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.

Yes on ondansetron and sadly actually sick that many times! To be honest I have no idea how I'm staying hydrated but my ketones are fine so sipping must be working.

madrigal hooray for showers!

reebok you made it! Congratulations!

Hi ladies! So glad I found this. I'm 7 weeks today and have had the worst sickness for 2.5 weeks now! I work full time and have a toddler so it is really hard! I work in a coffee shop too so really really hard with smells etc and just one loo in the building...meaning staff share with customers which isn't convenient when I'm running to puke all day! Today was the worst by far, been unable to eat or drink for 3 days now EVERYTHING made me sick today, was sick 12 times before 1:30!!!! Although there is nothing left to come up Mannaged to get a doctor's apt this afternoon and he diagnosed me with hypermesis! He doesn't want to give me meds at this point as he feels avoid until last resort! Was looking for some tips on how to manage this please???

babykr my best advice is to get back to gp (or indeed a different gp) and get some meds. They are not meant to be a last resort. NICE guidelines say meds to help mum have as normal as possible life, you are clearly not doing so at the moment. Cyclizine has been used for this for a very long time and is considered safe. It's a good place to start. Have you found any foods or drinks that manage yo stay down? Don't worry about what's healthy or not, just get down what you can when you can. If you fancy something and think you can stomach it,give it a go. Ice pops are good,many find. A lot also find fizzy drinks work. Often very cold or very hot works. Cheap ice cream is a bizarre favourite of many (for me it was tinned peaches!). It can be really demoralising to keep trying to eat and drink for it to come back,by its important to try as much as you can.

ickle sounds like you're having a difficult time of it, much sympathy.

reebok you've reached half term! Well done!

Gosh babykr please go back to your gp you need medication so that you don't get dehydrated which puts you and baby at risk. Did he do a urine test to check for ketones? Sorry you're suffering too!

Hi babykr, sorry you are suffering. Obviously everyone would love to have a medicine free pregnancy, but sadly that's not an option for most with hyperemesis.

Have you read the NICE guidelines on treatment of women with hyperemesis? Medication is not meant to be a last resort and thinking like that can be dangerous to Mum and baby. Dehydration, malnutrition and weight loss is not good for either of you. Medication such as cyclizine or promethazine are very safe and have been used for donkeys years in pregnant women.

cks.nice.org.uk/nauseavomiting-in-pregnancy#!scenario

Congratulations rebook on reaching half term.

ickle sorry you're not doing so well.

madrigal good job on the shower! I understand the effort that takes.

Hi everyone else and thanks for the supportive messages.

Had a nice day yesterday. Managed lunch out with my manager/work friend (I picked at a bread roll and some soup, neither returned). Went and watched helped dh clean our old rental house, and then another work friend came round an watched films with me yesterday evening. It was really nice, and has really pulled me out of my loneliness slump!

Vomiting a lot less, still gagging - will that go, or is that to stay through out pregnancy? I'm also getting a little more tolerant of different foods. One more week off, then hopefully back to work.

Hope everyone has a good weekend. I'm going to forage for coco-pops (honestly I can't stress how different to my usual healthy diet all this is!).

babykr Welcome. Goodness, that sounds awful. I so agree with others, do get back to your doctors explaining how you can't keep fluids down, but if they still refuse meds, do ring Pregnancy Sickness Support on 024 7638 2020. They will have to ring you back, but they will, and have helped many woman on here. Surely you must be dehydrated? Did he test your urine for dehydration? Do invest in some kesostix from any chemists, or online, to test your own. Do you find the juice of tinned fruit, flat coke, ice lollies, ice cubes, soda water, or elderflower water any good?
Icklekid Do they know how many times you are vomiting, even if you have somehow avoided getting dehydrated (congratulations on that, anyway).
Madrigal So glad you are a bit better.
Special Hopefully, the retching will reduce as well as the vomiting.
Don't rush back to overdo it,as that can cause a nasty relapse (Mother Hen always says this).
spandau Are you out?
Ican't Dare I ask how things are?
I hope Ruby is delivered.
Waves to OnceaMeer and eallison, invaluable as they are.

