Welcome to EmmaJennie and Tigger2022. EmmaJennie Good advice from others. We have had sufferers on here who had a phobia about vomiting before they suffered, not sure whether or not anyone's developed a phobia through vomiting with Hyperemesis, though I think many find getting a stomach bug after they've had the baby brings back dismal memories. It might be worth asking about counsellling for the stress of that from Pregnancy Sickness Support on 024 7638 2020 who will phone back with good advice. Are your meds working reasonably well?
Tigger2022 Welcome. Are you a first time sufferer? What meds have they put you on? Here is my normal spiel, which I hope helps. 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, Vimto, 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 , dry cereals and slices of melon and mango. Protein drinks have also been mentioned.
Melleebacca That ability to delay and avoid a Public Puking session sounds impressive. Not a thing I could do, sadly.
nec22 Now, that's intriguing, as my daughter said she was really helped by ginger beer when she had salmonella poisoning, but I haven't mention it on here because it's ginger!
ohCARP With any luck, your scan will be a real reassurance. Great that you could play with your toddler and some of the aches and pains have gone. You are so right: this is the thread that nobody wants to be on!
Waves to all.
Apologies to anyone rudely ignored.