hyperemesis sufferers unite!

[kirst76]

hi there, I know this topic isn't active anymore but this is the third time I've dealt with hyperemesis...with my second and third babies I was as sick as a dog. I'm currently 12w4d and this time around hasn't been so bad...I've only been admitted once for fluids. I'm on ondansatron to curb the vomiting and have good days and bad days.
Is anyone else still about??

 

[kirst76]

ohh, have just seen that topic is still active....yay!!!!!!!!

 

[Gitlost80]

Hi all! I am not pregnant yet, butt TTC starting this month. I had HG with both of my sons pretty bad.I thought I was dying and was in and out of the hospital a handful of times for dehydration,I was on Zofran with my 2nd baby. I swore to myself I would never have a baby again,only because I dread the sickness soooo badly. Ive decided to go ahead with TTC.I only have a couple months that I can try because my fiance has the winter off and I need to time it just perfect so he can be home to take care of our son.I am not able to even leave my bed when the HG kicks in. Im excited,but SCARED! Before Thor(my 2.5 year old) was born I was pregnant and had the worse HG to date.I was very ill from the effects of HG and ended up having a miscarriage.We wanted the baby so badly, but I have to admit I was relieved to not feel sick.It was sad and I still feel guilty for being so relieved. Anyways, I hear ever pregnancy is different,but Im preparing myself for the worse! I have a friend who is a nurse now, and can get all the supplies to set me up on an IV when I need it! I cant tell you how happy that makes me! I look forward to keeping in touch with my fellow vomiters! I know its gross,but Im trying to make light of it to keep myself from getting cold feet. I really want one more child. I understand how all of you HG gals feel.My kids are awesome,but HG is the worst thing I have ever experienced!

I should mention my HG started around 9 weeks and was tolerable at 17 weeks. I couldnt keep down water.My excessive saliva always made me feel worse,along with any movement or loud sounds. I lived off of mashed potatoes for weeks! I had to sit in the bathtub while throwing up in the toilet so I wouldnt wet my pants.I stayed naked constantly because of it.I had to be carried into my doctors appointments because I couldnt even walk upright. Im praying to God that I dont get it that bad the 3rd time around. I also hope once I am pregnant that I can continue to post along with you ladies.Looking at the writting on my computer screen would also make me sick! Fingers crossed It will get better for all of you!

 

[kirst76]

Gitlost....you basically just told my story!!!

I never had HG with my first child so when I got pregnant again it hit me like a ton of bricks....somedays I would vomit blood.
With number 3 I never though I'd get as sick but I found out the hard way.
When me and my husband talked about getting pregnant again, he told me that he'd support me no matter what but ultimately the decision was mine because he knew how sick I'd get.
This time it didn't hit until later on......with both girls I was in hospital from about 6 - 7 weeks and this time I managed to hold off until almost 9 weeks. I was so lucky my midwife got me started on ondansatron straight away.
Loud noises set me off as does movement and being too tired.

Only 6 more months thogh now....and I can cope with that1

 

[Gitlost80]

Yeah Thank God I dont remember every horrible detail.I did write a letter to myself while I was pregnant with Thor about how miserable I was and how sometimes I just wanted someone to kill me and that it would be my LAST BABY. I know that the letter is still tucked away in my morning sickness book, but Im scared to read it! When I look at Thor,I realize he was worth it,sooooo,Ill have one more.I was 20 when my first son was born and 29 when my second was born.I am 31 now. Age definitely doesnt seem to matter with HG.I pray that 3rd times a charm and when I do get pregnant,I wont get sick,but I know better than that!I am getting all of my affairs in order because I know I will be useless,completely useless,for 4 months! I wouldnt wish HG on my worst enemy.The ending is so worth it tho!

 

[kirst76]

I know its worth it!!!
After number 2 I vowed that she would be my last and then I decided that I wanted another and talked to hubby about it.....he said yes and it took us ages to get pregnant and then I only got pregnant on clomid. I never got sick at all with that pregnancy, it was twins and I miscarried the first at around 5-6 weeks....I had a scan and they said that there was nothing in my uterus at all. I still had to have bloods to check my hcg levels and lo and behold they were rising.....so after talking to the specialist he said that it must have been twins and there was still one left. I went in at 10 weeks for a routine scan and found that the baby was stuck in my tube. I was devastated to say the least and 3 months later was pregnant again. I was as sick as a dog this time and my specialist said that was a good sign. I was in and out of hospital and the specialist kept coming in and reminding me that it was the only sickness with a prize at the end.

Thats my whole theory now.....I take each day as it comes and keep my eyes on the prize!!
This will definitely be my last baby though.....4 will be more than enough, lol!!!

I hope you get pregnant right away gitlost...good luck!!!

