hyperemesis sufferers unite!

[Stilletto_Sam]

i kept thinking "if you don't hurry i am going to vomit all over your shiny office!" Luckily i didn't and i'm now safely back at home!

And well done on keeping the fajitas down. Funny, I had a v bad experience with fajitas a couple of weeks ago. I can't look one in the eye now, let alone type the name. *shudder*


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[craftymum]

I'm having another crappy day, I was sick yesterday morning, then I had some toast about 1ish and slept for a couple of hours. I woke up around 4 feeling like I had the worst hangover ever. I then had a cheese sandwich about 6ish and by 7 was throwing it all back up again, I waited and had a slice of toast at 9ish and threw it straight back up again. I had toast and an apple this morning and thought I was okay but then about 11 I started throwing up again. My Mum left me a sandwich today as she wouldn't be here at lunch (I still can't stand the smell of my kitchen), but when I opened it she'd made it on brown bread (which she knows I can't eat at the minute) which I normally love but since becoming pregnant even the sight of it nearly made me hurl, so I've had nothing as I feel too crap to go downstairs and attempt to make some toast and the very smell of it toasting will have me throwing up before I start. I just feel really peed off today, I tried to cheer myself up by buying a little baby blanket from ebay, but it hasn't worked. I'm just fed up of only eating toast and bread as I miss proper food but I just cant stand the smell of it anywhere near me, I haven't had a hot meal since Feb!! I can only eat white bread, cheese, bananas, apples and melon. When will this all end.

Well done on keeping the fajitas down rebaby, that was a very brave thing to attempt to eat.
Good luck with the accupuncture Sam, let us know how it goes, I thought about this but I can't even drag myself up to have a wash most days never mind to go out. I keep telling myself I'm halfway there but that just makes me panic and stress about all the stuff I need to do/get.

 

[NIfirsttimer]

afternoon all.
well... i had my antenatal.. all seems fine, but ive been told to expect a 9lb+ baby! HELP! they are guessing shes over 6lb now, so thats an est birthweight of 9.5 - 10lb! shes obviously inherited her daddys genes as he was 11lb7oz! im seriously scared now but reassured that my starvation hasnt affected her at all!

 

[Stilletto_Sam]

afternoon all.
well... i had my antenatal.. all seems fine, but ive been told to expect a 9lb+ baby! HELP! they are guessing shes over 6lb now, so thats an est birthweight of 9.5 - 10lb! shes obviously inherited her daddys genes as he was 11lb7oz! im seriously scared now but reassured that my starvation hasnt affected her at all!

LOL! A positive case for Hyperemesis not affecting the baby's growth if ever there was one!

Ouchy!!!!


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[NIfirsttimer]

yep! my dr actually said that big babies are quite common in ladies who are sick right thru the pregnancy, as our bodies recognise that we are 'starving' so send everything to the baby!
think they are sending me for a scan at 37 weeks to make sure shes not too big to deliver!
OH was the biggest baby born at the ulster for like 2 years or something! PLEASE dont let ruby follow in his giant footsteps!
all my cutsie little ickle newborn things are going to be wasted!!

 

[Stilletto_Sam]

So we're going to see Ruby on the front page of the "Tele" then as the biggest baby born in NI for several years??


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[NIfirsttimer]

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! now im really hoping she is a little bit early!

you guys can laugh now...but wait till its your turn to hear that lol! (and ill be all done & laughing by then lol)

 

[NIfirsttimer]

just threw up my dinner. thought today was going to be a good day when i wasnt sick this morning.. but since then everything ive eaten has come back with a vengence. IVE HAD ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
was trying to work out how many times ive thrown up since being preg! i started in first week in november and basically havent stopped since..
its going to be so weird when she comes, and im not being sick anymore!
hope u girls are having a better day than me xxx

 

[craftymum]

I'm really scared now in case we're all gonna find out we're having giants!!! They don't always get it right though as they can only estimate roughly how much a baby normally grows each week etc so maybe Ruby has done all her growing quickly if you know what I mean.

I'd a crap day yesterday, threw up everything all day and ended up not eating anything all afternoon, had my usual sandwich at tea time and threw up again, had a couple of bits of toast before bed and managed to keep it down but today I've started all over again! So fed up!!!

 

[Stilletto_Sam]

I'm really scared now in case we're all gonna find out we're having giants!!! They don't always get it right though as they can only estimate roughly how much a baby normally grows each week etc so maybe Ruby has done all her growing quickly if you know what I mean.

I'd a crap day yesterday, threw up everything all day and ended up not eating anything all afternoon, had my usual sandwich at tea time and threw up again, had a couple of bits of toast before bed and managed to keep it down but today I've started all over again! So fed up!!!

I know you may not feel much like celebrating, but you're 20 weeks tomorrow! Congratulations, Hen. You're halfway there. Fingers crossed the doc was right and the MS eases really soon.



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[craftymum]

Thanks Sam I don't hold out much hope though, fed up not being able to sleep at night as my tummy muscles are so sore from all the puking, everytime I turn over it's agony, I keep Stephen awake most of the night too. Sleepless nights with a baby will be a doddle compared to this!

Just lost my toast and banana I had at lunch - my throat hurts and my nose bled!

 

[Rebaby]

my throat hurts and my nose bled!

Sorry you're having a bad day.

I was sick yesterday morning and afternoon but had a relatively okay evening really, which made a nice change. Didn't sleep well last night though and woke up early and STARVING. Tried some weetabix and a cup of tea, i haven't touched any hot drinks in almost 3 weeks now, so i was being daring. I had half a small cup and thought "no thanks", about 20 minutes later i had to rush to the loo and was really violently sick, my tummy was so sore afterwards, i just sat in bed feeling a bit sorry for myself then had to get up as i'd promised OH a lift to work and not knowing i was going to be so ill he hadn't left enough time to make his own way there on public transport.

