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.

I can - bless you. Get medication - try chicken cuppa soup it Def helped me and seems to help lh

Four. Veggie soup if you are a veggie lol.

You have baby brain. As I have

It's true it exsists

I couldn't face another day of waiting to see the GP then risk not getting an appointment for 2 weeks so I rang 111 this morning to find out where I could get one today. She sent me to my local walk in centre and long story short I was admitted and on my second bag of fluid and had 2 doses of anti sickness medicine. Can't remember the name, I was too drowsy, and crying from gratefulness
I'm in for the night. I'm on a maternity ward, which is strange! I don't mind though.
I feel so much better than this morning, but still rough.
Mother has already been in telling me she had it for 3 months with all of us (lots of siblings) and she just had to carry on.
Competitive pregnancy. Wow.

You are all helping me so much.

Boobs, welcome, so happy you have joined here and hope you are feeling better than yesterday.

Bad day here - constent vomiting guys. Losing some faith here. My head is pounding, I am so dizzy, faint and can't see properly. Like I only have tunnel vision. Confused also.

Starting some Ondansetron tomorrow, but sense I am heading for hospital this week. I am still only 7+4 which seems rather pathetic given my state.

My toddler is already getting very clingy because I am so distant and constantly going to bed. Everywhere he goes he takes my hand to make me go with him. And his sad little voice asking me to stay with him at bedtime, while I was running to vomit. Keep having to remind myself that this sibling is partly for him.

Fxxk fxxk fxxk fxxk.

Boobs, just saw your update. WELL DONE on acting today. So happy for you (and envious). I hope you get a good sleep and feel much more yourself tomorrow. Make sure you get a prescription for good meds to take with you so you don't relapse immediately.

Oh, LH and Boobs you're having such a bad time. Thinking of you both

Boobs. Glad you seeked help. Fluids will help as will medication

Lh why haven't you started on medication?

I got on it Think 8w after being so ill from 4w thinking was normal as never been preg before

So sick and retching all morning but better by afternoon

Advice on this thread helped and went to gp and started cyczline - took a while to get intto system but def helped

Sickness a lot less now tho still seems to be 1/2 times a day but in evening instead of am

Hope this makes you all laugh

Had roast tonight. No green veg and all yummy. 20m later felt queasy

Just about to go to toilet and df informs me that dss 27 is in the loo having a poo

He offered to come out but told him the thought of head down a smelly loo would make me worse

So out came the trusty coop bag. Placed on kitchen counter looking into back garden

Up came all of dinner - dog bless him trying to be loving and kept putting paws on me. I told him to go away

Dsd calls for him. He runs upstairs while I'm puking in bag and opens bathroom door and lets dog in

Meanwhile df walks past me saying needs to go out as sick noises making him sick - tho patted me loving on back

Mid Puke while standing I reliese I need a wee

Yell to dss to hurry up as if I piss myself with each heave I have hit rock bottom !!!

He opens door. Dog rushs downstairs - prob glad to be out of smelly bathroom and runs into garden

Security light comes on and there in front of me bathed in light is dog having massive dump

Which made me heave even more

Dss came downstairs - I went upstairs with coop bag and sat on loo and weed

Never say it's quiet in blondesland 😇😇

Oh Blondes - that is a very special Sunday night! I love that you seem to always be smiling thru so much of this.

I am on steroids already which is the alternative heavy duty approach to HG. It isn't heavy duty enough. So I want to try Ondensatron this week. I didn't use either of these with my son, but truthfully I don't recall it being so bad that time.

If don't laugh will cry

And once I've been sick I'm fine

It's nothing compared to what I had in early weeks and TBH nothing compared to some on here

Think I was lucky cyczline worked for me

Have heard if have hg once then always likely to have it and each preg worse

Bubs will be an only child (apart from my step / bubs half siblings dc) but no way I would do this again even if could get preg easily

I survive as can sleep daytime and do what I want. Must be so much harder to already be a mum and have to heave out of bed and look after them

Blondes you poor thing! But that did make me laugh.

Same here, I'm never ever doing this again.

The nurse asked me this morning if I was this bad, and I said it was awful, but not like this.

DH thought this was a good time to remark "well it'll be better next time"

I nearly stabbed him. Even the nurse was.

Never, ever again.

Tell dh he is booked in for the snip !!!

I try and make others smile. You need something to enjoy while feeling so ill

Never ever ever ever ever again.

Never again here either! I didn't take meds with my first and I thought this time would be much better with them. It's not.

Not here either Fox. I have almost got myself all confused with too many meds and combinations and the constant worry of keeping them down for an hour after taking.

Sorry for TMI, but my vomiting this morning - the BILE. Yellow, acidic agonising burning....like I was having a seizure.

Lh you poor thing, the early weeks are the worst, I had my worst day at 6 weeks. Migraine and constant vomiting. Take one day at a time, your toddler won't remember this. It is worth it, you can do this. Have you started the new drugs today?

Ican so pleased you are getting some treatment. Hope today is getting better for you.

The good thing about bad sickness is being heavily pregnant, labour and a newborn seems like a walk in the park compared with this crap.

Blondes, urgh sounds grim, you must be broke from all those 5p carrier bags! I pee myself with every heave. Tmi I have to puke on the loo unless I want to get changed and mop the floor. Delightful.

Hope Monday is being kind to everyone.

