hyperemesis sufferers unite!

[craftymum]

I managed to get out this morning, bumped into hubby's granda so had cuppa with him was so hot and so thirsty came home and had a packet of salt and vinegar crisps and a nice big glass of diet coke (the first since feb) with ice and it tasted sooooooo good but didn't last long as 5 minutes after drinking it I threw up what seems like everything I have eaten today when will this end??

 

[claire99991]

im sorry your having another bad day ill join you on that i have been sick and feel just awful like i have sumthing stuck in my throat all the time and its making me feel worse, the cold drinks are so good for the few seconds you can drink them and then its like you regret it within minutes im so thirsty today but i darent drink hardly anything i always throw coke straight bk up and its just pure syrup its awful.

 

[craftymum]

I always feel like that too, it's awful, hubby had coke and it really made me want some so waited til I was home just in case but think I'll give it a wide berth from now on as feel like crap now, at least x factor is on tonight to help pass time

 

[claire99991]

yes im looking forward to the x factor as well x

 

[craftymum]

hey ~Claire how are you? Did you get things sorted with your OH's business?
I've had a crap day again, been so tired all day and very sore, seem to have developed a small case of the runs too and was throwing up really badly earlier even though I'd avoided all my usual triggers, was in bed but had to get up again as can't get comfy and tummy too sore

 

[claire99991]

well we kind of sorted the buisness thing out some of the money has been paid by the builder - enough for it not to cause problems anymore not enough for us to make any money from the job though grrrr but at least we arent down.

i havent been sick for about 3 days now, i usually feel very bloated most of the day and dont eat any tea or just a piece of fruit, i feel more sick on a night but if i havent eaten tea manage to not be sick so thats my new thing just 1 meal a day and it really keeps me full all day weird. I feel like im getting massive even though im 10lb less than when i started my bump seems to have popped out now. Have my scan a week on friday as well so hope to find out what we are having lets see if i can be the 1st person i know to have a boy with really bad sickness lol

sorr your still so sick not to long now hun a few more weeks hugz xxxx

 

[craftymum]

aw glad you at least got some of the money back hun, and good that you're not being as sick but like me I guess you don't feel any better you just learn little strategies to cope with it. I was really sick last night even though I'd no fluids and feeling really sick now but trying to fight it.
Was at Docs this morn and stupid nurse tried to say I'd put 4kg on even though the scales were reading the same as they did last visit and I knew I hadn't gained an ounce as I've been keeping an eye at home so I had to get it rechecked by GP and sure enough Nurse was wrong she bent down squinting at scales for 5 mins and still couldn't read them and she seemed to read every kilo as 2 which is why she came up with 4 extra. Def think I'd be feeling the pinch if I'd gained 8lb! Told my Doc I was avoiding fluids to stop me throwing up and she actually said oh good as long as it's easing the sickness a bit!!! I'm like WTF, surely fluids are important, I told her about my terrible period type pains and she just said that was fine too and gave me the usual speech about avoiding smelly foods - like does she think I'm thick, really feel let down by the care I've had in this pregnancy and after this is all over I might see if I can get another practice to take me on even though it'll mean travelling 8 miles every time I need to see a GP, I just feel like mine don't give a toss at all. have you any bump pics Claire? I just put mine up on third tri if you want a nose - I'm still teeny though I feel huge as I'm so used to having a really flat belly.

 

[craftymum]

just had toast and fruit for tea tonight - no drinks and ended up throwing up bad again, don't know what to do now if my no cold drinks strategy isn't working anymore, was round at my Mums today and my sis in law even said how I just seemed to get really tired looking all of a sudden, Once it hits 1pm I really go downhill fast which is why poor Stephen has to get up at the crack of dawn every Sat if we want to go out anywhere as I can't cope with afternoons at all. Trying to sit up later tonight to see if it helps me to sleep as I'm fed up having to get up every night and come downstairs as I just can't sleep, I've tried the pillow under my bump but it doesn't work for me as I just can't sleep on my side - I'm a tummy sleeper and that just isn't possible while pregnant. Tomorrows another day I guess and hopefully it's better than this one.

