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.

Anna93 Welcome. Sorry you have been so ill and admitted. You have had good advice already. That is a combination of meds many find really effective. Do watch out for constipation. Many swear by Boots suppositories for that, but while they use them in hospital they won't sell them to pregnant women and people have to get partners to buy them.
Invest in some keostix too, if you haven't got them already, from chemists too, just in case things get bad again. Hopefully they won't on good meds. I so agree with others, do try and get sicknote extended.
Pip1982 How are things now? Did the dr's phone back?
fourcorneredcircle Congratulations on working and sympathy over headache.
SouthLondon Well done on commute. I'm glad you had support. Holding your hair back in Sainsbury's sounds very helpful. Those new bathroom fittings sound very nice. Hope you had a laugh with your friend about tights coming down in a red light area (it may no longer be)!
SociallyAcceptableCookie That's interesting.I was OK on the mini pill too, but never had migraines before being on the combined pill and perhaps unfairly, sometimes blame it for devloping them.
Mellebacca Good luck for coming scan. Sorry to hear of your tearfulness. It is very hard to get through.
Blondes That sounds awful. Well done retaining glucose for two hours.
LightTripper I am glad nausea is mild, though I am sorry it still lingers. Great advice as ever.
Daffodil So true about tinned fruit and its juice.
HaichM Sorry you feel nervous. Who can blame you? Would a milkshake or the standby of tinned fruit - so many fans of that as above - be bearable? Sufferers sometimes swear by cheap ice cream when nothing else seemed bearable.

Apoolgies to anyone rudely overlooked.

wildernesswandering Sorry, I forgot to thank you for posting such a lovely, encouraging message.

to everyone feeling poorly today. I hope it gets better.

Last night I managed two toddler-sized bowls of casserole, 3 hours apart. That's more food than I'd had in days. Then I managed a pint of water! This morning I felt amazing. I can't believe how much of a difference a little bit of food and water can make. I've made sure to get more ondansetron and I hope it can continue but I expect there will be bad days as well. Nausea increased throughout the day and it's not like I feel perfect but it gives me some hope. Sorry if that makes anyone here feel bad. I hope we can all get meds that work and a chance to feel better sometimes.

Good evening everyone, and welcome to the new faces. Sorry to hear so many people have been feeling rough.

As usual all the advice has been brilliant. So not much to add really other than sympathy!

Sorry I have been quiet over the past week, I seem to have hit a bad run of fatigue. I can't keep my eyes open unless I absolutely have to. I slept for 2 hours this afternoon after my consultant scan. (Is this normal for 21 weeks? I don't remember this worth my DD, and I had HG with her too, perhaps just forgetting?) But also having a flair up of my Crohn's. So finding it hard to separate symptoms.

The scan went well, he said that he reviewed daughters scans and could see the abnormalities- so was hopeful they would show if repeated. (For the newbies I have a 15 month old daughter with a genetic syndrome that cases skull and facial abnormalities amount other things- this was not picked up before her birth).
He said this baby looks normal at this stage, but the fusion can occur later, so booked in again for 34 weeks.

Quick question for those who were prescribed steroids- what kind/dose were you given? I have been put on 40mg of pred for a flair of my Crohn's. I wondered if it's likely to help sickness too?

Anyway, sorry for the long post, waves to everyone. Xxx

Agree with light def better now then early weeks and yes the dreaded gtt. Tho nurse asked why I was there. I said as was told needed one. Tho no family history. Not sure if age thing I'm 43 or ivf?

Yes horrible with hg. It was nice feeling bubs kick daytime as rarely does but gawd she was punching and kicking

Anna if have 3 doses try

4/5am if awake for wee if not 7
1pm
9pm

Spreads it out so dose always in body

Wilderness. Thanks for positive reply. There is an end and up to the pink castle :)

Haich. Tell people it may last till give birth and sorry had rough afternoon. Ought sick I'm better if I eat small and often in the early weeks /months

South I have horrendous heartburn and downing a bottle of gavisicn a week / wonder is bubs will be hairy unlike daddy well he's hairy everywhere apart from head

Cookie. Food helps. You think it's the worst thing to do but food helps. Being sick on empty stomach and bile is awful

SHIRLEY lovely scan pic and fab that no abnormalities are showing at the moment tho always worrying

HaichM although it's awful there's so many women here going through it, it's amazing the support given and just knowing we aren't alone! I'm definitely thinking of longer off work, I really don't want to make things worse again! Sorry to hear you're struggling, although hospital isn't ideal, sometimes it really is the best place, they can put anti-sickness meds straight into a drip to give you a break from it all.
LucindaE I agree, some really good advice on here, it's nice to speak to people who understand! I didn't realise you could buy that, I'll have a look online, thanks :)
Blondes I take 3 a day, got myself into a routine of 7am, 2pm, then 9pm at the moment which has stopped the vomiting so far (touch wood).
Hello to everyone else, sorry to here most are feeling rough as well :( hope things improve soon! Does anyone take ondansetron with anything else? Other than cyclizine, as I want to ask the doctor tomorrow if there's anything else I can take with it to ease the nausea.

