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.

Hello all, I'm pretty gutted I have only just found this thread. In fact I am now crying that I suffered for so many months without the understanding of others. I've been reading through the thread and relating so much to others.
I was lucky to have a brilliant doctor who had no issue in diagnosing me and trying medication as I caught it early. This didn't work though and I was signed off for 3 weeks. My problem was I'm a teacher of a subject where there is only me. I had to go into work to teach my GCSE and a level kids as its exam season. I was throwing up in my classroom sink whilst teaching them. I couldn't get out of bed and having the energy to shower seemed like a distant memory!
My OH half has been brilliant and looked after me for the past few months. I am currently on a phased return but have had to be off the past two days as I now have a cold to top it all off!
I think I am feeling a little better hg wise and took the decision to try and reduce my medication (buccastem) which now works after the second attempt at controlling it. Do you think I am being silly and it's going to hit me like a tonne of bricks again or worth a try??

Laura Welcome and some I am so sorry that you didn't find us before, hugs over having to battle on alone. A belated heap of sympathy for what you must have endured battling on, throwing up in your classroom sink. I know teachers feel particularly obliged to go in, and there was one on here who used to have to throw up out of her classroom window. There's a couple on here who have much more expert knowledge than me (I'm Mother Hen; not currently suffering, I just try and support those who are) who can advise best on cutting down on meds. From all I've heard, you have to do it slowly, but you know best when your body is able to function normally.
Back soon...

Chintaria I've been on varying doses of ondansetron. St the moment I'm managing on 1 x 8 mg a day. At my worst I was on 4 x 8mg a day (8mg at 6.30 am, 16mg at 2 pm and 8mg at 10pm). That was just for a week as the doctors couldn't seem yo agree about whether that was too much. For a week or two after that I took 8mg at 2 pm and if I needed a top up had another. Then dud several weeks of 8mg 3 x daily. I think as long as you keep in consultation with doctors it can be pretty flexible.

welcome laura- i was gutted to only find this thread in my second hg pregnancy- having others who understand what you are going through does certainly make it easier mentally and everyone is very supportive here when you need advice, sympathy, gentle pats or simply to off-load! I would wait to reduce meds until you have got over your cold and are managing at work ok and have been 'well' for a few weeks. after much bitter experience in my first pg I waited nearly 2 months after feeling much better and bring back at work before reducing second time round as relapsing is totally demoralizing.

lahottie hope the party went ok and you are not suffering too badly today.

chintara & chops thinking of you both and hoping the weekend is manageable. I remember having a miserable period of repeat weekend admissions for 3 weekends on the trot from weeks 7-10 . hoping you are faring a bit better now on iv.

waves to eallison, lilac, amy, mellee, hello, motherofpearl, meerka and of course our wonderful mother hen lucinda.

Thanks ealli Is it in tablet form? Mine's been going straight into my canister (is that what it's called - the drip needle going into your arm? I know what it is in french ). Had one dose last night and another this morning... Just wondering how long it'll last!

sorry also carno and kayme rudely forgotten. gosh the thread has suddenly got amazingly busy. was reflecting the other day (my 7th wedding anniversary) how 5 years previously how I spent the day hooked up to a drip, making final preparations for my sister's hen weekend (which I amazingly managed to attend thanks to the cyclizine injections which my dsil (dr) was able to administer while we went to London for the night a few days later. after that particular day on iv (5th admission- maybe around 12 weeks or so?) I was well enough to go home and suddenly felt incredibly hungry. we celebrated wedding anniversary with fish and chips- got halfway through and vommed whole thing back up, (in that completely gross way where it just comes flying out with about 30 seconds warning but at least made it to the loo!), then in one of those wierd hg quirks- was still hungry so went back downstairs and finished the rest! (love that i can tell this story here and know that everyone will know exactly what I mean!!

chintara you can get it in tablet form as well although I couldn't keep it down when at my worst few weeks so had to have it iv with fluids for a while to have any effect. once fluids start to rehydrate you as well you will hopefully feel a lot better- sorry not a very good memory 're dosages x

It comes in tablet form. Apart from one injection into my bum when I was really ill, I've only had it as pills.

Hello all.
I've just got my bfp and feeling very nervous at the moment.
I'm 37. Have a dd born Aug 2012. Had HG from 7 to 20 weeks of that pg. Tried Cyclizine but it didn't agree with me, then prochlorperazine which reduced actual sickness from 6-7 times a day to 3-4 times but no help with constant nausea.

