hyperemesis sufferers unite!

[teal]

Hello

I never noticed this thread before.

I also have hyperemesis. I've given up on waiting for it to pass

 

[NIfirsttimer]

hey hun & welcome

its miserable isnt it
i was very sick the whole way thru my pregnancy, right up until the day i gave birth! the good news is it went as soon as my daughter was born, and i feel amazing now

have you have to be honspitalised at all hun? thats gotta be the worst bit.. ugh.
does anything work for you?

 

[NIfirsttimer]

yay we have a new home in the gestational complications bit!!!
thanks admin!

 

[teal]

hey hun & welcome

its miserable isnt it
i was very sick the whole way thru my pregnancy, right up until the day i gave birth! the good news is it went as soon as my daughter was born, and i feel amazing now

have you have to be honspitalised at all hun? thats gotta be the worst bit.. ugh.
does anything work for you?

I'm glad to hear you say it went away as soon as you had your daughter!
I agree being hospitalised has to be one of the worst bits I've not been in the hospital since 16 weeks but my doctor has been monitoring for dehydration - (which was just taking urine samples)

I'm still sick just about every day but some days are definitely worse than others. Even though I know it's my stomach muscles but I start to worry when I feel sore from being sick so much.

It's frustrating when people comment about how the sickness should be better by now when it isn't. Just have to keep telling myself it will be worth it in the end xx

 

[claire99991]

ooo a new home i thought the thread had been shut down because i was the only one in it now! lol but hey we have a new member teal welcome im so sorry you have to join this thread as its not a nice one but all the girls are lovely and supportive, ive been sick since 5 weeks up to 15 times a day and ive now given up any hope of it going away! carnt wait till i can enjoy a meal without worrying or feeling sick or having a awful bitter taste in my mouth all the time

 

[soozys1902]

hey hun & welcome

its miserable isnt it
i was very sick the whole way thru my pregnancy, right up until the day i gave birth! the good news is it went as soon as my daughter was born, and i feel amazing now

have you have to be honspitalised at all hun? thats gotta be the worst bit.. ugh.
does anything work for you?

I'm glad to hear you say it went away as soon as you had your daughter!
I agree being hospitalised has to be one of the worst bits I've not been in the hospital since 16 weeks but my doctor has been monitoring for dehydration - (which was just taking urine samples)

I'm still sick just about every day but some days are definitely worse than others. Even though I know it's my stomach muscles but I start to worry when I feel sore from being sick so much.

It's frustrating when people comment about how the sickness should be better by now when it isn't. Just have to keep telling myself it will be worth it in the end xx

I totally agree. its so hard. Ive been in hospital now 4 times. At times in nausous but thats the best ill get and im still sick alot. Im glad to hear that once baby is born its gone, id be scared if it stayed for a while

The only people ive had comment on my sickness is doctors they told me it would pass and keep telling me now even,,,,, uggggghhhhh HELLO IM 31 WEEKS DONT THINK ITLL PASS DO YOU

 

[claire99991]

i no i love the way my doctor and midwife say to me 'well its not ideal your still being sick but it should pass soon' im thinking its really not going to pass now is it you idiots!

 

[NIfirsttimer]

ugh why do people bother saying that.. it only makes us feel worse!!

i was in & out of hosp too.. it was miserable, i did get a bit of relief towards the end, i was still sick every day, usually a good few times, but the last few weeks i was able to eat a bit in the evenings, which really helped!

literally as soon as i delivered the placenta, i felt better! no more nausea, and within about an hour of giving birth id eaten about 20 slices of toast AND a mcdonalds!!!!!!!!

hang in there girlies!

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

Hello :wave:

Don't know if people will remember me, I have hyperemesis too. Mine got a bit better between weeks 12 and 16 (only sick once a day or so) so I felt like I shouldn't post in here anymore. But now it's back, being sick at least twice a day. Urgh, my docs have at least been realistic and told me to accept I'll probably have it all the way through xx

 

[claire99991]

aw katy sorry your still being so sick hope your managing to keep sum food and fluids down xxx

 

[pregnantbride]

HER is nooo fun. I had it for 7 1/2 months while pregnant with Keagan...I am SO lucky to get out of it this pregnancy!

Along with Gestational Diabetes....it was miserable!!

