Bubblemonkey Of course, you are allowed to join us. Welcome. It is possible to have Hyperemesis without vomiting. It is also possible to become dehydrated without vomiting if you are unable to drink enough fluids due to the nausea. Many find that medicines make them sleepy initially, but it wears off. It might be worth mentioning to the doctor, though. I include my normal spiel, which I hope may help. Just ignore parts not relevevant. Most sufferers find that they improve a lot at some point between weeks 14 and 20, or sometimes later. 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. Also, pink lemonade , cloudy lemonade and Sprite. Foods of a sort include tinned fruit, cuppa soup, nibbles of crisps and chips, cheap ice cream, Scotch pancakes, bagels and biscuits, potato smileys, minature salty Yorkshire Puddings and slices of melon and mango. Protein drinks have also been mentioned.
Purplewotsit Welcome. I always say veterans deserve a medal!
There is lots of support on here, though it's often quiet at weekends.
Have you got support from family or friends as rest is so important and it's so difficult with an LO? As you are a veteran you don 't need my normal spiel about flat coke, ice lollies and the juice of tinned fruit, getting kesostix which, while not the best test of dehydration, are taken seriously by hospitals and how a good anti acid can make a big difference. Many find ten weeks is the worst bit. Did you improve a lot in your first pregnancy at some point, as most do, even the unlucky ones who suffer throughout?
Starbeach Sorry to hear of the funeral. f hope you manage to hide it in loose clothes and sneaking out if necessary...
Buffyfanforever It's hard when the nasuea is unrelenting. Does an anti-acid help?On that, Alpinia Some doctors do insist on that - it is what mine said to me years ago when I suffered - but there is Omprazole as thingymaboob points out. I don 't know if they insist on that because it is expensive or because they wish to avoid prescribing more meds than they can help.
Apologies to anyone rudely overlooked.