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#!scenario

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.

[SpecialStains]

I can't stop retching today.

[ICantThinkOfAUsernameH]

Lush news barmee congratulations!!! :D
Special, sorry to hear its a bad day :(
Hugs to those suffering SPD, acid voms and HG, we are slowly but surely getting there each day and this time next year will be a distant memory (hopefully?!).
Happy mother's day too

[LetThereBeCupcakes]

Congratulations barmee

DH bought me a massive box of chocolates for mother's day. Nothing like certain vomiting as a gift is there?!? Bless him, he meant well.

I'm going back to work tomorrow. 14+4 and only vomiting once every other day (ish) now, although the nausea is still constant. My main worry is how I'll manage with DS after a morning at work. I'm exhausted by mid afternoon at the moment, and that's with resting all morning!

[LucindaE]

BarmeeMarmee Still delighted that you stormed the drawbridge of The Pink Castle on Mother's Day!
1moretime We are all anxious about you. I wonder if you had to be admitted?
squeezed I am sorry to hear of things getting worse at 30 weeks. And what a sad end for the chocolate heart gesture! It's not fair.
sleepymrsE Glad you haven't had vomiting since your admission. What you say about branded Gaviscon is interesting. Like Madrigal and her good advice about Omprazole. I'm sure the acidity makes the vomiting worse.
SpecialStains Sorry to hear of your retching. That is worse than being sick, I think; there's no relief with it.
shoop Oh dear, I had to give a grin at your post. Sorry things are not good.How often is the vomiting now?
mrsmonkey Congratulations on a substantial breakfast.
icklekid Mother Hen clucks and thinks that you shouldn't be thinking in terms of going back if that is four or five separate vomiting sessions. I suppose if it is four or five heaves in one session, that is a big improvement.
Reebok Here's the new due dates list. You are indeed one down from the top.
I hope four Ican't spandau and everyone is coping. mrsamerican I scrawled a message for you, and can't read it. Typical.
Apologies to anyone rudely ignored.

Due Dates
BarmeeMarmee 10 March
Bugista 26 March
Shoop 28 March
Reebok 29 April
spandau 5 May
MotherofPearl 7 May
spandau 8 May
ICan't 11 May
Madrigal 30 May
lemonslemonslemons 12 June
amysmum 9 June
Iam 22 June
mrsmonkey 23 July
racheljayne 10 August
Special Stains 17 August
Icklekid 31 August
mrs american 10 October

[LucindaE]

Stupid me, forgot to remove the celebrating BarmeeMarmee
Due Dates
Bugista 26 March
Shoop 28 March
Reebok 29 April
spandau 5 May
MotherofPearl 7 May
spandau 8 May
ICan't 11 May
Madrigal 30 May
lemonslemonslemons 12 June
amysmum 9 June
Iam 22 June
mrsmonkey 23 July
racheljayne 10 August
Special Stains 17 August
Icklekid 31 August
mrs american 10 October

[squeezed]

congratulations barmee. Wonderful, wonderful news.

[MadrigalElectromotive]

Congratulations Barmee!

[eallison88]

icant it may not yet be a distant memory for me, but the details are certainly beginning to blur. I know I had a horrid time of it and I know I'm in no rush to do it again, buy the specifics are beginning to blur. So I think it does fade.

[MotherofPearl]

Gosh, I have a busy few days, don't keep up with the thread and then when I do catch up I find that Barmee has only gone and had her baby! That's such great news - big congratulations! I'm so happy for you - about your new DD and of course about HG being over!
Sorry to see that so many are having a rough time, vomiting chocolate hearts and blueberries and all sorts. Hope everyone has managed to enjoy Mother's Day a bit. Luckily my DC didn't give me anything edible. They both made lovely cards and gave me flowers, with some help from DP. Weekend has been dominated by DD's seemingly endless birthday celebrations, so feeling knackered and nauseous tonight. 31+1 today though.

