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.

Mustang sharing a placenta but separate sacs.

Scan went well, they are growing fantastically and no signs of ttts. I had a few dizzy episodes whilst there and have now been prescribed metoclopromide (sp??) but was told by the dr to drink mint tea and eat ginger. I was also asked if there were issues at home and told yet again to expect to feel rubbish as I have "2 on board". Ffs!

Hi lucinda I haven’t been sick yet this morning but I feel pretty rotten. I have horrible restless legs which I think might be a side effect of the metoclopramide and just feeling low as well. I seem to be very tearful. I have so much respect for people that suffer all the way through. I really hope I don’t.

hotchocloate Oh dear. I don't want to worry you, but the doctor needs to know about the restless legs, just in case it is the twichiness which they don't like mothers developing on Metaclopramide. Really sory to have to say this, when I know you are suffering and it just seems like the last straw to go off a med which might be helping in a small way, when you aer feeling so awful. Really sorry you are going through a lot. Cyber pats on offer.
nails I am so glad that the scan went well. I see about the 'you an expect'. You hadn't thought of that, of course! There's degrees of feeling awful, from 2 out of 10 to 10 out of 10, and women with Hypermesis tend to feel high up on the scale of awfulness...

Oh I was kind of hoping restless legs don’t count as the twitching lucinda. I’ve just taken another tablet. I’ll see if I get the same problem and if it does appear to be linked to the metoclopramide and see if I can contact someone if so. Otherwise I might have to stop taking them over the weekend to be on the safe side. I ate two hotdogs earlier. They were yummy. Normally I don’t even like hotdogs. How weird.

I have horrible restless legs which I think might be a side effect of the metoclopramide

Lucinda is quite correct - please mention this to your doc on Monday.

Mammybear sorry you have had to join the forum, sounds really miserable, really hope things start to settle soon.
Yule glad the Dr was helpful and you have a plan in place. Good luck with everything.
Hotchocolate hope your leg symptoms have settled, hope the hot dogs stayed down!

After not actually vomting for a little while now I really though this week I was turning a corner. Have taken my little girl to a few groups, but been careful not to over do it as still felt quite nauseous. Unfortunately the last 2 days I have felt horribly nauseous and started vomiting again tonight - rubbish! Feeling pretty hacked off, at least I had a glimmer of feeling better I guess

hotchocloate Congratulations on hot dogs. Up one ladder in the horrible Snakes and Ladders Hypermesisi board game. Really sorry you have to deal with this extra problem with the twitchiness query.
Anitidae How are things? Is LO doing more tapping and prodding?

Just dropping by to say hi. My little one is 15 weeks now, it’s crazy how time flies. I’m still bf and still nauseous with the bf (don’t panic ladies I’m one of the very very few lucky ones with that).

I am also proof there is light at the end of the tunnel. You will survive this and it will be worth it

Hot choc yay to the hotdogs and enjoying them.

Bored I hope it’s a short lived regression and you soon go back to improving.

Oklahoma it’s good to hear a positive, congrats.

Well, dh and I dtd last night (and It’s prime time to do it) and I burst in to tears afterwards and regretted it and said I just don’t know how I’ll cope and if I’ll cope pg and can’t decide if I’m making a terrible mistake. Part of me thinks if that one time it works and I’m pg then I’ll have to go through pg againnnut if it doesn’t I don’t know if I should try again I’m so scared. I’m feeling like if I get my period I’ll be partly deeply relieved and partly really disappointed.

Yule I take it you’ve had an HG pregnancy before then?

Oh bored I hope you soon feel better again.

I will definitely discuss the restless legs with my doctor. I haven’t had it anywhere near as bad since so I’m hoping it was just a coincidence but I don’t want to ignore it.

yule I hope everything goes ok for you. You are lucky to have a cyclizine prescription already if you need it. If you are not pregnant you have more time to consider it and think things through. I don’t know if that helps though. When I was trying to decide I just wanted to fall pregnant as quick as possible and get the horrible bit over and done with.

oklahoma I’m glad you are doing well. I’m trying to focus on the positive outcome.

