!

I haven't been on recently but I'm feeling so much better at 23 weeks. I'm still taking Ondansetron twice a day but the nausea has pretty much gone and I've put on weight.

I couldn't have gotten through the horrible times without this forum so thank you all for your support & guidance!

wavesandsmiles Welcome back, I don't blame you for being scared as you had it so badly last time; I'm so glad you found the thread helpful then.
I remember well you live in Jersey, and had to have the thing I can't spell in your arm throughout.
AuntieVenom Hello and so nice of you to come back on with a message of support.
Meerka That atttitude towards epidurals from the dr's sounds alarming - don 't they approve of them in the Netherlands generally?
Still delighted about basgetti.
xx

I think that the general view is that the least medical intervention the best, under all circumstances. It sounds nice, but the reality is that people are left undertreated at times.

though medically they are very advanced and the healthcare system on the whole is very good ... Once you can get it into action at all.

Wavesandsmiles hello!!!!!!!!! I remember you so well from last time. In fact I was wondering how you were doing just the other day. My DD3 is 17.5 months now and I'm expecting a 'little bonus' at the end of April. I seem to remember that you didn't have the easiest time getting medication and were back and forth to the hospital constantly throughout. Did you get a PICC line in the end? Have you started meds yet? For some reason I thought that you were on Guernsey, not Jersey but I probably made that up in my head! I really shouldn't be excited to see you here of all places but I really did want to know how you are!

As for the labour stalling thing ( that you were told that instead of getting an epidural Meerka), my contractions totally stopped after DD1 had been born. You know how you are supposed to get a contraction or two for the placenta and membranes? Well they had been slowing down loads when I was pushing so I was being made to eat/drink in between pushes(!) but my body just gave up after she was delivered. I had the injection but it did nothing so I had a PPH before I'd delivered the placenta an hour after DD1 put in an appearance. My body was just so 'done'. I'm so glad that my labour had progressed quickly and I got her out first. Stalling at 8cm sounds horrible.

NoRoom Goodness, I knew you had several LO's but didn't know you had ben on here for a Hyperemesis pregnancy before this and that you and
wavesandsmiles were on at the same time. I seem to remember wavesandsmiles did have some line in all the time to top up every day, things were so bad for her last time. Let's hope it isn't anything like so bad this.
Meerka and noroom that stalled labour at such a stage sounds very horrible. All very well for the doctors to be brisk about it...
Hope everyone is coping as Christmas approaches.
xx

jen and waves how are you doing ? Hope you're not too bad ... take it easy, don't let christmas pressure push you into doing too much ...

noroom this contractions business just isn't as straightforward as you think is it?! them going on holiday in the middle of their work - time is just not on!

Noroom - wow - how amazing you are here too. Feels weird, but seeing a familiar face is strangely reassuring. My LO turns 17 months on 27 December, and I'm only 8 weeks, so this one is due around his 2nd birthday. I'm on Guernsey - very nearby to jersey so lots of people get the places confused.

I am off to see my GP today. Again. Meds so far aren't helping and I've passed out a few times this weekend. Maybe the dehydration or low blood sugar? Am at work and keep having to escape to the toilets to be really ill.

Last time I ended up with a PICC line being put in as after 7 admissions they put me on a daily treatment regime for IV antiemetics, anti acids and fluids, but my veins got in such a bad state the cannulas were so hard to site and the veins were collapsing within hours of insertion. So for 4.5 months I had a PICC line in which made getting the IV treatment a lot easier.

Proper scared of a repeat of last time, but not much I can do about it is there.

waves Oh dear, that isn't good. Hopefully, as I seem to remember you're a teacher, you'll have sickness agreements in place? Glad you are off for meds. I remember you are naturally slim, too, so not much weight to lose.
Sorry, it was Gurnsey,not Jersey...I feel really bad about NoRoom and not realising she was on here for a second time - I thought the name seemed familiar, but I must be turning into a complete muddlehead. Today I posted a card in the wrong neighbour's letterbox, so I'm beginning to wonder.
Hello to Meerka.
xx

Hi all. Just wanted to say thank you particularly to lucinda for this thread. You helped me so much through a very unpleasant time. I didn't post much, mainly lurked but still felt the support.

My baby is nearly 6 weeks and I'm beginning to recover my forces after a c section.

Hats off to everyone struggling and still posting. You have no idea how heartening it is/was to know that I was not alone.

So thank you so much

Elletorrito Lovely news, ; thank you so much for your kind words and I'm so glad the support from this thread helped you through this horrible experience.
xx

Lovely to hear, elle :) congratulations!

waves did you get any joy from the doctor?

Congratulations Elle, and I agree that just knowing you aren't alone is so wonderful.

My GP was amazing, she said the plan was to keep me out of hospital as long as possible (single mum to three with my youngest still breastfeeding) and gave me a prescription for ondansetron melts. Oh my. I never had this form of ondansetron last time. The nausea started reducing almost immediately as since last night I've been able to tolerate little sips of water!!!! (I tried eating and almost without warning it reappeared in dramatic fashion so will leave food for a while). I feel quite positive that I can actually have little sips.

