hyperemesis sufferers unite!

[claire99991]

yoghurt didnt stay down it took me 25 min to eat half of it and then was bk up in minutes oh well, night girls glad the cramps eased xxx

 

[craftymum]

glad your cramps eased Kat, just keep an eye though could be the start of something!
Claire I'm sorry the yogurt didn't stay down, I find when I eat any dairy products they come straight back up again too, the only things I can tolerate though are cheese and ice cream, though ice cream I'm lucky if it lasts 5 minutes, it's usually still cold when I throw it up but it tastes nice and it doesn't hurt on the way back up again, I have to have something nice to take the stinking taste from my mouth even if it is just for 5 mins! I usually love yogurts and milk but I haven't touched these since I started being sick, I went right off tea and diet coke too. (prob a good thing though as I practically lived on the stuff) I can only eat cheese cold I can't have it melted like in a toastie or something - I really really miss eating nice proper food. When we were at mothercare the other day all I could see was the big rolo McFlurry sign at Macdonalds and I really wanted one but I decided against it as really didn't want to throw up in the car. I really wish there was a miracle cure or a miracle food that would make us all feel better instantly but until then we just have to struggle on. Hope everyone is feeling ok this morning, I hardly slept last night, finding I just can't get comfy and my back is starting to get really sore too. Thought about one of those body pillows but I toss and turn so much (always have) it wouldn't really be much good to me so I guess I'll have to put up with sleepless nights as well as HG. Ah well only 133 days to go!!

 

[claire99991]

craftymum awww u poor thing the pillows are really good you should maybe try one, Ice cream is a great idea im going to try sum later

well after the yoghurt incident i went to bed i was lying there with my OH and i could just felt so ill then all of a sudden i dived out of bed to run to the bathroom but by this point i had already been sick in my hair and on the floor then it started out of my nose and was burning it did give me sum relief to be able to fall asleep though but today i feel rubbish again im retching but there is nothing there so i dont think much will come up i havent drank or eaten anything today so far and its 1pm carnt face it but yet im hungry as well and the hunger is making me feel sick so i carnt win, i have lost 2lb since getting pregnant i think this was about the time in my last pregnancy that i starte loosing weight.

 

[craftymum]

aw Claire poor you that's horrible I hate it when it comes down my nose too, it's so painful. I hope you were able to get some sleep and that it eases off for you a bit. I've been throwing up all day today too, it's worse when the weather is so nice and we can't enjoy it. I hope the ice cream works for you. Just try to get plenty of fluids into you so you don't end up in hospital with dehydration as that really is horrible though if you need to then do as it really does help you feel better for a while. I toss and turn so much though I always have, every 5 minutes I'm changing sides so don't think the pillow would be much good as it'd only get in the way when I'm tossing about so much. Pity though as I have heard they are great. Have you tried nibbling on apples? It's the only thing I find that will actually stay down as long as I don't eat it with any other food. Worth a try.

 

[claire99991]

how u doing craftymum have u managed any food today?

i was sick this afternoon but i had a empty stomach so it was just liquid but i got so hungry i went to the chippy at tea time and had chips and gravy, its gonna be gross on the way bk up bugger it seemed such a good idea at the time i did enjoy them though, 1st meal in 3 days

 

[Stilletto_Sam]

Aw Claire, you poor lamb, you're so miserable. Have you considered medication now that you're finding it hard to keep anything down. Did you get anything in your last pregnancy when you were ill?

Funny, Louise you should mention apples. The only thing that seemed to work for any amount of time was nibbing on really sour apples like Granny Smiths, those or oranges-at least they slid back up easily again. Gross, I know, but these things have to be taken into consideration!

Has there been any news of Kat? I've been wondering about her all day.

I go for my scan tomorrow and we're excited as anything here.


