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

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 all,

Had a really terrible day today, the sickness seems to be ramping up again - am 34 1/2 weeks and I have no idea why it's coming back so strongly (not that it's ever really left)

At least I'm off work. Spent most of the day on the sofa feeling like I was at sea. Grim.

Dh has been fussing round all evening trying to feed me things (sweet) and demanding I call the midwife, but I know there's nothing they can do.

Have also developed bright green poo - rather charming TMI there... I'm assuming this is just reduced digestive transit time (not taking any prenatal vits so I can't think what else it can be.)

I'm going to be vomiting on them as they cut the cord aren't I? Ah well, few more weeks to go!

Hope all are as well as they can be :)

Skiptonlass poor you. My 2nd son arrived at 34+1. I would not recommend early labour as he was not very well but I was so nice not being pregnant. Just make sure you are looking after yourself it's your husbands job to look after you so listen to him.

Sorry to hear so many are feeling rough.

Feeling rubbish again. Keep vomiting. The bananas will no longer stay down. Seems medication only works through iv. Want this over.

I just had my 20 week scan the baby is doing well. I went through with my 3rd pregnancy hoping we might have to a girl. They told me that it's a boy, I feel sad as really wanted a girl but feel bad as at least a have another lovely little boy. I'm also annoyed that I have been messed around by my doctors every time I see a different doctor they tell me not to take certain medicines. I still feel sick all the time and am being sick several times a day. The consultant I saw today said he was happy with me taking any of the medicines and would also support me having ondansetron after I was told I could not have it because of my heart. I have also been having problems with my hips again so struggling to walk. Oh ladies are we crazy to do this to our self's.

I think we must be crazy kayme. Also our brains must block out how bad it is otherwise I wouldn't be on my 2nd pregnancy!

Have just been admitted about to be put on IV am a bit nervous though thankful am finally been taken seriously

shoopshoopsong as horrible as an IV is you will feel soooo much better afterwards. Even if it's just to hydrate you, your in the right place.

Reebok the doctors told me that if I couldn't keep meds down they could inject them at the surgery. Not nice but might work for you?

Thanks kayme. Husband has thankfully been wonderful the whole time. I am lucky to have him!

shoop don't fret about the IV - it's going to make you feel significantly better :)

reebok it will be over, I have to keep telling myself that. Was speaking to an old friend the other day who had HG and she said that literally the second they cut the cord she stopped vomiting. Hang on in there :)

I can't take much more of this. I had a mc in July and now that's all I keep thinking about. Miscarrying to end this torture

Oh reebok you poor thing. It's ghastly. I've had those thoughts. I can hear distant newborn cries on the next ward at the moment and am trying to remember that pregnancy actually can lead to something nice it's not just the wasting disease it feels like

reebok.

Hold on. Hold on in there. Just get throguh the next minute, minute by minute. Try to sleep as much as you can.

Sod work - do not go in, please. You are far too ill for that.

Rest as much as you can, do whatever works for you. Just get through the next few minutes.

skipton, congratulations at getting to 34 weeks! A significant number of people feel worse again in the last 3rd, but it's never as bad as the first awful stretch. It's a right endurance test though :/

shoopshoop glad to hear you're in hospital, rotten as that normally is, because at least you'll get IV rehydration.

if you get too dehydrated, your electrolyte balance goes haywire and that in itself can make you pretty ill all on its own. Rehydration really helps. Also, ... this does not last forever.

Hope everyone's feeling a little brighter today. I've woken up feeling ok ish this morning and I know I'm going to have to attempt to tackle tidying the living room as it honestly looks as though it's been hit by a bomb. Hope it doesn't set me back.

Thanks Meerka. I went to bed early last night and I think it helped as when I'm sleeping I don't feel/get sick. Woke up this morning craving coco pops (I hate this!) in cold milk (I hate milk!)...so decided to give it a try. Hoping it stays down. Helped a little with the thirst.

Trying to remind myself that I've been through hg and gotten through it. Not going to work. No way I can cope teaching 30 kids. My boss will just have to deal with it or sack me. I'm past caring. Need to concentrate on my health.

Hope everyone is having an ok morning.

reebok sleeping as much as possible got me through the worst of HG. Forget work and concentrate on yourself, I know it's easier said than done but you have to think of yourself and getting better x

Hi everyone, just checking in. I like to think that I'll come back when feeling better to offer reassurance here because, for me, one of the worst things is feeling there's no end in sight. Even though logically the sickness should go when no longer pregnant, I still have a fear it will continue after, was crying to dp about it this morning. I'm 14 weeks today and feel complete despair at the thought of 26 more weeks of this. It also seemed to get worse for me after 12 weeks which makes me think it's going to get worse and worse although some days I don't know how it can possibly get any worse.