[mrsmonkey14]

Monday morning grumble from me... Been trying the doctors to talk about getting another sick note. Finally got through, asked for telephone consult with GP, apparently can't speak to one until tomorrow! Grrrr. Feeling anxious that I don't have the 'right' to be off work without having the certificate saying I'm not fit to work. Struggling also to decide when to try going back to work - any tips from the rest of you please? I'm worried about 'relapsing' when I go back as I was always more sick at work than at home. Also my workplace is not v understanding and if I'm there people will assume I'm ok (rather than in my last pregnancy when I had a great boss who understood that although I was there, I was struggling). Not sure what to do!! Seeing consultant this week so will ask for advice.

[eallison88]

mrsmonkey you are absolutely entitled to be off work; you are not well. Could you try amended sick note with reduced hours to start going back? That way the point is made quite clearly that you are still unwell but trying.

[LucindaE]

LetThereBeCupcakes Sorry I missed your post. I made a fine mess of things over the due dates, too, leaving BarmeeMarmee on it and I've gotspandau down twice, not sure which is the current one! Don't rush back. You'll be exhausted, and that sets off the vomiting again.
mrsmonkey Mother Hen flaps and says the same in your case! Can they arrange part time hours as suggested by eallison I think to squeezed?
MotherofPearl It has been eventful on here! At present we're all worried about 1more who was very ill and suddenly went silent, I suppose admitted.
I hope SleepymrsE and everyone is coping today.
Who was it who said 'once a teacher, always a teacher' lol, re Reebok's retirement from teaching? My aunt was a teacher of the old school; much sterner than the teachers of today. My goodness, she still speaks to me sometimes as if she's about to give me 400 lines ; she may yet...

[LucindaE]

Even worse, LetThereBeCupCakes I missed the part that your back today!
I'm glad it's part time at least. Don't let them work you into the ground, my goodness .

[SleepymrsE]

Morning all, I'm not doing too badly considering I had a rubbish nights sleep. Had tummy ache which I think is being caused by constipation. Quite a few of you have mentioned that odansetron can cause it. Think I'll be napping a fair bit today.

I'm already worrying about work mrsmonkey even though I have a sick note this week I am worried about going back and making things worse again. I think the reduced hours plan sounds like a good one though.

I hope you are feeling a bit better today special and everyone else that has had a rough weekend. Hoping 1more is ok too!

[SleepymrsE]

Oh and for the list LucindaE my edd is currently 12 Oct, although suspect that might change at the dating scan.

[icklekid]

sleepy I'm planning on talking to work this week to see if could do reduced hours next week (mornings are better for me than afternoon so thought would try that) if it doesn't work out then at least I have tried...only 3 weeks until easter holidays. (Not that that really helps as have ds 5 days rather than 2!)

Managed to throw up my orange juice breakfast and eaten 3 chocolate biscuits to make myself feel better...for now! Can't find the energy to get up though...

Hope icant and 1more are ok...

[SleepymrsE]

ickle I find orange really burns when it comes up but have been craving it lately. Water just tastes horrible at the moment. Not sure if others are the same but I'm actually now finding it easier to motivate myself to nibble on food than it is to drink fluids. What's that about?

[mrsmonkey14]

Sympathy re revisiting fruit juice, it does burn doesn't it. Thank you eallison lucinda and sleepy I don't know why I feel such a fraud. Hopeful for understanding GP tmw. I'm a little fearful of returning on reduced hours, I already only work 4 days a week and whilst no one will care much what hours I'm in the office, when I go back I'll still be expected to get everything done, so I'm not sure how it will work iyswim. Guess I'll have to give it a go.

Currently a weeping hormonal mess, just watched last night's call the midwife. They've been doing the thalidomide story this series and I just cannot shake the fear that I may be harming baby with the Ondansetron etc, I KNOW that is completely ridiculous, but I worry nonetheless. Roll on scan this week. So frightened there will be something wrong.

[Reebok]

Hi all have started my first day of no work. DD let me sleep in until 7.30 which was fab in comparison to her recent 5.30 wake ups! Having a nice rest as she's at nursery all day 5 days a week for the rest of March. I will cry come April! Feeling a little less nauseous today...think it must be because I'm literally doing nothing! Got a scan tomorrow and it's silly but I'm so nervous and scared even this late in the game due to my mc history. I know I'm
Crazy as I can feel dd2 kicking away as I type.