XXX

 

[NIfirsttimer]

im here.....still miserable and very uncomfy! i dunno if anything is happening but i sure feel grumpy as hell! serious hormone rush going on too.. i was stood making dinner tonight crying over nothing lol. i almost ate the face off dave a while ago for scratching his arm lol! on top of it all these antibiotics are really making me more sick... i threw up about 5 times today starting at 5am
the house is driving me nuts. i NEED it all to be tidy and perfect and its not happening
i think im losing the plot!
going to eat some strawberries now and watch Big bro then head for bed (and sob into my pillow for a while lol)

 

[claire99991]

awww u poor thing i know that you get that feeling towards the end of wanting everything ready and perfect and clean but dont put to much pressure on yourself especailly when your on these antibiotics you carnt do it all when your being so sick hun i hope you feel better tomorow xxxx

sam i had sum meds given to me in my 1st pregnancy dont remember what they were called i was on a high dosage and they made it so i could stomach fluids, my GP wasnt at all concerned about my sickness she said its normal and almost every pregnant person gets it and basically to shut up whinging. Ill speak to my midwfife when i see her, im getting used to being sick in a way im not so scared anymore and ill let it come up, its the retching i hate. Anyway ive only been sick once today so thats good it might change as when im trying to go to sleep im usally sick but at the min its just been the once. xxx

 

[craftymum]

Morning everyone, How are you all today? I had a crap night last night was throwing up constant from about 8pm for 2 hours it was awful, my throat and my nose were so sore. I weighed myself today and I've lost a pound, I know it's not much but I'm scared in case I'm going to start losing again. I have an antenatal on Tuesday with my GP so I'm going to ask about alternative meds cos cyclizine just isn't working for me at all. I have a sick line for another 4 weeks but I think I'll have to go in and see my boss and see about starting maternity leave early, I feel like I'm messing them about as I haven't seen any of them since I stopped work at the end of Feb but I'm also scared they'll all think I'm just taking the p**s, but even if I woke up tomorrow feeling great and able to have a normal day I still don't think I'm going to have enough energy to return to work for the rest of this pregnancy, a trip to mothercare nearly killed me on Tuesday! Was nice to get out though even if I did suffer for it after.
Hoping to get over to Bangor in the morning to look at prams and maybe see if I can buy myself a new top to cheer myself up cos I feel like I really have nothing to wear at the minute and I know I don't go out much but I still want to feel good when I do. I gave my Mum a list yesterday of bits and bobs I want for when baby is here and I'd written down Johnsons baby bath but she read it wrong and came back with an actual baby bath!! Ah well we would've needed one anyway, I'm going to get one of those support seats for the bath too as I don't like slippy babies, it scares me! She did buy me a lovely wash bag from boots and some baby bibs which I got annoyed at her for as she bought them for a certain sex being the one that she wants it to be, instead of just buying something neutral and I told her she should have just left them if there was nothing else! At least it was only bibs, the annoying thing is though she's right in her predictions and part of me wishes she was wrong just so she wont be gloating after and saying how she just knew what it was going to be! Families can be so annoying though I'm prob overreacting a bit too.

Kat what antibiotics are you taking? I find amoxycillan is very hard on my stomach and I find taking them about half an hour after eating is usually best - hard though when you're throwing up so much anyway.

Sam hope your scan goes well today, let us know how it goes. I also found granny smiths apples good, it's weird isn't it. Are you still feeling better, do you have any more sessions with the accupuncturist?

Claire how are you today? Hope your gravy chips managed to stay down ok. Hopefully your midwife will help you et some meds, some Doctors just refuse to do anything for you before 12 weeks which is so silly cos you probably need it most right now. I know what you mean about getting used to being sick, for me it's a normal way of life now and I hate it but I can't remember what feeling 'normal' is like anymore.

I'm going to try to get an appointment with the local hairdresser just for a dry trim cos it's driving me nuts at the minute and I don't really want to have to travel up to Ards to see my usual one.
If I manage that my next mission will be the dentist as I'm overdue a check up and I'm so worried about the effects of all the acid from all this chucking up on my teeth. Luckily I haven't been having any bleeding gums or anything so hopefully it'll be ok.

 

[NIfirsttimer]

morning girls.. feeling a bit better today, although i did have a good cry this morning after being sick... the antibiotics are amoxycillan indeed.. and now they are giving me thrush which always happens when i take them. oh the joys!
louise.. i think getting your hair done is a fab idea.. take some limeade, and just explain u might need to do a runner half way thru, and i bet it will make you feel a million times better. my first hyperemesis haircut was amazing.. i felt like a REAL person again for a while!

its weird about the apples isnt it.. i was the same. i think its something to do with the sourness.. i also found that sour sweeties helped, and limes have been my constant companion since day one. maybe its something to do with the tummy acid and food acid combo?

claire. your dr clearly has never been there. i hate it when they imply that its normal to be unable to keep anything at all down, and not eat for days on end. how on earth can that be normal
hope your midwife is more clued up about it, and gets on the case. i think having someone confirm that you are more sick than is normal and u need help, is a big thing. like a relief and confirmation that you arent just being 'weak' or anything of that rubbish.
really glad that you are finding vomitting less scary too. sometimes it just needs to come up, and holding it in and fighting it just makes you feel worse! soon you will be a pro like louise and the rest of us!

im officially now on maternity leave, have been a bit sad thinking about what it should be like.. leaving work, all the fuss and excitement, and spending my days getting stuff ready.. instead ive been off since nov.. its all done, and im still miserable, and half the people i work with probably dont even remember who i am! in a way its like we are robbed of having a nice exciting pregnancy like other people get.

