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.

flap I got told I was probably having a girl because "only a girl would do that to another girl"
Glad your party went well.
Mellee sounds like a crappy day, and going to effort as well just to have noses turned up!
Muva I hate everything I feel being dismissed as just being pregnant and hormonal. "Let's take no notice of that person's concerns, she's pregnant and irrational"

Mellee no wonder you're a wreck.. that sounds like a really hard time. I have also been alone woth my toddler since we got in at 4pm after a 10am start.. my DH went out with his dad to watch the football which is fine as the poor man has been my carer or the last 3 months and I wanted him tp get out. But I am so so so tired and tearful.. seeing everyone today was a bit overwhelming I think.. I've been so isolated for so long that being round people was just so draining. Even though it's been a tough evening with toddleface I've loved it... potted some plants with him and he watched me do a fashion show with my maternity clothes that came through in the post (most are goinf back... awful stretch glossy material that shows everything through.. contour of my Increasingly weird belly button haha haha. The gap ones are lovely though.. highly recommend the basic range of gap maternity clothes! )

Haha disco thank you for more contributions haha no wonder I love being alone these days!

Glum is a good word for it. Is weird as sickness wise it's been a relatively good day. Just feel.like a car crash . Been invited to a bbq tomorrow and would rather just stay pantless in my vomit turret . I feel bad as probably could manage it physically.. I just don't want to :(

Must be this hot weather as I'm pretty teary too oh and angry all the time it's really crap.

I feel for everyone on here it really is god awful the one time we should be beaming with happiness and this awful debilitating condition destroys any hope of that. We truly celebrate not vomiting or getting an hour where we have a little less nausea to deal with or when someone nearly says something that sounds a little understanding, I'd laugh at the craziness of it all but I'm too busy crying lol.

Allergic to growing babies if anyone could be that it would definitely be me

I've been alone all day as well, woke up in mid afternoon after a bad night, and now I'm grouchy.

We should get cards printed with the list to hand out to people. Might save a lot of frustration!

Flap you are a hero! Hope you have a peaceful night and can take it easy tomorrow. I'm sad I've had to miss a lot of social stuff, but there's no arguing with this, we have to rest...and thank God there is a time limit on this ordeal!
Today it's been me, my bed and the sick bucket while dh took dd out for the whole day bless him.
Can I recommend wet towel or flannel round neck, really seemed to work today cooling me down. Easier than bracing the cupboard of crap where somewhere our fan can be found!!
Loving the stupid comments bingo card!
Ok I've got one to add, a work colleague that I hardly know asked how I'm feeling, when I said I've still got nausea and fatigue she said "it'll be your age" and went on about how she felt worse when she had a child later in life than when she had her first. But all I was thinking is great I'm 36 and I obviously look about 50 Need to add that I have a lot of supportive colleagues at work as well including crucially my boss!
MrsB- sympathise with meal prep dilemma for your little one. It's been a challenge for me too. Dd also got some allergies inc dairy. My mum has been amazing cooking a few small boxes of meals at a time that I just freeze then microwave (holding nose lol!) she has also eaten more than an ideal amount of fish fingers and potato waffles once I discovered she likes them. Doesn't look too malnourished as yet!! All the best with finding some easy options/getting some cooking help and getting through!
Hello to everyone else as well xxx

Mustang I was so down with sickness and general misery a few weeks ago I shouted at my husband WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HAPPY! Felt so ungrateful that I'd been, dare I say it, blessed, with a pregnancy, and so quickly (where friends and family have waited so long), and all I could feel was bloody sad and ill, and at times, so angry

Hello mustang and disco- you are not alone having a truly rubbish bank holiday Saturday! Virtual hug! Xxx

You're right daffodil. I think that exactly it.. and people seeing me today "obviously fine" makes me feel even worse for not going to things.. worried they will think I make the effort for my son but not them. To be fair that's true I guess. Today has left me wrecked and I just can't justify doing that to myself again yet. Its hard as people live so far away so I can't just pop over for a cup.of tea... it's a 130 mile round trip to them.

I will try the flannel tip tomorrow.. is mega hot! Ah god yes thay colleague comments makes the bingo card too. How rude !!! Ah your day sounds like my days so much.. that's what I should have been doing instead of the 2nd outing to the petting zoo. Well done staying sensible and hope it wasn't too miserabke.

Disco and mustang it must be something in the air with us all having a teary weekend.. We obviously need more harry potter merchandise in our lives??! Nothing wrong with a bit of wallowing bit hope you both get a bit of respite from it all soon.

And mustang you've put that into words so well.. how have we ended up in such a situation where we celebrate a vomit free /low nausea day as if we have won the euromillions lottery!

And daffodil hope the rest of your bank holiday gets better

I have not posted in a little while. Things have been going ok. Have had an unusual number of good days recently and am only throwing up 0-1 times a day. Still on the maximum dose of ondansetron and prochlorperazine though.

I had my 12 week scan too, which was amazing, with lots of jumping and little fingers. The sonographer said she could tell I had been sick as I was dehydrated and the fact that I had lost so much weight made it easy to get a good scan. Not sure why. I also got to tell everyone I was pregnant, whch was lots of fun. I had already told close family but ended up telling everyone else on facebook as am not well enough to see any of them in person anyway.

I was dated as further along than I thought, which I am skeptical of, as I had fertility treatment and know when I ovulated. But I am happy for almost an extra week in the bank. Am hoping that the good days means that I am coming out the other side of things, although trying not to get my hopes too high.

I loved the bingo card ideas by the way - amazing!