 

[claire99991]

im a tummy sleeper as well! its driving me mad already and im only 20 weeks sumtimes ive rolled on to my tummy in the night and wen i try and get bk to my bk i get a massive shooting stitch pain and im jumping around the room! im so sorry your feeling so sick again and the cold drink thing didnt work today, sum days it just isnt going to cut it and your body wont allow you to avoid the sickness im thinking of just going and making myself sick now cos im sat here after eating a apple for my dinner/tea/supper and can feel the lumps in my throat and my mouth is watering i just want it out cos otherwise trying to get to sleep is gonna be a nightmare. Oh god im not even half way there yet!!! i dont know if i can do this for another 20 weeks im feeling so drained all the time like the thought of getting of the sofa to play with my daughter is making me want to cry as i just dont have the energy to move i think i could easy sleep 16 hours a day at the min, she started crying earlier and said you never play with me mummy i just felt awful, in 3 weeks she starts nursery and i have to walk her there for 8.45am its a 20 min walk then walk myself home then walk back for her at 11.30am! then walk us home till baby is due i dont know how im phyiscally going to do this especailly with no energy its going to be almost impossible and i have no one that can help me either.

 

[craftymum]

Oh Claire I don't know how you do it with your daughter to look after too, you really deserve a medal for coping this long, I was just saying that to hubby yest that I couldn't do this if I had a young child to worry about too. It's hard on her as she doesn't understand either, hopefully when she starts nursery you will meet some other Mums who will be understanding/sympathetic of your situation and may even offer to collect your daughter for you which would be a great help to you and give you a little bit of a break but if not just try to get as much rest as you can while she's there I remember hitting 20 weeks and instead of feeling the joy of being halfway there, like you I just felt dread and despair at the thought of another 20 weeks of this but look now I am near the end and although every day is a struggle and it is hard to cope with the added strains that pregnancy puts on your body I just keep trying to see the light at the end, Kat made it and we can too try to focus on all the nice things you will be able to do after it is all over and remember we never have to go through this again if we don't want to. Just take it easy hun and remember I'm here if you need to vent

 

[craftymum]

Had the day from hell so far, was really sick last night again and felt like crap after having breakfast this morning but came back to bed lay down and it passed a bit though I felt so so tired I was really struggling to stay awake after lunchtime and then I just felt so thirsty too so I had a drink and OMG I just couldn't stop throwing up for ages and it was so sore, coming down my nose too. My tummy is now really really sore and I just feel like crap, oh please tell me this is not going to start getting even worse again now I'm nearing the end Stephen is off work next week and I'm just praying for at least a couple of 'good days' while he is off. I just have no energy for anything and I'm getting bad pains in my back and my bits too - it's so unfair we have to suffer for this long

 

[NIfirsttimer]

just saw in claires journal that shes in hosp after collapsing with dehydration... hope shes ok xxx

 

[craftymum]

Hope she's ok too, think she's been trying to do too much as well as she's still working.

 

[claire99991]

hiya hun im home they wanted me out for the weekend i was given fluids they tried to give me sum anti sickness medicine dnt even remember what it was brown tablets anyway they didnt work i was sick the whole time in there, im home now just feeling so tierd and very teary everything is getting on top of me and making me cry, im getting serious hunger pains they said i shouldnt avoid eating and just to eat and then if im going to be sick be sick but its not that easy when im really scared of being sick, its such a horrible viscious circle. I have to go to my GP daily to have my urine tested by the nurse for dehydration but there shut till tuesday now with it being bank holiday. Im still feeling really lightheaded at home i had a chicken pitta bread with salad tonight i havent been sick yet but feel just awful and i dont know whats worse feeling sick or being sick and getting sum kind of relief for a while. Im so tierd as well the tierdness is overwhelming the nurses couldnt believe every time they come round i was just sleeping all day and night im waiting for my blood results for the iron as im very pale, weak and just feeling awful.

