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.

It's so nice to be able to one on here and say how I feel. That sometimes I need to be sick or else it's worse or that my sickness is weird now because of tablets or that I'm not hungry or so tired! DH doesn't understand me at all just now, I'm looking forward to the first scan as he was unable to come to either of my first ones with dds so he'll get an earlier glimpse of Roo than he has in the past. I woke up to him rubbing my tummy this morning which was do nice until I because properly aware and garden to go retch!

Thank you iam appointment was just a waste of my energy walking there- she said I looked ok and my bp was ok even though pulse 133.
Back home to bed and sleep.
I may try metoclopromide? I really admire you and others who work with this.
X

Oh dear, suffering all round. I can't improve on the advice, can only send much sympathy and fellow feeling. Ican't Did you manage to get to dr's?
And I hope I don''t sound as if I am nagging, but did the Pregnancy Sickness Support line doctor have any suggestions? Iam Much sympathy over horrible night. Reebok It's very brave of you to keep battling in. I don't know how you are managing maths lessons; my calculator conked out and I had to work something out to three decimal places with pen and paper, and it took me twice as long as it should have. I am glad you feel not quite as bad as you did a few weeks ago, and as you say, it must be the exhaustion of the return to work and commute which is causing a sort of relapse. So disappointing lookng forard to orange fanta, and getting strawberry.
squeezed I so agree with eallison that you sound as if you ought to take some time off if you possibly can.
Charlie I am still appalled about people's callous behaviour in that 'stepping over' instant. I am ignorant about gastirc by-pass operations; does it impact a lot on Hyperemesis?
MotherofPearl This affliction does nothing for - ahem - 'Marital Relations'
Gentle cyber pats to all. Waves to lovely OnceaMeer and eallison
shoop spandau Madrigal amysmum BarmeeMarmee and everybody.

Ican't Sorry, cross posted; as in post below...

oddest things set me off too ... screens. any sort of swooping camera angles was a total and utter no no. (in a reduced way, still get that, but it's way better). Moving at all. In my first preg I was in bed a lot. Tried to speak to my aunt on the phone and breathing in and speaking set me off ... it was beyond ridiculous.

cant metoclopramide can be good, but you can only take it for so long because if you -do- get side effects they can be permanent if you're very unlucky :s Having said that, if it works for you, it's good. Domperidone is an alternative I believe.

MoP our poor OHs do get have to bear some really unreasonable (but not our fault!) requests don't they!

squeezed and reebok ... you have steel wills to be able to go into work!

amys things are going better now thank you :) it was a rough patch with several stressful things at once but it's all passing =) the Squeak is so relentlessly active though that he's a human duracell!

madrigal 3 stone?? ouch. Loosing that much weight that fast puts your system under a lot of stress all on its own :s

It came back to me the other day ... when I could eat at all, and was fit enough to get out into the village, I had a craving for raspberries. I used to buy boxes of them, highly expensive, and bring them home and scoff them -all- .... then hide the empty boxes at the bottom of the bin (blush). They were so expensive ...

lucinda still waiting on a call back :(

onceameer towards the end for me it was mangos and donuts - neither if which were particularly cheap! I did try tinned mangos...disgusting!

icant sorry for the wasted trip to Drs, it's so frustrating when you gear yourself up and then nothing productive comes of it. Remind me, you were taken off ondansetron - what was the reason?

eallison I was taken off it because of the steroids (predisalone) which technically should make me feel better - but I'm vomiting so much I don't think I'm absorbing it. My ketones were only 1+ so not enough for admission which I didn't want, I just wanted something to help me.
Hopefully I'll have a phone call back soon.

meer I didn't know you can only take metachlopromide for a certain amount of time I'm worried ice been on it too long now though I can't remember when it was first prescribed...

Ican't They are good about phoning people back - I do hope you get a call soon. Poor you.
Madrigal Goodness, I missed that about your losing three stone. That's a lot.
shoop A good idea to phone your doctor just for reassurance - i'm not medically trained but remember hearing from somewhere it probably only is a worry if you have symptoms of twitching, as I recall.
Everyone - I'd just remembered that I once saw a lovely sparkling 'Hyperemesis - I Survived' badge on Photobucket, which could be added to posts on web pages. Childish, but I wanted to put one up on here for everyone to copy. But I couldn't find it again.

I saw this and thought if all of you!

I think max for metoclopramide is 12wks or that's what I have in my head.

Have felt sick for most of the day. Had 16wk midwife appt and all is well. She said my urine is fine now so urine infection gone. Got hom and my LO sounded really weezy. He started getting a bad dry/chesty cough yesrerday. But today he is so blocked up with flem its making it hard for him to believe. As hes 8.5months he cant get it up by blowing nose or coughing. So saw doctor who said he has croup and has prescribed him something called dexamethasone. Run all over town to all the chesmists trying to get it but none have it. I know feel like crap.