 

[Gitlost80]

I know its worth it!!!
After number 2 I vowed that she would be my last and then I decided that I wanted another and talked to hubby about it.....he said yes and it took us ages to get pregnant and then I only got pregnant on clomid. I never got sick at all with that pregnancy, it was twins and I miscarried the first at around 5-6 weeks....I had a scan and they said that there was nothing in my uterus at all. I still had to have bloods to check my hcg levels and lo and behold they were rising.....so after talking to the specialist he said that it must have been twins and there was still one left. I went in at 10 weeks for a routine scan and found that the baby was stuck in my tube. I was devastated to say the least and 3 months later was pregnant again. I was as sick as a dog this time and my specialist said that was a good sign. I was in and out of hospital and the specialist kept coming in and reminding me that it was the only sickness with a prize at the end.

Thats my whole theory now.....I take each day as it comes and keep my eyes on the prize!!
This will definitely be my last baby though.....4 will be more than enough, lol!!!

I hope you get pregnant right away gitlost...good luck!!!

Thanks! I hope I do too! I rather be sick in the cold winter vs the scorching summers we get around here. The heat seems to make me feel worse. I dont need all that extra holiday food to fatten me up either! If Im nauseous,I wont stuff my face like I normally do around Nov/Dec.HaHa Fingers and toes crossed

 

[kirst76]

I hate summer.....summer here soon *groans*

 

[coxy1978]

hi girls! Please read my story:

Ive also suffered HG 3 times! It is the worst experience ever! I also swore id never EVER have another after my 2nd because i could not bare the thought of ever going through it again. but after 8 years (and a new relationsip) I tht id try my luck again and hoped and preyed it may be different the 3rd time round! But it wasnt! Mine always has started at 4 wks and several admissions to hosp around 6-8 wks...its sooooooo awful! I found movement and also smells would set me off. i couldnt bare the smell of anything... even cleaning my teeth and showering made me vomit. i used to actually vomit about every half hr to hour (depending on how long i held it in) But the min i moved, it wud project with such force, it'd come from my nose too! (sorry for TMI) My tummy muscles were sore and my throat from all the reaching. id even be sick during the night.

I found people just wouldnt understand, and tell me to try ginger or having a biscuit before getting out of bed! (that was a physical impossibility as the sickness wud make me jump from my bed the second i woke up) Some people would say i should stop thinking about it!! I wish id tht of joining sites like this or support groups, but i didnt. Though as you say, even if i had, i prob was too ill to even turn comp on! LOL!

But now my littlest is 2, i wanted another one - prepared myself for the worst and fell preg in Feb earlier this year. When i got to 5 wks and sickness hadnt started, i just knew something was wrong and turned out to be ectopic. I was deastated. i was so prepared to be ill with HG, but never prepared for an ectopic.

Im now 4 wks and 6 days PG again, and im not throwing up yet - im soooo worried this means another ectopic! ive felt nausea, and have sore bb's but for me, the real sign is HG, and its not started. Im probably the only woman in the world tht actually WANTS to start being sick! I just dont want to go through another ectopic, its so scary. I used to feel that way about HG. but now id gladly go through that again, if it meant escaping the ectopic! It was horrific.

I wonder what my chances are of having this pregnancy without HG?? I just feel so fed up. Ive not had a scan yet so i dont know where my little bean has planted itself, but im worried its got stuck!

 

[Gitlost80]

hi girls! Please read my story:

Ive also suffered HG 3 times! It is the worst experience ever! I also swore id never EVER have another after my 2nd because i could not bare the thought of ever going through it again. but after 8 years (and a new relationsip) I tht id try my luck again and hoped and preyed it may be different the 3rd time round! But it wasnt! Mine always has started at 4 wks and several admissions to hosp around 6-8 wks...its sooooooo awful! I found movement and also smells would set me off. i couldnt bare the smell of anything... even cleaning my teeth and showering made me vomit. i used to actually vomit about every half hr to hour (depending on how long i held it in) But the min i moved, it wud project with such force, it'd come from my nose too! (sorry for TMI) My tummy muscles were sore and my throat from all the reaching. id even be sick during the night.

I found people just wouldnt understand, and tell me to try ginger or having a biscuit before getting out of bed! (that was a physical impossibility as the sickness wud make me jump from my bed the second i woke up) Some people would say i should stop thinking about it!! I wish id tht of joining sites like this or support groups, but i didnt. Though as you say, even if i had, i prob was too ill to even turn comp on! LOL!

But now my littlest is 2, i wanted another one - prepared myself for the worst and fell preg in Feb earlier this year. When i got to 5 wks and sickness hadnt started, i just knew something was wrong and turned out to be ectopic. I was deastated. i was so prepared to be ill with HG, but never prepared for an ectopic.