Hi everyone, I had a good chat with the GO who has said he thinks the reason I may be worse this week IS the Iron! Apparently it's known to make people sick. So ironically focusing in the iron because I thought that was the main thing going to help has made me worse! So I'm off them again now. Yule I just wanted to say that the fear of HG was one of the reasons we almost didn't go for this pregnancy, and while I have been suffering through there have been so so many times I have MASSIVLEY regretted my decision (as awful as that sounds) because I've felt less than human. However those feelings arnt always there, and the further in I go the less I feel I made a mistake. Whatever you decide, whatever is best for you I just wanted to send you a virtual hug, it's such a crappy thing to feel so torn between the two options and especially if the reason not to go for it is born of such fear of such a crappy crappy condition. I hope you feel more at ease with it all soon

I have also regretted my decision a lot. It feels awful to admit it but I just can’t help it at times. I hope it is completely normal.

Thank you all. I need to collect my cyclizine next week as gp wanted to check dosage for pg so it’s there if I need it. The first time I was pg (although ended in miscarriage) I was feeling dreadfully sick a week before my period was due and had no idea that’s what was causing it so it could kick in soon . I’m just trying to enjoy each moment atm with the thoughts of not being sure when I’ll next fee like myself as last time it lasted the whole darn pregnancy.

Hot choc I know what you mean about just wanting it on and done with.

Mammy that’s good news it was the iron so hopefully you should feel a bit better soon.

I have also regretted my decision a lot. It feels awful to admit it but I just can’t help it at times. I hope it is completely normal.

It’s normal. We aren’t saints. We are suffering, knackered and feeling like crap. It’s perfectly OK to think ‘ye gods what on Earth was I thinking???’

No such thing as thought crime!

Ok this is a grim question so I apologise for it. I’m not having a great day today and have just thrown up lots of bright green acidic stuff. Is this normal? I’ve brought up yellow bile before but this has scared me somewhat.

I rang the hospital and they want me to go in as they think I probably need rehydrating. It makes sense as I have got a bad headache and can’t seem to get my words out in the right order. With not feeling anywhere near as bad as before I just didn’t think it was that. I’ve checked me ketones and my strips are saying 2+ so I just hope they don’t turn me away when I get there for not having enough ketones.

Good luck at the hospital, sorry you are having such a bad day again. I think the green vomit will be bile (can be yellow or green), but they should be able to reassure you on that.

Oh hot choc that sounds miserable. I hope they get you sorted at the hospital and you feel a bit better from the fluids.

Do you mind me loitering around in here given I’m not actually pg —yet— ?

I don’t mind at all yule.

Thanks for the good wishes bored and yule. I feel very rough at the moment. I wish they would hurry up and decide if they are going to do anything.

It's so frustrating Hotchocolate they told me to go in based on my symptoms over the phone and then wouldn't do anything as I didn't have ketones - it's so hard to get dressed and get yourself there! Hope you get some treatment soon.

I have 2+ ketones so will be getting some help soon I think. In the hydration suite now waiting to be hooked up to a drip.

Bright green is often a sign of dehydration and occasionally a sign of bowel obstruction.
Hope you get on okay hotchoc

KochabRising Welcome, if you're new - but sometimes people change their names and I get mixed up!
Yule I am sure everyone, like me, welcomes you as a pre-emptive measure! I hope all goes as you wish. I couldn't put it better than others like MammyBear have. It's a difficult decision and not fair that women dread such a scourge. I do regret not having a second, myself.
hotchocolate Poor you. I am sorry you have to go in again. I am hoping that this is the worst time for you, and this will be your last admission. That headache and confusion are typical of severe dehydration. And nobody should ever worry about tmi, over green or yellow bile, foam, or anything else.
MammyBear I found that iron tablets made me vomit too. Has he suggested that the liquid form might be more digestible?
Bored Sorry I missed your post. That is good news, about an improvement.
Oklahoma Is it 15 weeks already? Lovely to hear from you. Sorry the nausea continues. It is very horrible. I was, like Oklahoma one of that tiny band who suffered after birth. The hormones from let down reflex seem to trigger it and gave up breast feeding at five months - couldn't stand it. As she says, people shouldn't worry. Out of hundreds of women who have been on these threads since 2010, only about six have suffered after birth.
Sorry ifi I've overlooked anyone.