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.

Yes, found the new thread!

Meadow, I'm sorry you feel so rubbish. You sound so miserable. HG is so horrible, and I think it comes as a terrible shock. Literally over night you go from a reasonably capable human being to a vomiting, crying mess. I hope you have as good a birthday as the circumstances allow. I know what you mean re everything you enjoy basically being taken away from you. It won't be forever and you've got us to lend an ear.

Natsku, how scary about the chest pains. So glad you had a nice nurse. Time to buy some chocolate Santas with the Lidl voucher :)

Mustang, how cute of your little boy. Does he realise baby won't talk back right away though?

Someone mentioned sweeps - unfortunately I haven't heard great things about these either. I'm not sure how much of this is due to the actual physical sweep or the stress caused by having heard they are awful though!

I had an elective csection with DD and I want one this time. I'm a perfect candidate for vbac, because I had the section 10 years ago now, but I really don't give a shit about how the baby gets out as long as it's healthy and stress free. I feel that the scar is there and they might as well use it. I found the experience of elcs to be very good overall, no problems bonding or breastfeeding or anything. It's a case of better the devil you know - I could have an amazing natural birth or I could have a three day horror show. I suspect the latter for a variety of reasons I won't bore you with. I only hope the midwives etc will agree with me

Shehz my sweep wasn't too bad and I reckon I'd have needed to be induced had i not had it.

Just.. I did hypnobirthing accidentally according to the midwife. I zoned out. Explains why I have no recollection of the birth.

Currently feeling like crap. C is not feeding well right now and I'm at my wits end. He wants constant feeding and I'm not emotionally up for it. Really struggling.

Oh Meadow Probably not a very happy birthday but hope you got some enjoyment out of it.

Sometimes I think a C-section would be best Lost, when I remember what giving birth was like! But I do not cope well with post-surgical pain, even a simple laproscopy had me confined to the hospital bed for a week afterwards because I'm apparently a great big wuss.

Urgh cluster feeding is hell Dead I remember it well. It does pass though, try to remember that when you're struggling and make sure your OH is looking after you and keeping you well providing with food and drinks.

Yeah it was a panic attack Lucinda, they did an EKG to rule out heart attack because I guess they can feel quite similar but I was fairly sure it was just panic and said that to the nurse when I first got there but she was very thorough anyway.

Sympathies dead with the cluster feeding it is perfectly normal just bloody exhausting. Make sure you have a massive bottle of water and loads of those oatie biscuits and bananas near where you feed him. Oh and a book or a good tv box set is a life saver right now. If you aren't looking after yourself and keeping yourself topped up you will quickly feel absolutely done in.

Nat I just found the best gf pancake recipe I've tried ever they tasted like proper thick American pancakes. If you want it il share it if you ever cba making them lol. I'm so glad they were thorough and did checks it's refreshing compared to the normal get in with it attitude.

Oh meadow I get it it's so hard to feel any joy when you can barely muster the energy to brush your hair and put a clean pair of pjs on. If your partner is phoning her with a genuine concern for you I can't see why your midwife would be anything but accommodating. Is it different if someone phones you with your anxiety?

Haha Lost I do explain that to him a lot that it will be a really long time before baby can talk and that they will just cry a lot. He is 2 1/2 he is very good with his speech and understanding. He talks in full sentences. He will chatter happily without acknowledgment I think. He likes singing at the mo so there will be lots of monkeys falling off the bed and incy wincy spider sang at poor mustang 2. I really really hope they just give you the birth you want rather as trying to convince you of something that is just not for you.

Did you listen to any of the book Just riddled with nerves now incase you hate it lol.

I'm loving it mustang! I listened to a bit before bed, her voice IS like honey! Think I'm going to like it, thank you.

Door accidental hypnobirthing sounds good! Sorry you're feeling knackered. I can't even imagine!

Got midwife today. Do they take blood at 28 week app? Have to summon up the courage if so!

Had a bad start to the morning but feeling a bit less shit now.
Hope everyone is at least coping today

Ooo do share the recipe Mustang I had a craving for thick American style pancakes the other day!
Being in a small town has it's advantages as it's never too busy at the emergency doctor so they can be as thorough as they like (so long as it's office hours when they have the staff - if you need tests at night then you're screwed and either have to come back the next day or go to the city) and there's always beds available

Argghhh just lost all my replies lol.

