Midwife home visit (NHS) due to hyperemesis?

[Lagirl20]

I am suffering terribly with severe sickness this pregnancy. Bed bound. No idea how to get to first midwife app- I can’t even leave bed to shower. Does anyone know if NHS midwives would do a home visit for booking app under these circumstances? Thanks

No, you need support to get out of bed. Have you spoke to your GP about anti-emetics? You can’t spend the next 6 months in bed

I’m on medication and managing as best I can. This isn’t expected to last past 17 weeks (same as last pregnancy). Thanks for your unhelpful comment.

My midwife did my booking appointment over the phone so you could ask about that.
I hope you feel better soon!

I had my booking appointment over the phone and the home birth midwives came to my house to take the bloods. This was due to severe agoraphobia (I basically had a breakdown in pregnancy) but the home birth midwives said they often did it for needle-phobic people. So it didn't seem that uncommon.

Thank you!

Thank you, this is great to know. Hope you’re doing well now.

As in, they often took the blood at home for needle phobic people. They assumed that was why they were there for me.

I had a few home visits in first pregnancy not for any specific reason. I would definitely ask x

Op its always worth asking…but…as someone who also gets hyperemisis, do you need to be in hospital? Regular IV meds and drips made me feel so much more human. Have you access to pregnancy sickness support phone lines? In terms of meds - do you feel you are on the right “stage”/drug combo?

I can’t imagine not showering when I was puking 50+ times a day. It’s a horrible way to have to experience pregnancy. My one worry with expecting a phone booking appointment is that I think they’ll prob want to you have urine dips too to check dehydration/infection. The extent of your sickness is likely to mean it’s more important to them that they see you. In my area, there wouldn’t be funding for an early home visit (which booking would be deemed to be), but they’d work with you to try get you a time that’s most possible for you.
Sounds really difficult for you.