Hello everyone! Good news! He's here! Had some contractions yesterday evening and woke up at 3 am with all sorts of goo emerging. After a bit of toing and froing the midwife led unit agreed to take me as consensus was reached that I was not diabetic after all, and, after what was a relatively easy time of it, he was born at 9.36 am weighing a rather significant 8 lbs 13 oz. He looks a bit like a tight head prop...! I was able to deliver in the birthing pool and the midwives were fantastic. Even the food they gave me was pretty great. Everything is fine and he is feeding well so all being well we might make it home tonight!

Ooh, and my snacks, lunch, juice and the gallons of water I drank have all stayed down!

Thanks all for being so supportive - this thread has really been a lifeline in times of darker thoughts.

Will be back to see how you are all coping!

X

CONGRATULATIONS!!! Aw, a lovely baby boy!

Enjoy being able to eat and drink! And have lots of newborn cuddles!

PS. Out of interest, after birth do all the food aversions just go away? No more sick feeling, or is it a gradual return to normality?

Aww, congratulations Ruby!

Thank you! He is just gorgeous. We now have the green light to go home too

I haven't had any nausea at all since delivery and I wolfed all the food down. Feel better now than I did 24 hours ago. I really hope that's how it remains and happens for everyone else too.

Congratulations ruby. Really amazing news and so pleased that you are feeling well.

Congratulations ruby !!!!
Easy birth after horrific pregnancy ... yay !!!
Enjoy xxxxxx

Special the food aversions and everything just vanish it's bizarre ...but if you ve had a particular nasty experience with a food u may never touch it again ..
I did with stir fry with my twins 15 years ago and ew .... couldn't face it ever
Oh salt and vinegar crisps for yrs after twins and son but eventually about 10 years later I can eat them...

I wish I could sleep through half term
4 kids
No energy out of breath feel sick acid reflux spd low iron blah d blah I feel so useless !!!!

Sorry I've been scarce; been so tired after those few days away, even though they went OK.
Huge congratulations Ruby, so pleased for you! Really great news. I can't decide whether I'm more excited to meet my baby or stopping being/feeling sick! Special, after I had DS I had one massive vom about an hour after delivery (although think that was caused by the pain relief meds), and then all sickness and nausea vanished. I spent the whole 10 months of my mat leave feeling euphoric - partly because DS was an angelic baby and partly because I was so elated to feel well, energetic and like my usual happy self. Can't wait to feel like that again.
Hope everyone else managing OK.

RubyReins What wonderful news! form me, too! It's wonderful you feel so much better. I'm so glad this thread has helped you during dark times. You must keep in touch.
MotherofPearl Glad you had a pleasant, if tiring, break away.
Waves to all.

Ahhhh ruby that's lush news to read so pleased for you!!!

Mother hen I'm feeling quite rough, dosed up on painkillers and anti sickness to get through the days, dp working long shifts so just me home with Ds who is good as gold but I feel so guilty, he emptys my sick bowl when its full, wipes my tears away, a 3 year old shouldn't be doing that :(

Regards to those who mentioned MH (I can't remember who sorry) I'd really advise seeking help, I was referred to perinatal team and thought nothing of it, had my appt last week and really glad I went, broke down and said HG makes people depressed and he really understood, had bad PND last time and I really think looking back it was the hg and being poorly which didn't help and maybe even caused it. Have been started on medication which I didn't want but in hindsight I probably do need.

Really sorry I've not given support to anyone in this post, sending love and hoping for a good day tomorrow for all, wishful thinking I know x

Icant - I'm so sorry you're suffering. When I develop magical powers, the first thing I'll do is magic away everyone's sickness. The second is sending the relevant people to ginger hell.

