hyperemesis sufferers unite!

[Kitty23]

thanks girls I'm on tablets and having counselling so I'm getting there slowly xxx

 

[teal]

kitty23 - sending you loads of hugs xx

 

[Empress25]

I was really hoping not to have this after reading this thread and seeing what a hideous time everyone has had.

Unfortunately I'm 16 weeks and sickness is going strong. The worst thing is that I had a great weekend without being sick once and I assumed that was the end of it. Today, after calling work to say that I'll be in once sick note expires, I've not been able to keep anything down. Typical! Still I'm hopeful this is the tail end of it.

I've just been sick all over myself in the car (thought it was over so said goodbye to my bucket) OH was driving and had to stop for ten mins as he was feeling sick. I'm so fed up. Anyone else suffering?

 

[NIfirsttimer]

awh hun...
My little 'sickness bug' is now 11 months old, so thankfully Im no longer still suffering....but i havent forgotten it, and you have my honest sympathies!
I was sick right up until the day i delivered her, so I totally feel your pain!
have you been in hosp yet? are you taking anything to try to control the sickness?
k xxxxxx

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

I was also like this until I gave birth so really can sympathise xx

 

[Empress25]

I'm lucky - I've not had to go to hospital. The doctors have ummed and ahhhed about it a bit as I've had ketones in my urine, but they've always been low enough to avoid hospital, thankfully.

I'm taking cyclizine, but it doesn't really help. In fact it makes me feel worse - really drowsy and like I have cotton wool in my head. The doc has said that it's the best thing for my age (25) and don't want to give anything else.

I really admire you ladies for putting up with it for so long. Like I said, I'm hoping it's a bad day and I am on the mend.

 

[NIfirsttimer]

i tried them all pretty much, but settled on cyclazine, it would usually give me an hr or so without throwing up, although it really does make you dopey!
you could try metchlorpromide if your dr would let you? it seems to work well for some of the other ladies...

 

[Kitty23]

aww poor you you have my sympathy. Like the other girls I was sick up until I had my c section. I settled on metroclopramide in the end and it helped me throw up less ( though the sickness never stopped). Ask your doctor to try some other tablets, there are quite a few out there. xxx

 

[Jenna3232]

is anyone out there still suffering with this? Currently 12 weeks, have PICC line, started prednisone today as zofran isn't working...

 

[NIfirsttimer]

hi Jenna.... so sorry to hear you are suffering, you guys in the US are so lucky that they offer your PICC lines, well... maybe lucky isnt the right word, but at least they are trying!
how long have you been sick for?
k x

 

[Jenna3232]

Hi K- they don't offer PICC lines in Ireland?? What are you able to do for your HG? Are you still sick. I've been sick since 6 weeks...I had HG with my son the entire 9 months, but the prednisone helped a little...Thanks for responding
Jenna

 

[NIfirsttimer]

nope no picc lines here for hyperemesis.. tbh they are so very over cautious that most women even have to fight to get cyclazine! My dr was good.. he was still cautious, but let me try a few different drugs.. nothing worked to be honest, but i settled on the cyclazine for the majority of my pregnancy, at best it gave me an hr or so of relief 3 times a day!

im not still sick.. but only because im not still pregnant! Ruby was born on 9th July 09, so shes almost a year old now! I still havent forgotten how utterly miserable it was tho!
I started being sick bad at around 5 weeks, and (apart from around 4 days) was sick EVERY day of my pregnancy, on a good day a few times, on a bad day more like 50 times lol.. it sucks.... majorly!
i really feel for you hun!

 

[babyray24]

hi my name is haley and i am 20 years old. i have been sick since my 5th week of pregnancy and i am now going on my 20th week. ive been in the hospital once so far around my 14th week, and it was only then that my doctor finally perscribed zofran and reglan but they have yet to do anything and not to mention zofran is very expensive! im constantly nauseous and im disgusted when just thinking of having to eat again, i feel like ill never want food again after this. anyway im starting to get a little of my energy back, i can now take showers standing up again ha. but i cant tell you how sick i am of people telling me that this is all in my head.. anywho its nice to know im not the only one out there thats gone through this.