Just relieved you like it so far. I haven't had bloods since GD test so hoping that's the case for you.

Nat honestmum.com/fluffy-wheat-gluten-free-american-pancakes/

Might not work if you are not on an apple device but you should find it from the info on the link. I used self raising flour and normal full fat milk. It made 4 medium sized pancakes mini ate 3 with butter lol.

Ooo they do look good, how do they get so fluffy without buttermilk?!

Hi ladies, quick question - what dose of ondansetron are you on? I'm on 4mg 3x per day. Had an occupational therapy assessment for work and they said this was a low dose. It's got my hopes up thinking there is a higher dose I could take to get me out of bed!

Ner I'm on 4mg twice a day and funnily enough I was going to ask the same thing. As good as ondanestron is, the more pregnant I get the less effective it is and I could really do with that third dose. I have a Very Important thing on Monday that I absolutely have to go to and I can't screw up. So I might take a third dose Sunday and see if it makes a difference, then do the same on Monday, then phone the doctor if it works

Ooh American pancakes! My mum makes amazing ones. I think I could hold a few down..

I'm on 8mg 3x a day of ondansetron.

Pancakes sound goooooood!

Just 8mg 3x a day sounds amazing. Does it make a difference? How did you manage to convince them to up the dose?

Lost 4mg x 2 sounds stingy!! Do you take anything alongside it? I have to take cyclazine too and it makes the world of difference

I'm also on metoclopromide and cyclizine with it.

I was throwing up constantly still and had been into hospital about 6 times by then but it was my gp who put the dose up. Definitely worth asking. It makes a huge difference- from 16 weeks to 26 weeks I had no hospital admissions. Unfortunately now I think the magic has worn off for me so I don't know what to try now.

And re convincing I saw a locum gp who was awful and told me I could only have 8 mg for 3 days and how I was risking my baby etc. I was in floods and left researching late terminations . Went back and saw my gp who told me that was ludicrous and I could have it indefinitely if needed, he is fab .

justtheone How purely awful. An insensitive locum. Poor you.
Glad it was all sorted out.
Natsku Waves.
I hope BATMAN is feeling nice and rested and everyone is coping.
Unlike pregnant women, I rarely have vivid dreams - I had a terrible one last night, though, about waiting to go into a torture room and fearing that I would crack. Well, maybe it would only be being forced to watch repeats of The Benny Hill Show for a week...

Oh that sounds disturbing Lucinda, I hate weird dreams! Back to back Benny Hill sounds pretty traumatic too

I'm having worrying pain, just posted a thread about it.

Oh no to vivid dreams Lucinda though I oddly quite enjoy vivid dreams - I went through a long phase of many months dreaming every single night that someone (always a different unknown person) was trying to kill me and after a while I got used to it and would wake up and compare the different methods attempted in the dreams. Not sure what that says about my psyche but at least I stopped being scared by them, just interested.

Total waste of time talking to the midwife and how depressed I feel. Told her how unhappy I am and how lonely I felt and she couldn't have given less of a fuck. Literally just said 'oh it will all be worth it in the end'.

Sorry natsku didn't see your post. Have you called your midwife?

Urgh to your midwife Just :(

No I didn't call mine, was too late in the afternoon.

You feeling better now?

It went away but then it came back but possibly it's just constipation, really not sure - right now I'm getting stabbing pains at the very bottom and front of my belly and baby is wriggling lots which is also uncomfortable. Going to go to bed and see if I feel better lying down, knackered anyway.

Hope you feel better for a lie down

Batman you can take double that dose so 8mg x 3 per day BUT you need to weight up the benefits vs the constipation!

She I have had several seeeps and found them absolutely fine, I think it varies massively person to person.

Dead the cluster feeding is brutal - it’s killing me too. Especially with the ongoing nausea.

Mustang I keep thinking about you. Not in a creepy way but in a hoping you’re in labour way!

Oklahoma/batman I haven't found the constipation worse on a higher dose. Just the same.