hyperemesis sufferers unite!

[skye93]

Hi all I'm Skye. I had HG with my first pregnancy, right up until I had my son. I was on Metaclopramide & Ondansetron. I am now 7+4 with my second and suprise I have it again. I was admitted yesterday, they had to try 5times to get the IV in as my veins had collasped. Alot better today but back on Ondansetron.

Hard being so sick with a crawler (he is also standing and cruising now)

 

[HGsurvivor05]

Hey ladies, has anyone here tried the HG protocol by Shonda Parker? The link below really has given me hope for my next pregnancy. Definitely going to get some milk thistle and B6. What do you think?

https://www.helpher.org/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=29124

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Hi Melissa84,
After 8 years we have decided to give pregnancy another go. We are just in first month of trying tested today at 10dpo and negative, so think I am out as looking back on symptoms I had with DD I have none this cycle apfart from cramping, absolutely bricking it when I do get positive!
I started writing journal in WWT section as we made decision at the start of the year and wanted to keep notes on what I have tried.
I met with midwife in February to discuss my fear tbh was pointless meeting as I believe they are no further knowledgeable on HG but I am and I will fight so that I get the care and meds early this time if it returns I was treated shockingly 8 years ago as they didn't have a clue.

I am currently taking 2 x B6 tablets daily,
2 x milk thistle tablets,
1 x parental,
1 x folic acid,

I am currently waiting on unisom from USA (sleeping aid, which can work with b6) and magnesium. Don't know if any of this will help but I will try anything! only thing with B6 is you are recommended not to take it for long periods as can cause nerve problems. I originally bought a cheeper tablet and after month was getting pins and needles and funny legs so stopped and was ok so I have since bought another with no issues. If you are on FB i copied links to FB pages one is ladies suffering or suffered HG and they discuss loads of things they have tried.
Good luck hun

Skye sorry to here your HG has returned, hopefully IV will help and they can fine meds that ease it a bit. Its such a horrible illness and I wish more people understood what we go through, keep going and always ladies here if you need to vent xxxx

 

[melissa84]

Hi! I just bought the milk thistle and B6 yesterday and wow the milk thistle was really expensive! I've also read about magnesium for HG and am going to start taking them too just to be safe. And my iron because I had severe anemia during my pregnancy. I need to get Unisom too.

How long are you going to be taking them for do you think? I'm thinking 2 or 3 months before TTC and still taking the pills throughout TTC and pregnancy. I want to take it long enough so it can work, but I'm impatient lol. I'm really nervous but excited thinking this might cure HG. Especially because before I could only think of getting pregnant again with fear and crying. Good luck to us and anyone else that's going to try this!

 

[Guppy051708]

hope the diet and everything works.
I think it could def be worthwhile and if it doesn't work at least you tried something! and if it does thats fab. no harm done. If i were to get pregnant again (but def wont be after this experience!) then i would try it for sure.

 

[Guppy051708]

ugh, tomorrow i am one week "overdue"...this is seriously one of the most cruel things ever when you have HG!!!! I went nearly 2 weeks over w DS1, this isn't fair as a third time mom that im going later than most FTMs! ugh. As if 40 weeks of HG isn't enough!

 

[HGsurvivor05]

ugh, tomorrow i am one week "overdue"...this is seriously one of the most cruel things ever when you have HG!!!! I went nearly 2 weeks over w DS1, this isn't fair as a third time mom that im going later than most FTMs! ugh. As if 40 weeks of HG isn't enough!

OH Guppy.

I can't believe they are making you hold on. How is the HG? did it settle again? I am thinking of you and hope this baba appears soon.

Melissa, yeah I got a shock with milk thistle, 1st one I bought was vile the tablet were awful left me wrenching without having hG! I got my next ones from chemist direct and they were smaller with little after taste, yesterday I received it in liquid form and add to water (i add to diluting juice) and even 1.5ml is making me wrench first time I put 5ml had to pour it out (that was large glass!), think I will stick to bioconcepts tablets. My magnesium arrived and they are like horse pills but happy to swallow them down at the moment.

I started taking MT, B6 and folic in Febuary/March although stopped B6 for couple of months and I am on 3rd month of parentals and back on thorne B6 I think the brand is I get it from Amazon. When I ordered all my vitamins last week it came to £50 that's about months supply!!!!

Not sure what you can keep taking when you find out you are pregnant. Think I will have another month HG free as AF due weekend and got BFN today and feeling no signs like last time.

