IV fluid for hyperemesis

[NeverNaughtyNanna]

During my daughter in laws last pregnancy she was hospitalised with hyperemesis and given IV fluids which really helped her. She is currently 13 weeks pregnant and again suffering badly, does anyone know where she can access IV fluids privately?? We are in the South East/Surrey area.

I have had 3 HG pregnancies (the last one was so bad i had to terminate or risk my own life)

I live up north in Yorkshire, but when we tried to go private for my first HG pregnancy there were NO private options closer than London (a 3+ hour drive)

NHS was my only option as I was far far too ill to travel 200 miles.

If she is ill enough to need IV then go to A&E where they will give it along with IV antiemetics and hopefully not even need to admit

I’m sorry to hear that you had such a terrible experience.
She is hoping that an IV will stop her from getting so bad that she needs to be hospitalised.

suggest she goes to A&E

It will be sorted "relatively quickly" and they will administer IV fluids there before deciding to admit.

Hopefully at 13 weeks she is through the worst, which is normally around 9 weeks ish, though i completely appreciate just how awful HG is for the whole time (having vomited and had HG until birth with both successful pregnancys)...... and being so so very very ill with the 3rd that i simply couldnt continue. Its horrific.

Sorry, I’ve not explained myself very well - she has read that in America you can have the IV to keep you hydrated and therefore feeling better, rather than here where you have to be feeling really poorly before they will do it on the NHS. We are looking for a private GP/clinic who will give it to keep her hydrated as she found that this really helps with the sickness and ability to eat and keep food down.

Hi @NeverNaughtyNanna she could try looking at the apps "Secret Spa" or "Ruuby" - they offer drips under their "Healthcare" pages and have a healthcare professional come to your house to do them. They're not specifically for pregnancy so would need to check that. I'm in SW london but I think some of them probably stretch to Surrey

I don’t think I’ve seen any private clinics who will treat pregnant women unfortunately but I’d also be wary of getting fluids from somewhere with no doctor overseeing it.

The two hospitals closest to me both have hypremesis day clinics. I’ve only used one but they aim to get fluids into you and resolve any medication issues during the day so you can go home that evening. It’s a really good system however hard to access as you need GP or A&E referral. Might be worth seeing if your local hospital has something like that? Pregnancy sickness support (a really helpful website) has a list of hospitals with these clinics.

i dont think that will be possible.

To get IV you need to be weeing urine with 4+ keytones and be officially dehydrated.

If she's made it through to to 13 weeks without drugs and fluids she probably doesnt have HG so the NHS will not treat it as HG

From my own attempts to find similar I couldn't find anything unfortunately but the sooner your daughter in law seeks fluids after becoming dehydrated the quicker she'll get home. I went via A&E with my first daughter, massive error we waited ages, since then when I've suffered HG in pregnancy I've gone via the GP/ OOH doctors and sent to EPU/ Maternity/ gynae from there skipping horrendous waits out.

I've been given IV fluids on a number of occasions before hitting ++++ ketones so that isn't wholly accurate.

OP there's a very good Hyperemesis thread on here I'd recommend you have a look at to help advise your daughter in law.