 

[Sugarmuppet]

Brings back so many memories looking at these posts. Everyone said that I would forget the suffering I went through with the sickness, but as yet it is still clear in my mind!

One thing I would say to everyone who is suffering is to give acupuncture a go. I was skeptical but willing to try anything, although it did just about kill me getting there! But within 1 session I could have a sip of water without being sick, after 2 I moved onto soup and gradually built up from there. I was so weak from not eating for 22 weeks and my gullet was so very sore but within 6 weeks or so i was managing small meals and was back at my work, managed to continue working till the day I gave birth, having been signed of from week 5-28. Was by no means a total cure, the meals I had after giving birth were just the best ever! But for me it made life bearable and i can say that i did enjoy a little bit of my pregnancy!

Had 3 sessions in total at £30 each but it was the best £90 I ever spent. Would have happily given an arm or a leg for just a day of relief at some points! It has also given me the confidence to have more children some day, something i never would have considered if I had been sick all the way through.

Might not work for everyone, I don't know, but just wish someone had told me about it at 6 weeks not 22! So wanted to pass it on to you ladies in the hope it might give someone some relief!

xxxxx

p.s keep smiling, I know everyone tells you it will be worth it in the end, and you feel like punching them in the mouth, but believe me it is!

 

[Kitty23]

rahhh! I'm a bit pissed off there was a post in the first tri section about a woman who got rid of her baby while suffering from HG. Its on the daily mail website for anyone interested. And some people on the thread were saying its only for 9 months etc etc. Poeple have no bloody idea what having HG is all about do they? Its hell on bloody earth. Being sick up to 50 friggin times a day literally being so weak you cannot move, for 9 months! I wish people would keep their stupid opinions to themselves if they don't understand what its like to live through this horrid disorder! xxx

 

[Jenna3232]

I agree- it's so frustrating when people compare HG to "morning sickness". NO COMPARISON!!!

 

[shedevil]

i had hyperemesis from day 1 to the day they were born,with all 3 pregnancies..i feel for you.Just try to rest ,try ginger ale.i hope it doesn't last all of your pregnancy,because it really does leave you exhausted.all the best.

 

[shedevil]

This probably doesn't get said alot by mothers,but I found that maijuana helped overcome my nausea.I was sick from the time i got up to the time i would just fall exhausted into bed.every day.all day.I had not eaten i couldn't drink and was just angry.this was my third pregnancy and i had enough.Within a few minutes of having a smoke,my stomach would calm down,and i could relax.i could even eat a little.it was the only way of keeping out of hospital.i knew i was dehydrated and would drink during the night.but i knew when my body had enough and it was time to go into hospital.By the end it was so routine for me.Stick the iv in (if you can find a dehydrated vein) ,and boy was it fun when it was a new nurse looking for a vein.Stab in there..no sorry try over here..no still no go..sorry...ahhh here we g..no no sorry...Doctor?

 

[shedevil]

please dont think im some druggie because i'm not..i was just desperate..it felt like i was dying and with 2 kids a unhelpful partner and an elderly parent,i did not have time to go into hospital every month.I knew the baby was ok every time and made sure to go into hospital when i knew i needed to go.i went through this twice before with no medication or help.I found someting that worked,that gave me a bit of a break,so i did it.

 

[shedevil]

I would love to hear people's thoughts on this and hope that you remember how bad it can get before telling me how irresponsible i was..i know that..but i was desperate..nothing worked..maxalon didn't do anything..i had trouble swallowing the pill because everything i ate or drank came back up straight away.i lost weight instead of gaining it..and all the while,there is a life sucking me dry from inside because i couldn't eat.please sympathise