What a day! Midwife followed by dating scan followed by doctors appt. I'm exhausted.

Due date is August 22nd. So pleased to have a date.

Thank you Blondes,

Sorry to hear of icky GTT, but amazing to hear of the babies reaction to sugar. I also have one that's mostly active at night currently. Would like a few more daytime thumps.
Xxx

Mel. Glad scan went well and a date. Whoop

Shirley. Yes try lucozade or Glucose tablets if you wany activity !!

Hi everyone. so yesterday was luckily a day of two halves... by afternoon I was keeping sips of Pepsi, a Strawberry milkshake and some fruit gums down. By evening I even had a the smallest bowl of pasta. I've not taken cyclizine in 24 hours because I'm convinced it's actually been making me worse.... today I feel the constant nausea and I've been sick twice but nothing like yesterday. Thank you ladies for the advice, but also for just being there, as you all know it's a very isolating time. I would love nothing more than to have the kind of pregnancies my friends seem to have, skipping through and enjoying every minute but unfortunately that's not what happens. I have two beautiful children so I know there's light at the end of the tunnel, but unless someone is going through the same thing I HATE when they constantly tell me that. It doesn't take away from the sheer awfulness of the situation at present. Sorry for the mini rant! What I'm trying to say is, we are entitled to wallow in self pity at times (IMO) because this is so very hard. I always feel like I have to play it down so not to come across too negative. on a brighter note, I had isnatnt noodles (!) for breakfast and they were lovely! they've stayed down so DH will stock on more from the Japanese shop later today. I hope you all have a good day xxx

Hi everyone. so yesterday was luckily a day of two halves... by afternoon I was keeping sips of Pepsi, a Strawberry milkshake and some fruit gums down. By evening I even had a the smallest bowl of pasta. I've not taken cyclizine in 24 hours because I'm convinced it's actually been making me worse.... today I feel the constant nausea and I've been sick twice but nothing like yesterday. Thank you ladies for the advice, but also for just being there, as you all know it's a very isolating time. I would love nothing more than to have the kind of pregnancies my friends seem to have, skipping through and enjoying every minute but unfortunately that's not what happens. I have two beautiful children so I know there's light at the end of the tunnel, but unless someone is going through the same thing I HATE when they constantly tell me that. It doesn't take away from the sheer awfulness of the situation at present. Sorry for the mini rant! What I'm trying to say is, we are entitled to wallow in self pity at times (IMO) because this is so very hard. I always feel like I have to play it down so not to come across too negative. on a brighter note, I had isnatnt noodles (!) for breakfast and they were lovely! they've stayed down so DH will stock on more from the Japanese shop later today. I hope you all have a good day xxx

Hi all,

After my check in yesterday I had a really rough afternoon. Three stomach empties before bed. Not sure if it was the tiredness, headache or usual HG bollocks but there we go. I occasionally get migraines that make me sick (like, once a year) but the headache wasn't a migraine. Feeling better today, my last day "off" from tomorrow I build up an hour every day until the end of the month. Trying to relax.

blondes the GTT test sounds rough. I have one booked for 01/03 so a while away yet. BMI at booking in was 31, this week is 29, so on the cut off point. I haven't felt any movement yet (19 weeks today) so am tempted to see if lucozade/glucose tablets would work now... hmmmmmmm! Lovely scan pic you got

mel great to have a due date, start crossing the days off! Glad the scan went well too.

Shirley that's a lovely scan pic I hope everything continues to go smoothly. Sorry to hear about the fatigue, I'm right there with you!

cookie keep working on the food, it does help, although I know it's hard going. It's a balancing act between feeling sick because you're hungry and being sick because you ate! Haitch the same goes for you too!

South I enjoyed your tights story! Your commute still sounds so tough, and not made any better by this week's transport shenanigans! It's great that you have another to travel with that understands.

