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, phone them on:
024 7638 2020
Lastly, the NICE guidelines on treatment are useful:
cks.nice.org.uk/nauseavomiting-in-pregnancy
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.

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ohno I'm going through exactly the same. I'm booked in for mine too. Massive hugs

Fine's waived but gonna have to pay for the prescription. Bs.

Oklahama Didn't you just want to kill your midwife along with your GP

Any idea how long it takes to get the mat card/certificate once the form is sent?

Emu31 How are doing now?? Being able to cope better?

justtheonethen I'm glad we didn't twin on this one

batman take the ondansetron!

icecream Welcome! Hope the fluids help and you feel better soon

Mad annoying day here. Just wanna crawl in bed and cry.

Ohnowattsthis and winky I wish I could help you more. Some decisions are very hard to make. Sorry that Shehz is having unnecessary frustrations with her prescription.

BATMAN Great advice. IceCreamIceCream I am so glad that you have been admitted. It is very bad that they turned you away with 3+ ketones at the other hospital - even apart from the other symptoms.

I have taken the ondansetron and await feeling fabulous shortly.

Sorry to hear a few of you are struggling re termination decisions. We could afford a third (this is DC2) but I know that this pg has absolutely pushed us to the limits physically and mentally. I couldn't put us through it again. I hope you are able to come to a decision either way, it's a very difficult position to be in

I meant to add "and individual decision" above. You may well have greater resilience than I, which is quite feasible as mine is seemingly very low

That's very annoying about the exemption certificate shezh though mind you, you lot in the UK are lucky to get maternity exemptions, I still have to pay normal prescription price for my meds, 20 euros every couple of weeks. And that reminds me, I forgot to get my thyroid medicine today, bugger!

Natsku Omg that's awful about your prescription costs . Is there a medical insurance based system there at all or do you pay for each prescription you get?

Shehz May pregnancy exemption certificate came about a week after my GP applied for it. I asked for it right at the beginning of my pregnancy from the GP because I researched it in advance as I was worried about all the prescription charges because we're so skint atm. So you should get it soon it will be backdated to the date the GP or midwife did the form so basically as soon as you send it off to apply you're covered for free prescriptions even before you receive the physical card. It's not routine for midwives to apply for it til about week 20 which I think is shocking and I think it should be done at the booking appt routinely because many women don't even realise they're eligible for free prescriptions during pregnancy!

Welcome Icecream, hope the new hospital help .

Thinking of winky and ohno .

This is the first day I've been all alone all day as DH left at like 10am. We went to bed about midnight last night and I got out of bed at like 5pm today . And as I hadn't eaten immediately did horrible bile vomiting which has killed my throat. Sigh. Also I did ask for the GP to call me but then the receptionist called me back and said the GP wanted to see me and obviously I couldn't go today as there was nobody to come with me and I'm in no fit state to go alone plus with my anxiety disorder I can't get taxis alone anyway. So I'm booked in for tomorrow at 1.30pm which is a pain in the ass as I'm already at the hospital for my scan at 9am . I'm wetting myself about it as I know the day is going to make me soo sick and take my a few days to recover probably, and DH is at work Friday evening and all of Saturday . Idk how I will manage .

I am listening to one of my heros Bessie Smith to try and keep my spirits up which tbh is working quite well.

I'm on my first pregnancy ladies and I really can't see how I could possibly do this again, except we're pretty adamant that we want at least 2 children. It's literally a horrifying thought about how the hell I could do this again with a small child to look after too. You ladies who on your second + I'm literally in awe of you!

...and to top it off I have been admitted again. Managed 3 hours at work and needed to call hospital as had been quite sick and they wanted me straight back in for assessment.

I thought coming in early i would not have to stay in :(

Oh no winky

Most medicines are partly covered by the state insurance system, so 40% off the original price (and some medicines are covered to a higher percentage, like my thyroid medicine costs less than a fiver for 100 pills) but some aren't covered at all.

Nerner and medow- thank you your words really helped. In fact they made me cry because you could see how hard this is.

Winky- I’m so sorry you are in the same situation. And sorry you are in hospital again. When is your appointment booked for? I don’t know what I’m going to do.

And to the rest of you beautiful beautiful ladies inching through for the sake of your families and future I wish you all the strength in the world.

I'm relapsing. I feel terrible, despite the ondansetron. I could cry.

Work will not be happy if I call in sick tomorrow - it's supposed to snow heavily and we are penalised if we call in sick on a snow day. I know my rights, and they might be ok, it's just such a fight! I've got a week of on-calls next week too

FML.

I've had a digestive for tea but no doubt we'll be reacquainted shortly. Bet they're a bugger to throw up.

Sorry, all a bit woe is me over here.

ohnowehatsthis glad to be if service. I can't describe how grateful I am for all the support I've received on here. No one else gets it, not even close.

@BATMAN sorry to hear you're relapsing its so fustrating isn't it when you feel you're taking one step forward ten steps back. Get lots of rest
I haven't seemed to have recovered from my 18 week relapse and have a GP appointment on Tuesday, going to ask to be signed off till new year (work in a school), fed up of busting my ass each day and feeling shit for it.

Ps. Have you seen these Christmas emojis!

Icecream hope you feel better for some fluids.

Ohno what an impossible situation. Sending you strength for your decision.

