Hi ladies, thanks for the warm welcome and all your supportive messages. It's such a relief to find people who understand what it's like living with Hg. My DH tries to understand but he doesn't really get it. Hope everyone's coping today!
My due date is 18th September
Meerka thanks for the link to HelpHer, I'll try and get DH to sign up to the dads forum. He keeps trying to push me to get out more at mo as he thinks it will speed recovery (despite every hg article telling him otherwise aargh). And he keeps going on about baby needing more fruit (!!!) even though I've told him countless times it worsens heartburn. I've been managing 2 pieces fruit a day max instead of the recommended 5, which worries him, I'm seriously tempted to peel 5 pieces and hide what i can't eat in the bin! I know he's an anxious first-time dad, and most of time he's very supportive, but sometimes his 'advice' drives me nuts! I try to be patient with him as I know he's suffering too, but when i'm feeling sick my patience wears very thin.
Thinking of this as Time Out rather than 'when will it end' really helps, I've been trying to be more accepting and just rest. Hg is a harsh lesson in patience, one thing i find hardest is not having any control over it. Normally when I'm ill I soldier on and keep going. Hg responds very differently, the more you fight the urge to rest, the more you vomit.
Today woke up in early hours with a migraine, had to have sick-bucket by bed again like in early days of hg (when i have a migraine even sitting up makes me retch as every movement of head feels jarring). Took co-codamol but lost the first 2 doses. Woke up 2 hours ago and pain is finally gone, just a mild niggly headache. I only had migraines occasionally before getting pregnant but can't identify any triggers, seems totally random. On top of normal nausea and vomiting i find migraines a nightmare as have to lie completely still in a dark room until pain goes, so feel robbed of the few activities left. I just try to sleep through it as much as possible.
On positive note I managed a brief trip to Asda yesterday 
It's the first time I've been in a supermarket since week 14 (when had a humiliating throwing-up incident in meat aisle thanks to DH lingering over which sausages he wanted). We kept it very brief this time, just went in to get some ice-lollies and chose a quiet time of day so no queues. Feels like a big step forward! Bought 5 boxes of ice-lollies as couldn't decide which ones and i was craving them all lol. Re-discovered lots of childhood favourites like Rocket lollies and mini-milks!
Interesting others have trouble with screens too. I can't watch much TV/ look at phone for long, though seem ok reading from laptop or Kindle. Anything flickering or fast-moving makes nausea worse, adverts are a no-no! I really look forward to doing 'normal' things again once baby's born, like watching a film.