Second pg had HG again from 6 weeks and used prochlor again plus tried Metaclopramide (didn't like) and then domperidome. Was starting to think that was helping a little bit but then discovered that i was having a mc (at 12 wks) and I've had another 3 mc since then. So that's my history.

Now I'm pg again and nervous about both mc and HG. I'm on prednisilone this time for the mcs, and have heard that it has recently been prescribed for HG so really hoping it will help. Is anyone on steroids for their HG and if so, can i ask what dosage and how many weeks you've been prescribed for and how it is working?

You seem like a lovely supportive bunch and i hope this pg continues so that i can stick around here and chat. (Sorry for the opening essay! )

Elisabeth thanks for the well wishes, but I'm not actually in hospital. Currently moping on the sofa with an ice lolly and Four in a Bed. Had a good morning and even put a wash on. Can feel avomine wearing off now like they did around this time yesterday so I'm presuming the lolly will be the last thing I'll be keeping down :-( Have put a plea out on the pregnancy thread for advice on taking more than one a day. Anyone here know?

Sorry to hear your sad story march I hope you have a sticky non hg pregnancy this time around x

I can't imagine throwing up in sinks at work. shudder I'm letting myself be signed off for as long as needed. Plus I get the bus to work and I've always dreaded vomming on public transport!

Hello all....I have just returned from the two days of celebrations for my baby's first birthday and Christening. I did it!! Of course it wasn't anything as I imagined, but I got through it....I got out of hospital on Friday lunchtime and went straight to the birthday party....this was ok, afternoons are marginally better for me. Party was wonderful, with 15 one year olds having a ball. I felt far better having escaped the hospital. I think I ate about 80 of the duck pancake canapés.

Today has been much harder....my morning involve vomiting every 15 minutes and my stepchildren are here who obviously don't know I'm pregnant....I was vomiting from 6am until 10am when everyone started arriving for tea and coffee. The church was also tough, carrying all 12 kilos of him for 30 minutes while sweat dribbled down my face. However lunch now done, and I am home back in my tracksuit.

Thank you all for your kind support and checking in with me.

Chintaria, I can feel your nausea oozing from your messages, it is so familiar. I am so sorry you are suffering like this. You asked about my medication and I can confirm I am taking 25mg of the steroid Prednisolone each morning, once a day. Frankly, like all other medications I am not convinced it is doing anything for me. Very thick chocolate milkshakes (which you all recommended to me) is more helpful I think. And baked potatoes at night when I am feeling a bit less wretched.

I don't know about all this guys....I had bad PND first time around and have only been truly recovered since March anyway. Black cloud is on the horizon, I am beginning to think this is an enormous mistake, and the HG is only one aspect of this. From the start I have seen a new baby as simply a wonderful 'gift' for my son, and this is starting to seem not quite enough. I'm not really looking for helpful responses to this, I just like communicating to you about it as I don't feel judged on this lovely thread.

Marchgirl, just read your message above,...I am on the same drug as you (25mg once a day in the morning) but only started 3 days ago when I was in hospital, and frankly I am not sure of the impact. I am still vomiting pretty solidly from 6am until lunchtime....so been taking the pill actually at more like 1pm. It is effecting my sleep (I am a former insomniac with a lot of sleep anxiety), so I don't know if I will last on it....

I'm struggling with evening vomiting the most so I'm going to bed with an empty stomach and a sore throat feeling miserable.

Glad yesterday went ok lahottie but poo pants to this morning :-(

I so long to go out and eat and a pub again. I dream of food constantly! Poor dh would like to go out and eat too! We've been discussing Sunday carvery in great detail just now. Mmmmm. This is coming from someone who vommed up instantly 4 spoonfuls of mash last night!

Welcome to the new ladies and sorry you have found yourself here :(

laura that sounds awful I find it hard enough being sick in the work toilets!!

chops can relate to wanting food, but then when it's suggested we get something nice I get too scared about bringing it back up :(

lahottie so glad you survived this weekend but a shame it was rubbish for you this morning :( hope you managed to enjoy best part of it!

Sorry for overlooking anyone it really I getting busy here!

I've had a bad couple of days with sickness, my worst vomiting this morning on waking and in the car the while way to our scan. The good news is we got to see our baby who seems to be doing well and found out its a little boy! :)

Waves to everyone x

25 + 5 today and HG is only marginally better!

I too appear to have only just discovered this thread which would have been a godsend for all the time I spent bored feeling lonely useless and crying whilst in hospital hooked up to numerous drips!!

