hyperemesis sufferers unite!

[Aaisrie]

Welcome Creep, I really hope your plan works for you or better still I hope you don't get HG!!! :]

 

[nikkip]

hey creep really hope you dont get HG!! Im so sorry for all the grief its caused you. xxx

 

[NIfirsttimer]

Hello ladies

I've just found out I'm pregnant following 2 ectopic pregnancies and a tube removal, so I'm ecstatic to be pregnant again. However I did also have a miscarriage at 10 weeks following 4 weeks of hell from HG. I'm a midwife but I was completely unprepared for it, it hit me like a sledgehammer. I literally went from being fine at 5+5 weeks to being a complete mess the next day. If I'd been a dog they would have shot me and put me out my misery!

I'm still waiting for my scan to confirm it's not ectopic but once that stress is over I've then got the stress of waiting for the HG to return which I'm convinced it will. Last time I had 3 admissions ranging from a few days to a week and a half, was vomiting every half hour, lost well over a stone and pretty much wanted to die! I do have a great plan from my wonderful consultant to proceed straight to ondansetron if the vomiting becomes uncontrollable, no messing about trying cyclizine or anything else first, and steroids earlier than later if needed.

I'm taking B6 and trying to rest as much as I can in preparation but would be grateful for any other tips as to things I can do to help myself?

Gentle hugs to you all. You can't truly understand the hell of HG unless you've experienced it yourself!

congrats!!!!

my biggest regret is that i didnt try accupuncture... it seems to be a miracle cure, anyone ive found with HG wh tried it has had pretty amazing results! I just couldnt bare the thought at the time of going there, lying still etc, bleughhhhhhh... next time ill defo be trying it the fist time i throw up!

 

[Creep]

Thank you, yes I'm going for acupuncture next Monday, so long as i get the all clear its a viable pregnancy. She seems to think she can 'significantly reduce' any sickness. I'm not convinced but will try anything! Only thing is she wants me to go every week but no way can I afford that!

I'll let you know how it goes!!!

 

[Lea8198]

Hi Creep. I really hope this works for you I really do. Loads of luck. I have heard so many good things about acupuncture. Be sure to let us know how it goes

nikkip, how are you feeling now. Are things letting up or still going downhill? I hope you are going uphill!

 

[Lea8198]

I'm so happy to have found something that works. I felt sick this morning and was heaving but quickly got my tablet down me so it's kicking in now. I can't believe people complain about "normal" MS because that's what I'm having now and it's easy peasy!! LOL

Are we still in normal MS land? I hope so xxx

 

[Aaisrie]

YES! I've been a bit more "off" today but am picking up a bit this evening. Managed to go and visit my FIL with Saraya so that was a great thing as he hadn't seen her since Christmas. Really glad to only have to deal with feeling shitty rather than feeling dead!!! :] How're you feeling??

 

[lilgemsy]

Hey
Im Gem and I suffer from hyperemesis.
I had a tonsilectomy on Aug 4th without knowing I was pregnant and after that the sickness started and hasnt ever stopped! Thats how I found out I was pregnant haha
Up to 20 weeks pregnant I was in hospital for a few days every 2 weeks to be rehydrated. However from 20 weeks + the sickness has died down a little. Its still there just not as much (thank god!)
Ive been able to return back to work and actually work a whole shift without having to run to the loos to be sick!
Ive even started to gain the weight now rather than lose it, too, which makes me alot happier as the weight loss really made me worry!
However the past few days, its returned quite badly again.
Midwife has said to expect it to get a bit worse again though in the final trimester as the level of hormones increases again

Anyone who says pregnancy is a beautiful thing has clearly never suffered from this! Haha!

 

[Creep]

I went to the GP this morning to get a prescription for my ondansetron as per my consultant's plan and the GP bristled and then made a point of telling me exactly how expensive it is! No need really, love!

 

[Lea8198]

Creep they did that to me and even made a prescription out for phenegan and told me to try that before getting the ondanestron. Yeah right. The phenegan prescription went in the bin and i got the ondanestron straight away. £66 per box apparently!

Hi gem, sorry to hear you have had it so bad This makes me feel bad for moaning!

I am on ondanestron and metochlopromide 3 times a day but i still feel nauseas all the time. Right now I just want to throw up. The tablets are stopping me from being sick luckily but this constant nausea is driving me insane. How do these tablets work for everyone else? Are you still being sick? I just want to feel normal again. I have not eaten a meal in 7 weeks I hate this......

