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Hyperemesis Support

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LucindaE · 14/12/2017 14:41

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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Shehz21 · 17/01/2018 20:33

Orange18 Neat clothes folding courtesy DHGrin
I might have folded a couple before my back started hurting Blush
I have completely lost appetite since I hit 30 weeks. Good you are being able to keep food down though.
I had 2 toasts and 2 lattes since morning. Now having some chips. Back to beige things since the 30 week hormonal surge/relapse.

Elephantgrey · 17/01/2018 20:46

Orange How is your baby doing? You started having your growth scans late because the horrible midwife missed it didn't you. I hope all is ok.

Natsku I am pleased your appointment went well. I am very impressed at your DD and the down hill skiing.

I am very impressed with all the organised draws. just have you been reading Marie Kondo?

I was going to type something intelligent about the link between physical and mental health but I honestly don't know which way round it is for me. They definitely do affect each other in some way. The power of thinking positive is definitely overstated though. There is a good book about it called "Smile or die" which is a good critique of the whole idea.

justtheonethen · 17/01/2018 21:20

Elephant Grin not read it but got told about the folding method! Glad it's recognisable!

Orange your mum is going to be all over that!

Shehz I just want to hug you, it's so gruesome. Until I started steroids I was back on beige things too Sad
No birth plan yet, I probably won't do anything too specific but just bullet point yes to vit k and to managed third stage. I want to use pool but I also just want to go with the flow as I don't know how I'm going to feel/cope. I don't want to be too specific in case it all goes tits up and I end up feeling disappointed.
I'm not discussing it with midwife until 36 weeks apparently!

Peaches** everything crossed for staying in the mild nausea camp.

Miss hope you get the answer you want. Definitely start drugs as soon as you get a positive test. I really hope with preemptive meds you avoid it being as bad. No HG clinic here either so I have had to go through a&e/mat unit once get enough. Awful.
I have had that awful taste constantly. I'm so hoping it goes when I give birth.

MisstoMrs · 17/01/2018 21:54

Thanks justtheonethen and I can vouch for the fact that the moment they’re born, it’s gone. The relief and the joy of the moment is amazing.

justtheonethen · 17/01/2018 21:55

I so needed to hear that miss Smile

Natsku · 18/01/2018 06:48

Here is my far less tidely organised cupboard of baby clothes (snowsuits etc are all just stuffed down the bottom, too big to fold!)

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Shehz21 · 18/01/2018 07:43

Oohh i like all the purple sticking out Nat amd the greens!

Natsku · 18/01/2018 07:57

Yeah this is going to be a purple and green baby a lot! Like bright colours on babies and children :)

My breast pump has arrived at the post office, my nappy bag is being delivered by amazon today (hopefully!) and I got a voucher for a Libero bag which has nappies and baby oil and stuff in (been getting adverts for it every time I click on this thread!). Last time the hospital gave out the bags too and gave me extra so hoping that'll happen again this time because you can't argue with free nappies Grin

Had the midnight acid vomit again last night, first time in a few days, I really hope the heartburn goes away as soon as baby is born!

justtheonethen · 18/01/2018 08:51

Natsku amazing colours!

Boo to acid vom Envy

Mustang27 · 18/01/2018 09:08

Loving the organised drawers well done peeps. Mine resembles Nats but far less folded looking lol. I'm loving the bright colours too. Ahh acid Vom sad times. I take it you have all the pills for that and it's still happening?

Ooo orange just point it out to your mum, I'm sure she would be happy to help.

You can have some of my appetite Shez Iv got about 3st to lose SadSad. I'm not sure how it's even possible.

Elephant smile or die sounds very interesting, they are definitely linked for sure I think that's why my hypnobirthing worked.

Just, google and look at other peoples birth plans. Don't need to be massively specific but I wish first time round I'd had put a wee bit more thought into it as my wishes were just ignored throughout. It is important and is a great bible for your hubby as he will need to advocate for you at points. How are you feeling today?

Natsku · 18/01/2018 09:52

Yeah got ranitidine 300mg and rennies all the bloody time but sometimes it's just not enough.

Luckyme30 · 18/01/2018 10:10

Hello all :) hope you don't mind me joining in this thread.

I am only 5 weeks pregnant but have been suffering from nausea all day from the minute I wake to bed time for the last week :(

Definitely no where near as severe as you poor ladies but hoping to join in the chat for support and sharing of tips! I spoke to my doctor today who has prescribed Cyclizine to try for 10 days and suggested if it became worse to go back.

He did mention that I should first try natural remedies like ginger. Anyone had any success with a more natural approach?

Sorry if I'm repeating questions already asked and look forward to getting to know everyone on this board x

Endora44 · 18/01/2018 10:34

I've got the results of my blood test, an apparently I've got overactive thyroid. Which is ironic because in DS's pregnancy 5 yrs ago I developed underactive thyroid while in hospital, so they treated me there, I never saw a specialist. That went away when the HG did, they called it Transient Hypothyroidism of HG (THHG).

GP is referring me to endocrinologist. Does anyone here have experience with overactive thyroid from HG?

mummadave · 18/01/2018 10:52

@Endora44
I had an overactive thyroid when pregnant with ds, I was under the care of an endocrine consultant through my pregnancy after that, I was put on medication to calm my thyroid down in the end at about 12 weeks which helped a lot - I was still constantly nauseous but the vomiting subsided somewhat. Following his birth my thyroid then became under active - I thought I was just tired having had a baby but I was wrong, I was then taking thyroxine until I got pregnant again - I've now stopped because it looks like it's becoming overactive again, got an appt to see consultant tomorrow so will see what she has to say.

