Hyperemesis support.

[Olivia199]

Hello! Thought I'd set up a thread for anyone suffering with HG for a bit of support and mutual misery? If anyones out there!

I'm currently 6+4 with a frozen embryo transfer pregnancy. I'm of course very excited but suffering a bit. I started cyclizine very early which hasn't helped much as of yet, so today I started Ondansetron too and have a review with the GP in 24 hours.

sorry to hear you’re struggling, is this your first time? I have had hg with previous pregnancies, I’m currently 4+5 and the sickness hasn’t started yet it normally does around 6 weeks for me, so I’m just waiting 😅

Second pregnancy but first time down this road. Last time I was really sick but cyclizine was the miracle drug that fixed everything. Unfortunately this time it doesn't seem to be as effective and I'm still being sick quite a lot.

Sorry to hear you've been through all this before! I hope it's easier this time round.

Have they given you anything to take pre-emptively?

Ah bless you! Cyclizine was very up and down for me but it finally started to help around week 12 but I couldn’t miss one at all otherwise I’d be back into the vomiting every 10 minute cycle 😅.
no they haven’t, I am about to move which means changing doctors also, so I need to get registered asap. But I also have a box of cyclizine ready in case 😬

Oh bless you, I'm glad you've got the cyclizine ready and waiting at least. Hope the move goes well and you manage to get registered nice and quickly!

Hi @Olivia199 congratulations and I’m sorry you’re feeling miserable.
im 13 weeks with my third HG pregnancy and have been hospitalised as recently as last week.
it’s truly so miserable. Just know that you can take more meds if the ones you have done help. I’m on cariban , stemetil and ondansetron and it’s just taking the edge off.

are you tolerating fluids? I found freezing Lucozade into ice lolly’s helped!

Congratulations! Absolutely sympathise, I had HG and was hospitalised 3 times. I found ondansatron the most helpful, definitely not a cure but made life almost bearable. By 18-20 weeks I did turn a corner and the HG stopped and I could enjoy my pregnancy. Really hope ondansatron works for you. I took that and the cyclazine together. All the best x

@Caths456 - Thank you, and congratulations to you too!
It really is awful, but reassuring to know there are other ways to go about treatment if this doesn't work. I'm tolerating sips here and there providing I stay very still but ice lollies are a great shout! Anything really cold has been helping.

@JosieB68 - Thank you! Very happy to hear it turned itself around a bit! I'm taking the cyclizine alongside so hopefully the combination is successful. I've not been sick since I took the Ondansetron a couple hours ago so that definitely feels like progress. Gingerly sipping some orange juice and lemonade because apparently that's something that goes down quite well at the moment. Thank you again! X

@Olivia199 thank you!
It seems that ondansetron might be one I’ll suggest if cyclizine doesn’t work! I was also hospitalised a few times and never was given anything different!! Hopefully where I move to they’re a bit better 🤦🏼‍♀️
how are you feeling this morning?

This shows the treatments recommended so plenty to try still! Hopefully your next doctor is better at controlling it!
Feeling pretty wiped out. Laying on the sofa with DD who's happily causing chaos around me. Though I haven't been sick since taking the Ondansetron, which is nice.
Very nauseous still but progress!

This may be easier to see.

@Olivia199 yes, lots of others to try. Did you have HG with your DD?
I can honestly say weeks 7-12 were the darkest days of my life, I had a consult for termination at one point due to the severity of the sickness. I’m thankful I didn’t go through with it. I think unless you have been through it it’s virtually impossible to understand. I feel for you. It’s the pits. I have a 2.4 year old and a 14 month old at home, it’s hard having more kids to look after too:

Thank you @Olivia199 i will keep that and make sure to bring it up with my dr if I need too! i’m glad you haven’t been sick yet! Hopefully those meds stay working for you.

@Caths456 i totally relate to that, and I’ve been there. It’s so awful. I hate speaking to my friends who have had normal sickness in their pregnancies as they make it out like I'm overreacting and give stupid advice like “maybe if you ate you’d feel better” or “I didn’t take any antisickness I just firmed it” so i stop saying anything at all to them.

@Caths456 - I didn't, no. I had quite bad nausea and sickness but as soon as I started cyclizine it cleared right up. This is a new level! My 2 year old is being a star at trying to entertain herself but it's definitely tricky and you get all the mum guilt on top!

@missmae - I feel like my GP may have gone through this. She's being incredible. Just called to check in on me and assured me there's lots we can do and to just keep in touch.

Oh gosh the stupid advice. I've lost count of the amount of people who've told me to try ginger. Or to eat little and often. Or said how they managed it medication free (only to say how awful it was to be sick every couple of days....!?)

The only way I can describe it to them is that its like having a D&V bug it's so relentless. They exhaustion that follows too.. bloody ginger.