 

[lola1985]

HER is why u know god is a man, coz if he was a woman there is no way it would exsist!! haha was hospitalised last week for 2 nights rehydration n dangerous ketone level in urine, come out on stematil but its stopped working as of friday n been even worse than before! having bad nosebleeds too. think im prob gonna be hospitalised again soon, finding it hard to pass any good amount of urine. this sucks big time, had it with all of my pregnancies, boo! x x x x

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[neverknew50]

hi all,
just out of hospital, following admission to have fluids. i probably should of gone to gp sooner, have lost 9 lb since getting pregnant not ate proper meal in 8 weeks, severe nausea coupled with vomiting if i eat more than a spoonful of anything. I finally went to gp crying, depressed, dizziness & headaches, lots of ketones. this has seriously ruled my life for 8 weeks, i have been so down, god knows how i dragged myself to work everyday. anyway now off for a week to get better, napping trying to build my self back up. i have been prescribed maxalon, doc said it as safe but lots of conflicting stuff on internet- advice please girls? im so glad to have found this group. never let it be said pregnancy is not an illness- because true hyperemisis sufferers know it can be........ am going to buy my first little baby something, to spur me on x

 

[teal]

I hope everyone is feeling as good as they can today

 

[NIfirsttimer]

well hello everyone!!!! it seems there are more of us that i thought... where were you all hiding!!!?? i see we have ANOTHER ni HG sufferer too! what is it about NI!!!!?? thats 4 of us here so far! whereabouts in NI are you hun?

neverknew.... i THINK maxalon is a brand name for metchlorpromide? i took it for a good part of my pregnancy, i know it helped sam, but it didnt do me much good... it works by emptying your tummy quickly, so yeah theres nothing to throw up, but i was always much worse on an empty tummy so they made me worse. stematil doped me up so much i hated that, cyclazine was the best for me, it did make me drowsy but the did keep the nausea at bay for an hour or so each time.. better than nothing! the only thing that really worked for me was zofran, but i only got that via IV when i was in hosp each time, so as soon as i was discharged, it was back to throwing up 50 times a day!

the good news is its true, it REALLY does go when baby is born, i was so sure mine wouldnt, that i had somehow trained my body to just vomit constantly, and i swore id never eat properly again, but i SO am!! even lou.. she was SO bad and shes enjoying all sorts of foods already, its amazing. the other good news is that it really rarely effects the baby.. i was sick the whole way thru, barely eating, lost 3st, and on aall sorts of meds, and i had a happy healthy baby girl who is thriving and on the 95th centile now! Lou had a happy healthy baby boy just last week, and he too is doing fab! i think there is also some truth in the 'horrible pregnancy = easy birth' thing, as lou & i both had great births in the midwife led unit locally, with only gas & air, so thats something to look forward to (well.. u know what i mean lol!)
stick around girls.. i know this board kept me going at times when i really felt so low, and if you can be bothered, there is also some really good advice spread over the 88 pages!!

seriously tho.. i feel for you all. its such a horrible condition, and it just totally ruins what should be such a lovely time in our lives.. it feels like you will never be a normal person again, and there are times when you just want to die / be not pregnant anymore. that might sound dramatic or insensitive to some, but i know you girlies will know what i mean!
big hugs.. hang in there,
k xxx

 

[teal]

NIfirsttimer - thank you for that it's really reassuring to know that it will go away eventually. Even if it's not until the baby is here it's good to know there is an end somewhere. Even though I've been told it won't affect the baby it's still something I worry about. I really do panic when I'm being sick that much that it hurts my stomach muscles to the point I can barely sit up straight

Sometimes I feel really guilty for feeling so awful
I just hear everyone around me saying the second trimester is the best one because you start feeling great and can enjoy it. Don't get me wrong I love feeling my baby kicking and I'm enjoying seeing the bump grow. It's just so hard to really enjoy it when I feel sick, weak, generally really horrible.

I'm glad I've found this thread. It's sad to see you girls going through the same thing but it's nice to feel less alone in it all xx

 

[NIfirsttimer]

honestly hun.. try not to worry (although i know i did plenty of it!) my stomach muscles used to be so sore.. along with every other muscle, but it really doesnt effect baby.. it just hurts us!
yeah.. its hard to see other people blooming and loving being pregnant when you are glowing green and feeling like you might die i dont say this lightly, and i really dont want any lurkers etc to take it the wrong way as i ADORE ruby with every ounce of my being, but there were times during my pregnancy where i really REALLY didnt want to be pregnant anymore. i would never have done anything about it obviously, but i thought about it lots. i was in hosp at around 14 weeks, that was my worst time, i was so dehydrated that i was hallucinating & totally incapable of stringing a coherent sentance together, and that night i remember lying in my hospital bed sobbing my heart out and wanting to die. i think if someone had come to me that night and offered to make me 'unpregnant' id have seriously considered it. people who havent been there dont understand how i could feel like that. but i did.
that said.. i spent 9 months saying NEVER AGAIN, and feeling like no matter how much i loved her, it would never be worth the suffering.. but you know what, she is SOOOO worth it, and i cant wait to do it again!