Lucinda, when I was on the thread last time there were loads of teachers. I teach part time from home but my main job is now in investment management. I got made redundant whilst pregnant last time which added to the general stress, and interviewed for this role when DS2 was 5 weeks old. I think I mainly got the job because they were impressed that with a 5 week old I managed to get dressed and stay awake for a 4 hour interview haha.

Determined to stay as healthy as possible this time, not bothered about food for now as I want to avoid dehydration but at some stage I guess I'll have to brave it.

How's everyone else? (I could have actualy kissed my GP when she gave me the ondansetron melts after the last GP just gave me promethazine.....)

wavesandsmiles That's good news, wish you could eat, but...The last gp just gave you promethezine/ Surely after seven hospital admissions they moved on from that?!! Were all the meds through the line you had in after that?
xx

Lucinda - the GP I saw first time (2.5 weeks ago) was pretty nonplussed. And wasn't confident prescribing ondansetron hence the promethazine. During my last pg I was on ondansetron but that was all being prescribed though the consultant. And that was either IV or tablets. So I was very relieved when my more familiar GP gave me ondansetron in this form.

Feel utterly rubbish today though. I've had two already and only allowed 4 a day so feeling a bit sad.

Hello waves I remember you as well! I think we overlapped last time. DS has just turned 2 so the end of his pregnancy (I was sick right to the end) must have overlapped with your youngest DS I think. Amazing that you are doing it again! I realise this baby wasn't strictly planned for you but the gap is very similar to ours I think - I got pregnant when DS was 17 months and the baby is due in January. I can't imagine how you are coping, poor DH has done pretty much everything since mid-May. Good about the sensible GP though. Even ondansetron + steroids did not keep me out of hospital this time, I just burnt through everything they tried BUT I reckon the ondansetron melts are pretty much the best possible thing you can take at home. Are you able to combine them with e.g. cyclizine?

My mother-in-law is here this week (she has a flat round the corner so doesn't actually stay with us) and is keen to have DS a lot so DH and I are finally tackling the baby preparations. We got all the clothes etc out of the loft yesterday and today DH put the crib together. A friend came round this morning with her 6 week old which makes it all seem very real! Difficult getting everything ready as I can't walk at all now - I really struggle just getting around our (small) flat - can't leave the flat without a massive struggle to get down the stairs and then the wheelchair, and of course still fighting the endless sickness. But basically DH is in charge of all physical activity and I am in charge of keeping lists and doing all the shopping online. Only a month to go!

My mother is being totally vile but I am trying to just let it wash over me. After a very difficult month or so I am beginning to feel quite calm so hoping that those late-pregnancy zen hormones are beginning to kick in and soon I will stop caring about anything at all apart from folding little babygros and watching TV . . .

Still finding that Coke Zero really helps take the edge of the nausea, if anyone else fancies trying it - ordinary Coke has never worked for me though I know it does for lots of people. Seems to work best cold and slightly flat. It appears to contain purely caffeine and chemicals so prob not ideal but I am not letting that stop me.

waves hoping you're surviving the rest of the day.

kali, need to bottle those zen hormones and keep them for the rainy days! :) It seems a long time ago you posted that you were thinking of trying again. Now it's only 4 or 6 weeks to go ... still seems forever, but you've come a looong way

I'm surviving.... Been lying in bed for hours and hours! Kali I do remember you and am sad you have had such a hideous time again. Must have been exciting to get baby things out though. I'm fortunate that since the summer I've had a series of volunteers staying with me via a site called Workaway, so I've got someone to help with cleaning, dog walking and cooking meals for the children. It certainly takes the pressure off and the children love having guests from all over the world visit us.

I'm not working now until 5 January and hoping that plenty of time being horizontal in bed will help, I've got to keep the hope. My GP was super, I will definitely mention trying drugs in combination to her as she understands how much I want to avoid hospital this time. At least, spend a lot less time there than I did last time....

Just came on here to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. I've been very random and sporadic in my posting on here owing mainly to the inability to type long posts as it makes me nauseous, but whenever I have posted you've all been absolutely lovely, supportive, sympathetic and knowledgable about what might help in any situation. I know most people on here are feeling shitty, I am myself, but here's hoping it eases a bit for everyone this Christmas and for the year coming xx

Usual name is GetTheRedOut by the way!

I've been lurking for ages but just wanted to come on to congratulate Basgetti! Fabulous news!

waves lying flat is so boring but probably the best thing for you .... rest, rest, rest really does help. Are you trying the meds early?

Merry Christmas red ... sorry to hear you are still feeling so rotten, how far on are you now? hope it lifts to give youa break for a bit ...

Just wishing everyone a Merry Christmas! Hope everyone is taking the opportunity to rest up rather than cooking dinners etc tomorrow. I am working and therefore tired and sick but trying to feel festive anyway! X