Kiwimama5 Welcome. That does sound tough. You've already had great advice from abbs1. I wonder if it would help, re Ondansetron and the doctor's reluctance to prescribe it due to that very small risk, if you rang Pregnancy Sickness Support on 024 7630 2020. They will have to ring back but they should give good advice about the best course to take in your circumstances taking into account the difficulties with looking after your other LO's, etc. Is there any friends or family who might be able to help you with that so you can get some rest if your OH is away for long hours? I include my normal spiel that 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. 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 That is unnerving, as though very likely it is just good days and the Xonvea apparently working well, you are bound to be anxious when symptoms suddenly descrease. I suppose if you get really anxious you could try misisng a dose or so, though that's drastic? Thank you so much for the great information.
SB91 I am so glad that things are a lot better and that medication helped, and thank you so much for your encouraging message.
Thingymaboob It's good that regime is helping a lot. Great information.
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