 

[craftymum]

Kat they are the worst antibiotics for making everyone sick, even when we prescribe them in work a lot of people say don't give me that one. Just try to take it after food and that should hopefully help.I know what you mean about work as noone from my work has even sent me as much as a text to ask how I am, my boss expects me to call in and see them some day but I just don't want to, when I go out it's about all I can manage without having to worry about questions like when do you think you'll be back or similar. Hopefully you will start to feel a bit better so you can at least enjoy your last few weeks, looks like I'm going to be like you and still be suffering to the bitter end.
Hoping to get appointment with hairdresser next Sat morning don't even know what she's like but haven't heard anything bad and a dry trim should be safe enough, she'll die though as my scalp is a mess it is so dry and horrible since I got pregnant and I can't seem to get it cleared.

 

[Stilletto_Sam]

Hi girls,

I'm so sorry you all are still feeling rough and miserable and even having to use up some of your maternity leave to only feel wretched is a real bummer. Louise, hopefully your haircut will make you feel more feminine and human again. I'm dying to know what you're having. I think there maybe some clues in your mothers preferences-but we'll see *wink* I was thinking of strolling along to Mothercare tomorrow to maybe get my bottom drawer for the baby started, maybe buy some vests (oh so daring already!)

Kat, I predict that you'll go this weekend-I saw them preparing the bed in the laboutr ward for you this afternoon. Soon HG will be a distant memory!

Claire. Hope you enjoyed the gravy chip and it stayed down. What you are going through is certainly not normal for pregnancy and I think you should make your doc aware of just how completely miserable you are and get the appropriate help. It's terrible having to look after a toddler too. I know what you're going through as when I was expecting Ben I had Calvin to run after and he was an autistic and hyperactive (in the true sense of the term) 2 year old. I think at one stage I actually was glad to get into the hospital for a drip for the second time just to get a rest from caring for him. Honestly.

Well, I had my dating scan ths afternoon. It is showing me at being 12 weeks exactly instead of 11+1. EDD is Boxing Day, not Christmas Eve as my GP told me. Hmm. The doctor who did the scan (an SHO called Simon-very lovely in all sense of the word!!) said that if I show a week ahead at 20 week scan, then they'll adjust my due date accordingly. The baby was asleep with a strong heartbeat and everything seems to be ok for now. I have a pic and as soon as I can locate my scanner lead in this bomb site of a house, I post it for you. I was impressed with the new wing at the Ulster-very swish, lovely staff. Hubs was not impressed that he was kept waiting outside though for 40 minutes while they went through my medical history etc. He wanted to be part of it, but they were asking questions about domestic violence , so they don't welcome partners. Now, what if it had've been me who was beating him up, eh?

I have one more acupuncture session tomorrow and that's it. I think it has worked wonders for me and I would recommend it to anyone desperate for some relief.

Have a good evening girls, whatever you are up to.

 

[craftymum]

Hi Sam I think that Doc was the one I had doing my early scans on both my stays in Neely. Aww pity bubs was asleep during the scan but great that everything is well. My scan on Tues was measuring me at 4 days further but she said to me that they only adjust the date if there was 10 days difference either way. It's so confusing but I guess it's hard to get the exact measurements esp if bubs is on the move when they click!
My house is a bomb site too our bedroom is in the midst of being decorated and there's baby stuff everywhere!!
You should try asda for vests as they're only about £3 I think for 2 or 3 I have 3 newborn, 6 0-3, and 7 9-12 (they were on offer so my Mum bought them.
I also have some that came with little sleepsuit sets too I think we have about 15 bibs now too just need to get my pram, steriliser and bottles and baby monitor - I prob don't really need one as my house isn't that big but I want one lol!!
Been really sick today and totally fed up with it but hoping to get out tomorrow to McCulloughs to check out some prams, was not impressed with the staff in mothercare as there was about 4 or 5 staff all around the pram area talking merchandising talk and not one of them offered us any assistance.
I know they have to sort their displays but when I worked in a shop we were always told that no matter what we were doing the customer is more important.
Hope you all have a good evening too to everyone

 

[Rebaby]

I'm back, we're moved and i survived- just!

