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.

peacelove A lot of people feel very woozy at first from the anti-histamine meds but it seems to wear off a bit. One woman on here was actually made insomniac by them, though that's unusual. Are the 'brain zaps' really bad?
Waves to all.

i have no brain anymore :(

few days off sickness again for me, thur sick,fri fine, sat sick twice and explosive and a waste of £50 in meals out 'sighs'

otherwise all ok and yes i admire anyone having no 2 or even no 3.......

i think we just have to enjoy the good non sick days then go with the flow for sick days as part of preg and hg iyswim

honestly dont worry about siblings being ignored while you are ill etc, they will be ok

have 24w mw check tomorrow

Just checking in to let you know that baby happy, a DD, has arrived. Had an extremely long labour - pretty gutted that my optimistic thinking of "tough pregnancy equals smooth labour" didn't pay off but was worth every minute.

Sadly still being sick as on a cocktail of iron tablets, antibiotics and pain killers but hoping in a few days I can claim to be mint free!

Hang in there all of you

Goodness, Light that sounds horrific! Are you trying to top my vomiting on the car/at Buckingham Palace for the Queen's 90th birthday party stories? You may have won!

If it any consolation ladies, I was called an 'older mum' by my consultant & I'm 32. Lol!

Been very brave today & had a photo shoot done in lingerie. At 9 months & 3 days pregnant. At one point I had to sit on the floor & managed to get up again somehow!

Not been sick since the end of last week - maybe this is finally it!

Sending love to those who are suffering.

That should have been 'vomiting on the cat '...

Congratulations happy!

For those asking about just how mad those people doing this for the second/third etc time are, the answer is very. I'm martyring myself so that in a couple of years time I can do less parenting as they can tear chunks out of each other amuse each other without me.

Happy days. Congrats. Hope sickness is all gone now

Lucy. Whoop. A sexy shoot. Good for you !!! Be a lovely memory to look back on

Older mum at 32? Wtf

Congrats Happy, hope you're doing ok, sounds a bit rough!

Hope everyone else is feeling okIsh.

Forgot to say I've stopped all my sickness tablets now. 72hrs ago and not been sick or felt too bad as long as I keep eating. Bit scared it will come back. I've heard horror stories so don't want to get my hopes up..

Congratulations on the birth of your DD Happy, that's lovely news. Sorry to hear you've had a hard time and hope you're soon on the road to recovery and food enjoyment.
Castle, good work on stabilising without meds. It's a good place to be. I assume you have a stash to dip into if you need to?
Blondes, glad you're still getting plenty of sick-free days, although that's frustrating losing your meals out. 24w already? You're really motoring through now, although it may not feel like that to you.
Peace, that's why I had a second (and then third!) - I really want the DC to be a little 'tribe' of their own, and as they get older I'm hoping they'll require minimal intervention from me! DD1 (8) and DS (5) do play well together on the whole.
Sneezy, you were asking about whether HG influenced telling your DC about your pregnancy? With my third pg, the sickness hit at about 6 weeks. By 7 weeks I had already had one hospital admission and was bedbound at home, and my DC were getting really anxious, especially DD1, who is 8. She asked if I was going to die. So DP and I decided to tell them then, and that if anything went wrong with the pg, we'd deal with that as and when. I think they were both very relieved to know. I ended up having to tell most people, because i needed a lot of help.
Gosh Lucy, that is brave about the photo shoot! Can't believe you're less than 2 weeks away from The End of HG!
I'd better dash off, waving wildly to Lucinda, Light and everyone.

Meant to ask, how are you feeling today Baby? And Four?

happydays Wonderful that baby happy has arrived. .
Really sorry to hear that you are still being sick. That does happen to the unlucky few, though it does clear up, usually in days. In my case, I think a combination of an infection and anemia and those awful iron tablets caused it. It does make it so difficult to breast feed. Sorry, but I have stupidly forgotten why they couldn't give you the drops, which some say are less nauseating. Thank you so much for coming on. I do hope it eases for you soon.
Lucy Very brave to do that photoshoot! 'Older mum' at 32, indeed....
MotherofPearl Great advice to Squeezypeasy about letting siblings know - ah, poor LO's thinking you were going to die.
I hope everyone is coping.

Aww, congratulations, Happy! Must have cross posted earlier as I didn't see your news.

I do feel rather brave about the photo shoot, what with being ancient & all 😉

happydays indeed! Congratulations on the birth of your DD I hope things start to level out for you soon re: sickness.

castle you're brave to stop meds... I'm not there yet! I'm going to echo MoP
And say I Hope you've got a good supply stash just in case!

Blondes sounds like Lucy'S giving you a run run for your money in the "kicks ass with HG stakes"... a sexy photo shoot indeed!!! Sorry you've had a few bad days though... keep in mind at most you have 18 weeks to go... that's only 4 months!!! Defo over half way now ;)

I've not had more than one vomit a day since last friday... Still feeling sick every time I eat/drink but I think hope that this is evidence of things getting better...

