hyperemesis sufferers unite!

[Stilletto_Sam]

Had you thought of getting a hairdresser to come to your home? Sometimes just a little attention can give us a boost, y'know?

How's everyone feeling today?

I had 10 minutes of dry retching this morning before breakfast. Which was nice. Not. Otherwise I'm not feeling too bad. Have tons and tons of saliva and just feel like spitting all the time which is quite disgusting. I am praying that this is it and the MS is wearing off. I'm cynical, though as I remember being hospitalised last time at 11 weeks for the second time. I'd do anything to stay away from that Neely ward again. Nightmare.

Have a (relatively) good day ladies.

I have something lovely to post from a girl who contributes to my journal that I'd like to share with you, so I'll do it later.


XXX


L. Any futher thoughts on THE pram?

 

[craftymum]

crappy start to my day too, been chucking up big style already. Hopefully you will be lucky this time and it will pass for you once you hit 12 weeks, don't give up hope.
We got a moses basket 2nd hand yest, saw it advertised and Stephen rang up. It's really nice, mamas and papas one with the stand and covers etc and it's like brand new. We got it for £25 - bargain.
No ideas about pram yet, I would really like the silvercross sleepover deluxe on the linear chassis but it's quite expensive and I don't really need a lot of the extras that come with it, but I'll keep my eyes open in the meantime.

 

[NIfirsttimer]

morning ladies...
im miserable again
dr warned me it might come back more towards the end.. and i think hes been right :my heartburn has been out of control this week too.. drinking antacids by the gallon which prob doesnt help!
** must stay out of neely ward - must stay out of neely ward*

isnt it funny that we all have the same mantra!!!

thinking maybe ive just overdone it a bit last week, was feeling good and did loads.. well..loads compared to what i have been doing lol, but think im paying the price now, so i plan to do nothing this week!

see you found me on facebook louise... you on there sam?

i took a cyclizine this morning after being really sick about 6am.. my god. i have mad dreams on those things! took me about half an hr tpo recover once i woke up!

are either of you ladies 'readers'? at the start when i was bad, i couldnt read cos it made me feel worse, but im back to it again now and have read a few fab books recently.. but am running out of ideas now so need some new recommendations!

on the plus side... i thought id found 4 stretchmarks last night.. ive managed to avoid getting any so far.. i was devestated lol (shallow, i know!) but hey presto! woke up this morning and they have vanished.. must have just been scratches! so that cheered me up no end! maybe the bio oil works after all!!

 

[NIfirsttimer]

sam.. meant to say.. have you tried sucking sweeties? helped me with the excess saliva. i found sour ones worked best for me.. lemon sherbets etc, tho i know louise swears by her liquorice and blackcurrents (bleeeuughhh) although i did read that liquorice is a good source of iron!

 

[Vici]

I thought i was starting to get better over the last few days but been sick again a few times yesterday and today And my god my heartburn has been ridiculous Seems i won't be going far from this thread

 

[craftymum]

Hi everyone, vici so sorry to hear you're feeling bad again, this thread's great as everyone understands what you're going through, hopefully you wont suffer for too long, it is so horrible.
Hey Kat, yep found you on facebook, I registered ages ago then forgot all about it! I feel like a stalker!
I put a bid on a little carters outfit on ebay and forgot all about it and I won it Yay, it arrived this morning and it really is the cutest thing ever!
Stephen can't stand the smell of my blackcurrant and liquorice sweets, don't know about the iron as it wont do me much good as I always chuck them up again (they do taste ok though on the way back up). Think I just eat them to get rid of that yucky taste too and help the nausea for a while.
I keep trying to lie really still and concentrate to see if I can feel baby move but nothing yet.
Had a bad night last night and a rough morning and think I'm going to be sick again very soon, getting so paranoid that my teeth are going to break or fall out and that really scares me, I'm too young for falsies!!
Sorry you're having it rough again Kat, hopefully it wont last too long and try to think positively, you're almost there!
I live in fear of the dreaded stretch marks, I got loads of them first time round so I'm dreading getting any new ones, they do fade but they're always there, I was so paranoid after I had Jenna (esp as I was only 19) and I remember going on hols in my bikini and feeling like everyone could see them even though they were barely noticeable by that stage. I've been putting on palmers when I remember, I'm a bit lazy about doing it to be honest and most of the time I can't bare to have any pressure on my tummy in case I throw up. Hopefully you've been lucky Kat and escaped them, I cried my eyes out when I found them I was devestated. Maybe I'll be lucky and not get any new ones this time as I haven't even really got a bump yet, a bit of bloat sometimes but it goes up and down like a balloon (is this normal?)
Take care everyone, I'm off to grab my bucket now

 

[NIfirsttimer]

lou.. are you having gut churning? cos i was so sick i passed baby moving off as that for ages before i realised.. and its SO low down at the start too..i had no idea it would be so low!

i went the bio oil route for the dreaded stretch marks, so far so good, although i think the fact that i lost so much weight with being sick that it gave me a good head start on the 'room to grow' front!

the bloating is SO normal.. especially with being so sick hun. my belly was up and down like a balloon.. i was convinced i had a bump in the evenings, then by morning it was gone again lol!

