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.

hi dancinghat- no idea re hypnosis am afraid. in desperation in first pg with dd1 I had a few sessions of reflexology from around weeks 30-35 - I'm not sure if it helped particularly as hg was much morr bearable generally by then but I did find it relaxing and enjoyable and I looked forward to the sessions x

hm, azure, sounds like you've tried most of the middle ranking meds then. It might be worth asking for domperidone. But after that the best option is ondansetron which is hard to get because they don't like paying out for it :s Is there any possibility of paying for it privately? it -is- good, very good; it doesn't take hte sickness totally away but really reduces it. Has a habit of bunging you up but that can generally be dealt with.

It's worth asking for ...

hope people are surviving this Sunday

Meerka and Azure 'phenergan' isn't often mentioned on here -is it the one below domperidone and ondansetron in the order of strength, then?
I hope everyone's managing and it's always a shame to have this horror as a festive season approaches. Blueberry I do hope Baby Blueberry decides to vacate the premises soon.

Phenergan is promethazine. It's the brand name. It is reasonably strong I think (not quite sure of that) but it's definitely stronger than cyclizine which is in the same family. Ondan is the strongest med available unless you go to steroids, which is really the last resort.

Good informaition, Meerka; aah, promethazine (I don't think I've spelt that correctly). Headaches with stemitel (I don't think I've spelt that correctly either, I'm terrible at drug names) but that sounds really miserable.

Goodness, my typing is getting worse and worse, sorry about this, everyone. I hope people are feeling slightly better.

Still no baby here - lots of vomit though 40+5 & obviously fed up! Midwife should be ringing me tomorrow to book me in for a sweep. Got a horrible feeling I'm going to go the full 2 weeks over and need to be induced - d's was born on his due date so this is torture!!

Hope everyone is having an ok day today.

Hello, I'm back again. After a social weekend with some food kept down, i've now told nearly all my friends that i'm pregnant - 18 weeks tomorrow, so its getting hard to hide it now. It was hard not to on saturday when i timed meeting their train with a vomit covered tissue and a 'just done it' look. My stalwart in getting about in the car has to be the plastic cup in the drinks holder, fantastic for random spits and heaves and a roll of loo paper for 'spillage'.

The worst is that i have hit all my friends birthdays, who like celebrating with meals out. I have started to go to a few, but only have half and take the rest home in a doggy bag. I have no stomach space anymore, a starter now does me, my tum has shrunk with under-use. Trying to be sensible, but know if i am not, that it will all vanish down the loo.

Today I went in to london to see little bloaty's special heart scan, 5 mins in we had to stop as i filled vomit bowl after bowl, worse was i had a nose bleed at the same time, so it looked really gruesome with clots coming up too. It lasted over an hour, they tried to move me from the waiting room (saying i would probably like more privacy) - i don't actually care anymore, if people think you don't vomit in pregnancy, they are deluded. On the positive side, the heart is looking ok for now. My sensible brain took over and i got DH to call work and tell them i was not coming back today, spent the afternoon and evening in bed feeling like poo.

Hope everyone is ok!!

gosh trixy that sounds like quite an experience. Poor you.

blueberry that's one very comfortable baby! I do hope s/he decides s/he'd like to meet mummy sooner rather than later!

I've decided that I hate being pregnant (shh, no one can know!). I'm 14+1 now. I can't remember the last time I slept for more than a couple of hours in a row. I've forgotten what clean teeth tastes/feels like (thank God for the childs fruity mouthwash Hubby found which at least stops my breath smelling awful). My back hurts from the vomiting and pulled muscles. People keep telling me the sickness must be settling now. I'm uterus exhausted and was subject to my MiL and SiL (a GP so should know better) telling me they didn't need afternoon naps with their pregnancies, and would I not sleep better at night without them (no, but neither were you hospitalised due to dehydration or on drugs to control the nausea. Eff off). I go round to people's houses for lunch and have a ham sandwich that's cut into little triangles cos my host is so used to making ham sandwiches for his kids - while they eat pizza that I can't eat. Pretty much the only time om mot grumpy with hubby is the 10 minutes or so after a vom when we sit on the bathroom floor together - and that's probably cos I have no energy to be grumpy! My tummy hurts most of the time,I feel sick all of the time. And the hormones... don't even get me started!

Where's this glowy lovely pregnancy that people talk about?! When's it my turn to experience that!

Trixy My goodness, that sounds so awful, thank goodness a bowl was to hand. You poor thing, and you must have felt like s*e indeed and having to be in the waiting room while it went on. I do so hope it eases for you soon. How truly awful.
Blueberry Oh dear. I can only offer gentle cyber hugs (not too tight) and cyber pecks for the dismal indifference of the medics. Despite your sufferings
I can only suppose the amniotic fluid levels are fine, as they're in no hurry to induce.
Oh dear, suffering all round, then.
Eallison I'm glad you can tell people at last - and that you can eat the starter and have a sort of social life. People's annoying comments show how little they know, but still...
It can see why it's been so quiet on here these past couple of days.