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

honestly hun.. try not to worry (although i know i did plenty of it!) my stomach muscles used to be so sore.. along with every other muscle, but it really doesnt effect baby.. it just hurts us!
yeah.. its hard to see other people blooming and loving being pregnant when you are glowing green and feeling like you might die i dont say this lightly, and i really dont want any lurkers etc to take it the wrong way as i ADORE ruby with every ounce of my being, but there were times during my pregnancy where i really REALLY didnt want to be pregnant anymore. i would never have done anything about it obviously, but i thought about it lots. i was in hosp at around 14 weeks, that was my worst time, i was so dehydrated that i was hallucinating & totally incapable of stringing a coherent sentance together, and that night i remember lying in my hospital bed sobbing my heart out and wanting to die. i think if someone had come to me that night and offered to make me 'unpregnant' id have seriously considered it. people who havent been there dont understand how i could feel like that. but i did.
that said.. i spent 9 months saying NEVER AGAIN, and feeling like no matter how much i loved her, it would never be worth the suffering.. but you know what, she is SOOOO worth it, and i cant wait to do it again!

That reassures me a lot, I'm definitely feeling at the minute that my little man will probably be an only child. Part of me is hopeful that if I were to have another there is a chance I could be lucky and not have this again. I'm really struggling at the minute, signed off work with it but not getting much family support. OH is great, but my mum just keeps nagging me about work which is stressing me out and really getting me down xx

 

[craftymum]

Wow I can't believe all the new girls on here now! I'm so sorry that you are all suffering too, it really is horrible but like Kat says it does pass as soon as baby is born - for me the sickness left me completely by the following day after having Jacob and I had been sick since I was 6 weeks pregnant. All I can really say is rest rest rest and try to eat and drink what you can when you can, even if you are sick your body will absorb some of it as I lost loads of weight was in and out of hospital on the drip and like Kat the only drug I felt worked was zofran which they wont prescribe here as it's saved for hospital situations only. There were so many days I just wished that my pregnancy would end and I feel so bad for thinking like that but HG does make you feel so desperate and isolated. My wee man is now 11 days old and is doing great he was born 12 days early weighing in at ahealthy 7pound 2.5 oz and he now weighs 7 pound 6oz and he is so worth every day I suffered I just can't stop looking at him and cuddling him though I def don't want to do it again but I had other problems in my pregnancy as well as HG and I also have a 16 year old daughter so I think that's enough for me lol!
My labour and birth was relatively quick (less than 12 hours) and free from complications even though I had a back to back labour and he didn't turn at last minute so he came out into the water looking up at me (very surreal) and usually when they come out that way there are usually complications but I guess someone up there along with my wee man were all looking out for me after everything I'd been through and I didn't even need as much as one stitch. Basically I think I'm just trying to say that although my pregnancy was so hard and felt so long the end was so worth it and I wouldn't change a thing now as I can't imagine being without him now, I was so worried I would resent him or feel depressed when he was born but I love him to bits and just can't put him down for a minute. Hang in there and just try to take each day as it comes and forget about housework etc just take things so easy and you will all get there in the end and try to remember that us HG girls seem to have really strong healthy babies too.
Big hugs to you all and if you have time def read through this thread from the start as it will help you to see that everyone here knows what you are feeling like now and there are some really good tips too which may help you cope with it all a bit better.
Hope everyone is having as good a day as possible today, thinking of you all xxx

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

Craftymum and NIfirsttimer I was hoping you might be able to give me some advice. My work called me today, and my boss has said that if I am still off sick they can forcibly start my maternity leave at 29 weeks. According to everything I've read they can only do this after 36 weeks. Do you have any advice for me? I just got a new sick note from the docs yesterday for another 3 weeks, taking me up to 25 weeks and so now I'm worried. OH is currently jobless and if they're gonna forcibly start my maternity at 29 weeks I'm screwed. I will probably be homeless by the time bubs arrives if they do this xx