Just wanted to send hugs and to you all as it has not been easy and it is only lately I have been able to eat 'normally' again not every day but it's a definite improvement!

The highlight of my HG this week was throwing up in the work car park , I wore a dress with no tights and I was using tena lady (sorry if tmi) but threw up a number of times and managed to have wee dripping down my legs at the same time :/ I had to laugh afterwords else I would have cried x x

Oh Glitterball!! I'm so sorry for you, and feel for you so much.

My highlight just before hospital last week was a vets appointment for my dog with a sore eye. Every time the vet mentioned his eyeball, or pulled his eyelid back I retched loudly into my little Tupperware box that I carry around with me....while the vet and the nurse stood holding my dog waiting for me to finish. It happened again and again.,. The whole waiting room heard too...then looking like a dirty old tramp I have to come out to pay....what a special moment!!

In such a state, constantly being sick. Lost nearly 5 pounds this week. Can't keep anything down. I'm so emotionally drained. Last week mid wife offered sickness injection. Has anyone had it? Thinking of going to get it. If I didn't have two other kids it wouldn't be so bad but I can't even make them dinner. Also my 4 yr old is getting distressed I'm very ill and had been crying today. Breaks my heart

Marchgirl Welcome, hugs over mc 's, particularly after Hyperemesis. That is just not fair.

Glitterball Welcome, and I'm wish you had found this thread before. It is so lonely being bed bound. You poor thing for that jolly experience in the car park at work. Never worry about tmi on this thread.
I remember vividly throwing up into a bin in South Ealing (where we then lived, and fortunately they didn't have lids then) and peeing myself.
Lahottie That vet experience sounds truly awful, lucky you had the little box to hand. Had to smile at your description though, oh dear. I'm so glad you were able to enjoy the birthday party.
Laura7010 As below, in case my message has gone to the previous page, and sympathies again that you had to suffer alone for so long.
Chopsticks Sorry to bore on, but Mother Hen is flapping and clucking about that dark urine. If you are eating a little, I believe ketones may not reflect how dehydrated you are. How are the liquids staying down? Have you got dry skin, blurred vision, or a headache?
any Happy news about baby scan if sorry news about car vomit.
elizabethsumum Thanks for kind words. I bet your fifth wedding anniversary dinner memory is not one you treasure. But you must be a natural sprinter, I think, to have made it to the loo with so little warning and enervated by Hyperemesis, too...
Chintaria They are being throrough, which is good, but you must have been in a bad way to be nil by mouth for so long.
Apologies to anyone rudely overlooked. Goodness, this thread is busy today...

Congrats on the good scan amy, i think i remember you from a mc thread.

Thanks for the welcome peeps and the info on pred. Sounds like it might not be the wonder drug I was hoping then! Are people taking it alongside antiemetics or does it interact badly?

Well done on getting through the christening celebrations lahottie, sounds like a difficult few days

LoveLetters Cross posted, welcome. You poor thing, it is hard on lO's, but they are resilient, from all I've seen on this and other threads, they do get over it very quickly. I think you should take all the meds you are offered with this sort of weight loss. Also, have you got kesostix to check for dehydration? Available from any chemists?> Can you face sips of flat coke, the juice of tinned fruit, jelly, ice lollies, soda water or (another favourite) thick chocolate milk shakes?

march was that the ttc after mc thread? Amazing thread which got me through a very dark time. This thread is equally as supportive for another shitty time! Just so nice to have people who understand x

Thank you all so much for the kind welcome and support. I know you all understand what I've been feeling and it's a great help.
I was lucky enough to have to go in and teach really lovely classes who were very understanding.
I do feel like it's getting slightly better but I'm too scared to believe it. I will try reducing meds when I'm over my cold but am also petrified of what could happen if it's just the medication making me feel semi normal. Although I feel less 'poisoned' this week so I'm hoping it's a good sign.
I hope everyone is being looked after well and taking care of themselves

Just thought I'd pop in and say I hope everyone is okay and having a good weekend

Thankyou. I want to go to hospital and get the injection now but dh wants to wait til Monday when I can go and see the doctor properly without getting rushed at hospital. I keep dreaming about a massive roast dinner. All I've had is toast and more toast for days on end. I so emotionally floored :(

Gosh, reading all your stories of the awful times you're going through brings it all back. I think I've blocked out what it was like after having the other stresses. A lot of people on the mc threads keep saying they wish they have sickness. Whilst I understand why they say it I just feel like rolling my eyes sometimes and just think 'you have no idea what you're wishing for'.