Improbablecat Welcome. As the doctor would not have prescribed the meds unless she or he thought that the real risks of prolonged dehydration outweighted the very small risks of taking those meds, the midwives aren't going to question that. It is hard on LO's, but from what I have seen on these threads, they always quickly forget this time of comparative neglect. There are age related picture books you can buy her about Hyperemesis, which will explain things and give reassurance, on amazon and elsewhere. Here's one. www.amazon.co.uk/Mama-Hyperemesis-Gravidarum-Only-While/dp/143922367X . I'm assuming this is your first Hyperemesis pergnancy, and so here's my normal spiel, which I hope may 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 and dry cereeal.
Yoga8`7 Sorry, I forgot to add that its twins with you. I''ll copy that list of due dates to add it in the next post.
QueenBee22 and Yoga817 and Laura0589 Great advice for roxster and Luna57 .
Apologies to anyone rudely overlooked.