Pasta0forbreakfast Welcome. Sorry you are apprehensive about suffering again. Some do escape. Many find that with early treatment, it is easier to cope with, but having an LO does make it difficult to rest. Have you got help from family/friends when OH is at work? I think you definitely need to get an early appointment to ask for safe pre emptive meds. Realistically, what with problems keeping hydrated it can be too much for sufferers to keep on b/f ing. Do ask which meds are safe for b/fing. Pregnancy Sickness Support might be able to advise you better while you wait for an appointment on 024 7638 2020.
Inmydreams88 Welcome. Sorry you are suffering. There is lots support on here. It's interesting that you find diet coke helpful, as it seems to be the sugar which makes the non diet coke helpful. I gather that Metoclopramide can cause twitchiness in some mothers (not the babies) and for that reason, some doctors are wary of prescribing it long term, but if you don't have that symptom,many have found it very helpful. It might be worth mentioning your anxiety to the midwife or doctor, as counselling might be on offer. The early stages are very depressing. Here's my normal spiel, which I hope helps. Ignore the bits which don't apply. 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 orchocolate 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. Frozen apple juice has been recommended. 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.