hyperemesis sufferers unite!

[coxy1978]

Kirst, how are you feeling these days? hs your sickness passed completely yet?

With my past pregnancies, mine passed at 26 weeks approx....im only 18 and only feeling odd nausea here and there but no bad sickness! And been off my meds since 15 wks now... such an improvement this time round.

Dont want to sound like im gloating, for those of you who are still suffering badly!! I do understand, but thought id mention it as I know how HG can put you off trying again, but hopefully for others, there is a good chance you can have a future pregnancy with a better experience x

 

[Kizzy454]

Hi not sure I this is what I have? Im 8+4 by my scan and I can't keep anything down only small bits of fluid with my 1st I had this but not till later on. Any tips ? I really font fancy being on that ward for rehydration like with my 1st xxx

 

[mom2beagain]

Ugh. That was SHORT lived. Gained 2... lost 8. Down 31 pounds now. Luckily LO is growing wonderfully... how this is possible... I have NOOOO IDEA!

 

[kirst76]

Kirst, how are you feeling these days? hs your sickness passed completely yet?

With my past pregnancies, mine passed at 26 weeks approx....im only 18 and only feeling odd nausea here and there but no bad sickness! And been off my meds since 15 wks now... such an improvement this time round.

Dont want to sound like im gloating, for those of you who are still suffering badly!! I do understand, but thought id mention it as I know how HG can put you off trying again, but hopefully for others, there is a good chance you can have a future pregnancy with a better experience x

Coxy, I'm not feeling so bad. Still on ondansetron, usually just once a day. Still feel nauseated but haven''t actually been sick in a few months.
HG has never put me off having babies at all although I dont like feeling and being sick all the time, I love babies and the desire to have more is overwhelmingly stronger than the thought of having HG again.
In saying that though....this is definitely my last. I think 4 is enough and I'm not getting any younger (35)

 

[kirst76]

kizzy, welcome! I hope your sickness ends soon.

mom2beagain, i hope your weight evens itself out soon.
Last time I saw my midwife I'd lost weight again and she said that if it weren't for me needing another scan she would be sending me for a growth scan just to make sure that baby was still growing nicely.....I'm not worried at all however as I'm eating and not throwing up and was told by my ob when I was pregnant with #2 that I'd probably just always have little babies.....however #3 was perfectly sized at 7lb2oz.

 

[Gitlost80]

Hello Ladies.I havent been on in a while,of course because of the HG,but the last couple days Ive felt somewhat better. I learned to dissolve my 8mg Ondansetron Pills in juice before taking it and it works almost immediately instead of 2 hours later.I have been able to eat a few other new things too.I still cant even be in the same room with someone eating onions tho. As a treat for feeling better,Ive booked a Gender Scan next week. WooHoo

 

[mom2beagain]

Hello Ladies.I havent been on in a while,of course because of the HG,but the last couple days Ive felt somewhat better. I learned to dissolve my 8mg Ondansetron Pills in juice before taking it and it works almost immediately instead of 2 hours later.I have been able to eat a few other new things too.I still cant even be in the same room with someone eating onions tho. As a treat for feeling better,Ive booked a Gender Scan next week. WooHoo

That is wonderful to hear. I am stealing your idea and trying the Ondansetron in juice. Hope you continue to feel better.

 

[holden_babez]

omg cannot believe i have been a fan of B&B for yrs and only just found this page..

My name is Skye, I am 30yrs old and pregnant with baby #4.
I have only ever had HG with my first child back in 1999 when i was 17 and the other two babies i only had slight nausea.. This time it has come back with a vengence...

I am only 8w tomorrow and have been hospitalised 3 times already...
once for re-hydration and twice for injections as the medicine i was prescribed was not working..

so over feeling sick and I hope this is like my first child all the way back when and only lasted till about 12-14 weeks... I dont know how ANYONE goes through this for the WHOLE 9 months..

Does not help thou when in Australia (QLD) it is over 38 degrees every day atm and i am stuck inside as its too hot to even take my poor kids out the back yard... ahhhhh

How is everyone else doing?

 

[CarliCareBear]

hey ladies. glad i've found you! good god, i feel so awful that all of you are also dealing with this. it's so difficult and i've only just begun.
was put as a high risk case with severe hyperemesis and am beginning the process of being put into pre natal home care. i'm guessing i'll get set up on some kind of pump or iv? are any of you also in home care or been put on iv? how was your experience?

hope you're all hanging in there and thanks for any insight you can give.

 

[hg_three]

Hello all, I'm currently 11 weeks with my 3rd hg pregnancy. This was unplanned & on top of being so sick I have a bad attitude i apologize if I offend anyone but I don't think I can do this. Zofran isn't helping & I've been out of the house 3 times since thanksgiving. My world feels like it has crumbled & I am desperate to feel alive again! Anyone else feeling this uncertain?

 

[CarliCareBear]

Hello all, I'm currently 11 weeks with my 3rd hg pregnancy. This was unplanned & on top of being so sick I have a bad attitude i apologize if I offend anyone but I don't think I can do this. Zofran isn't helping & I've been out of the house 3 times since thanksgiving. My world feels like it has crumbled & I am desperate to feel alive again! Anyone else feeling this uncertain?

i actually know exactly how you feel. i break down to poor OH every few days about how i can't do this any longer. i've noticed on top of my circumstances becoming far more difficult i am much more fatalistic and easily overwhelmed since becoming pregnant.
i also have hardly left the house and feel like i'm slowly dying on a day to day basis (as in literally).
i can't even read the threads in first tri that talk about having no symptoms. the thought makes me crazy!

i think it's pretty common to feel uncertain when you are this sick. it's nerve wracking enough to be pregnant let alone severely ill on top of it.
don't forget no matter how bad it is it will end... no one would ever do this if it didn't have a time limit! as hard and overwhelming as it is once you have your baby in your arms you will know it was all worth it.

but don't get me wrong, i question if i can do this from time to time as well.