I'm really not sure sexy is the word. More gianormous! Actually, I'm not that big, because, well, all the throwing up. He's measuring big now though, 38 1/2 so one week ahead.

For anyone even considering stopping meds, I'd recommend you do it with a stash. I don't think most of you were on here when I was being weaned off of them. They tried it a good 10 times before deciding I was staying on them - not fun...

Congratulations happy!! Hope you are feeling back to properly healthy soon.

Lucy I hadn't read the Queens' birthday story ... I think that must have been worse!! And you are so far along now, brilliant: baby will be here in no time!

Great news on the meds Castle - hope things stay stable...

I agree doing it twice is kind of mad. I decided I could probably manage just one more time. Then had an MMC and thought "bugger me if I've gone through 2 months of sickness for nothing" so had to try again. It means I'll have spent nearly 2 years of my life feeling nauseous or actively throwing up: I think that is plenty so (even leaving aside my genuinely geriatric status!) this is definitely it for me. My OH and I both have siblings, and I think there is a natural tendency to recreate the family you had if it was happy. Though I have lots of friends who were onlies and are very happy with that (several of them going on to have onlies through choice themselves, who equally seem very happy to be sibling free!)

Had a lovely Saturday (breakfast with friends and then taking DD to see Stick Man at the theatre, which she loved). Unfortunately her cough then got worse and she started to get a high temperature at bedtime, so not much sleep the last two nights, plus she threw up twice yesterday (I'm hoping just from the phlegm)... so starting the week feeling a bit broken. Not helped by the fact that OH had to go to the US for work yesterday lunchtime, though on the plus side he is back tomorrow so just a flying visit. Just to make life complicated, I am then away for a night (but only Brussels so not so bad). I can't remember who asked, but I'm an economist: all project work so business is very variable. I've been lucky this time that I had a couple of big projects just finishing as the sickness got really bad, so I've been able to take it a bit easy. With my DD and my MMC I was right in the middle of big projects and just had to soldier on, which was hard.

Waves to Lucinda, MoP, Blondes, four, peace and everyone!

Spoke to soon yesterday... three voms so far today. Pretty sure I threw up meds but too nervous to take more until the right time.

So, so, so ready for my life back on track properly.

Always take medication as early as possible 3/4/5am

Lucy My 'older mum indeed' should have had an exclamation mark - so my bitter sarcasm about these terms was more obvious! I am sure you looked a (slightly maternal) spring chicken in those photos.
fourcourneredcircle Poor you. Good advice from Blondes about meds.
LightTripper 'genuinely geriatric' - I like it . I was dismayed by your Oyster Bus Journey Experience. One unlucky woman on here had to see a client, who had a stinking parrot, and had to run out to be sick on her front drive...
Waves to MotherofPearl and everyone.

All good here. 2 non sick days since sat

24w midwife check today. All went well and so lovely to hear bubs galloping heart again and mw could feel where bubs head and spine was

So reassuring to hear heart every few weeks

Happy news, Blondes!

Hi
Could I join please?
I'm 17 weeks 5 days pregnant, second pregnancy , first ended as a MMC in June this year.
I was really sick that first pregnancy and now with this one have HG and have been signed off work the last 2 months.
I am really hoping to go back to work at some point this week as I am just miserable and sick of my own company.
I feel so down with it all and I feel like I am constantly complaining whenever anyone asks if I am okay and end up apologising.
I think the sickness is easing as I haven't physically been sick since Wednesday which is great, I just feel nauseous 24-7 and this last week have started with heartburn which is driving me mad and not helping.
I'm not on any meds and to be honest my GP and midwife (still not met my allocated one) have been pretty useless.
Also had bleeding between weeks 14 and 16 with the occasional spotting still and have had a bacterial infection. They don't know where the bleeding is from. The EPU have also been awful, making me feel like a burden and not wanting to call them.
I am so grateful to be pregnant again but I literally am hating every minute.
I know I'm not alone but this is so hard. I'm 35 btw.
Thanks for reading and sorry for the moan!

Happy news indeed tho also very sick at 11.30

Wtf. Why some days and not others

Was tucked up in bed and thought hmmmm I know that feeling and dashed to the loo .......

Moon. Welcome and sorry for your mc

Hg is shit. Makes you feel awful. Feel free to moan on here :)

If it's not the sickness then it's the retching or nausea - go and see gp and insist on tablets ESP if signed off work

Or call the number in opening post

Just checking in to wish happy huge congratulations! Wonderful news. Hopefully the sickness buggers off soon so you can enjoy your new baby (&food) properly.

Waves to everyone else. As lucinda says 'this will pass', even though a HG pregnancy feels like the longest pregnancy in the world, and you feel like you can't do it anymore... you can... And it is all worth it!!

PS 8 week jabs are a bitch!!