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 great: 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.

Back to work tomorrow been off for a week. Will have to see how I am with no seabands as I can't wear them at work unfortunately.

Welcome back Lucinda.
Good luck back at work Loosemoose.
I'm back to work on Thursday having been off since the end of June. Luckily work are being supportive and allowing a phased return so I won't be going straight back into normal hours.

Welcome back Mother Hen. We missed you

How did everything go, Lucinda, I hope well?

loose that's fantastic news. Long may it continue improving!

Much better today thanks lucinda, welcome back! I have a days work tomorrow in a new job . Thankfully I'm only doing the odd day for them but I have to present all day to 40 people. I'm just praying I can get through it without fainting or vomiting. It's the first day I'll have worked for a while so hoping it goes well as it's a nicely lucrative career option with very few days work! Worst timing though.

Hi everyone. I was on an old HG thread under a different name in my first pregnancy. DD is now 2.5 and I'm 6 weeks pregnant with DC2.

I started being sick last weekend but only 2-3 times a day which made me hope that things wouldn't be so bad this time. Then on Sunday it hit properly and I was sick 20+ times .

I was admitted to hospital yesterday for fluids and left with cyclizine and ondansetron which seem to be taking the edge off. Still pretty miserable though lying here in bed (in a house full of boxes because we moved a week ago) trying not to move too much instead of being at work - I'm a teacher so yesterday should have been the first day back. They promoted me for this year too so don't think the head will be best pleased! Feel so guilty!

Hi Queen and welcome to the dreaded club again. My DD is nearly three so I imagine we were on the thread together last time too.

You've done this before so you know the drill. Be kind to yourself, don't worry about work, lots of rest etc. You've survived it once and you will survive it again (although it sucks just as much as you remember it).

Just woken up again and the dreams can do one. Gonna be in a mood for the rest of the day now. I shall go and sulk elsewhere. grumbles off to makesoup for dinner

Hello future Queen, snap second pregnancy here there are a few of us. Dw about work they will be fine just take it easy (like you have an option). Can any family help unpack so you don't feel like you are living out of boxes? I second Oklahoma but maybe it sucks more this time as you will have mummy guilt due to not being able to run after your toddler the same.

Good luck today just!

Snap Dead I have been having awful dreams that are actually really affecting me. I dreamt my abusive exh was trying to get custody of my son and I kept trying to tell everyone that he wasn't his and nobody believed me it was horrific and I kept waking then I'd drift again and go straight back into it .

Thank you everyone for the welcome back. It was lovely to meet my sister on a trip to London, but it was sad to see how vague and frail my mother has become. She often seems to mix the characteristics of her daughters and our aunt up now. Well, it comes to us all if we live that long though my grandmother, if frail, was never vague.
TheOnceandFutureQueen Welcome! Sorry you were so ill you had to be admitted. I do hope it is kept under reasonable control from now on. Was that 20 sessions, or 20 heaves? I hope the latter. Glad you are on a good combination of meds. As you are a veteran, I hardly need to intone, 'Kesostix for early stages of dehydration - flat full sugar coke, the juice of tinned fruit, Ondansetron causes constipation etc etc'. I wonder what name you were? You have a fine matriarchal name now.
justtheonethen That is a great number - forty people! The best of luck for the return to work. I hope it is a staggered one.
Bluelsyou Let's hope you can get to thirty-six weeks. I am still pleased about your OH getting a job so soon. You have been tottering in to work all this while - can you go part time now?
Oklahoma How are things? You said further back that they have improved a little. How much?
I hope everyone is coping on this late summer/early autumn day. Where did the summer go? But those suffering will be glad to see the back of i t.

Mustang and DeadDoorPost That is horrible about dreams being so vivid that they taint the day. I think that is quite common. I had some awful ones about Downs Syndrome even after the result from amnio. Mustang I am so happy you escaped that abusive ex.

Sorry to hear about your mum Lucinda, all my gp have gone the same way it's upsetting and I worry for the future, it's easier if it doesn't upset them and they are relaxed enough within themselves. Confusion is the worst and so hard when it frustrates them.

Me too but he does haunt my dreams at the best of times just worse in pregnancy.

Sorry about your mother Lucinda that must have been difficult to observe.

Oh pregnancy dreams are the worst. I keep dreaming my husband has left me for one reason or another it's really horrible.

Lucinda that's sucks. Hugs. They really need to come up with a cure for dementia.

And feeling better is relative. I'm still off work and still throwing up every day. I am now able to shower and feed Oklette though so it's better than it was in the early days. I'm one of the lucky ones where it hangs around for the whole 9 months unfortunately.

It's difficult LucindaE it really is, but I hope things work out for the best. Medical awareness is at least proving to be better than it was a few years ago, so there's always hope.