Winky sorry you've been admitted again but that sounds like the best place for you.

Shehz I'm glad too

Batman poor you. You need to call in sick. You know your rights. Don't struggle in and make it worse.

Meadow get some snacks to keep by the bed, so anything you can manage that doesn't need to be kept cold. Then you can try and eat before you go downstairs. For a long time belvita biscuits were my choice. Hope you manage ok tomorrow with scan and appointment.

I'm struggling. I haven't been sick today but the nausea is crippling. Adding in the cyclizine has made me a zombie too.

Hi, new to the thread so hope it's okay to post. I'm 18+3 and after a week where I thought I was seeing a bit of recovery I've relapsed hard. I've just been signed off work for another four weeks, and my GP no longer thinks I'm likely to get better before May when the baby is due Feeling really guilty and a bit useless atm!

Hi @hannamai you sound exactly like me! Started to feel a bit better then BAM 18 weeks, relapsed and not really got over it. In my experience though rest makes such a difference x

Hanna welcome! Sorry you're feeling so bad, just take it day by day. It feels interminable doesn't it?

I managed to have a shower without DH being around for the first time since I got HG so I'm actually feeling quite proud of myself as I was irrationally anxious about it . I did vomit a little bit and had to lay down for a bit afterwards but still.

Thanks for all the suggestions re: how to cope with the early start tomorrow. I will do as someone suggested re: setting an alarm an hour earlier to take the ondansetron then snoozing a bit then having snacks ready by my bed to eat as soon as I get up. One good thing about where we live is it's a flat so at least all on one level and nothing is far away at any time. Don't think I could cope with stairs atm especially if the bathroom was upstairs. Only thing is we are up three flights of stairs with no lifts so getting in and out of flat whilst being sick is awful and I'm dreading how I'll manage with a huge bump later down the line given that I'm like, 100% sedentary now...

Hi hanna, of course it's ok to post . Sorry you are feeling so rough still . What medication are you taking if you don't mind me asking? Also I know it can feel like there's no end in sight (I feel like that) but really there is, and there's no reason why you may not feel much better even in just a few weeks. I mean I know some women suffer badly all the way through but there's no way of knowing whether you will be one of those women or not, I know it's easy to think the worst as I do as well but I think maybe try and focus on each day rather than thinking about the fact that you may not get any better if you know what I mean? I know it's hard but when I think like that I make myself feel even worse whereas when I try and think 'one day less to go' each day it helps a little anyway. Hope that wasn't like patronising or anything, I really do get how grim it feels .

Just I couldn't take cyclizine because it turned me into a zombie, I absolutely hated it, so you have my sympathies. It didn't help anyway with the HG but regardless it was horrendous, made me feel even more ill. Some days I don't vomit but I feel no better in myself than on days when I do . Then I feel guilty for moaning and laying about because I feel that if I told anyone 'I didn't vomit today' people would be like...then you're fine what the hell is wrong with you? But I find the constant awful nausea makes me feel just as awful regardless of whether I vomit a few times or not . Obviously if I'm vomiting loads and loads that's different but yeah.

Meadow I think the nausea is worse than the vomiting too. It's so debilitating.
Cyclizine did fuck all for me on it's own but it was the hospitals only suggestion to try and get it under control by adding it to my ondansetron/metoclopromide/ranitidine cocktail. Going to give it a few days to see if it is doing anything along side those.

Well done on the shower! I still have to sit down after and sometimes still puke in it.
Definitely take the ondansetron early then sleep, it really helps me. As does eating before I step a foot out of bed. That seems to keep the acid at bay.

I think the nausea is worse too, it just drains the life out of you.

Sorry you're relapsing Batman call in sick, you need to rest and you know they're not allowed to penalise you (though can understand not feeling up to the fight if they try)

Don't be feeling guilty and useless hanna! try to rest as much as possible, it does seem to help a bit, and maybe see your doctor about tweaking your meds to see if something works better.

Well done on the shower meadow good luck today!

Agree the nausea is the absolute worst. If I could throw up, feel fine then carry on until the next vomit it wouldn't be half as bad.

Hugs to all those struggling

Just lost a long a*s post..

Meadow Well done on the shower girl! I am 25w and still can't fathom a shower without DH since the one time I fainted in there.. though I must shamelessly admit that I skipped a day or two in the early days when I felt I was dying and there was no point in hygiene... shudders at the memory
Goodluck for today and hope you are being able to manage more or less

scottishem I have been quite crazy with these emoticons myself

Natsku Hope you got your thyroid medecine sorted out! And about prescription costs! Glad they cover part of it though!

Batman So sorry about the relapse but hope you didn't go to work today. Fatigue will only exacerbate it. You need to put yourself first. Do understand about not feeling up for a fight though, hope you don't have to and they turn out to be very understanding.

hannaimai welcome! There is absolutely no reason for you to feel guilty or useless! A lot of us women on this thread have not been working since ages ever since HG hit us. You can't emphasize enough on how much rest you NEED. Glad you have a supportive GP who is signing you off work without much fuss and hope you got the right medecines for you to help you get through.

My Caboo arrived today - now I just need to borrow a baby so I can practice using it Also my tie dye kit, just need to get some more white baby clothes (and maybe some shirts for me and DD too) to do.

Friend of mine heard on the radio today that women who go through Hyperemesis have healthier babies. So some nice news at least