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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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WeeBean · 22/12/2018 16:48

That sounds awful eal! Hope your wee one is better soon and you get a good night's sleep tonight!

I'm surprisingly having another good day today with only mild nausea, I've even been able to come to down to my folks house for a while. I'm not getting my hopes up that it's over yet but days like this make the bad ones easier to deal with, hope it gives you all some hope that better days are ahead soon!

Reastie · 22/12/2018 17:06

WeeBean that’s fantastic, I hope Christmas will be a good day for you.

Getting closer to another day ticked off the diary and that much closer to the end.

Eal poor you, just reading your post about your dc being sick made me feel worse, let alone having to actually deal with it. I hope it passes quickly.

eallison88 · 22/12/2018 18:06

Either a shitty nights sleep is catching up with me or I've picked up my son's bug...

Reastie · 22/12/2018 18:15

Oh eal, you really really don’t need that right now.

eallison88 · 22/12/2018 18:28

reastie nope, I really really don't. I'm currently sat on the floor next yo the loo in the utility room, with the light off cos light is fecking horrendous right now, while my son is eating some pasta. He was heartbroken that I couldn't sit with him, so I'm doing next best thing. He keeps asking me if my tummy feels not nice, and saying "being sick is not nice mummy, it makes you sad". Bless him, I think his recent experiences are at the forefront of his mind. He keeps coming and stroking my back and head too.

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LucindaE · 22/12/2018 20:59

eallison and Reastie Oh no. Poor both of you. Things will get better.

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ElizabethSawyer · 22/12/2018 21:12

I've found the most helpful thing is reminding myself that "this too will pass". Pregnancy is so hard.

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LucindaE · 22/12/2018 21:33

ElizabethSawyer I am so glad that the mantra is helping you. Smile

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Hairgician · 22/12/2018 23:05

And so it beginsEnvy ordered cyclizine yest and picked up today. Just in time as sickness kicked in full swing this morning!
Off my coffee in mornings. Actually most food. Except toast and dairylea. Though managed some chicken fried rice earlier. And just after some quality street. Hopefully this is as bad as it gets. At least til after christmas.
Anyone have tiredness all of a sudden?? Ive felt shattered all day today.

Hope everyone not feeling too bad tonight. Are we all coping with the christmas plans and lists ??

Spargle · 23/12/2018 00:34

Eallison, have you tried a straw to drink your ice cold water with? If it goes in behind the teeth, it might hurt less?

Reastie · 23/12/2018 06:33

Oh dear Hair, hope it doesn’t ruin Christmas for you. I got very tired suddenly that still hasn’t lifted unfortunately. My plans for Christmas have completely changed. I was due to have allmthw family to me and cook lunch but I can’t manage it so all the family are going to my parents who have kindly stepped in. I’ve arranged for dd and dh to go there for lunch whilst I stay home -and lie on the sofa feeling sorry for myself- . This year it’s just another day to get through and tick off but next year I will make up for it as I am such a Christmas festive person. I’m hoping I will be able to start going out of the house in a couple of weeks or so so I can go to allmthe end of Christmas sale stuff to stock up on random tacky Christmas junk to cheer myself up ready for next year.

eallison88 · 23/12/2018 08:36

I'm feeling better this morning. Not as good as I have done recently, but definitely better than yesterday. My son is showing no signs of ever having been ill - they bounce back quick!! I do have horrendously painful trapped wind tho - it's no wonder babies get as upset as they do about it!!

I did try a straw last night and it was a bit better, but all of my teeth are now sensitive!

Reastie · 23/12/2018 09:14

Eal I remembered this morning my dentist paints something on my teeth to make them less sensitive, you can’t tell it’s on and it doesn’t hurt to do and it really helps for several months the sensitivity. If it was an issue and you could manage the dentist might be worth thinking about. Glad you’re feeling a bit better than last night.

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LucindaE · 23/12/2018 19:50

eallison You will be able to buy so many things for next Christmas in the January sales in readiness.
Reastie That is interesting about the tooth paint.
Hairgician Sorry that it has kicked in, just before Christmas.
Waves to everyone. Sad Never mind: next year, it will be baby's first Christmas for you all.

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beanhunter · 24/12/2018 18:51

Hi all. Hope people managing some food and coping ok. I had no sleep last night so today predictably awful. Think I now have my HG reflux along with pregnancy reflux which is lovely. And the ranitidine not cutting it. Supposed to be driving me and my daughter to my sisters tomorrow. Not looking forward to the journey but husband working and if I can at least get there I’ll have company and childcare help!