Morning ladies, well I woke up this morning actually feeling ok....for a few minutes and then I was sick more than I have been in a few weeks : (
Plus as if the HG and SPD weren't enough, I now have piles

Hello Oh no, doesn't sound at all good either. Hopefully the piles will go away along with the rest, when you're safely delivered.

But lucinda that's another 13 weeks away yet

blueberry sending you strength. I do hope you're managing to keep some liquids down at least.

trixy that vomitting during the scan sounds appalling! you poor thing. But it's really great news that tinytrix's heart looks good.

ealli wishing you strength too and a bit of enlightenment for your SIL and MIL. Bonding with your husband over the sickbowl sounds so unromantic doesn't it, but if it works ... !

hello I hope it was just a bad day. the hormones shift around a lot day to day. Hope today is better

Oh, no, Hello, I'm sorry, I thought it was nearer, that is putting my foot in it. The body certainly knows how to pile on the woes. As Meerka says hope it was a temporary thing with the violent puking, at least.
I hope everyone is a tiny bit better today.

Hi all, I'm wondering if this is still an active thread? I teally hope so. I'm really struggling with sickness. I'm only 9 weeks pg and already have a 6 month old baby girl. This all happened a bit quicker than expected, as you can imagine! Last preg I had HYperemisis the whole way though and it was just awful. I know you all know how that feels. I was prescribed an anthistamene type tablet after 20 weeks which helped a little but didn't solve things.
I'm now frightened that this is going the same way and feel dreadful even this early on... It's really challenging to look after my baby whilst this is happening and coping feels impossible. Any advice

Would be much appreciated xx

hcat goodness, that sounds really difficult. Congratulations on both your little girl and new bump. I'm no expert, but would suggest seeing your gp and asking for some stringer drugs (they are out there, you just have to be a little bolshy to get tgem). Are you on drugs at the moment?

This is an active thread, lovely lucindaand meerka are veterans, and there's a few of us (Inc me) who are battling with HG at the moment. I'm 14+2 and still having far more bad days that good (tho I am now starting to have some good days, which feels massive!). Stick around, there's lots of support and understanding to be had here.

Had a sweep yesterday and one booked for Friday. If still nothing then I'll be induced on Monday so the end is finally in sight.

Hope everyone is coping ok today.

Hi to any new people

hcat123 Welcome, I so agree with eallison he best thing to do is to go for pre-emptive meds asap, as there's some evidence the sooner you catch this the better if possible. Also, do ring Pregnancy Sickness Support on
024 7638 2020 and they may have a volunteer in your area who may be able to help out if the worst comes to the worst. Have you family and friends nearby who can step in, too with practical help? Everyone on here is lovely and supportive.
Blueberry That must be a relief. Hoping things start asap.

HI hcat congratulations and commiserations

agreed with lucinda that some pre-emptive meds woudl be a really good idea. Tehre's the antihistamines which are a good starter med. Tehre's also other meds which are considered safe and have been taken by many many women.

Also, take things as easy as you can. Don't expect too much of yourself.

blueberry so pleased to hear you will be induced on monday! great news

hi all

good news that the end of your sufferering is finally in sight blueberry- will be an added bonus if bub puts in an earlier appearance obviously!

trixy how horrible for you. I have to admit that I really was at my worst in first pg around the same point that you are now and things finally eased off a bit around 23 weeks (crosses everything for you).

eallison I can empathise entirely - unfortunately I never got the glow did not
enjoy a minute of
my pregnancies. honestly think it I'd a complete myth that anyone does- annoying portrayal by the media that pregnancy is glamerous- just another way of making us feel bad about ourselves I think- rant rant rant!!

welcome to the thread hcat so sorry you are sufferering again, excellent advice from everyone else.

waves to hello, meerka, lucinda and everyone

hello hcat - welcome to the thread.

Have gotten into the rhythm of a daily massive vom now and 1-2 nose bleeds. Mondays was a massive mash up of the two. Feeling loads better, but am strict with portion sizes as i fear the upchuck as it tastes so vile. ealison, this sounds awful, but i've not been cleaning my teeth either, i don't think i can even think of mouth wash - i dry brush with my toothbrush, but my gums have slightly started to bleed now as well. Last time i used toothpaste, i threw up 3 times and my mouth felt worse.

goodluck blueberry !

Today I am spending 3 hours travelling on 2 trains. Going to see my dad in the lakes for a change of scenery, decided train was better than driving - no having to find places to stop on motorway, near toilets (al be it smelly ones!) etc etc. However, now the day is here I'm terrified!what if the toilets are truly disgusting? What if I'm stuck vomiting when I'm meant to be getting off a train? Any tips/suggestions?! Froze a bottle if water overnight so hopefully will have supply of cold water. Got loads of crisps and bread to graze on. Any other ideas?!

Maybe a hankie sprayed with some perfume/room spray that you can tolerate the smell of just in case it's a bit stinky? I had to do this when at my worst as my colleague had a fondness for fish paste sandwiches