 

[Creep]

Creep they did that to me and even made a prescription out for phenegan and told me to try that before getting the ondanestron. Yeah right. The phenegan prescription went in the bin and i got the ondanestron straight away. £66 per box apparently!

Hi gem, sorry to hear you have had it so bad This makes me feel bad for moaning!

I am on ondanestron and metochlopromide 3 times a day but i still feel nauseas all the time. Right now I just want to throw up. The tablets are stopping me from being sick luckily but this constant nausea is driving me insane. How do these tablets work for everyone else? Are you still being sick? I just want to feel normal again. I have not eaten a meal in 7 weeks I hate this......

Yeah after moaning about the cost of ondansetron the GP also wrote out a prescription for oral cyclizine! Talk about the sublime to the ridiculous!

I'm sorry you're feeling so bad still, the constant nausea can be just as crippling as the vomiting. I was bed bound with it, couldn't watch tv as the colours and shapes would make me vomit. I couldn't read or have someone read to me as i could smell the ink on the paper and that made me sick! It's not much of a life is it? Are you taking B6 or anything like that? Reeeeeeally hope you start to improve soon hun.

 

[Aaisrie]

I agree girls, my nausea was full force yesterday and I could barely stand. The smell of myself was making me heave! Changing my DD nappy... well eugh!

 

[sugarcube84]

Hi i havent posted before and im not pg or even planning on TTC just yet so i feel like a bit of a fraud coming in here but i had HG in my first Pg it started at exactly 6 weeks and continued untill about 22 weeks, i was off work for 12 weeks, lost 1 1/2 stone and generally felt poo if i could start eating a packet of plain crisps by the time desperate houswives was on e4 (about 3pm) i knew i was having a good day.

I managed to avoid going to hospital but only because they didnt test my urine as im sure that having lost that much weight in such a short period of time i would have been burning off my fat (ketones etc) after 22 weeks i stopped being so sick but still felt nauseaus and had to snack constantly to keep it at bay but at least i could eat!!

The thing is that i noticed that a lot of you are/were medicated i went to the doctors every 2 weeks from being 6 weeks to get sick notes and i was given a condesending nod and told it was a good sign!! another doctor gave me a perscription for a travel sickness tab which didnt make any difference and refused to try anything else and didnt give me a repeat. If i decide to do it again how do you think i could convince them to try something else or should i try to change doctors, that arent the best as my husband (astmatic) still hasnt had a flu jab and lo was given a bottle of full antibiotics when he was 8 days old with no instructions as to how long the course should be i could have been giving them to him for 30+ days if i waited for the bottle to run out!!!

Thanks i hope everyone feels better soon! x

 

[Creep]

Hi sugarcube! You're not a fraud at all, you're actually very sensible thinking ahead with your history. If I were you I'd change your GP, a supportive GP is absolutely essential in dealing with HG. You need to get a written plan in place before you TTC if you have a history of such bad sickness. You can also ask to see an obstetric consultant for a preonception appointment. I've got a full A4 plan in my notes which states is not to be deferred from by anyone without consulting me or my consultant first. When faced with those condasending GPs I just whip my plan out from my bag and they have to comply, albeit reluctantly! It does give you the courage to face HG again knowing that it's there.

Wishing you all the very best for the future!

 

[sugarcube84]

Thanks for the advice and a (quiet) congratulations! I must admit not being totally happy with my gp when i saw him at 8 weeks he gave me a perscription and said if that didnt work there were others he could try so i went back at 10 weeks, even though they hadnt worked, feeling optimistic when he said he wouldnt try anything else i almost cried (but probably wouldnt have had enough fluid to!!!) I would love another baby lo is 9 1/2 months and i have almost got my head around being that ill again but i dont think enough was done to help me. I know work would let me work from home so if it could just be kept under control enough for me to be able to read on a laptop i will be ok.

 

[Kitty23]

Hello ladies

I've just found out I'm pregnant following 2 ectopic pregnancies and a tube removal, so I'm ecstatic to be pregnant again. However I did also have a miscarriage at 10 weeks following 4 weeks of hell from HG. I'm a midwife but I was completely unprepared for it, it hit me like a sledgehammer. I literally went from being fine at 5+5 weeks to being a complete mess the next day. If I'd been a dog they would have shot me and put me out my misery!

I'm still waiting for my scan to confirm it's not ectopic but once that stress is over I've then got the stress of waiting for the HG to return which I'm convinced it will. Last time I had 3 admissions ranging from a few days to a week and a half, was vomiting every half hour, lost well over a stone and pretty much wanted to die! I do have a great plan from my wonderful consultant to proceed straight to ondansetron if the vomiting becomes uncontrollable, no messing about trying cyclizine or anything else first, and steroids earlier than later if needed.

