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Hyperemesis Support

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LucindaE · 10/12/2018 20:15

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.
On my image of a pink castle: that is an image I use because when I was little, my family had a Snakes and Ladders board with an image on the last square of a pink castle in the clouds. As Hyperemesis is so like a grotesque version of Snakes and Ladders - eat a meal, go up a ladder, first thing in the morning bile run, down a snake - I have used the image of that pink castle on the last square of that Snakes and Ladders board as a metaphor for the happy end of Hyperemesis.

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Reastie · 13/01/2019 14:44

Eal I’m so glad things are better for you today. Sometimes I do feel better after an outburst like that.

I’m in bed. Again. I’ve been sobbing a lot this week. I just feel so so awful today. I looked up how I was last pg this time and I was back at work the equivalent of next week. I can’t even contemplate getting to work atm let alone working. I should add the caveat that working made me worse and I couldn’t manage to return for long before discussing with work that because it was making my symptoms return and making me so much worse that I had to stop.

Maybe I’ve been trying to do so much (despite barely doing anything and should give in and do nothing. I did 20 minute strength exercises this morning and it make me shaky and started me off badly.

LucindaE · 13/01/2019 15:44

Reastie Sorry you are having a bad day. Gentle cyber pats on offer.
It is very hard to endure, particularly for those who had it go earlier last time.
evuscha I've added your date. People find it a good idea to cut down on meds and increase on activity very slowly. You will have been more debilitated than you realise by the illness.
11yrgap I am so glad things have improved a lot. Happy news. SmileI am glad this thread has helped.
eallison I missed your drama, but sympathy over it. No wonder you feel dramatic, having had such a hard time, that unsympathetic SIL and all the rest of it. I do have to say that it makes me twice as angry myself if I am ranting at somone, and they make no reply at all except for a pulling a face. I am glad you enjoyed the cookery club - you are probably a better cook ill than I am well - and I hope LO gets better soon. One good thing - you are nowhere near the bottom of the list any more!
Reastie and evuscha Stretches sound good, anyway.
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rotavixsucks 15 January
Olivecake 23 January
elpreggo27 20 March
silversplodge 4 April
Anya 13 Apriil
Beanhunter 17 April
8DaysAWeek 1st May
tinyradish 1 May
foreverblues 5 May
Plasticgiraffe 10 May
Mamabear13 18 May
bumblebee 20 May
SashaMonsta 31 May
eallison June
evuscha 26 August
CalmerComber 5 August
Hairgician 18 August TWINS!
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LucindaE · 13/01/2019 15:48

evuscha Whoops, silly me - 26 July! I've changed it.
Due Dates
rotavixsucks 15 January
Olivecake 23 January
elpreggo27 20 March
silversplodge 4 April
Anya 13 Apriil
Beanhunter 17 April
8DaysAWeek 1st May
tinyradish 1 May
foreverblues 5 May
Plasticgiraffe 10 May
Mamabear13 18 May
bumblebee 20 May
SashaMonsta 31 May
eallison June
evuscha 26 July
CalmerComber 5 August
Hairgician 18 August TWINS!
DeadDoorPost early September

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emma1224 · 13/01/2019 16:43

I'm due August 4th x

LucindaE · 13/01/2019 22:11

emma I've added you. Smile

Due Dates
rotavixsucks 15 January
Olivecake 23 January
elpreggo27 20 March
silversplodge 4 April
Anya 13 Apriil
Beanhunter 17 April
8DaysAWeek 1st May
tinyradish 1 May
foreverblues 5 May
Plasticgiraffe 10 May
Mamabear13 18 May
bumblebee 20 May
SashaMonsta 31 May
eallison June
evuscha 26 July
emma 4 August
CalmerComber 5 August
Hairgician 18 August TWINS!
DeadDoorPost early September

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CalmerComber · 14/01/2019 08:15

Oh eallison that sounds so hard! My normal advice would be to try and have a non-heated discussion when not tired but under current circumstances that’s just impossible! Glad you were able to chat.

I’m off to the doctor today to try and change my meds a bit. The Ondansetron is working ok on the sickness but not touching the nausea. Does anyone think there will be anything else they can do? Also the constipation is unbearable. I asked the nurse on the ward about it when I was discharged from hosp on Thursday but she denied that it was a known side effect! It’s hard to do the normal things (dried fruit, loads of water) because I’m jut not eating much.

Reastie · 14/01/2019 09:31

Calmer that nurse clearly doesn’t know what she’s talking about! What dose on ondansetron are you on? When I was on 4mg 3 x day it didn’t touch the nausea much but when it was doubled to the max dose it made a lot more difference.

Normallylurking87 · 14/01/2019 11:18

Please can I join your thread? I’m 13 weeks pregnant with DC2 and been struggling with hyperemesis for weeks now.

I’m on ondasentron currently which is helping with the sickness but still being sick at least once a day and struggling to eat very much. I feel really awful a lot of the time and like I can’t do anything I normally do. Work are understanding but I’m trying to take as little time off as possible which is meaning I’m wiped out when I get home and don’t have the energy to do things with my little girl.