Endora44 · 18/01/2018 10:58

Thanks mummadave I guess fluctuations are par for the course.

justtheonethen · 18/01/2018 16:13

Lucky ginger et al did fuck all for me, and a warning- ginger is AWFUL to throw up.
Welcome to the thread. Everyone is lovely here Smile
Cyclizine made me really zombie like so just watch out for that and go back if it doesn't work.

Mustang fair point. I shall look into it more. You're right, it needs to be there for DH.
I'm feeling pretty good. I managed to sort the problem out, well not sorted it but decided to let it go. It was work/money related (was meant to be working a day a week for someone which I needed to pay mortgage and they fucked me over) and my mum kindly lent me some money so it is not a problem anymore. I'm now going to forget work and enjoy the rest of my pregnancy. Next worry is getting the house sold but that's out of my hands to some extent.

Endora sorry to hear about the thyroid.

MisstoMrs · 18/01/2018 16:28

Hey ladies, so it turned out I had norovirus after a trip to the hospital for some surgery on Monday. It looks like I wont joining your ranks for a little while but I just wanted to say you are all amazing and it does end. I was medicated all the way through, even in labour, during which I threw up, a lot, and then my DS was born and it vanished. Instantly. Keep going, you are doing amazingly.

justtheonethen · 18/01/2018 16:34

Miss poor you! Might see you soon though Wink

Luckyme30 · 18/01/2018 16:46

justtheonethen Thank you for the reply :) in that case I won't try ginger (I've never ever liked ginger anyway!) I've taken my first one since picking up the prescription and found it leaves a terrible taste in my mouth - hasn't yet helped ease the nausea but will keep trying. GP has only prescribed 10 days and asked I go back after if it's not getting any worse.

For me it's smells at the moment - I am so put off most foods just by the smell, I feel sorry for my OH who has been making th meals only for me to turn them all down because the smell is making me feel sick! I hope this eases soon :( Will keep checking back on this post. Thank you for your support. X

justtheonethen · 18/01/2018 16:48

Lucky try cold food, less smell. Cold jacket potato and cheese was my go to! See you on 3 a day of cyclizine?

LucindaE · 18/01/2018 17:27

Luckyme30 Welcome. Congratulations on your pregnancy, sorry you have had to join the thread nobody wants to need! If cyclizine doesn't work, do ask for something else - as in Badhominem's post below.
On liquids and foods that have helped people on here. Flat full sugar coke, ice lollies, the juice of tinned fruit, Elderflower water, Lemonade, Orange Juice (I think for those with less heartburn) Dr Pepper, Fizzy Orange, Lucozade, soda water, sips of chocolate milk (maybe soya) and ice cubes.For food - of a sort - hibbles of crisps and chips, slices of melon and mango, tinned fruit, cheap ice cream, jelly, baked potatoes, and cuppa soup. Everyone is lovely and supportive on here. I never heard of ginger helping anyone on here, save one exception. Someone on an early thread took ginger tablets, whatever they are!
MisstoMrs Sorry if you are disappointed that its not a positie, but a nasty virus. I hope when you conceive you only have mild sickness.
For 99 per cent of sufferers - no, for 99.5 per cent, the symptoms are
gone within hours or a day or so. A tiny minority suffer after birth, I think, so far, seven cases that I have known of (including me) out of all the hundreds who have been on years of these threads.
Natsku Sorry about acid vom and Shehz21 Sorry about week thirty relapse. I hope it passes soon! Congratulations on the chips anyway.
Orangecloud That is tidier than mine. Because of the recent mmc, I was foolishly superstitious and just wouldn't open the bags of babygrows, etc, until the baby was born. They were just left in a carrier bag on the floor in an undecorated spare bedroom, so superstitous was I!
Elephantgrey I so agree with you about that book 'Smile or Die' making sense. While I don't agree with the 'glass half empty' view of life, positive thinking can veer over into victim blaming, where people are told that if their cancer (say) isn't improving, then the fault lies with him or her, and that seems to me so blinkered and judgemental.
Endorra and Mummadave Those varying thyroids sound a real pest. I had no idea you could have both conditions.
Waves to Mustang. Everyone, lovely Mustang has agreed to take over the thread while I indulge in a visit to my daughter in Manchester (I expect not only rain, but sleet at least). I hope everyone looks after themselves. I should be back on early on Monday afternoon, and I am sure that the thread will last out easily, with room for 330 messages.
It can't be that busy!

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LucindaE · 18/01/2018 17:30

Ah, and justtheonethen I so agree about ginger when it magically re-appears (in the Hyperemesis conjuring trick).

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babyblues2018 · 18/01/2018 19:43

Please I need some advice from you HG ladies.
I had my beautiful baby boy a week ago. It took us 5.5 years of various treatments to have him and he’s so precious and beautiful. I had severe HG and was on ondansetron x3 a day from 7 weeks to 38 weeks when he was born......
I’m in a state can’t stop crying and I know it could be hormones but reading up on ondansetron it has some action on serotonin and I’m wondering if thevsudden stopping taking it is affecting me due to the serotonin thing ?

MisstoMrs · 18/01/2018 20:43

Hi babyblues2018
I don’t know about an interaction with the drip but I was very tearful in the week after my DS was born. For me it was part hormones, part exhaustion (HG means you’re not at you’re best for the birth) and partly some other health issues. It’s not uncommon to be tearful because it is so overwhelming, especially if it’s been a long road to this point. And it’s exhausting. Have you spoken to anyone about how you feel? Your health visitor or midwife is a good person to speak to if you are feeling overwhelmed. It’s so hard to see the wood for the trees at this stage but you have done, and are doing, amazing. Hang in there. It gets calmer Flowers

MisstoMrs · 18/01/2018 20:52

drip? *setotonin