 

[craftymum]

yep guts are churning but I've just spent last half hour throwing up!
As for reading I normally am a big reader too but can hardly even read a magazine these days let alone a book. Have you read 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' and 'Kite Runner'? both brilliant books!
I also like the gory gritty crime thrillers, Karin Slaughter's books are very good for that.
I have one here called 'The Secret Life of Bees' I started reading it before I got sick and haven't got very far, it's just sitting gathering dust now! It's by Sue Monk Kidd, it's about racism. Love the odd true story like 'a child called it' though sometimes these books are too upsetting to read. Chasing windmills was another one I just picked up one day and it wasn't a bad wee read. We're all big book readers in this house, Stephen's devestated that we'll have to clear half our books away as they're on bookcase in what will be nursery and we've no room for the bookcase anywhere else, think we're just going to get a smaller one for our room so we can keep some of our books out.

 

[Vici]

Well my sickness has just got worse thru the day Was sick a couple of times this morning and then at lunch, and then for the first time ever, i didn't even make it to the bathroom. So after 15 mins of throwing up, i had to clean the floors! Not nice

 

[craftymum]

aww vici
I too was really sick this afternoon but I've long given up on trying to get to bathroom as I don't have energy to run anywhere fast, I just keep a basin by the bed and take it with me if I go downstairs, not very pleasant or dignified I know but I really don't care about that right now.
Hopefully tomorrow will be better for you.

 

[craftymum]

hey girlies, how are we all today?
I had a terrible night last night I was so sick, I don't think I managed to keep anything down all day yesterday. This morning was as bad, I had my breakfst and half an hour later I lost it again. Just had some toast about an hour ago and feeling really rough now. I hate this it just feels like it's never going to end. I wish there was something I could eat or take that would just make me feel better but nothing works and I really am running out of patience, I keep losing it big time with my hubby. I just seem to snap at him for the slightest thing and I just can't stand the smell of him or my daughter at the minute, it really makes me gag!

 

[Stilletto_Sam]

Louise, have you ever had your meds changed to see if anything else helps? Have you tried Stemetil yet? (I sound like a pusher!) Is your Doc aware just how completely miserable and depressed you really are?

Kat. I feel for you with the sickness coming back. I truly hope it's only temporary.

I haven't been great past couple of days either, been sick first thing in the mornings and last night when I woke up from my Nana nap on the settee, Hubs made me toast which I promptly threw up again. I'm nowhere as sick now as you ladies though, but I'm still fed up with the all day churning nausea.

I have tried sweets but they make the saliva worse. I even bought blackcurrant and liquorice sweets yesterday and ended up giving them to the kids as I couldn't have them. Real liquorice helps a bit and I bought a big bag of Panda liquorice from Holland and Barretts the other day and chew on a piece when I feel like throwing up. Also takes the sour taste out of my mouth but turns me teeth black!


*sigh*



XXX

 

[craftymum]

haven't tried to get meds changed yet, though I may do soon as fed up with this but I just can't be bothered with the hassle of trying to get a docs appointment as it's so hard in my Docs it takes about 3 weeks! And there is a Doc I would not go near even if I was dying and knowing my luck I'd get him!
I just found sucking the sweets made my mouth taste good for a while though as soon as I stop eating them I throw them back up again. I find plain bread toasted is quite nice at the minute though I have to have it burnt a bit if I've been really sick, think it helps ease the nausea a bit.
Last night Stephen came home, made me a cheese sandwich and a drink and I went downstairs, no time had I swallowed it and I was chucking up for Ulster for about 2 hours last night. Managed to get some toast in me after though and just went straight to bed so that stayed down but think that was about all that did yesterday.
I'm so jealous of all these women that have perfect pregnancies, I'd even have been happy with just a bit of regular morning sickness rather than this living hell!

