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.

justtheonethen I am so sorry to hear that doctor was so dismissive; talk about a bad bedside manner! While it may have been caused by stress at pressure on beds and NHS cuts, it is still really bad and s/he shouldn't take it out on you. I am glad a nurse stood up to the doctor; that's really rare.
DeadDoorPost I hope it is one of the dreaded hormonal surges. Were they amenable to giving you liquid iron drops, even if more expensive?
BlueButTrue I am glad baby is still staying put.
Apologies to anyone rudely ignored.

Lucinda I have no idea as I threw up after seeing the midwife. If it continues I'll phone up and ask the Dr but right now I'm going to stick to the tablets.

Having a rough couple of days I’m 28 weeks tomorrow and iv has enough.

Sorry justtheone hopefully the got kinder as you got your fluids. I do think they don’t get it and that’s why they lack sympathy

Sorry you are feeling rough and being sick again Dead! It’s such a slog.

Urgh hate unsympathetic doctors just glad the nurses were nice though (they usually are as they are more used to bedside manner stuff)

Hope the hormone surge passes quickly dead

Keep hanging in there mustang

Yes they were a bit nicer as time went on but really it was horrid. Felt like I was being laughed at but also was in the depths of dehydration induced desperation/paranoia.

I hate that how you get treated depends on the individual person, there are so many guidelines out there that seem to be ignored for example the smelly cup a soup thing one of the nurses was eating about a metre away from me which made me feel horrendous.

Sorry to all those struggling. This is a bastard isn't it?

Urgh I would not have been able to stand the smell of a cupasoup while in the throes of that bad sickness. Thank goodness at my local emergency room they put me in a side room where there's nothing to smell and no annoying people.

That's the thing, they normally do. It's my 4th trip in and the only time I've felt like that.

Maybe it had been a tough day there with a lot of timewasters or something really serious happened that upset the doctor. Or maybe just bad luck. Hopefully won't happen again (well hopefully you won't need to go back for fluids again!)

justtheone Ugh about that soup, poor you. I am glad the fluids helped, and hope you don't see that doctor again.
Mustang Sorry about bad days. It's not fair.
NatskuVery true.
DeadDoorPost I hope the tablets aren't too indigestible.

Forgot to ask Shehz21 How things are?

Thanks for asking @LucindaE, that's very kind of you :)
Unrelenting fatigue and debilitating nausea striked hard today. Felt miserable and sorry for myself but I know how many of us are going through worse, so won't moan much.
Trying to fall asleep. In vain...

BabyDoor is currently shoving his butt into my stomach. Just went to see if I could push it in nd his head is on my bladder... which is full... and he's not budging. He's being a huge pain. Gone from cephalic to oblique cephalic so at least hes not headbutting my cervix but still.
Sickness seems to have calmed down a bit. Only had 1 iron tablet today as I didn't want to push it too far after yesterday. Thought I'd made a terrible mistake wanting a sausage sandwich for dinner but turns out the nausea was from the hunger so at least it's not been thrown back up.

Completely selfish moaning rant alert.

Anyone else feel like HG has just completely ruined your life? I hated being pregnant with my daughter but desperately wanted another baby. We tried for a year for this baby and I'd hoped being prepared and informed would make things better. But it's not. I want this baby so badly but I'm hating being pregnant again. I've always wanted 3 or 4 children but I can't face the thought of going through this again and it's devastating.

Add in the fact that we've had to rehome our puppy and I'm feeling pretty miserable right now. Luckily a lovely couple are taking him and I know he will be very well looked after and spoilt.

Sorry to everyone who's suffering at the moment.

dilly if it makes you feel any better, it is possible to not have HG for all of them... my mum had 4 and I was the eldest and the worst.. by the last she wasn't sick at all. But I totally know what you mean. DH has always wanted a large family but because of how this one has gone that may never happen.

Completely on the same wavelength as you @dillydollydarling.
I feel so desperate to live my life again. I feel I will never know how to live without nausea and vomiting and this lethargy feeling..

