Hypermesis 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.

My due date today. No sign of baby. Lots of vomiting still. Yay...

They say first babies are often late. course, that's really goddamn inconvenient.

Hope you're holding on blue. these last hours and days are the final endurance test .. but it does come to an end.

Hope littlemiss and dilly and ealli are surviving okay. Evenings were always the worst time for me too...

My first was born on his due date, Meerka. This is my second and is too damn snug in there

little buggers arent they!

Yeah lucindaE I'm going to see how I manage this weekend try do a little more and get out the house ect as I have a 1hr 30 min bus journey to work.
If I'm not managing to get out far then i will go back to my GP, I just feel it's a battle. The GPS are pretty poor at my surgery and were reluctant to sign me off longer than a week at a time. If I'm not coping tho I'm sure they will. It's a difficult one as there have been 11 pregnancies at my work in the last 9 months and they have all managed to work, so it's a difficult position because I know they expect me to be at work and won't really understand x

Blueberry hope your baby comes soon! X

littlemiss I'm in a similar position with loads of pregnancies in the last 12 months and people who had nice 'normal' pregnancies. I've felt that pressure too. However, I'm now a week into a 4 week sign off, and being off work has made such a good impact on my sickness. Knowing I was gonna be off for so long I handed everything over to other people, so I know stuff is taken care of and I'm not worrying about it. I think that this is the biggest contributor to my better days of late. I know it's difficult with GPs tho, I do realise that I'm very lucky with mine.

Littlemiss will your doctor let you get signed off over a telephone consultation so you don't have to go in every week? My doctor was signing me off for 2 weeks at a time but allowed me to phone for a sick note instead of having to go in every couple of weeks. I was off for a big chunk of my pregnancy, work just had to lump it!

Hope everyone's having a good day today? I've just walked my dog through a few fields to try and get this baby moving. Only threw up twice in a bush.. Ha!

Blueberry Poor you. It's too bad when they're late, with this thing.
LittleMiss20 It is the more ironical as I think you said you are a nurse, so in a medical environment you'd think they'd have heard of Hyperemesis. That is a dismally long bus journey. Bus journeys are very difficult with this
Great advice from everyone. eallison People taking this attitude does make Mother Hen feel like pecking...
Waves to Meerka.

Good morning everyone ... hope you are all surviving and that BabyBerry gets curious about the big wide world today ...

Fingers crossed for blueberry here as well!

I wasn't sick yesterday! I didn't feel brilliant, but I wasn't sick! I ate a decent amount (for me with HG, not me normally! ) and drank a fair bit.

First day since beginning of Feb that I've not hurled. I'm sort of expecting a disaster day now, but just for the minute I'm basking in vomit free yesterday!

(Disclaimer: no intention of running it in, at all, just giddy with how good yesterday was!)

eallison for hurl free day. Those good days are so often a sign of that improvement to come.
I, too, am cheering on Blueberry on the last bit of this marathon (waddle?)
Waves to Meerka. I hope everyone's Hypermesis has an eclipse today,...

Hi everyone, I've been following this thread for weeks but haven't joined in yet. I find it really helpful to read your updates and know I'm not going through this alone.

I'm 12+5 and have had severe nausea and vomiting since week 5. I was given anti-sickness injections and fluids (in hospital) for 3days initially then sent home with meds although no-one referred to it as HG at time as vomiting could have been caused by a different problem. It got worse so my GP prescribed other meds via telephone appointments (couldnt face going to surgery), none helped much.

Until recently I was vomiting 8-12xday, sometimes during night too. At 12+1 I woke up feeling less nauseous than usual and vomited only twice that day. I was convinced I was on mend and for few days felt much better, even managing a whole day without vomiting and just mild nausea.

Then yesterday was a bad day, vomiting acid for 30mins before breakfast, then vomiting every couple of hours and bringing up everything I ate, plus painful gagging on empty stomach. Today is not much better and the new meds are not helping (phenergan). I'm desperately thirsty, not dehydrated but every time I drink I vomit most of it within minutes.

My DP's frustrated as he was so happy I was improving and kept saying the worst was over. I really thought it was and am terrified of relapse. Every time we try and go out I feel so sick I beg him to take me back home. He thinks fresh air will help but the noise, sun, traffic, crowds etc seems to trigger vomiting. Does anyone else find this makes it worse? Are your partners understanding or do they get upset? My DP is worried about my weight loss and nags me constantly to eat. Right now I'm living on bagels and toast. On good days I can manage veg, meat, potatoes, fruit etc.

Even worse, I'm supposed to start new job in 10days! I got job before I was pregnant and have been off sick from old job for 2months. I can't change start date as have to have continuous service to qualify for maternity pay.