I need to think im half way there now!!!! and i can feel baby move its nice to know this isnt for nothing, i have scan next friday cnt wait

how are you louise are you ok? xxxxx

 

[Rebaby]

Just popping in to see how you ladies are getting on...i'm sorry it isn't getting any better

Glad you're home claire, although it sounds like they haven't really done much for you

Big hugs

 

[NIfirsttimer]

im still here too.... feel bad posting cos i feel guilty for feeling so well...weird.. but i do cos i can still remember how bad you girlies are feeling..and how horrible it is

claire... you really really need to just try to rest and look after yourself as much as you can.. theres a lot of pressure on HG ladies to just keep going as normal because we are 'Pregnant not sick' but actually, we ARE sick... very sick when it gets to the point of hospitalisation, so just try to recover as best you can, resist the temptation to get up and about and do things, cos you dont want to end up back in the hospital again pet. although im sure you dont need me to tell you that!!!
louise, got your message about trying on the boots lol.... i couldnt even put my own socks on at the end lol... its like having a bowling ball in your middle lol!!
reaby (i still dont know your real name hehe) your bump is looking GORGEOUS!!!! how is being back at work going? are you never sick anymore?

Ruby is doing fab.. its so hard to believe she will be 8 weeks old in a few days... its literally flying by.. scary fast! I know its really early but im pretty sure shes teething.. starting to anyway, shes grumpy, ramming her fists into her mouth, drooling loads and hot. poor wee woman she gets her first jabs next week too.. not looking forward to that! shes growing like a mushroom.. shes over 11lb already so almost twice her birthweight!
heres a recent pic or 2 to keep you both inspired to carry on.. it is so utterly worth it in the end, i promise xxx

https://media7.dropshots.com/photos/542847/20090822/150103.jpg

https://media7.dropshots.com/photos/542847/20090822/150106.jpg

https://media6.dropshots.com/photos/542847/20090822/195141.jpg
shes still too wee for her bumbo but we couldnt resist trying it out lol!

 

[craftymum]

Claire glad you're ok and at least they're keeping an eye on your hydration, would they not give you a script for some ketostix so you can monitor it at home instead of having to trail yourself into Docs every day? I got some and I check almost every day esp when I've been really sick and I know I have to up my fluids some days even though I really don't want to. Try to get plenty of rest and take it easy as your body needs it now.
I had a terrible day yest just lay in bed all day in pain and then threw up all night, I took real excruciating pains low down in my tummy and in my back and I couldn't straighten up properly though after a couple of paracetamol they eased enough for me to go up to bed and try to get some sleep. Went out this morn before 9am (best time of day for me) and tried on some boots as really wanted and needed new pair I only tried on 3 pairs in one shop and I was in agony! I hardly even have a bump at all but it's still in there and it's still really hard. Feeling really sick now and trying to fight it but don't think I'll be able to for much longer I can just feel it in my throat and it's horrible. I hate this so much, can't wait til it's over.

 

[craftymum]

just threw up loads can't believe I had a sandwich at 12 and it's still in my stomach 4 hours later

 

[claire99991]

aww louise i know my food is still there 8 hours after eating or more its awful, i feel so bad for you, evenings are the worst for me as well weird isnt it. Just keep thinking your nearly at the end of the road now. They didnt offer me anything to check my urine at home they said i have to go in every day and its a 20 min walk there and 20 min walk bk so its gonna tire me out even more, but im gonna ask on tues if my OH can just drop sample in every day and then they just ring me if there is a problem.

Ruby is just adorable!!! i cnt wait to meet my baby

im so tierd its scary i need to go to sleep and its 7.30! and my OH has done all my cleaning and food shopping so i havent done anything today and im still exhuasted gona watch x factor and have a early night

 

[craftymum]

Claire ask your GP for some ketostix, they never offered me any either but the midwife at the hospital when I went for my 20 weeks scan told me to ask for them - seems they give you nout unless you ask for it.