As for the dream, I've calmed down now after making soup and some homemade rolls. I've got to keep myself busy otherwise I go insane. I just don't know if it's normal to feel this drained and tired all the time at 29 weeks. Honestly cannot wait until I can have my body back to myself.

Hi everyone,

Sorry it's so long since I've joined in on here - I read from time to time but find it hard to be on screens with the sickness still.

Mostly I popped on for a moan, am 39+5, still sick and desperate for this baby to come! Didn't have this with my daughter as she rather surprised me at 38 weeks. Have been feeling out of sorts and crampy the last 2 days but then that's late pregnancy niggles for you anyhow, don't want another 2 weeks! Although I am somewhat encouraged to be here after those horrendous first weeks - much sympathy for those of you struggling there at the moment

Thanks Oklahoma and LucindaE. I doubt you'd remember me from last time - I only posted a handful of times because the screen made me feel sick.

Mustang luckily my DH is awesome and is not only doing the nursery drop-off and pick up despite being massively out of his way (round the corner from my work), he's also coming home, looking after me and DD and doing all the unpacking and tidying the house. We'll get there it just might take a while.

Sorry to hear about your mum Lucinda, that must be really hard.

Mammabear13 I hope your baby arrives soon so you don't have to suffer through too much longer.

Oh dear, Mamabear. I do hope baby comes early! Give yourself a medal for enduring it.
Oklahoma Poor you that it still lingers. I hope you are able to eat small meals at least. It is so dismal to be one of those who suffer throughout.
DeadDoorPost The lack of energy is probably due to having a miserable diet for so long - you'll probably be bursting with energy with a small baby and astonish people!
Thanks everyone, for kind words over my mother's decline.
Apologies if I've rudely ignored anyone.

TheOnceandFutureQueen Cross posted - a lot of sufferers can't bear to look at a screen. Thanks for kind words from you. too. I am sorry you are suffering again but it is always nice to meet old friends even if you couldn't post often. Did it ease much at any point last time?

It eased off at around 5 months last time. Then I was only sick 2-3 times a day until about 7.5 months when it stopped completely until I was in labour. I just worry that if it's the same (or worse) this time then I won't be great at looking after DD. She already seems to know something's not quite right as she's being even more clingy to me than usual which mostly seems to involve her trying to lie/bounce on my stomach - really not helping with the nausea!

Another night of bad dreams involving people trying to get involved with the pregnancy and going against my wishes.. and being told i look fat and I got upset because in my dream I actually wasn't?? Like I barely had a bump or anything at all.
I'm also now panicking about how I'm going to cope with a newborn. DH has gone back to work now schools have started again and I hate it. Feeling really lonely again.

i everyone, welcome back to Lucinda - and so sorry to hear about your mum. Welcome to Queen too. Mammabear, I hope that baby doesn't keep you waiting too much later, the last days are so hard and uncomfortable!

Have hit a bit of a bump in the road here in the form of gestational diabetes. It feels more like hitting a wall at the moment though. I am not sure how I'm going to manage the diet changes given that the nausea and vomiting are still very much ever-present and I'm finding the associated risks, particularly to baby, all a bit worrying.

Sorry for the self-indulgent moan, it's just nice to have a bit of a rant somewhere.

Oops...that should say "Hi everyone!"

Pippasnippa Thank you. I am sorry to hear that; you don't need extra worries; but as it often seems to happen, hopefully they can monitor it sucessfully?
DeadDoorPost Poor you about more miserable dreams. Don't worry; if you have coped with Hyperemesis, you'll manage a new born! Everyone feels a sense of panic, though no doubt those in third pregnancies are blase (no appropriate symbol on this website for that).
TheOnceandFutureQueen Two to three times is pretty bad - when you think of it, that would count as severe pregnancy sickness. Was that on the same meds combination? Did you have a problem with acidity? It's being treated effectively can make all the difference.
Apologies to anyone rudely ignored.

Ah, and here's the latest Due Dates list. I hope MamaBear gets to the fabled Pink Castle soon.

Due Dates
MamaBear 7 September
MrsK8541 15 September
MuvaWifey77 17 September
UnbornMortificado 25 September
Lemondrop09 30 September
RubyReins 3 October
Passthesickbucket 4 October
FlapAttack 10 October
Heartburn247 23 October
FluteyTootey 26 October
mrsgembles 27 October
BluelsYou 17 November
putput 17 November
DeadDoorPost 19 November
pippasnippa 19 November
Oklahoma 21 November
NonStopDisco 23 November
OnNature'sCourse 23 November
Satsooma 4 December
Mustang 18 December
millsbynight 20 December
mumoftheark 28 December
BeautifulLiar 29 December
can'tdothisagain late December
Thingymaboob 10 January
mrsb87 13 January
Flossyfloss 13 January
1984fs 27 January
Natsku 27 or 28 January
Ameliablue 22 February
justtheone 9 March