Pip you sound like you're really struggling. Did you manage to get kesostix yet? Is today any better? I hope so

Anna welcome, this is a very exclusive club, pull up a bucket!

Dafodil welcome too, you'll need your own bucket, Anna took the last one

Hi everyone, yup I've got my own bucket and joining the party!
Lovely scan pic Shirley! What a beauty! Hope you can rest well today. Combining hg with Chrons disease sounds horrendous. Hope the symptoms lessen a bit today.
4cornered hope your tummy is a bit more settled today too.
Pip- yes I'm all for a pity party! Dh is supportive but will keep trying to get me to look on the bright side which is all very well when you are the one with a functioning stomach!! Fact is this is a long and lonely slog and I really appreciate all your company along the way.
Off work this morning but hoping to make a meeting this afternoon. Work still don't know!! Thankfully I have a (lovely) male childless boss who hasn't joined the dots yet. Not long since I was back from maternity leave so trying to delay the bombshell so I'm very surreptitious about my use of ginger products in the office!
Hey one thing I just managed to get down is chilled chocolate flavour almond milk. That's a new one since the last time!
Waves to all. No hugs cos not had a shower yet :-)

Pip glad to hear of noodle success! Long may they work for you.
And you are absolutely right, we are all allowed a good wallow from time to time. And nowhere better to vent than here with all the other bucket huggers.

Four sorry you had a rough day, I hope it all goes smoothly for you at work too.

Thank you Daffodil, had a bad day Crohn's wise. Spent a lot of my day in work in the bathroom, or being spaced out. Think I have been pretty useless... boss unimpressed. Ah well.
Oh- and what colour is your bucket?! Mine is orange. :)

Ok- so here comes a general rant..... apologies but I need to get this off my chest.
People who sit in priority seats on the tube and fail to look up once are the WORST! I also hate the people who look up at my football belly and then promptly pretend to fall asleep. But I prefer them to the ones that don't look up at all. At least with the fake sleeper you know they are an asshole- but with the non-lookers you can't tell if they are assholes or just lost in their own thoughts. So I end up feeling bad that I hate them....

You may have guessed that this point that I have had to stand for almost my entire 2.5 hour commute. Just got a seat now with 30 mins to go. Grrr. Was the same this morning too.

Ignore me, I'm grumpy from lack of sleep and 05:30 alarm for work. Just needed a vent. Phew!

Evening everyone and welcome to the newbies, I hope you get everything you need from the board!

Lots of great advice been given, and the only thing I can add is that I mark each day off the calendar with a green/ amber/ red pen depending on how good my day has been. It really helps to see the journey you're going on and to see improvement over time.

Shirley so lovely to see the scan! I was on Prednisolone for 2 weeks at Xmas and also just finished a one week course yesterday. The first time it really helped with sickness, like I wasn't being sick atall, but I was on meta and ondansatron aswell. The second course I had just steroids and meta because ondansatron was giving me bad headaches, and the sickness was still there. I was on 50g a day each time I think. I suffer from ulcerative colitis and was having a mini flare up before Xmas, but the Prednisolone cleared it up.

Anna you could ask for metaclopramide aswell? I'm on that and ondansatron too and think it helps with the nausea.

I've had to go back to ondansatron sadly despite headaches because I'm out of choices till I hear from my Dr next week :(.

Pip so sorry to hear about your loneliness, I'm struggling with depression and know exactly what you mean. We are going through something pretty awful and if you can't have a rant here where can you :). Something I find useful sometimes is keeping a diary. Everyday I write down 3 things that made me happy or feel good in some way. Usually just 'managed a shower!' or 'wasnt sick quite as much!' but it helps.

I hate telling people that I'm still not improving at 18 weeks and that now I've got to deal with my mental health aswell, because I feel like people just want to hear good news. I'm trying not to isolate myself more from people but it's hard pretending it's all ok.

Hello everyone else! I hope everyone gets some relief from the sickness now and again.