CalmerComber · 14/01/2019 16:12

GP has prescribe cyclizine, more Ondansetron and senna for the constipation. Hope this combo works for me

Reastie · 14/01/2019 16:19

Calmer that’s exactly what I’m on (I also have prochlorperazine to take as and when on top).

Reastie · 14/01/2019 16:21

Hi normallylurking, sorry to see you here but glad you’ve got some medication that is helping a bit. It’s tough, especially give you’re working and coming home and having to be a mum as well.

11yrgap · 14/01/2019 16:23

Normallylurking you might need to take a solid bit of time off just to rest. If you can, get signed off for a week if you feel really ill. Rest really has been the biggest comfort for me. I know it's hard especially when work are really nice. I work with adults with learning diificulties so I felt terrible letting people down but I'm no good to them if I don't look after myself.

Nighttimenope · 14/01/2019 17:09

Hi everyone. Sorry to hear of everyone’s difficult times. @eallison88, I was so glad to hear you managed to have a heart to heart with your husband. It’s really tough on them too, of course not as hard as it is for us, but prolonged sickness does take its toll on the menfolk too. Talking is so important both ways. When it doesn’t make you feel more sick of course! 😟
@Reastie, it’s really hard to look and see things have been better before. But with pregnancy sickness it can ease really quickly all of a sudden too, and that’s one of the things I hold onto as time drags on. Not that you need to worry about rushing back to work (!!), but how you feel this week doesn’t prescribe how you will next. As for your queries about rest and stretching.. I am no specialist but as long as you’re not lying down all the time (risk of blood clots and sores) I would say it’s enough to just move with a purpose rather than stretch. Once the heaviness of the sickness eases you’ll naturally have a bit more energy anyway and then you can gradually increase things.
@Normallylurkinhg, that’s so hard to be working through this and have a little one. I hope you are able to rest enough to get through. I battled through too much when pregnant with DC1 and it was such a dark time for me. As a teacher, I would lock the door on my free periods, crawl under my desk and cry. I didn’t even think to see the doctor and get signed off, and nobody suggested it to me. There’s a general attitude of ‘carry on, women have managed for centuries’ but they actually haven’t. Knowing what I do now, I would have pushed a colleague in my state to see the doctor and get some proper time off!
I’m nearing 14 weeks now and starting to feel the fog lift. I know I’m going to be vomiting a while yet but I can be upright for longer spells in the day, can take the kids to a group (and flop while there) and I’ve managed to clear kitchen surfaces and stick on some pasta right now. It’s really hard to explain ‘getting better’ to people who haven’t had it tho, because they think, great that’s that over. Whereas in reality it’s the horrific dark existence over, and now it’s the progressive struggle towards some semblance of normality whilst still feeling grim and vomiting. Anyway. DH is a pro now and has never once asked me to do anything, thankfully he lets me decide as and when I feel I can step back into some tasks. He’s almost home and I’ll be horizontal the rest of the night!

eallison88 · 14/01/2019 18:19

We've had a poorly 3 year old with raging temp all weekend. Seemed absolutely fine this morning, no temp. Ended up being called by nursery to collect him at 2pm; picked up a very sad wheezy boy with nasty cough. Doctors surgery said cos no appointments til nearly 7pm to go to AnE. Now home with diagnosis of viral wheeze and an inhaler (which made a huge difference when used in the hospital). I tell you this cos it provides the context to my first attempt at lowering the load of my steroids. Which I did today (just 45 to 40). Month ago the events and worry of today would have reduced me to a puking mess. Today, despite slightly lower steroids, and dropping a cyclizine dose last week, and forgetting my midday ranitidine and beingat the hospital when I was due ondansetron and not having it... I feel ok. Tried. But nausea/puking isn't any different, no puking and low level nausea. So I'm taking bit as a victory, and not wondering too much how ill be tomorrow...!

Will catch up on thread later - I'm not ignoring you!

Hairgician · 14/01/2019 19:56

Not a good day today🤮🤮🤮 this is fucking shit.
Currently on 4mg ondansetron along with cyclizine and stemetil and ranitidine. Wondering if i need to up the ondansetron dose.

Reastie · 14/01/2019 20:02

Hair 4mg ondansetron rewlly didn’t cut it for me, it made an actual difference when I went up to 8. Poor you :(

Eal hoe your Ds is better soon and how amazing how much you managed to achieve. I really hope you don’t have a bad day tomorrow after it. Is it Tuesdays you have your dc on your own at home? Go you!

