Thank you, everyone, for your kind words and wishes. At least we got to say goodbye to my SIL. I see everyone has been giving good advice.
Melissa2023 A belated welcome. I'll add your due date asap. That's great advice from JessieV12 about the possibility of blood tests for glucose, as I honestly don't know how sufferers manage that fasting and then swallowing that drink quickly. How idiotic of them to suggest ginger biscits. After hearing a specialist suggested them to someone on here, though,I am less astonished. What meds are you now on? Have they given you an effective anti acid? Here is my normal spiel, which I hope will help. 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, frozen smoothie 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 (M and S has been recommende), 7Up, isotonic drinks, sips of strawberry or 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.
TisforTucan There are plenty of meds that they can try besides Cyclizine, like the comparatively new Xonvea, specially designed for pregnancy sickness, which has helped a few on here. Many suffer from a foul taste in the mouth; hopefully, it will improve for you as it does for many. Some find sucking sweets helps, I used to suck old fashoined barley sugar - but others find it increases excess saliva, which is nauseating in itself. Sorry, remind me; have they offered an anti acid? I hope you are able to drink other liquids soon.
Waves to BalletN, Quinny2228, OrangeOtter, Hyperemesishell, greenerfingers Occapi99 , Worryant and everyone.