Hyperemesis/pregnancy nausea and sickness thread

[Algor1thm]

6 weeks with baby #2 and I'm right back in the thick of it again. I knew it was bad but I forgot how bad it was. Can't even moan to people because barely anyone knows I'm pregnant, and the people who do haven't had HG and just don't get it. 8pm and I'm lying here feeling just as sick as when I woke up. This is on medication. Kill me.

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It's shit. Dig deep. I used to imagine the day of the birth over and over again; and letting someone else hold the baby and me drinking a cup of tea and eating food. It's a long 9 months. But it will end xx

Does @LucindaE still run her amazing support threads for pregnancy sickness/nausea sufferers? That really helped me get through two horrendous pregnancies (a while ago now, admittedly).

I absolutely remember the utter misery OP. If you're already on medication you don't need advice from me, but I can offer wholehearted sympathy and commiserations. Eat and drink whatever you can keep down and hang in there.

Thank you. It's just awful, and unlike last time I actually know what's coming. My mum said, "I'm sure it'll get better at 12 weeks" like she can't remember last time. When I pointed out that last time I was hospitalised at 15 weeks she said "no two pregnancies are the same, you've got to stay positive"... so I'm done talking to her about it...

You have my sympathy. Had it for the first 20 weeks and it was bloody miserable. Felt like it was never going to end. But now I’m 34 weeks it’s a distant memory.

How are you feeling OP? I don't blame you for being annoyed with your mum. My worst was people who just didn't get it and felt the need to make suggestions like seasickness bands and, the most infuriating, ginger biscuits.

I was on ondansetron most of my last pregnancy and when people suggested ginger biscuits I had to bite my tongue not to say, "Ginger biscuits? Really? I'm on medication given to cancer patients to deal with chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, but you reckon ginger biscuits will sort me out?". I know they meant well, but it makes you feel alone when it seems nobody really gets how wretched it is.

@MotherofPearl hi, thanks for understanding 💕 I'm not doing well, couldn't go to work today and frustratingly the GP messed up my prescription for a different medication so I wasn't able to pick it up today and have to wait until tomorrow. I'm just sick of it being all day and all night. I keep thinking about how I would happily take an hour of vomiting every morning to have the rest of the day off. I feel so bad for my older child as well. I'm being a useless mother and they're too little to understand why. It was hard last time but at least I didn't have anyone to worry about but myself.

The worst for me is when people try to talk about their very mild NVP as if it's the same and they can relate to you. "Oh god yeah I remember I felt sick every time I smelt curry, couldn't get a takeaway for 3 months!" or similar 😩

I've had HG three times. The second was the worst -- spent two months in hospital!! Was a month the first time. Didn't stop feeling sick for a second until I gave birth. It is totally unbelievably awful and no-one who hasn't been there understands. But it IS worth it! Find the HG thread if it's going, it is such a support.

It's the relentlessness of it that is so very wearying. Sorry you've had a bad day OP, and prescription muddles are the last thing you need. Can you get signed off work? I was signed off for nearly 3 months last time. I could barely move my head at some points, let alone get up and work.

It is really hard when you have children already. Is your DC in nursery or school? Otherwise, I think you have to just accept that they will watch a lot of CBeebies. Do whatever you need to just to survive each day, and sleep as much as you can (the only respite from the relentless sickness and nausea).

Hi @Algor1thm I just came across your post while reading about morning sickness. I just wanted to say sorry you were having such an awful time and I hope you're feeling better now xx

Thank you ❤️ At 18 weeks I'm now feeling a lot better and only being sick when I first wake up.

I’m currently 6 weeks +4 days pregnant, I’ve been suffering with severe nausea for 1 week already, it’s just getting worse everyday. Struggling to eat which is worrying because I’m so skinny anyway so Im terrified to lose weight. I’ve been taking prochlorperazine/stemetil which I think is just stopping me from vomiting but the nausea is 24/7 and is absolutely debilitating. I’ve tried everything from ginger sweets/ biscuits/ tea, eating little and often but nothing is helping, if anything it’s making the nausea worse. I’m having to call in sick at work, I just feel like it’s never going to end. Did anyone else suffer from nausea from 5 weeks and when did it end for you?? I feel like I need a timeframe just to get me through this. I’ve been searching and people say it “peaks” at 9/10 weeks I was just really hoping it would stop much sooner.