I called in at our new house afterwards to take some measurements and have now come home and been sitting around not doing much. I am hungry again but wary as we haven't really got much in ( we need to go to the supermarket) so it's a bit hit and miss if i will find something i can keep down!

 

[Stilletto_Sam]

Tea? Bleaurggghhh. Bananas? Double bleaurggghhh. At least they slip up easy enough I suppose.

Well, I went for my first acupuncture session today. I don't want to jinx things but I think I am feeling slightly better. Doc worked on my energy levels as well as the nausea. She analysed my tongue and asked if I was "tasting sour" Like yeah! All day! Got a lovely head massage but looked like a train wreck by the time I came out. My hair was all over the place. fingers crossed and watch this space!

It was good to get out into the sunshine this afternoon too. Bumped into my brother and sister in law and they treated me to a sarnie in Streat. Have kept it down so far. Wahoooooooooooooooo!!!

Morale is good today.


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[NIfirsttimer]

woah thats great.. hope it continues to work!
im feeling very rough again. i feel like every day im getting worse and worse again. have zero energy, and zero apatite, and am finding it hard to keep anything down. im back to 3 cyclizine a day again, and i just want it to be OVER already! i know im almost there, but its seriously dragging in now. im so fed up & grumpy all the time!

 

[craftymum]

wow that's great Sam are you having any more sessions? Fingers crossed for you. Don't even think I could walk past the streat or anywhere that sells food at the minute, the smell alone would make me barf. I haven't had a cup of tea since I was 6 weeks, think I'll be drinking all the tea in Ulster when this is all over.
Hope you found something that stayed down rebaby, I'll be just having my usual cheese sandwich and it's doubtful that'll stay down but we have to keep trying, it's crap I just feel like a pig, I eat/drink I throw up so then I have to eat/drink some more just to make sure baby's ok and to keep me from returning to neely ward.
I'm sure you are fed up Kat, it's so unfair that there are all these women who don't have one days sickness when preg, and others who maybe only get a couple of weeks. It's so hard to try to stay upbeat about it all when you're throwing up so much, I never thought I'd still be being sick at this stage and now I just assume I will be sick for the entirety.
So fed up feeling like I have a constant hangover, and nothing at all seems to stay down unless I go to sleep straight after eating which isn't always possible.
I know I'm halfway there but the thought of another 20 weeks like this just makes me wanna jump off a cliff or something!
I've only been in our new car twice since we got it as travelling makes me 10 times worse after and I can't remember last time I drove, too scared to as I get really dizzy and funny vision at times, I must be low in iron or something.
At least I've got my scan next week so hopefully that'll cheer me up.

 

[NIfirsttimer]

i was the same hun.. i forgot what it was like to drive.. and it felt SO weird when i finally did again! i drive a landrover, and it felt HUGE & new all over again!!!!
i feel bad complaining when im this close to the end, and i know that you girlies are still suffering with a long stretch ahead.. i think i just got used to feeling a bit better again, so now that im back to dog rough, its like starting all over again. i just had to go throw up everything ive eaten today, i think maybe half the problem now is that theres just no room in there anymore. im thinking about switching back to the metclorpromide for good. at least that way i dont have so much to throw up! plus, the cyclizine only fends it off for an hr or 2, then when i do eventually throw up it tastes so bad! for an antisickness drug it sure tastes foul!

louise.. have yo tried eating any totally random and not necessarily tummy friendly foods? like rebaby and her fajitas, i found that sometimes the things that stayed down were the things i expected to come up most! i had no appatite at all, so dave just presented me with food and i tried to force myself to try a bit of whatever he gave me.. totally random things like curry chips sometimes stayed down where toast and water wouldnt. its hard to stomach eating things like that when you dont feel like it at all, but for me it seemed to work sometimes!

ooh and a really freaky thing happened earlier... this big foot was sticking out my side as it has been for the last few days.. its like a big egg appears under my skin, but today, it had TOES!!!!!!! like actual real toes i could almost grab hold of lol! i screamed so loud the foot vanished and the dog lept off the sofa and across the room!!!!!!!! maybe there really is a baby in there!!!

 

[NIfirsttimer]

sam.. meant to ask.. how long was th accupuncture session, and was there a funny smell in the place... im tempted to try it but worried i wouldnt make it thru the session without being ill on them.. especially if there is a smell with all the herbs etc.. and how much was it if u dont mind me asking?

 

[NIfirsttimer]

https://www.childbirth.org/articles/massage.html

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Rebaby]

ooh and a really freaky thing happened earlier... this big foot was sticking out my side as it has been for the last few days.. its like a big egg appears under my skin, but today, it had TOES!!!!!!! like actual real toes i could almost grab hold of lol! i screamed so loud the foot vanished and the dog lept off the sofa and across the room!!!!!!!! maybe there really is a baby in there!!!

That made me laugh so much now MY dog is wondering what is going on!

I agree re: the weirdest things staying down. Weetabix and weak tea? Baby says NO! Ham salad sandwich? You must be kidding! Fajitas...sure pass me the salsa I don't think it will work every day but it makes such a nice change to eat something tasty!

 

[craftymum]

LOL that must have been so freaky seeing her little toes, just think soon enough you'll be able to grab them for real! You're entitled to moan as much as anyone as although we may have a long way in front of us you've still been going through this the longest and it is so depressing!
Curry chips and salsa fajitas weird but maybe worth a try - if the smell doesn't make me hurl! I'm so scared to try anything remotely flavoured as it will hurt like hell coming up again, inside my mouth feels raw and so sore and I'm sure my breath must smell disgusting too.