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LucindaE · 24/12/2018 19:19

beanhunter Sorry about reflux. I hope you've got somethng effective for it. Very brave of you to attempt the driving tomorrow, all luck. I hope it isn't too far.
I hope everyone on here has as good a Christmas as they can. Glitterball

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WeeBean · 25/12/2018 11:39

Merry Christmas ladies!! I hope you all get to enjoy at least a bit of today with your families!

I had nearly 3 whole days without vomiting until 11:30pm last night when it started again, how typical!

Hairgician · 25/12/2018 11:51

Merry christmas ladiesXmas Smile
Hope all coping ok. I feel like shite! Going to bed for an hour once stuffing finished cooking. Lack of sleep makes me over emotional so ive been on verge of tears all morning so far!
Sleep should sort that out or else im going to struggle to eat anything later!
Enjoy the day with your fam bam and will be thinking of you all when i sit down to eat.
To whoever it was said they are staying home alone cos they feel rubbish, hope you are doing ok and at least watching some christmas tv. Xxx

Reastie · 25/12/2018 12:51

Hi, I’m the one home alone! Dh and dd left for my family half an hour ago but they’ll be back in a few hours. I’ve had my Christmas lunch of a baked potato as it was all I could cope with. Lying on the sofa hoping to a nap in a min as I’m so exhausted. Hope I feel better when I wake up!

Bean that’s typical. Hope you’re ok today.

Hair how rubbish, hope you survive Christmas dinner.

Lucinda my dentist is a private one, my old nhs one never did the special painting stuff to help sensitivity sonit may not be available on nhs, but might be useful to know it’s possible. My dentist does it as part of my check up and I don’t pay extra on top of the check up fee.

Happy Christmas to all, hope you survive it ok. Xx next year will be better.

KittensAndRainbows · 25/12/2018 13:09

Merry Christmas everyone. I remember how Christmas feels with HG. Hope everyone manages to find some joy in the day, regardless of what you are going through.

eallison88 · 25/12/2018 16:02

Happy Christmas all. I hope everyone is managing as best they can. I'm having a lovely day that is involving naps and complete laziness. We got home from church and all put our pjs on. We're grazing food, which my son is loving! Slight dampener is that the 3 year old has the runs... so he's on his 4th outfit of the day, poor kid!

Be kind to yourself ladies, and if you need to take yourselves off for a sleep, do!!

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LucindaE · 25/12/2018 19:21

Hairgician I hope you feel a bit better.
I hope at least everyone is getting some rest like eallison.
KittensandRainbows Thank you for your lovely supportive message.

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eallison88 · 26/12/2018 13:32

So, it would seem that the 3 year old has picked up a tummy bug. He has the most spectacular runs. And he's kindly shared it with my and hubby. Except I also have constipation. And, unfortunately, diarrhoea and constipation do not cancel each other out. They just seem to make both conditions worse and leave me doubled over in pain whilst on the loo trying to get some relief. So that is oh so very joyous.

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LucindaE · 26/12/2018 19:03

eallison Oh dear. Sad I was going to ask how peoples' Christmas went, and yours sounds very painful. I hope you all recover soon. I never knew that about combined bowel horrors!

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eallison88 · 27/12/2018 10:40

So, was actually physically sick this morning. I've had a couple of dry heaving sessions over the last week or so, but it's been a while since my stomach has made the decision to evict its entire contents as aggressively and forcefully as this morning. We're at my dad's for a few days, and he got up with my son so I had a lie in. Didn't have breakfast til 9.15, and I take my steroids with breakfast. So that's about 2 hours later than normal, and thus contributed to the puking. I felt rough all day yesterday as well, with an hour dry heaving in the morning. Unfortunately I was sick literally minutes after taking my steroids. It's 9 tablets, so I take them over the course of breakfast. So I puked between 5 and 15 minutes after taking them. Couldn't identify any in the puke, but it was all a pale beige colour, so I'm not sure I'd spot the tabs anyway. Rang antenatal clinic for advice, and the consultant on call has asked me to wait 4 hours and see how I feel. It's clear that none/very little of the steroids ended up being absorbed, I can take the full 45mg at that point. So I've just got to get thru to 1.30pm now. I feel awful, really sick. With horrendous heartburn. And I've got what I think is trapped wind - a rrally unpleasant uncomfortable pain in my chest, right between my boobs. Usually this pain precipitates a panic attack, with the attack starting no more than 5 minutes after the pain. But I've had this since 9pm. I slept badly as a result, which is probably another contribution to feeling so damned awful today. Today I'm feeling extra grumpy and pissed off at having hyperemesis . Hope everyone else is managing better than me!!