Does anyone have any advice or tips for coping? Did you start to get better then relapse or is this unusual?

hiya azure im sorry it's so bad :(

your husband is mistaken. The best thign for HG (and im sure you have HG; even if not, this level of nausea and vomitting is not normal!) ... is good meds followed by rest, rest, rest.

More than anything else can you get Ketostix from the chemist, or get your husband to get them, to check yoru dehydration. You pee on them and they go dark if you are dehydrated. If you're 3+++ on the scale you need to get immediate attention.

Phenergen is good but I don't think it's enough from the sound of it. there are several other meds which are available and safe. Are you able to look up the NICE guidelines lucinda posted above? It's worth asking if you can try stemetil and / or metoclopramide as -well-. But beyond that you need rest. A lot of rest

It -is- very normal to have good days and bad when the improvement kicks in, which it does for almost everyone.

Welcome, AzureDress. Sorry you feel so bad. Usually, when you have a few good days, it's a sign of more, so don't despair. I wish I was up to date on your legal situation regarding your new job-is it a permanent job and if so, is their a union or HR centre who could advise? Or one of the links on my introduction will probably be able to give good advice on your situation. Realistically, an awful lot of women are too ill to work some time into the second tri with this horror. Sorry if that sounds discouraging; things get a lot better for almost everyone and even for the unlucky minority it's not as bad as it is in the first tri. You sound as if you had it really badly with that degree of vomiting with meds. I take it you've got kestostix to check for dehydration? What meds have they got you on, and are they willing to add some or give you stronger ones?

Meerka and Azuredress Cross posted...

hi azure poor you- sounds like you are really suffering. the trouble with hg is that you can feel a bit better but then (sorry to sound very depressing), realistically you have been very poorly so your body does not just 'get over it', over night. Unfortunately relapsing is very common, particularly in the first and as lucinda, says often into the second trimester. often you can feel a bit better (usually due to meds taking effect), but can very quickly relapse if you attempt to do to much too quickly. ideally you would really want 3-4 'good weeks' at home, with hg well under control before attempting to go back to work.

am not sure on the hr issue- have you spoken to your new workplace and explained the situation. I know its not ideal but at worst is there any way of using up any annual leave entitlement at the start of your contract to buy yourself another week or two? not sure how it would stand regarding sick leave? ? think you would need to have an honest conversation with your employer- am sure the worry of this will exacerbate your hg as stress is a big trigger, as is tiredness.

go back to your dr for some stonger meds to get hg back under control and rest up as much as you can (even if you are feeling better). xx

back to the crossposting motherhen! normal service is resumed ... been a while!

Hi Azure - poor you! Yes I do find crowds and noise etc trigger nausea and vomiting, you're definitely not alone there!

Still no baby here tomorrow will be 3 days past due date throat is reay sore today from the vomiting. Can't wait til this baby final comes, the end is in sight.

Hi again. I've been on previous threads in a different guise so new name but not newbie ??

I'm 27 weeks and still sick although cyclizine is making it bearable. I've been offered a referral for hypnosis and wondered if anyone had benefitted from it? I just haven't got the energy to try yet another thing that doesn't work but if it did I could potentially actually enjoy the rest of my pregancy.

So the bad day I predicted hit with a vengeance. What an awful day. So yes, azure it would seem totally normal to have a good couple of days followed by a bad day (or few). and the worst thing I did was push myself over the last few days; very easy to do when you start feeling better; I got a bit excited and carried away with myself!

As the more experienced meerka and lucinda said, sounds like you could do with some different/better drugs.

Triggers of things outside are very much the case for me. I must've looked like a right mental on weds: I went to tesco to buy a few bits and get me and hubby new deodorant that didn't make me hurl. This involved sitting on the floor smelling all the roll ons trying to find one that was bearable. On the plus side, hubby now has deodorant that doesn't make me hurl that he doesn't have to out on as he leaves the house. And I have deodorant I can use now.

Sorry everyone is suffering so badly, and no baby for Blueberry. Blueberry I am outraged that the medics aren;t dong a little more to make you as comofortable as they canl.

DancingHat Sorry, didn't see your post - I wonder who you were before -
welcome back, what bad luck to be suffering so late on - I'm completely ignorant about hypnosis and its effect on this - I suppose it it doesn't break the bank it's worth a go. Acupunture worked for me, but doens't seem to do more than ease matters for a lot of people.
Winks at Meerka

I havent come across anything that says it often helps sorry :/ I think that like with acupuncture, it helps a few people an awful lot and some people a bit. So it's a bit of a tossup. If you can bear the journey and can afford it then there's nothing lost?

blueberry I'm outraged too. Really hoping babyberry turns up very soon.

Thanks for support and advice everyone

I'm just on Phenergan right now, was on Stemetil but it caused bad headaches that made nausea worse. Also tried metraclopamide but made no difference.