Im now 4 wks and 6 days PG again, and im not throwing up yet - im soooo worried this means another ectopic! ive felt nausea, and have sore bb's but for me, the real sign is HG, and its not started. Im probably the only woman in the world tht actually WANTS to start being sick! I just dont want to go through another ectopic, its so scary. I used to feel that way about HG. but now id gladly go through that again, if it meant escaping the ectopic! It was horrific.

I wonder what my chances are of having this pregnancy without HG?? I just feel so fed up. Ive not had a scan yet so i dont know where my little bean has planted itself, but im worried its got stuck!

Well I pray that you have a normal pregnancy going on in there! I never get the HG until 8-9 weeks, then it has no mercy on me.I too have been exhausted, trying to take a cat nap on the bathroom floor in between dry heaves,or waking up to dry heaves in my sleep. Having HG is like being on another planet and NO ONE else can understand and sometimes people are even mean about it,like you are just trying to get attention or something! I agree with you though, for a healthy pregnancy/baby, I welcome the sickness!(notice Im saying that while Im NOT pregnant yet.I will probably be begging for someone to put me out of my misery come 8 weeks pregnant!) You never know,you could be one of those people who supposedly DONT get HG with every single pregnancy! God, wouldnt that be nice?! Well good luck and Im sure Ill be seeing you on here.Keep us updated

 

[coxy1978]

awww, yer i know. I was thinking the same. I tht earlier, if this is a pregnancy in the uterus, and i develop HG over the next wk, then even though thats what im wishing for right now, i know i'll be wishing i prob wasnt even pregnant, talk about contradiction!

I cant imagine its possible that ive got a 'normal' pregnancy, is it? What are the chances, do you know? Ive done bit of research and only ever come accross ONE woman who managed to skip it with a subsequent pregnancy, and it was a twin pregnancy (her 3rd pregnancy)

I cant get this all off my mind tonight...just wish i knew. I could feel some weird feelings in my side earlier...and at the same time i was feeling quite nauseous! Ive got a bad feeling and just want it all to be over as soon as poss.

Good luck to you, with TTC and if there is a chance you can have a 'normal' pregnancy then i really hope you'll escape it! xx

 

[NIfirsttimer]

i *think* i recall the official chance of having it again in subsequent pregnancies is something around 70%

stay positive & good luck ladies!!

 

[Futuremommy1]

hi ladies,

I'm so sorry you are going through this. This is my 3rd pg the first ended in a mc at 7-8 weeks ( I had slight nausea early on) and the 2nd was ectopic that we ended around the same time. I didn't have any symptoms with that pg. We finally got pg again and now at 12 weeks I'm really not liking being pregnant. I've had constant nausea since 5 weeks with vomiting starting at 7 weeks and knocking me on my butt at 9-10 weeks. I've been in the hospital once for not being able to keep anything down including water.

I've already told DH I don't think I can do this again. I want this baby very much but this is beyond words. I throw up from just walking up my stairs or going from the car to the house. Any little bit of movement sets it off.

People keep telling me how I just need to eat something before I get up and I'm like I tried that. It doesn't work. nothing works. I'm on zofran and that will take a slight edge off but it's not fixing anything. And the constipation it causes is almost as ridiculous.

My friends can't understand. My dh is trying to. He's been great. I haven't cleaned or cooked in over two months. I dress like I don't have any clothes. My hair is a mess. My skin is horrible. I feel like straight crap. I just want to lay down all day. except for my mother and my husband I don't talk to anyone. And I really don't want to go back to the hospital cause I'm afraid of the bill.

Just wanted to say Hi ladies!

 

[Gitlost80]

I have also heard that getting on a treatment plan before it fully strikes is a good idea.I always felt better after an IV fluid treatment,Zofran took the edge off and I only used it on days that I thought I was going to die.I will be seeking out a Doctor that actually believes theres such a thing as HG,and acknowledges it, otherwise they tell you to go home and drink ginger ale.A good understanding Doc will probably be a big help.

 

[kirst76]

Hi coxy!
I know what you mean about knowing that everything is ok by having the HG!
I hope everything is ok for you this time around.

When I was pregnant with number 2 I was so sick and I called my mum to see if she could have my elder daughter because I needed to go to hospital (my daughter was sick so couldn't have come with us).....she said that she'd be around later and it ended up being early evening before she got here....by that stage I was beyond dehydrated and mum took one look at me and said to my husband just to get me to hospital as fast as he could.....until that day mum never realised how bad it could be.

There was a great article in the online edition of the newspaper here the other week about HG.....I'll see if I can find the link.