I am still so early as compared to you guys and wondering how I will make it. Yesterday i was so depressed I was day dreaming of getting into an accident and losing my life to be better than this.
I know for sure I do not want to go through this ever again so I keep repeating to DH that this is our first and last. Bursting into tears at random parts of the day has become normal now...

I hope by some miracle everyone ends up having a good day today.

Massive hugs Dilly, I wanted 4 but I will definitely be stoping at 2. Sorry to hear about your puppy it’s totally for the best and you will be relieved not to be puppy training with a toddler and baby.

Sorry I realise that last sentence totally minimises how you feel about it, it wasn’t meant like that just pointing out a wee silver lining. I know how sad it is. Lemon and I have both had dog issues since getting pregnant so can completely sympathise.

Shehz how many weeks are you? I'm about 7/8 so very early on in pregnancy too. Having been through this once before already I know that there is light at the end of the tunnel and it will all be worth it once baby is here. It's just hard to see right now.

Mustang OH and so know we're dping the right thing for our puppy, we just feel awful as I always said I'd never be the kind of person to get a puppy and get rid of it when thinhs get tough. He's going to have a great life though and will have a lot more fun than he's currently having in our house. His new family are picking him up tomorrow so that will be one less thing I have to deal with.

I feel so bad for you all who had the dog issues since getting pregnant. Big hugs to @Mustang @Lemon and to you too love @dillydollydarling...
Don't worry about little puppy though, i'm sure he is gonna have a ball as from tomorrow! And of course you are doing the right thing both for you and esp for puppy.

@dilly I am 14w+3 but this being my 1st ongoing pregnancy I really had hope it would end by 12w. Have kind of lost hope now.
Does it all end once the baby is out though? Does the nausea/vomiting everything magically disappear?
Really need some reassurance :(

Shez the sickness may well end for you soon. I can't speak for how it feels after birth, but after my termination at 9 weeks, I remember waking up from the operation and felt 1000 times better. I actually went on holiday the next day (long story!). It took about 48 hours for the nausea to completely disappear, but in those 48 hours it was entirely manageable. So I'd say after birth would be the same.

It might end around 16 weeks for you Shehz that's quite a common ending point for it so don't give up hope but even if it does continue it usually gets easier as time goes on and of course finding the right medication helps a lot. I'm 22 weeks now and most days are absolutely fine so long as I take my meds.

Oh no, sorry to hear of your puppy dilly that must've been a really hard decision, but a very sensible one! Sorry to hear lots are suffering, and of that unsympathetic Dr justtheonethen.

Shehz for almost everyone, even if you are ill throughout, it will hopefully get at least slightly more bearable (more 'good' days etc). I can reassure you though, for almost everyone, it does go straight away after birth, or at least in the day or two after. My experience was that it's then, when you're finally feeling well, that you realise just how awful you were really feeling all that time! The BEST feeling in the world!

In the meantime, life is cruel sometimes - I have had a stomach bug this weekend...grim.

Currently laid up on sofa feeling sorry for myself. Had to go to casualty on Thurs morning after ringing my ooh centre. No on Call gp so told to go up. Was admitted for the night for iv fluids. 3+ ketones. God I felt like death. Home on Fri with different anti sickness meds but been feeling rough since Fri again
Had forgotten how shit hg is. I'm only 8wks tmw and already been in.
Can't believe how some of you have been treated by docs!! I was treated with sympathy and taken seriously. As you should!

@BeautifulLiar such a far away dream till the day I can feel like 'me' again.

@Natsku I did put my next goal at 16-20 weeks when it didn't stop at 12 weeks but last couple of days were so bad that I just thought I am a lost cause and might end up being the unlucky ones to have it all throughout pregnancy. Which medz are you on? I do fine on some days with avomine but sometimes even that doesn't work.

@pippanippa aww sorry about that stomach bug. Could life be more unfair argh having an everyday battle of HG and a stomach bug on top of that!
Thank you for the reassurance though, I can go back to thinking there IS light at the end of the tunnel. I can say from now itself it will definitely be the best feeling in the world for me as well once baby is out!! Oh its already making me happy just thinking about that day