Just been sick :( and apart from Glucose (not counting that Luke as knew I would be ill) don't think been sick for a week :(

Does it ever stop or will I be having the odd puke till bubs is born

I AmSeriousThat is reassuring - and what a lovely picture. A lot of women on here feel far more tired with their second - so much more to do, unfortunately.
Pip I am so glad you feel a lot better.
Daffodil Good move - some on here to swear by non dairy chocolate milkshakes. Lol about bucket. Best of luck with work and hiding it from (unaware) male boss...
fourcorneredcircle Good luck with building up hours.
SociallyAcceptable Congratulations on casserole and pint of water.
Anna93 I have heard you can take metocloprmide too,but they don't like to keep you on that. Interestingly, some women on here have been helped by B12 and B6 combined with Ondansetron and Cyclizine.
I think, some threads ago FluffyWhiteKittens was one.
Mellee I've added you, as they say of Facebook..
I hope everyone is OK-ish?
Due Dates
MrsM2016 5 February
Light 3 March
Blondes 30 March
NerrSnerr 18 April
Castlefeck 19 April
moonoverthewater 10 May
user1477 14 May
IAmSeriousAndDontCallMeShirley 20 May
Robber Bride 29 May
LHReturns 1 June
PeaceLove 3 June
Boobs 6 June
South London 6 June
fourcorneredcircle 7 June
Pastiemaid 12 June
squeezypeasy 13 June
Babyand 23 June
Captain Warbeck 24 June
SociallyAcceptableCookie 5 August
JimmyJay Early August
HaichM Early August
Pip1982 20 August.
Melleebacca 22 August

PastieMaid I do hope things ease for you soon. A fair number of women on here have to wait until 20 weeks for an improvement. Great ideas about how to get through the weeks.
Blondes Poor you! That's discouraging. Gentle cyber pats on offer. I forgot to say, gradually you move closer to the fabled Pink Castle.

Blondes - I feel for you. It is possible that you will be sick till the end, but let's hope not.

Pastie - it's very difficult not to isolate yourself when all you want to do is lie very still. I like your calendar idea although probably won't start it for a few more weeks.

Pip - well done on the food intake. That's impressive.

Shirley - your commute sounds horrendous. I feel really bad at being unable to handle the 10min drive to the shops now.

Just me and DD today. Hubby is back at work. Managing ok I think. Had to put her down for her nap and was so nauseous ended up having cuddles with her and teddy in the bathroom while I vomited before putting her down. Not looking forward to the next 4 weeks, but at least there's some short weeks in there so hubby will be around a lot to help.

Pastie sorry to hear your have UC, IBD is really horrid and not at all helpful in pregnancy. Glad that steroids helped, I'm still waiting for mine to do the trick. Also encouraging to hear it helped sickness a little.
I understand what you mean about the isolation. It's hard at work when no one understands. Like you my colleagues think I should be better by now. Be kind on yourself and remember to look after number 1. I only really had the revelation this week that I was more important than my job....

Thank you Lucinda, was lovely to watch the little one wriggling around. One of the plus sides of being considered high risk is all the extra scans :)

Blondes sorry to hear of the ate backwards. I really hope it's just a one off for you.

Mellee Don't worry, I had plenty of time off before going back to my silly commute. I too had many weeks where leaving the house wasn't an option. No need to feel wimpy!
Also well done for managing alone with DD, it's really hard work when you are feeling so rough.

Hi to everyone else, I hope Thursday is kind to us all. Xx

Step not ate! Sorry blondes! Although also kinda works?! X

Shirley - not sure if I really managed DD today. There was lots of TV and I threw up multiple times. DD needs to touch me while I'm sick, so I'm teaching her to rub my back. Probably the worst day I've had sickness wise.
Your commute is crazy. You're a star for managing it. I used to complain about my 1hr15 commute that I had in Canada.

Hope everyone is surviving. 🤢

Morning all - so sorry some of you have had awful days, it's such a bloody roller coaster isn't it?! I had a good day yesterday but today has started not so well. I'm just grateful I felt semi human yesterday so I could function around DS like an actual human! I've not taken the Cyclizine for a couple of days now, I have the midwife appointment next week so I will discuss other options with her then (providing I don't get worse) I hope you all have a good day.

Hello ladies I haven't been on this for ages and feel a slight fraud I am so sorry to hear so many of you are suffering so badly! This is my second pregnancy and I am now 22 weeks I just want to give everyone hope it does get better I've had medication early From 6 weeks and managed to avoid hospital this time round I'm only sick once a day a couple of times a week now and I am able to eat a little better actually had some veg last night. I just wanted you all to know that there is light at the end of the tunnel, getting the medication that works for you is so important. I am a second time sufferer the first was literally horrendous this time has been so much better do not be put off a second baby because of your first experience you have probably had to jump through various hoops to get what works for you And by then your poor body has been put through the mill.
I describe hg as the worst hangover mixed with food poisoning that will not go away, hang in there ladies and get plenty of rest xx