 

[Stilletto_Sam]

haven't tried to get meds changed yet, though I may do soon as fed up with this but I just can't be bothered with the hassle of trying to get a docs appointment as it's so hard in my Docs it takes about 3 weeks! And there is a Doc I would not go near even if I was dying and knowing my luck I'd get him!
I just found sucking the sweets made my mouth taste good for a while though as soon as I stop eating them I throw them back up again. I find plain bread toasted is quite nice at the minute though I have to have it burnt a bit if I've been really sick, think it helps ease the nausea a bit.
Last night Stephen came home, made me a cheese sandwich and a drink and I went downstairs, no time had I swallowed it and I was chucking up for Ulster for about 2 hours last night. Managed to get some toast in me after though and just went straight to bed so that stayed down but think that was about all that did yesterday.
I'm so jealous of all these women that have perfect pregnancies, I'd even have been happy with just a bit of regular morning sickness rather than this living hell!

Insist on a Home Visit! You're too ill to leave the house, girl!!!




(Living Hell it is)

 

[Rebaby]

Good evening ladies. I have spotted this thread before and hoped i wouldn't be joining (hope you don't mind me saying that ) but it's official now. I have been signed off work with hyperemesis gravidum...yay for me

I have felt a little queasy since day one, but felt pretty lucky as i didn't vomit at all and was able to control the nausea by eating little and often and getting plenty of sleep. The worst was really between week 6 and 7 and after that it seemed to be not too bad. Then i hit the 12 week mark and it's been downhill since then really. At first i was vomiting once per day...quite a lot in that one episode, but still, once a day i can cope with (i thought to myself). After a week this upped to feeling sick all day and having one or two vomiting episodes where i would bring everything up, and i mean everything that i'd eaten or drunk in the past god knows how many hours (sorry if that's TMI). Yesterday was probably my worst day i guess, i just feel like such an invalid sitting around feeling sick as a dog and then having to dash to the loo/kitchen sink. I really don't get much warning when i am about to vomit and it certainly isn't confined to one particular time of day. Some times do seem worse than others, around lunch time i am always bad and in the evening around 9-10pm just before i go to bed, i do a lot of throwing up then, particularly if i attempt to brush my teeth

Anyway, finally went to the doctors this morning to see if there's anything i can do to help myself and check it isn't having a detrimental effect on the baby. She reassured me baby will be fine- it's me who will suffer! And my blood pressure is still within normal range so as of yet i am not officially dehydrated. So i am to rest and sip fluids, particularly sugary ones. So that's me, sipping my lucozade and sitting on my butt feeling poorly...when i should be packing up our life belongings as we're moving house in just over a week

Sorry this is so long. Big to all you ladies. This is not something i was prepared for (everything you read says you'll start to feel perky after 12 weeks!) and i wouldn't wish it on anyone!

 

[craftymum]

Hi rebaby, I'm sorry you're feeling so bad, all the girls on here are really nice and we all understand what you're going through. I'm 19 weeks now and still throwing up every time I eat something, I've been off work since the end of Feb now and in hospital twice for IV fluids. Some days I just feel like not eating or drinking at all as everything just comes up again but we have to keep going for the sake of our babies. It really can be hard though as other people don't really seem to understand how awful it is, most of my family and friends have given up
asking how I am as I think they are all bored with me being ill now. Just make sure you get plenty of rest and let other people look after everything else for you as you need to take it easy and save what little energy you have for growing that baby. I also worry that my baby wont survive this but everyone says that babies born to women with HG are really strong healthy babies. I have my scan on 2nd June and although I'm looking forward to it, I'm also really nervous but I keep telling myself if baby wasn't ok then I wouldn't be still being sick.
Big to you and feel free to come here and moan about things, it helps just to know that there are others who know what you're going through.
Take care x

 

[NIfirsttimer]

awhh hun.. welcome to the club that no one wants to join!!!!!

its not much fun, but like louise said, we all know what its like, and dont worry about TMI lol we freely discuss vomit over here!
did you dr check your urine for ketones.. even when i was very dehydrated my blood pressure was always normal, or very close to it.. its the pee that holds all the info, so make sure they are checking that as ketones need to be carefully monitored!
did they give you any meds yet?
you are doing the right thing but sipping fluids all day.. as long as you can keep doing that you should avoid the dreaded drip!
big hugs!

just to make you all jealous.. IVE NOT BEEN SICK TODAY!!!!!!! (only took me 33 weeks lol)

 

[craftymum]

