Goodness, the thread has suddenly become busy: welcome to the four newcomers.
RadglagsIt is very likely that the rest is making you a lot better than you were last time, as other say. Also, every pregnancy is different and some former sufferers do escape anything but mild sickness in later pregnancies. If you have uncomfortable breasts and freqeuncy of urine and all the rest of it, you are probably worrying unnecessarily, though some lucky people don't even have that. A lot of sufferers don't suffer until well past where you are now. Can you arrange a reassurance scan if you are anxious? I know it might be harder during lockdown. OH's can be relied on to be tactless. On your OH's comment about dying, relatives might think that, but thank goodness nobody in countries with a good health service dies of Hyperemesis these days that I ever heard of: the days of Charlotte Bronte, when they couldn't even give fluids or any anti emetics, are past! Have you got pre-emptive meds just in case?
SkittlesRainbow Sorry to hear that you are suffering badly. Phenergen also known as Promethezine, isn't it? If it is't helping, do ask for something more; don't suffer in silence. If you are having problems obtaining effective meds, do phone Pregnancy Sickness SOS on 02476382020. They will have to phone back, but will give good advice. It is not just you about smells; I remember I lived in London when suffering, and though we lived in a quiet backstreet I thought I could smell petrol even at the back of the house! With the current constraints, can anyone help out with your LO's? As you are a veteran you don't need my normal spiel about keostix and dehydraton and ice lollies and anti acids, but perhaps there might be something of use below.
Annichelle Did you say your LO is only 6 months, or was that me misreading? Do ask for meds, as others say. If LO is being breast fed you can discuss that with the doctor, as some meds aren't recommended if you are feeding. I've got my normal spiel quoted just a little way down in this post for the other newcomers, just in case it is useful. Did you suffer in your first pregnancy?
unicornpower Sorry that neither Metoclopramide nor Cyclizine have helped. There are others they can try. As others say, kesostix aren't necessarily the best test of dehydration. Is your urine santy and dark, and do you have a headache, blurred vision or dry skin and mouth? Those are signs.
Here's my usual spiel that I might help: Most sufferers find that they improve a lot at some point between weeks 14 and 20. Even those who are unlucky enough to suffer throughout generally are not as ill later on as they are in the first part. A good anti acid can make a surprising difference to the sickness. Kesostix are worth buying online or from a chemists, as while they aren't they best test of dehydration, hospitals take them seriously. Some drinks that have helped others: full sugar flat coke (if you don't find it too acid), ice lollies, the juice of tinned fruit, Lucozade, apple juice, Ribina, Dr Pepper, soda water, Elderflower water, tonic water, ice cubes, Iron Bru, lemonade, lemon squash, orange squash, orange juice (if not too acid), fizzy orange, 7Up, isotonic drinks, sips of chocolate milkshake (maybe soya), fizzy water, apple juice, Robinson's fruit drinks, Rubicon sparkling mango drink , raspberry Lucozade sport and frozen ice cubes of flat Lucozade sport . Foods of a sort include tinned fruit, cuppa soup, nibbles of crisps and chips, cheap ice cream, Scotch pancakes, bagels and biscuits and slices of melon and mango.
RockinRobinn Don't feel guilty. Your LO will forget all about this period of comparative negelct and you are giving the greatest gift in a sibling. This Too Shall Pass. Take it a day at time, or if need be, an hour at a time.
Anya212 Excellent advice as ever. Did you say you would be on maternity leave soon?
Waves to all.
RockinRobbin