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.

Okla haha i read thr bad news thing and i was thinking oh no anohet bad start to day day and then... syltherin haha!!! Well that s for life!! I was on cyclizine but came off fir 2 weeks ish but have just crcked them open agaib this week as nausea has been awful as well only vomiting 2 or 3 times a day now but without cyclizine I feel sick all day still. I was gong to jusy try and take one a day as dr wants me to cut down (??) And I feel a bit blugh on them but my nights Ave been worse without them and I did sleep better when I had them. I am generally sleeping between 1 and 6 at the moment then a nap in the day when I am off work/weekends/toddler in nursery. If I sleep longer I feel wretched in the mornings. If I go to bed early I try and eat if I wake up even if it's 2am haha as this helps a bit.

Ahh lemon good luck today too. Will be thinking of you . What time I scan? Are you hoping to find out sex? I was thinking no up til yesterday as didn't with my first.. but tempted with this one as it's my last (can't do this again) and it would be nice to know so can tell my other little one and also get my head around it. I will be over the moon with either but also thinking ah if I have another boy thay means I will definitely never have girl (unless this hg pregnancy hibernation idea gets off the ground)

Anyone else felt like this? I honestly don't mind either way though. . I guess it'd just as originally I always thought I would have 3 and even afyer 1st pregnancy I woukd have done it twice again . But this one has been so hard on me and my family and taken me out of work... I just don't feel like I could choose to do it again!

Same here. I always wanted three but I just can't put myself, my DH or our families through this again.

We had a private gender scan a few weeks ago as we were too impatient! We had both imagined a girl so it was good to find out it was a boy now and give us time to mentally adjust. I was happy either way but prefer not having the shock, I like knowing I have a son. It's making it easier for me to visualise him as a real person. But mainly it's because I'm simply too impatient Mine's at 1.30pm. Need to remember to drink some Lucosade to wake him up.

Yeah cutting down on medication but getting the balance right is hard, especially if your symptoms surge unpredictably like mine. I'm trying to go without medication today! I'm focusing on treating the acid as I think that's causing a lot of my nausea. Will see if it works, if not, I'll take an ondansetron later.

I always wanted two, but really not sure I can do this again. Makes me sad though. Ask me again in a few years when HG fatigue has set in....!

Thankful I've always said no children, then agreed to just the one. I couldn't do this again!

Ah it's sad isn't it.. there was a good post on sickness support website about it last week.that's what got me thinking about it.

Ah lemon a boy :) Thats so exciting. I have decided I am going to try and find out :) you may repreas how bad it all was when they're here and do it all again 😂 already I look back on weeks 7-16 and think how the heck did I get through them.. it must have been as bad as this but worse all that time surely... surely!! But I will be writing myself a very strongly worded letter and sending dh off for the snip just in case 😂😂

*must not

Mine is at 2.30!

I always wanted a big family, 3 hopefully, but there is no way I could do this again. We are very open to adoption though, so I hope I still will have a big family.

Just back from the doctors. Signed off for two more weeks. So will have one week left in that hell hole and then freedom.

Good luck to all those having scans today! Mustang how are you doing now?

Holly, Flap and Lemon we had thought about 3, but will settle on 2 kids now. Although I must confess I'm still not sure we'll stick to the new plan (the mind has a wonderful way of editing out the very worst bits of pregnancy / labour), I vividly remember committing to never ever having children again whilst giving birth to our DD...

Hello peeps I'm ok got home still feel shit but to take my ondansetron and now cyclizine too which hopefully together will help a lot. They didn't seem overly bothered by the lack of bowel movement but did agree that it's likely compounding the nausea . I did see you guys mentioning the glycerine suppository awhile back as safe to use, any body found any relief with them?

I can't remember who asked but yeah I'm the one with the bf toddler it's bloody hard work with HG, plus now he is teething and has a really bad cough so wants boob even more.

If Slytherin was good enough for Alan Rickman, I'm in. Need to do the test now

Good luck with the scans today!!

Enjoy Mamas and Papas it was always really well air conned.

Sorry I've been absent. I've been so tired when not at work that I just haven't had the energy. Just read through all your messages and gutted I missed all the HP talk. I've just joined pottermore so I could join in officially (productive time at work as you can see). I also got Griffindor.

I would love a themed nursery but I haven't even started thinking about it so we'll have to see. Not that I can do anything until we've moved and settled in. Good news there though, the bank has sent an offer to the builders which they'll hopefully accept asap. Then it's all about the solicitors and how long they take...

Holly: hope the GD testing continues to go well and that you don't have to do any more. Glad you're signed off again but sorry the heat is making things so much worse.

Mustang: sorry you ended up back in hosp but I hope it has helped and you are feeling better.