Wow Kat, a whole day without being sick that's brill!! I was so sick last night it was really gross it was just constant for 2 hours, then I just sat and cried and cried, I woke up this morning really dizzy and feeling like crap now but so far have managed to keep my toast down, don't want to speak to soon though! I'm so fed up with this, I'm glad yours seems to be easing Kat, but I really hate the thought of still being like this at your stage. I'm so fed up of not getting out anywhere, but I just have no energy, even when I go downstairs the effort exhausts me, my legs hurt and are really shaky and my arms sometimes feel really heavy and weird. I just feel like such a moan all I do these days is eat bread throw up and cry. I keep shouting at Stephen and getting really angry with him for no reason, then he gets annoyed with me which then just makes me cry again. I feel like I'm being such a bitch to him these days but I just can't help it. I'm so used to being always on the go even if it's just something simple like out for a drive on a Sunday afternoon or a walk along the beach and this is killing me, I just feel so isolated and lonely. I wish it was October so I could get this baby out and stop feeling like this.

On the plus side though, I think I might have felt baby move but I'm not sure, it was weird my belly felt like it was popping and jumping almost like a really strong pulse and I actually saw my belly sort of jump up a bit - maybe it was just wind though cos it was about an hour after I'd finished being sick. When I tried to show Stephen, of course then it just stopped happening!! Could this be movement?

 

[NIfirsttimer]

well.. my no sickness only lasted a day
back to throwing up at 5am.. tmi maybe but ive been doing this thing recently, which is horrible..dunno why it happens, but what happens is that my stomach seems to hold on to my dinner all night, so instead of getting digested.. its just sat there all night doing nothing. then when i throw up in the morning, instead of being just biley stuff.. its gross dinner from 12 hrs before! i hate it, and it gives me the worst reflux all day then
louise.. i bet that was baby you felt! sounds exactly like what it felt like for me at the start! you will soon be getting kicks and shoves all day long! how exciting! and i know how reassuring it is too..

im the same as you.. i was always on the go, doing something, but now just tidying the living room knackers me for the day! its hard to adjust to, but now that im feeling ok most afternoons, im getting into a bit of a routine.. and you will too, honestly hun, you will not be like you are now the whole time. i cant promise that. like me, you wont still be throwing up at 34 weeks, but you will feel way better than u do now and thats the main thing!
i get upset too all the time. its so frustrating being this sick for this long, sometimes when i come back from my 5am throw up, i just get back into bed and sob. sometimes its the only thing you can do!

 

[Rebaby]

Thanks for the warm welcome ladies, i am sorry that we all have to be here. I expected to get 'morning sickness' but i expected the morning sickness they tell you about in books, that happens between 6 and 12 weeks and is confined to only throwing up once in the morning! Not this!

tmi maybe but ive been doing this thing recently, which is horrible..dunno why it happens, but what happens is that my stomach seems to hold on to my dinner all night, so instead of getting digested.. its just sat there all night doing nothing. then when i throw up in the morning, instead of being just biley stuff.. its gross dinner from 12 hrs before! i hate it, and it gives me the worst reflux all day then

I just read through your post and wanted to say- this is what it's like for me always. A week last sunday i vomited around 10pm and didn't make it to the toilet, i just made it to the bathroom sink and blocked it Gross i know! I haven't done it since! Anyway i was really sick and felt pretty wobbly afterwards so OH kindly offered to sort it out.

Afterwards he told me everything i had eaten all day was there, some of it partially digested but mostly undigested. I had had a 'good' day that day and only felt mildy sick (up until 10pm when i started vomiting i mean) and so i had eaten bacon and mushrooms as a late breakfast, then an early tea of pasta with tomato and basil sauce and garlic bread (really really bad idea i know now!) and then a sandwich at supper and apparently it was ALL there!

I have noticed it myself since. It's almost like it all just sits there waiting for me to start heaving and then makes it exit. It makes throwing up far far worse (i think) because then the taste of whatever you ate repeats on you all day and gives you bad reflux. Certainly since that time i haven't had anything fried or anything with garlic as i just can't bear the thought!

As for me this morning i felt brave and got up with OH before he went to work. He had some cereal so i thought i'd give it a go and had a bowl of special k. No more than 10 minutes later it was bye bye special k and me waving bye bye to OH from the downstairs loo! Felt better afterwards though.

It is my very best friend's birthday tomorrow and she is having a low key barbecue in the afternoon. I so much want to go, i haven't seen her since i've been pregnant (or anyone else really as i've rarely left the house except when i was going to work) and it would be great to get out but i am petrified i'll get half way there in the car and end up throwing up all over myself or maybe even worse, being sick at the barbecue in front of everyone. Not sure what to do really...