Emmakins66 Welcome. Oh dear, sorry about your being moved to tears by the experiences of sufferers on this thread. You are right; it is really unfair; I can't help thinking it's because it is by definition a female illness. Around ten weeks is often the worse time for many. Hopefully things will improve a lot. I am sorry to hear of your mmc. I had one too and they make you nervous about the next pregnancy. You are so right, though, to mention looking forward to the fabled Pink Castle I often mention as a metaphor for the happy endiong of the horrors of Hyperemesis. I had that idea from a Snakes and Ladders board that my family had when I was little, with that the goal at the end of the game...What meds have they put you on? You've probably read my normal spiel if you've scrolled through the spread, but here it is just in case. 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. When reporting on the vomiting to doctors, remember to emphasize the number of heaves in each vomiting session, as doctors tend to count these as 'vomits' and this can lead to their underestimating the severity of your symptoms. Besides drinking through a straw, here are 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. Protein drinks have also been mentioned.
abbs1 You are admirably stoic and unfazed in your approach to the threat of a repeat of Hyperemesis. 