Not to worry you but if it's croup the meds will be a steroid he'll need it to stop his air ways from blocking ... might need emergency out of hours if you can't find any.
Best of luck. .. not what you need at all
I'm sobbing at the. Moment can't handle this perpetual sick feeling.. constant headaches and phlegm
My back is crap any way but my sciatica is joining the party
I feel like my life has ended
I can't stand food and loath drinks
I'm up.most nights with stomach pain as acid bad and stomach empty... this has been a problem since g bladder removal in 2011 so no food =pain
Teeth are killing me ... on e crumbled about 6 weeks ago but as I can't brush them without sickie I'm unable to see dentist
I'm looking wrinkled and have.so many grey hairs I feel a total wreck
Just started to feel better after last preg and like my figure
Now I'm back to fat stomach and no make up as wretch ing all the time means it all gets ruined anyway.
Was hoping by 16 weeks I'd be well .. I'm 15 plus 5 today
Can't stand thought this won't end til baby actually born ... how the heck do ppl manage that one?
I've one older son who Is in constant trouble at school have yet another meeting tomorrow .. d aren't say I'm preg they ll think I'm mad with all I have to cope with ...
Health.wise... toddler... very disruptive teen
Two others :(

Iam Well found.

spandau Cross posted again. Poor you; I wish I could do something more than say words. It will get better. Who wouldn't sob now and then? You are very brave to keep going. I'm sure you look a lot better than you feel, pregnant women always do, even with this. Those headaches are the worst.

spandau If a teenager doesn't play up and get into trouble, that's not a normal teenager, after all, but a robot. But it seems that much worse just now. Can only offer cyber pats.

Spandau - gonna send my oh out to some evening chemist to try as i dont have a car at the moment. The wind here has got really bad so am staying inside. Sometimes all u can do is cry because nothing works. Hopefully only a few more bad weeks to get through. Make up only happens now if i have a small window of feeling ok.

spandau I'm so so sorry I wish I could do something to help.

I was signed off by my GP for 12 weeks in total back in the summer and for most of that time just laid in bed staring at the walls and wondering how on earth I would get through the next hour. I was talking to a friend about how fast this year has gone and realised that it's because basically I switched off and zoned out of a quarter of it!

It's truly demoralising and no one fully understands unless they've been there but we are all here for you and empathise thoroughly.

You can do this, I know you can! It will get better, even incrementally, so that at first you don't notice any improvement but suddenly you can look back a week and realise you are sipping more liquid than you were this time last week or something like that.

Keep on keeping on, you are a !

This thread is really helping to keep me sane! I'm waiting for the stupid train and I'm getting the later one so Dh can meet me instead of walking and getting the bus. I laughed at the official pregnancy risk assessment document today calling it morning sickness, if only. Think I'll be off again tomorrow, the commute is just too much for me at the moment after a day of dizziness and vomiting. And it is bloody freezing, I can't wait to be able to drive again. Hope you all have better evenings.

Thank you all.. your kind words have made me cry again lol.
Just so dam hard isn't it ? Even when you KNOW it's not for ever .. that others are worse off.. that you are a.bit better... just one thing and it sets you back again .
I'm just up and down cos I'm not on my anti depressants. .. I was on a low dose and need to arrange going back on them but leave it as long as possible for sake of Dev baby x

spandau i'm glad i'm not the only one suffering with my teeth... i feel like they're never clean as I can't brush them long enough before gagging and vomiting :/ then I'm back to square one!

hubby came home with a bunch of flowers for me... and is yet again cooking dd and his tea... and has washed up for the umpteenth time... I feel like such a waste of space at the minute :(

dreading the start of another three days at work but needs must to keep the $$$ coming in, I've felt more nauseous today than I've done in a long time and had diarrhea this afternoon, although I think my antibiotics have something to do with that... :/

hope all have had some sort of decent day xxx

spandau Hugs.
squeezed Mother Hen flaps and clucks. You shouldn't be out in this awful minor hurricane. You do need to be off if you possibly can be. Reebok How did things go at work today?
Lovely message of support from TwoDrifters.
Charlie Poor LO with croup, I do hope he gets a bit better soon. Glad midwife appointment went well.
amysummy That wafile:///C:/Users/User/Pictures/903d9734a7a65fe12201d6e258fba7b5.jpgs nice about the flowers.
This picture book looks good for explaining for lO about Hyperemesis.
The Ginger Free Zone image I couldn't resist, but couldn't get it bigger.
None of you should be out in that hurricane.

Hi all, sorry been trying to recover from work. Shattered nauseous and fed up of feeling so rubbish. 17 weeks on Friday. Need to try to stop counting down as every milestone I give myself means nothing. Lucinda thanks for the lovely pics! Made me smile. And forgot who posted the other one but once again I love it.

So sorry so many are suffering. No energy to reply individually so apologies to all. X

Everyone
running out of space, so here's the new link
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/pregnancy/2510731-Hyperemesis-Support?watched=1

Watch that one not come out.

Hope all can totter over.