Those of you returning, please get reduced hours and duties on a sick note from a doctor. I honestly feel had I not been at work all this time I might have felt better sooner. But unfortunately due to literally never stopping, I'm 32+3 today and still not over the hg. Mrs Monkey please don't let your bosses bully you. It's their job to do a risk assessment now and ensure that you're treated fairly with regards to your pregnancy sickness. If you're struggling get signed off completely. They cannot do anything legally! Ickle and cupcake...you too! Please get signed off if needs be.

Oranges are still my enemy. I can't have any form including juice although I crave it as it aggravates acid reflux and is horrendous coming back up!

Hope all of you are surviving today. Waves to mop, Lucinda, Spandau, ealli, madrigal and anyone else I've missed.

[mrsmonkey14]

Hope you're having a good rest reebok - well deserved! Hopefully you will feel much better now you can rest each day. Final stretch now - good luck for scan tmw.

[Reebok]

Thank you Mrsmonkey. Good luck for your scan too. Try not to worry about the ondansetron. So many of us are on it/have been in the past and have perfectly healthy babies. X

[mrsamerican]

Hi all. Sorry I have just been lurking for a bit as feeling rubbish. I'm so happy for Barmee but seeing my name at the bottom of the list just sets me off crying again. Had a rubbish mothers day although as a change I got to barf in a very clean fancy hotel toilet while the rest of the family had afternoon tea. The sight of it made me want to scream but I smiled long enough to tell them the very obvious news before returning back to the loo.

[mrsmonkey14]

Oh mrsamerican I'm sorry to hear that. Sending unmumsnetty hugs. Sorry you had to drag yourself out to tea when you feel so rubbish. how are you getting on with drugs now?
Hope 1more and icant are ok.
sleepy yes this thread helped me realise Ondansetron was causing constipation. Have you got lactulose? Prunes/prune juice may help (although appreciate may not be palatable). Mine has got slightly better in that cramps have died down but I still don't poo much. I'm sure the bump is half bloat half baby!

[LucindaE]

mrsmonkey It is distressing to see accounts of the thalidomide tragedy - and does give on a horrible feeling when pregnant, but what you must remember is that it was about fifty years ago, and the drugs even then should have been tested better than they were; hence the court cases for negligence that went on. As I'm sure you know, these days, the law surrounding drugs considered safe in pregnancy is far, far stricter. On the links in my thread blurb (first post) you will find links to the pregnancy sickness websites that give accounts of safety of meds in pregnancy, and reassuring research results.
Please don't worry.
Reebok Great advice all round. I was the same. The worry of having a former mmc spoilt the whole pregnancy even without the run-in with Hyperemesis, and I didn't suffer anything like you have.
mrsamerican Poor you. I don't think you should have forced yourself out; putting other people first, I'm sure. Sympathies over being at the bottom of the list, but now you're not any more, poor SleepymrsE is due two days later.
icklekid Glad to hear you're dong reduced hours.
On orange, do though there can be little enough vitamin c in it, do people have a longing for orange lucozade? I know I did.
Waves to eallison and everybody.

Due Dates
Bugista 26 March
Shoop 28 March
Reebok 29 April
spandau 5 May
MotherofPearl 7 May
spandau 8 May
ICan't 11 May
Madrigal 30 May
lemonslemonslemons 12 June
amysmum 9 June
Iam 22 June
mrsmonkey 23 July
racheljayne 10 August
Special Stains 17 August
Icklekid 31 August
mrs american 10 October
SleepyMrsE 12 October

[1moretime]

Hello everyone.
Sorry for not posting sooner... I just keep sleeping! Only thing to stop me feeling & being sick.
Couldn't get an appointment at gp todsy so have to ring back in morning at 8. I see the midwife on Wed for booking in appointment. Will it be best to see her or my gp.
Touch wood I have felt a bit better today.