Has anyone tried any natural remedies? Acupuncture or other alternative therapies. I've read a lot of quack on the web (It's what desperately googling 'Hyperemesis cure' will do) but have tried to avoid grains, which was difficult as toast was one of the only things I could keep down. Also trying Yakult and fermented foods as even though I know its likely utter rubbish it's something I read could help and I'm utterly desperate . I've tried every medication now except for the one that moves food through your system quicker and the expensive one beginning with O - sorry am rubbish with names

Sorry for the big ol ramble, thanks for letting me!

reebok how are you today? There will be terrible days and days which are faintly better. Like ems said (how are you, ems?) sleep as much as you can.

peach, Lucinda found acupuncture helped massively. I think she's one of a minority of people for whom it works, most people don't get much benefit, but if it does work for you it helps a great deal.

ON the good news side, at 14 weeks you might begin to start getting less-awful days more often. Sometimes it can take up to 21 or 22 weeks, but a lot of people start to turn the corner slowly at 14 weeks. Good days and bad, you know?

I haven't heard of anyone who is at this level of sickness for the full 40 weeks. It really does start to improve, even if you never feel exactly great. The less good news is that sometimes it can return a bit in the 3rd trimester, but it's never as bad as in the first stretch.

Hoping everyone is surviving and can take it easy ...

On hols with dh, dd and parents, I threw up in my usual loud fashion in the upstairs toilet while they were sat in lounge downstairs, turns out they could hear me very clearly and I was even being picked up on the baby monitor so they had me on surround sound! Everyone looked a bit subdued and slightly green when I came back downstairs!

Meerka, this morning wasn't awful. Managed to eat some food. Had a very long nap as suggested by em however now I've woken up feeling a little green. Sucking on quavers hoping it's just a little nausea from hunger.

Peach, my sister had acupunctunture when she suffered from hg. Although the hg didn't go completely, it helped to ease her symptoms.

Oh keeps fighting with me. He's getting annoyed at having to be the one to look after dd...I can't deal with nappy changes or feed her as it makes me wretch and puke. He's annoyed the house is a state and I've stopped cooking. I screamed at him just now as he's the one who said he wanted another now knowing full well I would get sick. Yet now he's complaining. I don't need the stress. I have no support and it's not helping.

reebok I can't imagine how frustrating it must be for you to be having such a difficult time with your other half. I know it's difficult, but are you able to have a sit down with him and remind him of what you talked about previously, and explain how much your struggling and how hard it is for you.

I've tried. He doesn't listen and is just fed up with having to look after me/look after dd/work full time. I get that. I do. But this isn't easy on me. I feel so rubbish and just want some help. Sorry for the rant!

Reebok, that sounds awful. Is there anyone else who can help you guys? Family nearby? Could you maybe pay to get someone in to clean the kitchen/living room to take some pressure off you both? It sounds like it's getting to you both and that's no good for you.

Also just wondering Reebok, I'm sure that Lucinda has previously posted some material, I think from the Pregnancy Sickness Support page, about practical help for people in your situation. Maybe check their website? I don't by any means wish to make crass equivalences here, but I wish there was an HG organisational equivalent to something like Macmillan. Although HG is temporary and not life threatening, it must surely be one of the most debilitating illnesses there is? Anyway, in the absence of such support, as Bugista says, are there friends and family close by that you could call on for help? It's so hard to feel you have no support; I really feel for you. I wish I could pop round and clean your house!
Peach, it is so relentless, it can feel interminable, but as Meerka says, things are likely to improve a bit as the weeks go by.
FreshBread, sorry to hear about the loud vom, although your story did make me smile.
I'm keeping up the Buccastem, just two a day, and so far it seems to be working, although the nausea is constant.

I'm back from my hospital stay thanks for the reassurance, I was there for much longer than I hoped but feeling better for it and with new drugs.

MouldyPeach - I saw a homeopath (usually think it's rubbish but was desperate) and actually a few of the remedies actually did help for a few days each before they stopped again so I reckon it's worth it if you can spare £40/50 and an hour of questions. I had one session with mine and she kept giving me new remedies over a couple of weeks when I was finding one helped. She's on holiday now though, the cow.

Reebok - that sounds awful I really hope OH sees sense. Otherwise perhaps you'll have to aim your puke in his face.

Thanks ladies. Unfortunately we have no one nearby to help. My parents aren't far off but are pretty elderly and unwell themselves so can't do much. Friends are all busy with their own lives and seem to disappear when I have hg. The same thing happened last time. Would love a cleaner if I could afford one.

Had my daily evening vomits and I was sobbing for God to help me. OH must have heard because when I came out of the bathroom for the third time this evening, he finally asked me if I was ok. Hasn't bothered this week when he comes home to ask me once. Just complains. But when he asked me now I just sort of shrugged my shoulders. He asked if I wanted anything and I shrugged again and walked straight into the bedroom. Hope he feels bad.

Oh I went to the gp earlier. Was hilarious as I was basically telling him which medication to prescribe me and he just agreed and wrote out the prescription. Got him to give ondanstetron again and increased the amount of ranitidine I'm getting. Last time I had hg I didn't know a thing about the drugs but this time I brought up the research from pregnancy sickness support to him so he didn't have a leg to stand on.

Shoop I'm glad you're feeling better and hope it lasts a bit longer for you than it did for me. Think this acid reflux is making things worse! Almost 8 weeks! 32 more weeks to go!