 

[kirst76]

here is the link to the article....hope it works!!!
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10753087

 

[Gitlost80]

hi ladies,

I'm so sorry you are going through this. This is my 3rd pg the first ended in a mc at 7-8 weeks ( I had slight nausea early on) and the 2nd was ectopic that we ended around the same time. I didn't have any symptoms with that pg. We finally got pg again and now at 12 weeks I'm really not liking being pregnant. I've had constant nausea since 5 weeks with vomiting starting at 7 weeks and knocking me on my butt at 9-10 weeks. I've been in the hospital once for not being able to keep anything down including water.

I've already told DH I don't think I can do this again. I want this baby very much but this is beyond words. I throw up from just walking up my stairs or going from the car to the house. Any little bit of movement sets it off.

People keep telling me how I just need to eat something before I get up and I'm like I tried that. It doesn't work. nothing works. I'm on zofran and that will take a slight edge off but it's not fixing anything. And the constipation it causes is almost as ridiculous.

My friends can't understand. My dh is trying to. He's been great. I haven't cleaned or cooked in over two months. I dress like I don't have any clothes. My hair is a mess. My skin is horrible. I feel like straight crap. I just want to lay down all day. except for my mother and my husband I don't talk to anyone. And I really don't want to go back to the hospital cause I'm afraid of the bill.

Just wanted to say Hi ladies!

Although nothing I can say to make you feel better,there is a gift waiting for you at the end of your nightmarish HG journey,so hang in there! Ask your doctor for help.There are things they can give you to try and take the edge off,but I learned that you gotta be pretty persistent to get them to help you! Severe morning sickness is the worst thing in the world you can experience(IMO). Good Luck Mama,and welcome

 

[coxy1978]

hi ladies,

I'm so sorry you are going through this. This is my 3rd pg the first ended in a mc at 7-8 weeks ( I had slight nausea early on) and the 2nd was ectopic that we ended around the same time. I didn't have any symptoms with that pg. We finally got pg again and now at 12 weeks I'm really not liking being pregnant. I've had constant nausea since 5 weeks with vomiting starting at 7 weeks and knocking me on my butt at 9-10 weeks. I've been in the hospital once for not being able to keep anything down including water.

I've already told DH I don't think I can do this again. I want this baby very much but this is beyond words. I throw up from just walking up my stairs or going from the car to the house. Any little bit of movement sets it off.

People keep telling me how I just need to eat something before I get up and I'm like I tried that. It doesn't work. nothing works. I'm on zofran and that will take a slight edge off but it's not fixing anything. And the constipation it causes is almost as ridiculous.

My friends can't understand. My dh is trying to. He's been great. I haven't cleaned or cooked in over two months. I dress like I don't have any clothes. My hair is a mess. My skin is horrible. I feel like straight crap. I just want to lay down all day. except for my mother and my husband I don't talk to anyone. And I really don't want to go back to the hospital cause I'm afraid of the bill.

Just wanted to say Hi ladies!

I totally know what you mean...everything you've just said sound exactly the same... just going from car to house and upstairs to downstairs - or even the smell of the sink or something....uuugghhh! I used cyclizine, like you said it took an edge off but never actually relieved it - and of course - you have to be able to keep it down first!!!!

Im lucky i do have supportive husband but i know my friends dont understand...they'll all say - "yer i felt relly sick when i was pregnant" and im thinking - "no - not like this!" or they'l say - "I wasnt sick but i just felt sick- and i think thats worse!" aaarrrr, that one used to drive me mad!

Little advice that can ease the problem of laundry smells or bathing products - just buy everything frgrance free. I wish id realised you could get fragrance free laundry liquids, washing up liquids, and shampoo's, showergels - everything. I ban all perfumes and aftershaves from the house too!

I agree with previous post about the fact you get the most amazing gift at the end, and honestly it is worth it, it really is. I used to keep telling myself, its not forever...im goimg to get better.

Well, its scan day for me...my bb's were throbbing during the night, and yet ive still woken up with no feeling of sicknes...i just dont get it. I cant believe im lucky enough to be having a normal PG...unless like some of you ladies, maybe il just develop it later this time. I tend to be feeling off in the afternoons....

Wishing you lots of luck for all you ladies that are suffering or TTC. x

 

[coxy1978]

Kirst, il have a read of that artical later...i'll deffo find it very interesting, thank you!

Got to get ready for my app....oh god, talk about anxiety - wish me luck! x

 

[coxy1978]

NIFirstT,

Thankyou for that info...i hope you're right and im among the 30%....fingers crossed. That kind of figure has actually reassured me a little...it does seem achievable...i imagined it must be like 90- 95% or something, but if it is 70%, then i feel ive got a chance. x

Will let you all know how i get on. x