ICanTuckMyBoobsInMyPockets I am so glad you are receiving proper treatment and that you are a bit better this morning. Hopefully, you'll get effective meds now.
BlondesMy goodness, what a scenario! Much sympathy, and I'm so glad you can laugh at it and it does make for black comedy. I used to whip my knickers off as I sped to the loo as I knew I'd wet myself but you could hardly do that with all those relatives about - you seem to be very hospitable. I wet myself at the bin in the street, too - and still do wet myself if i puke violently despite pelvic floor exercises...
LHRetruns Poor you, feeling both guilty and awful. What are your ketones, that sounds like a bad dehydration headache? A sibling is the best present in the world for your LO, an ally against the grown ups and their rules, and my DD is has always said she wished she had one. Your LO will forget this period of comparative neglect if others' experience is anything to go by.
foxmulder How are you today? Everyone?

LHReturns and Castlefeck Sorry, cross posted. As below...

LH I sympathise with the toddler. I have a 2.5 yr old DS and I have been utterly neglecting him. It used to be just me and him every day (and night) and recently he has been looked after by family 100% of the time. I've been really crap. Makes me sad.

So far so good thanks Lucinda. Although I just went to have a shower and remembered that the water is off all day! Aargh!

I everyone,

And welcome to the new faces.

Sorry for the radio silence, unfortunately I have been in a bad state.

Hospital fiasco continued with lovely apologetic staff treating me in the waiting room. They decided to admit me but had no Beds to put me in, waited several hours and they said they would transfer me to a hospital hours away. I decided that was too far from my 12 month old- so self discharged and went home.

Did get 3 bags of fluid pushed through me which helped (and was well needed as hadn't pee'd in over 24 hours..) and some IV antiemetics. So managed to eat a meal for the first time in a few weeks. They have me tablets to take home.

Sadly tablets not doing the trick and I'm back to vomiting all the time.
Not really sure what to do next- for today I'll be lying on the sofa hugging my bucket (think I'll call him Billy).

I will add my name to the list of those who pee sometimes when being sick..... do glamorous!

One nice bit of news- I had an emergency scan as they were conceded about ?molar pregnancy as a reason for hypremesis. But all looked good- little 9week dancing bean. Shame I was sick on the sonographer...

Hope everyone's doing ok. Xx

Shirley that absolutely SUCKS, I'm so sorry for you. I totally understand that you just don't know what to do now. I feel the same.

But many congratulations on your scan, and for reaching 9 weeks. At 7+4 that sounds like a distant dream to me.

Add me to the 'pee when I vomit' club please. Just a bit with each retch.

Showered this morning for first time since friday. Then had to drive back to London - puking into Tupperware all the way. While driving. Yup.

Sending a courier to pick up my Ondansetron prescription at 2pm. I can't leave the house so this HG business is getting very expensive. I need this to work or I won't avoid an admission I don't think. Haven't drunk liquid (that has stayed down) in over 24 hours.

Can you get drips as an outpatient does anyone know?

Thanks LH, it has been a rotten few days. But the scan was very reassuring.
You aren't far behind me at all, you will soon be at 9 weeks. But I know how badly it drags whilst you are being so sick.

I was sick a lot in the car too- it's grim isn't it. I'm finding that I know also get all hot whilst I'm being sick- so have a delightful sweaty brow. To be fair it's as close to glowing as I have been!

Still off work- getting embarrassing now! Can't get any time with my GP at all, which is going be a problem as I haven't got many tablets left. I wonder if they might give me ondansetron, if worked well in the hospital, but wasn't given anything to take home.

I hope you manage to get your prescription delivered, that's a genius plan! Xx

P.S. Yes to the naff food! When I can eat nothing else, salt and vinegar French fries crisps.
Used to be orange callipo lollies, but not anymore sadly...

I find that finding a drink that I can keep down is the hardest. Any tried and tested drinks? Tried a cuppasoup earlier, wasn't to be. Xx

Castle. They are the 10p ones. Strong and sturdy !!!

Costing me a fortune 😂

Lh - I had a lot of yellow bile. ESP am. It's coz your stomach is empty

Now have snacks by bed. So can eat as I wake

That's why I try and eat every 2hrs. Feel worse sickness if hungry and the be is horrible

Try and eat. Much better when being sick

Can a friend pick up your medicine? Or hubby?

Coop bags best for puke while driving ! No splash back

SHIRLEY sorry you are suffering so much. You may need to be on a perm drip.

Could you get bags of fluids sent to gp? Not sure if do that?

Hospital should have given you a prescription to get at their chemist or to put in at local one

Yah for seeing baby.

Not long now girls. I found getting into 2nd trimester 13/14w a huge improvement tho am still sick

Lucinda. Have to joke about it but thank fuck I haven't wet myself yet. That would be my lowest point (I think)

Just dashing on briefly to offer sympathy to everyone having such a shocking time.
Iam, you asked about drinks. Can you suck ice cubes? Another tried and tested one is tinned fruit, mainly peaches - the liquid they come in is quite pleasant especially if ice cold. And the peaches themselves are often acceptable (and not too horrendous on the way back up if they reappear). I found ice cold fizzy elderflower presse pretty good. For me, temperature was all: drinks had to be very cold and sipped through a straw.
Those like LH and Iam who really need rehydration via IV but don't want to be admitted: some EPUs allow you to self-refer, and then you can just 'drop in' for a few hours of being on a drip. Depends on your local NHS arrangements. I live in a city and my EPU works in this way. After my first admission via A&E I could go in on my own when I felt I needed to (which I did, twice). I'd ring PSS and see what information they can offer about this.
Sorry not to do more individual replies; trying to get prepared for going away at the end of the week.

I can't find any drink to keep down today either, Shirley. Really don't know what to do. Feel like a shrivelled up sultana.

Should have Ondansetron in my hands within three hours so can only hope that helps. Husband going to get it for me.