I know you feel crap, but it sounds like you should be so, so proud of your kind, empathetic 3 year old. He sounds like a lovely boy!

You have my sympathies. I hope you have a better tomorrow.

In haste...

ruby hurrah! Another not insubstantial sized baby! Enjoy it :)

special for me the sickness went immediately. Twas like a fog was lifted.

icant I'm glad that you're having mental health support as well. It is so necessary and it's no wonder you're suffering after al you've gone thru with this pregnancy. Hoping you're managing

Hope everyone else is Ok! Peaceful and restful night to all

Ruby your wonderful news put a massive smile on my face. Congrats!! So happy for you. Enjoy lots of cuddles and chug a big glass of cold water for me!

Who's next on the list??? Can't wait for the end of April when it will be my turn. Had a rough day. Feeling utter rubbish...sick as a dog and dd has been playing up as we've been stuck indoors. Oh been at work so have no one to help me. On top of it having awful Braxton hicks and pains that felt like severe period pains. Took a few hours to go.

So sorry lots of you are suffering. Icant sending you extra hugs...you've really had a horrendous time of it these past couple of months. Really hope things start to improve for you.

Hope everyone has a better day tomorrow. Sorry not to reply to all individual posts. Waves to everyone.

Yah huge congratulations to Ruby so delighted for you. Like others my sickness went the moment I gave birth last time, although September is a long way away...I keep telling people that I won't give birth in August (due 31st) because of school terms however when it comes to it I think will just want this baby out!

So glad your getting mh support icant I also had pnd which was combination of horrendous pregnancy, traumatic birth, colicky baby and then feeding issues so over a year of problems! I will be pushing for more support quicker if I get to that point again. My midwife said I will have the same health visitor who got me through it last time which would be amazing!

motherofpearl sounds lovely!

Am at my parents for the weekend rather than go away and is lovely to have two dotting grandparents to look after ds take him for walks etc. Means I can rest properly!

icant really pleased that the mh support is there for you. I think it is understandable that hg pregnancies are so much more difficult to manage emotionally. I've certainly found this pregnancy much harder to manage.
It's so reassuring to hear the experiences of the sickness ending. When I tell people how much I'm looking forward to being in labour because I know it will all be over, they look at me a bit strangely, but they don't know how hard this type of pregnancy is.

squeezed For almost everyone, the sickness IS over when they give birth; for a very tiny minority it lingers a bit, but it DOES go in the end. I feel I have to say that, because a couple of people on here have had that (as did I and OnceaMeer) and it does come as a shock to them. They think it'll never go, and I didn't warn them before because I know how eagerly women are looking forward to release after birth, which does indeed happen 98%of the time.
Ican't It sounds so hard. He sounds very sweet, and when you get better he can be thoughtless.
Still pleased about Ruby. I hope new people have meds, and everyone is coping today. Apologies for anyone rudely overlooked; back soon.

I meant to sayIcklekid Glad you've got some good RL support. That does help so much.
Reebok That sounds awful. Are there no friends/family in the area to call on, poor you? What a dismal pregnancy this has been for you,and following on from an mc. I just hope the baby is angelic, it's the least you deserve.

Ruby that's fantastic news, congratulations!

Sorry everyone else is still feeling so rough.

I've been struck down by the worst cold I can ever remember having -just when you think you can't feel any worse!! Have had it for a week now and no signs of it shifting. DH and DCs have it too-what a lovely household we are!

BarmeeMarmee Much sympathy; that 'three week cold' is bad enough without Hyeremesis. I'll be snide here, and say when most men get it, they say it's flu...

Thanks everyone! Had a lovely first night at home - very chilled out little dude. In laws looked after DS1 yesterday and quietly left us to it after having a quick baby cuddle. Rumour has it they are buying up half of John Lewis right now!

For what it's worth all the food I could keep down when pregnant tasted like sand or worse but everything tastes great now.

Sorry to hear about those still feeling so dreadful but there is light at the end of the tunnel!