I'm taking B6 and trying to rest as much as I can in preparation but would be grateful for any other tips as to things I can do to help myself?

Gentle hugs to you all. You can't truly understand the hell of HG unless you've experienced it yourself!

aww big congrats Well done for having a consultant you gives you zofran! I was admitted numerous times ( had HG for the whole 34 weeks) and only once given 7 tablets of zofran after begging for it. It was the best 7 days ever!

I really have no advice but I hope that the zofran sorts you out xxx

 

[Creep]

Thank you Kitty!

I've just picked up my prescription and got read the riot act by the pharmacist for ages in front of everyone about the risks of taking medication in pregnancy. Feel really guilty, like a terrible mother already and the baby isn't even born yet! This was after being made to feel guilty by the GP about the cost of ondansetron to the NHS! No one should be made to feel guilty for having hyperemesis, they should be supported and helped!

I'm not going to take anything unless I really really have to, of course I'm not. But if I get to the stage I when before then I won't hesitate and I'm not going to be made to feel worse than I already do! I know they have to do their job, I really do. I understand the potential risks but also the BENEFITS to the mother of taking antiemetics in pregnancy!

Ooh sorry for the rant but I feel rotten now and the sickness hasn't even kicked in yet!

 

[Lea8198]

That sucks! I am fed up of hearing the same thing...it's so expensive. You know what? It's the only thing that makes me feel slightly human and if i don't take it I am a wreck! It annoys me that they try to put a price on our health! I wish they could feel what hyperemesis felt like just for 24 hours (that would be enough) so they could understand what it's like to need medication as much as we do. I have not eaten a meal in 7 weeks. I have lost 14lbs in weight in 6 weeks. How dare they try to make us feel guilty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry for the rant but that angered me. I am so sorry you had to experience that. I am however, really happy you have the ondansetron. Let us know how it helps. It helps me until around 4pm but from 4pm the nausea is severe. It has stopped the vomitting but the nausea has not let up. 12.5 weeks....I wish i could fast forward a couple of months. I have everything tightly crossed for you x

How is everyone else?

 

[Aaisrie]

I threw him out, totally sick of his attitude telling me to stop moaning, you wanted to be pregnant so just get on with it... I threw him out. I'm feeling SO SICK, threw up already. He pushed past me throwing his elbow into my back which pushed me into the rocking chair which unfortunately sits at womb height. Really crampy now, dont know if its the stress or the chair... Time to be a single mum again... it's just really scary thinking about trying to do this alone with the HG... I'm so exhausted and I'm trying to make dinner for Saraya... eugh He's always had an agressive attitude but never been physical until a few months ago he grabbed my arms and tried to restrain me [for no reason other than we were arguing, I wasn't doing anything to make him do that] I think the scary thing is as well I left my abusive exhusband and I'm like WTF? He stood there and told me he didn't put his elbow out?? Emmm yes I elbowed myself into the chair right? I'm just upset, angry... angry he didn't TRY and stay, that he didn't fight for me, for us. The whole fucking lot.

 

[Lea8198]

I threw him out, totally sick of his attitude telling me to stop moaning, you wanted to be pregnant so just get on with it... I threw him out. I'm feeling SO SICK, threw up already. He pushed past me throwing his elbow into my back which pushed me into the rocking chair which unfortunately sits at womb height. Really crampy now, dont know if its the stress or the chair... Time to be a single mum again... it's just really scary thinking about trying to do this alone with the HG... I'm so exhausted and I'm trying to make dinner for Saraya... eugh He's always had an agressive attitude but never been physical until a few months ago he grabbed my arms and tried to restrain me [for no reason other than we were arguing, I wasn't doing anything to make him do that] I think the scary thing is as well I left my abusive exhusband and I'm like WTF? He stood there and told me he didn't put his elbow out?? Emmm yes I elbowed myself into the chair right? I'm just upset, angry... angry he didn't TRY and stay, that he didn't fight for me, for us. The whole fucking lot.

Oh Aaisrie I am close to tears here for you. HG is hard enough to cope with as it is let alone having to deal with this. You poor thing. You DO NOT need this pregnant or not. He needs to be there for you right now. This is just not fair. I am so sorry ((((((((((hugs))))))))))). Can you call your midwife just so you and bubs can be checked over? It might help to talk to someone too.

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