Muvawifey I am so glad things are a lot better for you. Wise words from Mustang. Stress can make this a lot worse, not only through exhaustion, but because it affects the hormones which in turn affects the Hyperemesis, which in turn affects work and stress, which in turn affects...and so on.
Mustang Poor you that you didn't get a huge improvement. Did they not alter the meds at all or just top up liquids and discharge you?
FlapAttack That is a great idea! There have been fine contributions all round from Oklahoma NonStopDisco and everyone.
Melleebacca A Mean and Moody type is the OH to keep guests from overstaying their welcome.
PippaSnippa It is nice cold -and also, left to go flat and then frozen as ice cubes or turned into ice lollies.
I hope Hollyhop Lemondrop and everyone is coping.

Satsooma what's the max dosage of both of the pills? The consultant sent me away with more of both from the hospital but she has lowered the dosage of my ondansetron to two a day and my cyclizine to two a day also and it's really not working. My drs are closed until Tuesday and really don't have the strength to phone 111 as iv found them utterly hopeless in the past. I was just to ill and my head pickled to even think about checking what dosage she had suggested. They were shooing me out the door due to shortages in beds .

I want to go back to at least 3 a day for both but thought they had changed the dosage due to not being able to take more. I'm Bloody cross as I told them I was taking more and they could see me notes. Oh and btw the guidelines have changed in the NHS for putting you on a drip it was plus two to ketones but now you need to be more dehydrated shocking really.

Oh your scan sounds tremendous it's amazing seeing them wriggle about and even better if you are a bit later one week less of this hell lol

satsooma Great news about scan.
Daffodil and NonStopDisco Sorry you've had an awful bank holiday weekend so far. Daffodil I was 36, too, and come to think of it, I was told it was my advanced age that had done it, too! You may be sure you don't look fifty!

i just felt like a daft kid getting pregnant, I've never been as unprepared for anything ever before, so the sickness makes that feel worse as it's just another thing I didn't take into account (but how could I?)
daffodil "advanced age", sheesh, some people really know what to say in the moment!
satsooma I've hardly told any of my wider friendship circle, bet they think I'm a right git because I've barely seen anyone for months!
flap, mustang, HP goodies to cheer us up! I'm sure lemon and holly and other potter fans will want a peek as well.
Hope everyone is feeling a bit better in the morning.

Satsoooma - great news about the scan and getting dated further along. Fertility treatments generally mean you aren't as likely to go overdue, or be allowed to go overdue, or so I've been told by friends.

Nonstop - we tried for 8 months to get pregnant with DD, were just about to throw in the towel and focus on travel for a few months when we got the positive result. We still weren't ready for HG. Hits you like a sack of bricks. Even with this pregnancy we were caught out by the sickness.

Flap - it's so awful when you put on a brace face for a couple of hours and people assume that means you're good all the time. The only thing that makes anyone believe I'm still sick is that I turn down sweet things, which is typically unheard of for me.

Daffodil (& others) - if you cool wrists and ankles, your body temp lowers faster as the cold blood pumps straight back to the heart. Also less surface area so cools faster.

Much better day here today. Constipation has been relieved and I got to rest all day.

Mustang you can take 6 x 4mg tablets a day. My GP lets me regulate the dose day to day. I usually take 4 in morning, 8 at lunchtime and 4 in evening with a promethazine

Thanks Oklahoma obviously I'm not just gonna start popping 6 but just to know I can continue taking my regular dosage is a relief. Especially as iv been unable to keep anything down from lunch time since getting back from hospital.

My pharmacist also nearly didn't give me the ondansetron he eyeballed me suspiciously and said "are you pregnant, as I'm not sure I'm comfortable dispensing this to you" I said yes but my dr and midwife both know this and have prescribed I was ready to fight him lol.

Mustang the tablets come in different strengths, but my GP said the max daily dose was 16 mg ondansetron (although i know some people here have taken 32 mg), and either 15 mg prochlorperazine or 150 mg of cyclizine. So you should be fine.

Haven't been able to get hold of doctor so guess who's back to throwing up all day everyday? Yep. Ondansetron tablets ran out on Friday but I've been sick since Thursday and today it's been every 30 mins since I woke up. Nothing is staying down again so I'm back to feeling like crap.

Worst bit is that I can't fall asleep to help tide the feeling over.

Deaddoor post.. that is awful. Can you call your maternity waRd? Out of hours dr? 111 got me an emergency out of hours appointment on easter weekend.. was given meds and offered to come back for drip as my ketones had got so high

Yeah I probably could do. Don't really know the drill for this as the Dr has always been the one to sort them out. And neither of my mum's has told me what I can do for the sickness. Mum just got on with it for 7 months and step mum didn't have it bad. So this being the 1st pregnancy for me I am totally in the dark.

DeadDoorPost I so agree with FlapAttack , you will very soon be badly dehydrated and need to go to A and E or phone. That is awful, and you do need to be seen asap.

DeadDoorPost I meant to say, if you phone up your normal surgery phone number, you should be re-directed to someone.

Mustang - I'm on 8mg tabs of ondansetron and was told I could have 3 a day, one every 8hrs. Down to one a day at the moment and going to have to wean off them from 30w.

Deaddoor - your ketones will be skyrocketing with that amount of vomiting. Present to A&E and they will get you rehydrated and be able to give you a prescription.

DeadDoorPost Just checking back. If you haven't got kesostix to check, Have you got a headache, dry skin, almost no urine, blurry vision, etc? All signs of serious dehydration. As Melleebacca says, with that amount of vomiting you will be in need of fluids.