Nighttime you speak a lot of sense, thank you for your comments. Glad you’re a bit better and your dh is helpful. I kmow what you mean, you tell people things are a bit better and people expect you to be almost back to normal

LucindaE · 14/01/2019 20:05

normallylurking. Welcome. Sorry you have had to join the thread nobody wants to belong to! You've already had good advice, particularly about rest. A good anti acid can make a big difference. Did the GP prescribe a laxative as Ondansetron can cause such problems with locked up bowels? Don't feel guilty about your daughter; she'll forget this period of comparative neglect - if things others have said on this thread are anything to go by - and a sibling is a priceless gift. Have you got kesostix to check for dehydration? A and E take the measurements seriously, even if they are not as good indicators of dehydration as dry mouth, dark scanty urine and headache, etc? i Some liquids that have helped others are ice lollies, the juice of tinned fruit, flat full sugar coke, Robinson's fruit drinks, Dr Pepper, Elderlower water, Elderflower cordial and tonic water, tonic water, soda water, fizzy water, ice cubes, Lucoazade, lemonade, fizzy orange, orange squash, orange juice (if not too acid), sips of chocolate milkshake (maybe soya), Iron Bru, and cocoanut milk. Foods of a sort are tinned fruit, cuppa soup, baked potatoes, nibbles of chips and crisps, slices of melon and mango, Scotch pancakes, biscuits and cheap ice cream. A wonderful diet ! But for many, salty or sweet things do seem to help.

Nightimenope I am glad you feel a bit more human. It is awful you had to suffer alone like that last time. I wonder you could cope as a teacher.
eallison Your poor LO! That was stressful, but it is so good that you haven't been knocked off your feet by the stress.
cumbercooler Where did that nurse get that idea? Astounding ignorance. Ondansetron is notorious for locking up the bowels. One unlucky sufferer on here left it to late and had to be treated in hospital, which is why I am forever going on about laxatives. That sounds a good combination. Did s/he prescribe anti-acid? They can make a huge difference to nausea. I believe you can get Omprazole and Ranitidine (both safe in pregnancy) over the counter.
Reastie and 11yrgap and everyone, good advice.
Apologies if I've overlooked anyone.

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LucindaE · 14/01/2019 20:06

Hairgician Cross posted. Sorry it's a bad day. Yet more good advice from Reastie! Smile

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WeeBean · 14/01/2019 20:56

Aw Eal, I hope your wee one is better soon, sounds like a horrible day but glad you've coped ok!

Sorry to see some newcomers to the thread too, I've no doubt you'll gain priceless help and support on here. I'd have crumbled without this thread (so massive massive thank you Lucinda and everyone else!)

All last week my vomiting was down to once or twice a day with minimal nausea. I called into my work on Friday to tell them I'd be back this coming Thursday when my current sick line is up and low and behold I've thrown up 4 times today and feel yuck most of the day, how typical is that?! Very aware that pushing yourself can make things worse so I'll go back on Thursday and explain the situation and just see how I get on. Everyone was lovely when I called in and I really want to get back, luckily (for me, not them) some of the women I work with have also been quite sick in pregnancy so they understand. If I have to go off again I have to go off, at least they'll have seen I'm not just being a wuss!

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Reastie · 15/01/2019 07:17

That’s so typical weebean. Have you been worrying about returning to work or doing a lot which could explain the worsening? Sometimes recovering isn’t all improvement in a straight line. Hope you feel better for thurs and if it doesn’t work out at least you’ve tried.

WeeBean · 15/01/2019 10:46

Haven't been particularly worried about returning other than the logistics of having to throw up in front of people but I absolutely love my job and my colleagues. I'll see how it goes and just hope for the best!

Meg6840 · 15/01/2019 12:31

Hi,

Have been quietly observing in the background. So sorry you are all still suffering. It really makes me so sad we have to go through this.

The cyclizine and buccastem didn't cut it in the end and I'm now on 8mg of ondansetron 3 times a day. Alas Dr didn't prescribe laxatives and from reading on here this is obv why I haven't been to the loo since taking them so will get hold of some.

I still am feeling so nauseous which progresses throughout the day, to vomiting in the eves. I feel it's got worse

Was 9 weeks a bad week for you guys?

I have temporarily closed my business so at least I haven't got that pressure for now.

eallison88 · 15/01/2019 12:34

reastie I do hope you're feeling better today. Yes, Tuesdays is my day with him. He had a bloody awful night, so I think i got about 3 hours in total, but split into about 20 minute bursts. Luckily, MIL took him at 9.30, and is bringing him back after lunch (tho I don't know what time "after lunch" is!). I went pretty much straight to bed after he went, and had a couple of hours sleep and feel much better for it. I'm Hoping he'll have a decent nap this afternoon, he'll certainly need it!

hairgician 8mg three times a days very common, and many women (myself included last pregnancy) find it makes a massive difference

normallyworking congratulations your pregnancy. I'm sorry you've found yourself here in need of support, but stick around and you'll find understanding and support.

weebean every single time this pregnancy that I've told work a date I'll be back, I've ended up in hospital before then and had to delay! I'm due back on Monday (very reduced hours!) so I'm sort of hoping that our little trip to A&E woth my son yesterday will count this time!! Are you doing short hours to start with?

Hairgician · 15/01/2019 13:09

Eal i rang my gynae ward last night about the ondansetron to be told the max daily dose is 12mg??🤔🤔 so that meant increasing 1 dose to 8mg then can only take another 4mg dose later??
I know i was on it 3x daily last time at 8mg.
Also im told they 8 hourly, but i though they were 6-8 hourly??
Took 8mg last night along with my 5mg stemetil then took that all ahain on waking. Had cyclizine around 11 so think thats me stuck for a while.

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