I am also finding things a bit more difficult with the heat, especially the bus journey and sleeping at night. I feel a bit like I am roasting alive. I'm also having trouble getting comfortable and not being in any pain when I lie down to sleep, which is not helping things. Cannot wait until I go on mat leave in 3 weeks and can nap during the day to make up for it when the house randomly feels cooler. Think a fan purchase is necessary soon.

Hi to everyone and I hope there are some better days today. Sorry for anyone I missed

Mustang Welcome home. I do hope that this is the turning point for you.
HaichM Sorry you feel so awful and exhausted; this heat doesn't help.
ComplexCookie Thank you for coming on with the support and the tip. I always suggest flat, full sugar coke, as I found it invaluable myself (in fact, it was recommended to me by a travel rep in Tunisia) but I hadn't thought of that adding sugar tip - an intriguing idea.
I hope people are managing lots of ice lollies; needed, in this heat.
Hollyhop You must be down to single figures, now?

Aah, and Melleebacca You sound like a sensible mother - I was all for that in theory; mine ended up in the bed for several months between OH and I, arms spread out luxuriously...

Glad you're out of hospital Mustang. Really hope the new combo works better for you.

Haich, great news about your house. Remind me when you're due? Welcome to the best House .

Mamas and Papas was glorious, first of all massively cool, I didnt want to leave ad second of all, surprise £60 off our furniture set at the till! I signed up for their club when I bought our pram and car seat and apparently that has given us money pff vouchers!! A welcome bit of good news, alongside the mattress being free with it as well.

Paint purchased for his room and Mickey mouse changing mat arrived today. Knackered now though and need a nap. Still, the nausea is slightly better than yesterday so my mood is magically better as well.

Hurry up with your update Peace, I want to move up the list...

Oh and Lucinda, I have 47 days until 39 weeks... Not quite single figures yet, but getting there.

Holly: I'm due 2 weeks after you on the 1st August but going off on mat leave at 34 weeks. Think you're suffering with the heat more than me so my sympathies. I just feel hot and bothered,uncomfortable,sweaty and a bit dizzier and lightheaded than normal. So far my nausea hasn't got worse but I'm sure it will. Woo about the nursery furniture and cool shop. Enjoy your nap.

So far today has been better than yesterday with fans pointed at me meaning I got work done and am nice and cool. Not looking forward to the bus and the heat outside but hopefully it won't be for long. Treated myself to a new lipgloss and nail polish as well, which I will use tomorrow for our night out. Hope everyone else is ok

Little Gryffindor with limbs and organs all present and correct I'm relieved that's over, and now I can feel him move too, I'm hoping to be a bit more relaxed. I found the scan utterly fascinating, they really do measure everything, don't they? Had some cute yawns and he decided to start having a party with his hands right as the sonographer was trying to look at them 😆! Although the zooming in and out of the dark on the full frontal face was a bit creepy!

Hope yours has gone well Flap

Ah bollocks I uploaded wrong photo with all my details haha 😂 will have to name change yet again!! I hope my SIL doesn't find me before I get it removed haha... i wont be abke to play rhe coincidence card!!! oh god!!!

Woo, got here in time to see the scan pics!
Got to work today. It was warm, and smelly.
Oh god Flap, must be a nightmare having family knowing you're on here and name changing constantly.
Someone brought in croissants to work, and they were lovely! And they stayed down!

Hello everyone, I'm doing my usual and coming back to this thread when I've had a blip, just read through the last few posts and feel cheered that I'm not the only one struggling! Been off work last 2 days, maybe it's the heat but the nausea and tiredness has got me good! Attempted to walk to bus stop today for work and only made it about 4 mins down the road. Felt like I was an 85 year old woman dragging a ton of bricks while also experiencing food poisoning!!!
Argh. I hope you are surviving ok in the heat. A good friend told me to put a wet towel round my neck if I get too hot, I remember this did help quite a lot first time round.
A little whinge while I'm here, I still really hate it when people say 'you look well'! I know I should be grateful because I'm not hg and in hospital having lost weight like last time, it's kind of the opposite because I've been eating vast amounts of bread and cheese. I don't feel well I feel awful!!
Ok feel better to have had that little wail :-)
Love and cool breeze wishes to you all xxx

Awwww yay! A little boy too. How exciting. Annoying to have to go back, but also nice to get to see him again.

Mine was a little uncooperative a times but she saw everything in the end. She thought I had a low lying placenta but rechecked at the end and decided it was ok.

Mmmmm croissants....

Hi daffodil I know what you mean about feeling like an 85yo woman- I'd parked my car halfway down the street, and when it was time to go this morning, I looked at it and nearly went back to bed, it looked like an effort (especially because putting tights on felt like a full-on job as well). I managed my 30 second walk though!