 

[hg_three]

i actually know exactly how you feel. i break down to poor OH every few days about how i can't do this any longer. i've noticed on top of my circumstances becoming far more difficult i am much more fatalistic and easily overwhelmed since becoming pregnant.
i also have hardly left the house and feel like i'm slowly dying on a day to day basis (as in literally).
i can't even read the threads in first tri that talk about having no symptoms. the thought makes me crazy!

i think it's pretty common to feel uncertain when you are this sick. it's nerve wracking enough to be pregnant let alone severely ill on top of it.
don't forget no matter how bad it is it will end... no one would ever do this if it didn't have a time limit! as hard and overwhelming as it is once you have your baby in your arms you will know it was all worth it.

but don't get me wrong, i question if i can do this from time to time as well.

Carlicarebear your kind words of assurance are most comforting. I feel terrible having such doubts when I know some women would give anything to have a baby, but I never thought I would deal with hg again. Days seem to take a lifetime to pass & the hours are agonizing. You would never be able to assume I have survived this twice before. Thank you for reminding me this is just temporary!

 

[kirst76]

Hi and welcome to the new ladies!

Holden-babez - I'm in NZ and even though its no where near as hot here as it is there I'm still feeling the heat something shocking!!!

hg-three and carli carebear- I hope this ends for both of you...did it end with your other pregnancies?

 

[holden_babez]

hi ladies...
omg i am thinking all the time why am i doing this...
i know exactly why and i have only had HG once with my first pregnancy... the second and third wereonly slightly nausea till about 10 weeks... ahhhhhhhhhhhh
I hope this time it only lasts till then as well...
I dont remember how far along i was when it stopped with my first.. it was 12 yrs ago...

all i can say and I dont know HOW to begin telling DH this either...
but if this is not a boy.. I WILL NOT BE GOING BACK FOR #5...
I could not possibly do this with 2 toddlers & 2 teenagers...

anyways as long as this bub is happy and heathy i dont think we ind either way... a boy would be nice for hubby as my two teenagers are not his and my third child is our DD... so yeah would be nice for DH to have a son.. even thou he calls my two DS his own and one calls him dad, u know what im going on about...

Hope this finds everyone sort of well...

Skye xox

 

[kirst76]

This is my 4th child too holden, and I have 3 girls and we have been told that this baby is likely another girl.....it doesn't really bother us, but this is definitely my last. My eldest is 14 and the youngest is 2, and I am not getting any younger, lol!!

Hope you feel much better soon!

 

[CarliCareBear]

hg_three, glad i could help if only a little bit. you are one brave woman to have done this twice already and gotten through it! don't forget how strong you are. you've already proven it.

i often feel guilty about how sick i feel and worry about complaining. but fact is, this is almost as miserable as it gets as far as pregnancy symptoms and god damnit it's hard! doesn't mean i love my baby any less just that i don't love being pregnant.

i wish i had a previous pregnancy that lasted far enough that i would know if the HG will stop, but my other pregnancies miscarried.

got put on IV fluids today for 24-7 hydration and also have started on the zofran pump. so far much hasn't helped but it's still early. hoping it works because i won't be able to handle the sticks and painful port sites otherwise.

 

[kirst76]

i often feel guilty about how sick i feel and worry about complaining. but fact is, this is almost as miserable as it gets as far as pregnancy symptoms and god damnit it's hard! doesn't mean i love my baby any less just that i don't love being pregnant.

I fully agree with this statement....I've had this with 2 previous pregnancies as well as the beginning of this pregnancy and this is the only pregnancy I've truly enjoyed....I love my kids and babies to pieces but I hate being pregnant!! In saying that though the sickness stopped this time although I still take ondansetron at least once a day to try and curb the nausea.

 

[puppycat]

Hi girls, newbie here too.

I haven't heard the words HG but i am on Cyclizine, throw up maybe twice a week, sometimes its a lot more (i know what to avoid but sometimes i just throw up ) i have constant nausea and have lost about half a stone at last count. The of sickness was worse before the tabs and my blood potassium levels were low hence the tabs.

I just wondered if any of you have problems with your DH not understanding and therefore not really being supportive?

 

[kirst76]

Hi there puppycat. Sorry to hear you're so sick.
My husband is supportive as....this is my 4th baby and 3rd time with hyper-emesis and he now knows exactly when to take me to hospital. It was my mum who didn't understand when I first went through it....I tried to explain to her that I felt like I was dying but she thought that I was exaggerating, it wasn't til she saw me that she realised just how sick I was.
Hope your sickness ends for you and that your husband starts to understand what you are going through.

 

[puppycat]

Thanks hun, I weighed earlier and I've lost 10lbs total now, I was sick this morning but thankfully nothing since although I have that bleurgh feeling, you know that feeling right?!

Had a disagreement with DH this morning when I asked him to look after our daughter after I'd been sick. He was really mean and made me cry. He doesn't understand that this isn't normal MS, and tbf I probably spoil him a bit when I'm otherwise healthy.

If you don't mind me asking, when do you know you need to go to hospital?