@Olivia199 aw wow really? That’s so great I'm
glad your gp is being so supportive. Yep honestly I will not bother saying anything this time lol. Then they’re surprised when I end up in hospital 😂🤦🏼‍♀️. Typical.
I don’t know when people will stop advising ginger! 😂

I’m 5 weeks tomorrow and have noticed I’m very nauseous if I don’t eat. I’d been wondering why I didn’t feel sick until today where it was my first day not eating straight away and actually went half the day without food. That’s when the sickness appeared like hello? You’ve forgotten to eat?😂

@missmae people mean well but they cannot even imagine what it’s like unless they’ve experienced it first hand. My midwife had it 20 years ago and when I went into hospital last week, my ketones were 4+, (they can’t be higher, it’s dangerously dehydrated) I cried when she told me, you’re extremely sick. It felt like someone who understood finally acknowledging that it is real, I’m not just saying it!!

ginger 🙄🙄🙄🙄 and the other one is “eat first thing in the morning before you move”.

@missmae - I'm very very lucky! I hope you get better support this time. Uh-oh! It obviously wasn't pleased by your decision to eat like a normal human instead of a hangry toddler...!

@Caths456 - Oh bless you lovely, it does feel pretty amazing to be seen and for someone to realise this really isn't normal or okay!
Oh yep I've had that a lot. Though the one thing I have found slightly helpful is setting an alarm an hour before I have to get up (or expect my toddler to be up!) And taking the first antisickness. Then when I wake the second time it's already had some time to do its thing. Eating though? Noooo.

I'm surprised your GP gave you ondansetron so early in your pregnancy, as there is a risk of birth defects before 16 weeks (cleft palate).

Ondansetron is the only medication that helps with my sickness.

I won't be having any more children after this one though.

The sickness is just too much

@Caths456 literally, it’s comforting when you’re talking with people who understand what you’re going through. I’ve been there with the 4+! How are you feeling now? Yes and that one, I’ve started feeling sick now, I’m thinking I might start my cyclizine just in case 🫣

@Olivia199 i hope so too, I’ll go insane if not lol. Yes! 😂but my appetite is decreasing, I think alongside the nausea. I think I’ll start my cyclizine I’m not sure. Did you start anything before the all the vomiting?

@Jazsimone - Me and the GP discussed risks and decided benefit outweighed.

Although there was a study that noted 3 extra oral clefts per 10,000 births (14 cases per 10,000 births versus 11 cases per 10,000 births in the unexposed population) it isn't necessarily a caustic link. Other studies have shown no increase. Obviously its unethical to test on pregnant women but the current evidenced risk, vs very real risk that malnutrition and dehydration poses to mother and baby, it seems reasonable to go with it.

Admittedly I'm taking it very sparingly. The lip should be fully formed by 10 weeks at which point, if I need it more often, I'll be less dubious.

Hope you're doing okay!

@missmae - Oh no! How are you doing now? I didn't start anything before hand. I had pneumonia which made me nauseous when I was just 4 weeks pregnant. I took cyclizine then to keep antibiotics down. Then stopped when I felt better until sickness kicked off again, which seems to have happened fairly suddenly. By which point cyclizine wasn't as effective on it's own!

I had HG very severely, hospitalised three times for a week each time and puked up blood and my stomach lining eventually. I tried everything but ended up making myself sick just to feel those few seconds respite from the sick feeling. It was as people have already said, a very low time. Steroids helped. For my second pregnancy it all started up again. I did get prescribed the same pills but found that really trying to make sure I never feeling hungry even for a split second stopped the spiral, so I didn't get into that awful ketosis state again where you keep puking and can't stop. But not sugary food that raises your blood sugar too much. Low GI food, oatcakes and milk before bed. Salmon (if you can stomach it) and vegetables. Poached Eggs on wholemeal toast with baked beans is mainly what DS2 is made of. I so so feel for all of you going through it but it's for a happy reason (might not help currently though!).

@Northbright - Oh bless you lovely, this sounds absolutely horrific. That's amazing advice though, thank you so much. And congratulations on your DC, they sure do make it all worth it eventually!

This thread is so dead. Is there another Hg support thread I’m missing? Hope all are doing OK xx

Hi

@Lagirl20 Are you suffering with HG currently. I’m 10+3 weeks pregnant and having an awful time. I was prescribed promethazine but that was useless so I ended up admitted to hospital on Friday. They gave me IV fluids, IV vitamins and IM stemitil. I’m now on oral ondansetron, prochlorperazine and cyclizine but still being sick 4-5 times a day (down from all day and night) and feel nauseous all of the time. They sent me for a scan to check for multiple or molar pregnancy. There was one baby with a heartbeat but it was measuring a week behind my dates and there was some fluid behind my uterus. That was on Monday but then on Wednesday I had some bleeding so I’m back for another scan tomorrow. I don’t know what to think. At the moment it seems so unfair having HG and the possibility this pregnancy may not have a happy ending.

How has your experience been so far?