hyperemesis sufferers unite!

[Kitty23]

yes dragonfly I get the " your not sick your pregnant" all the time! Got it at work alot when I phoned in sick, which really helps!

I'm going in tomorrow for the first time in over a week to see how I go then probably have to get a sick note from the doctor. I've never had a sick note before do I just ask for one or? xxx

 

[teal]

Kitty when I went to the doctor I just explained that it's interfering with my job and they'll be needing a line from me. Doctor just wrote me one out

 

[NIfirsttimer]

mine lasted the full 9 months but did get a lot better in the last month, i was still sick at least once a day, but it WAS usually just the mornings, and there were several evenings where i was able to pretty much able to eat a 'normal' meal, it really is different for everyone so try not to loose hope!!!

 

[Kitty23]

Thanks teal and NIfirstimer

I'm trying to focus on our 12 week scan next week keeping me focused. And of course buying pressies for xmas!

I'll go on tues or wed to get the sick note not excited about asking for one even though my doctor is lovely xxx

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

My docs have always been really good for giving sick notes Kitty so try not to worry

I just go in and say i'm still being sick, is there nothing else they can give me to which they respond no and then they ask if I feel I could go back to work, I say no and then they write me a sick note xx

 

[NIfirsttimer]

i was off work for basically my whole pregnancy girls.. theres nothing work can do to you for being sick / pregnant... my work did request my medicl notes but once they got those they were fine about it.

 

[craftymum]

yep some people are lucky and do get a break from it, I was one of the unlucky ones, right up until a week before I gave birth I was throwing up every single day then as soon as I had Jacob I was feeling fine by the next day. t has taken me a while though to resume normal eating habits again but I finally had that pizza hut today that I'd been dreaming of since the start of my pregnancy and it was sooooo good!! How are you Rebecca, I can't believe you've only 25 days left it only feels like yesterday we were all on here comparing notes about how bad HG is but to all you new girls it really does disappear quickly afterwards, my pregnancy was the longest 8.5 months of my life (he arrived at 38 weeks thank God) but I wouldn't be without me wee man now, he was so worth every single day I suffered, I wouldn't do it again but I wouldn't change a thing now either my wee man is 3 weeks old now and it has flown in so so quickly. I know it's hard but hang in there and take each day as it comes as you may be lucky and get a break from it and you will also probably have some good days too and when you do don't try to run around doing everything just take it easy and rest and enjoy it as you will only suffer worse the next day if you do too much. Big hugs to everyone who is going through this and lets hope someday they find a cure for it as it really is a hateful, lonely debilitating illness and much more than just morning sickness xxx

 

[claire99991]

hey lou glad to here that you managed that well deserved pizza hut and enjoyed it! thats fab, hope you and jacob are doing well,

im just lieing on the couch after another day throwing up xx

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

Mmm....Pizza Hut...I wouldn't even attempt to eat it though. I found out the hard way pizza makes bad vomit xx

 

[craftymum]

hi claire, aw I'm sorry you're still suffering really hope you get a break in the final run. Keep hanging in there hun big hugs xx
Katy do not attempt to eat pizza with HG I decided early on that it was gonna be my treat when it was all over and somedays (well most days really) it felt like I'd never get there, I felt so low and really depressed and had some terrible thoughts sometimes too, there wasn't a day where I didn't sit and cry my eyes out for hours especially when other people just kept saying it was just morning sickness and to get on with it, it was coming on here where I could vent how I really felt and everyone understood and offered support, that really helped me through my darkest days. All we can do is take one day at a time and each day that ends is one step closer to the end of HG, I know it sounds naff but it's true, I focused too much on how long I had left and it made me feel worse but even though it doesn't feel like it now, there is an end to it all, it's just a hard journey to get there and when you hold your baby in your arms you will soon forget the suffering you went through xxx

 

[teal]

Thanks for that crafty. The positive stories do make it easier to think about the end of it although I still do feel really guilty for feeling so awful all the time Initially when people kept telling me it was just morning sickness I always felt like I was making it worse than it really was. It's more lately that I just find it annoying when people make comments about it who have never been through it.

 

[Dragonfly]

I think I just got used to it in the end thats why it was easier to handy not that it got easier. I even didnt care if I threw up anywhere as i was well used to that to, vomit bag with me in the car at all times! I remember having to leave my booking app as I was sick in the middle of it and when i came in the midwife barked at me and said i had to get a hang of it or at the end they would be peeling me off a ceiling? what an odd thing to bloody well say! thank god I never delt with her after.

I got some woman after that who was adament i was to get pnd and wanted me on drugs from when baby was born! she even barked at me to when I asked her did she think i was crazy, sat me down like a scolded child. I didnt take meds as i dont need them and glad i didnt. Never felt happier!

I hated the advice people where sure that worked, my doc was telling me to take sugar in the morning and that would stop it, i threw that up. Ginger biscuits in the morning, which do not taste nice on the way up at all! even the renies would come up. Foamy puke, yeah thats why you want lol special teas, on the way up not down! eat this, eat that! nothing worked, if your going to be sick you will be, end of!

 

[Kitty23]

eugh I hate when people give you advice on stopping it. I know they usually mean well but its bloody annoying.

Yes I've tried it all, no I don't want more ginger nuts. Lol some people even get a bit huffy when you say there suggestions don't work.

I feel like handing out leaflets to everyone who suggests its just bad morning sickness. I'm getting tired of trying to educate people lol.

Thank god my mums a nurse and understands exactly what hyperemesis is, the in laws have no clue and just think its a bit of morning sickness and it will stop in a few weeks.

Rahhh if I hear one more person tell me it will stop in a few weeks I will be sick... oh wait I'm already being sick lol
xxx

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

Lol. I know exactly what you mean though. If one more doctor mentions the words ginger nut, or ginger ale to me I will likely scream at them! xx

 

[Rebaby]

Aww thanks kat i feel HUGE now! I don't know how i can possibly get any bigger?! Lol. I am feeling pretty good, not quite at that stage of "get this baby out of me!" so just enjoying the last few weeks really as best as i can.

I know what you mean lou- i keep looking at my ticker and thinking "that can't be right can it?!"

Yes my sickness was only 10 weeks kitty, i started throwing up constantly at 12 weeks pregnant and i was just about well enough to go back to work when i was about 21/22 weeks along. It was the longest 10 weeks of my life, but i do feel fortunate it stopped when it did. I will have my fingers crossed that those of you still suffering will get some respite at some stage. Sending lots of hugs

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

Your bump is fab Rebaby xx

 

[teal]

Lol. I know exactly what you mean though. If one more doctor mentions the words ginger nut, or ginger ale to me I will likely scream at them! xx

I'm also fed up hearing about ginger. It's always the first thing people mention!

 

[Dragonfly]

and they assume you have not tried anything for it and cant understand why it hasnt worked. I heard it all when I was pregnant . I near cracked up at people, i know they meant well but when your pregnant everyone thinks your stupid and they start treating you like some senceless halfwit with telling you what to do. Then when yuo say it dosnt work they say get to the hospital and call doc. I wish to people where more educated or at least listened to me explain it when I was pregnant without dismissing what I was saying because i was just pregnant and not a doctor!

If I have a daugter and she is ever pregnant I swear I will always remember what I went through and be supportive of her.

 

[NIfirsttimer]

& ginger has gotta be one of THE WORST things to throw back up... its like battery acid!

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

Yeah. I'm debating trying to pull some humour out of the situation and writing my own mini guides on the best and worst foods to vomit xx