It was pretty stressful and i ended up doing more than either i or OH would have liked just because OH's friends weren't as reliable or available as they'd had us believe. We did have help but one friend only turned up for an hour, helped unload the van and buggered off! So of course now i am worried that all the fetching and carrying will have hurt LO in some way, even though i didn't touch a single piece of furniture, just the lighter boxes and bags...wish i hadn't bothered but i felt like a useless lump sitting around.

My sickness eased for two days earlier in the week but is now back in full swing, and work are starting to enquire as to when i think i'll be back now...whereas before they were leaving me alone. I am supposed to be spending a few weeks working in another hospital as part of a course i am doing and that is meant to start next week so they want to know if i'll be well enough to go ahead with that but the thought terrifies me. I am just about managing at home, where i can eat and drink when i want (or not!) sit when i want, throw up when i want, sleep when i want etc. I don't know how i'll cope being back at work but i feel so guilty, i haven't worked there long and i'm sure people must think badly of me

I am wishing this next week away as i get to see my midwife again at 17 weeks so she can listen for the heartbeat so i am hoping that will put my mind at rest a little.

Big to everyone, just been having a snoop back through the recent posts and it sounds like some of us have been having a bit of a rough time.

 

[Stilletto_Sam]

Welcome back Rebaby. Glad all went well with the move.

Here's today's scan if anyone wants to take a look. I'm being lazy by posting the link to my journal where I've added it in today's log.


https://www.babyandbump.com/pregnancy-journals/137000-war-peace-sequel-christmas-pudding-0-a-9.html



XXX

 

[NIfirsttimer]

OMG im in the last box on my ticker... how did that happen! HELP!!!

 

[Stilletto_Sam]

OMG im in the last box on my ticker... how did that happen! HELP!!!

Ah, so you're still here!

You're going to get sick of hearing that from now on. How's the form? It's a really crap day here today. I was in Ards for my acupuncture appointment and it was so cold and miserable. I don't think I'm going far today. I was thinking of going to Bangor to start the baby collection, but I'm not going to bother.

I've just polished off a pound of fresh cherries. Um!


Hope everyone is feeling relatively ok?


XXX

 

[craftymum]

hi everyone, Sam love your scan pic, so cute. Rebaby glad you got over the move without too much hassle. Kat can you believe how quickly the time has flown?
I managed to get over to Bangor to McCulloughs today to look at prams and ended up putting deposit on a bugaboo chameleon, it was £675 which was more than we'd intended to pay but it was the only one that ticked all the right boxes for us, I have a bad neck and shoulder from a whiplash injury and needed something quite light and easy to steer, we looked at the maxi cosi mura Kat but it was too big for our boot whereas the bugaboo folds down very compact and the carry cot fits in the boot too still leaving room for some shopping. We looked at mamas and papas ultima but I found it very awkward and cumbersome to push. The bugaboo is great it's so easy to steer even one handed and it just glides along, it also has quite a long carrycot and a tall pushchair seat too. We ordered the maxi cosi car seat and isofix base so altogether it's costing us £899!! We went on the right day though as there was a bugaboo rep there and anyone who put a deposit on one gets something free when they pick it up - don't know what though she said it would be something good.
I nearly fainted in the shop though I felt all hot and sweaty and I was seeing flashy white stars and I couldn't hear, the staff were great though and got me a seat and were offering me tea and coffee. Much better service than mothercare anyway. Threw up after lunch though
Here's a piccy of our pram.
got the maxi cosi seat in deep red too so it all matches.

 

[Stilletto_Sam]

Wow! I don't think that my budget will stretch to that, but it's gorgeous. I'm glad you found the pram you wanted. Glad you got out for a bit as well even though you felt rough. I love the colours of the pram.




XXX

 

[craftymum]

we nearly died to but it was the only pram we really liked as I could've got the mura online inc car seat for £440 but it wouldn't fit in our boot happy with what we got though I'd def recommend trying it out though it is really expensive and next month it's going up to £750!! Has good resale price though.
Have you had a good day? I've been throwing up al day