Melissa have you got TTC date planned?? x

 

[melissa84]

Not sure the date, probably either beginning of November or December. I wish I knew how long is best to do the protocol for before attempting pregnancy. Also I read from some of the women on the helpHER website that they still take MF and B6 through pregnancy to keep symptoms at bay. It makes sense because the liver would still need to be cleansed of the hormones from pregnancy.

@Guppy I'm sorry you're going though this. It sucks, especially when it lasts so long. I gave birth 5 wks early and don't know if I would have been able to last as long as you are. It really is cruel! Hope everything turns out well.

 

[Guppy051708]

Thanks ladies

My little girl arrived this morning at 2:49am after a speedy delivery. Lilah Victoria was
Born one hr after the MW arrived. We tried to get the tub filled but things progressed too quickly for that. She weighed the same as Ds2, 7lbs 4oz. We think she is 19in long but shes orobably taller wr just couldnt get her legs to stay straight.
Ironically this was my first birth that i never threw up during (my first two i threw up at 4cm). Our family is now totally complete. My battle w HG is done forever and i couldnt be happier about that. My girl is so sweeet and it eas so worth it but im glad i cam leave HG behind for good. Beat wishes to u ladies, tho i never want to do this again, the oain if HG was worth every minute. Im so in love and so happy ahe is here. Keep ur wyes on the prize ladies.

 

[melissa84]

Congratulations!!! That is such a beautiful name too! It's funny how after all the suffering you go through during pregnancy and labor the minute you hold your child in your arms it's all worth it.

 

[lola85]

Thanks ladies

My little girl arrived this morning at 2:49am after a speedy delivery. Lilah Victoria was
Born one hr after the MW arrived. We tried to get the tub filled but things progressed too quickly for that. She weighed the same as Ds2, 7lbs 4oz. We think she is 19in long but shes orobably taller wr just couldnt get her legs to stay straight.
Ironically this was my first birth that i never threw up during (my first two i threw up at 4cm). Our family is now totally complete. My battle w HG is done forever and i couldnt be happier about that. My girl is so sweeet and it eas so worth it but im glad i cam leave HG behind for good. Beat wishes to u ladies, tho i never want to do this again, the oain if HG was worth every minute. Im so in love and so happy ahe is here. Keep ur wyes on the prize ladies.

Congratulations! I'm so pleased to hear she arrived safely and your hg battle is over!! Enjoy every minute I can't wait till its mine turn! X

 

[HGsurvivor05]

Awwww guppy I am delighted for you, your little princess has arrived
What an adorable name. It is the strangest feeling when the whole HG disappears, I though hospital food was the best thing ever after DD was born!

I keep telling myself If we managed once we can get through this again although starting to freak a bit now that we are trying.

Melissa
If you are starting Nov/Dec no harm in starting vitamins now. Like I said I started mine at beginning of year although wasn't too concerned if I missed any but last 3 months anyway I have been good at taking them every day, don't feel any difference apart from better bowl movements LOL I have also bought twinings herbal teas there is one or two with milk thistle and one with ginger and something so bought them to try but need to be in humor for one

Good luck and keep me updated, did you join FB pages? one lady started her protocol 2 years before TTC!!! I thought I was bad starting my planning in Jan/Feb!
Are you planning in telling anyone you are trying? I was wanting to tell on of my best friends but keeping it to myself, get to chat to people on here and FB who understand really what we are going through which helps also met a lovely lady who I have been chatting with she has suffered 3 HG pregnancies and lives few hours away from us.
Good luck ladies x

 

[Vicki_Cream]

Congratulations Guppy!!

 

[Amy89]

Well I'm back in the hospital, ladies HG sucks x

 

[melissa84]

I haven't joined yet, what are the links? I didn't see them if you posted them or I'm blind. Lol. But two years? I am just too impatient. Well I was at the point where I wasn't sure about even having another at all due to what I think was PTSD from HG. I didn't even know that what I had was HG until earlier this year. I was never told during my pregnancy or after, it wasn't until I was taking to my coworker and she told me about the mommypotomas article on HG and magnesium that I found out it wasn't just morning sickness but something more serious. Up till that point I thought I was the only woman to have severe morning sickness and had no idea that it was something that could be prevented. Now that I know about ways to maybe prevent it I don't want to wait. I want to just have my next baby so I can have kids close together.

 

[Vicki_Cream]

Well I'm back in the hospital, ladies HG sucks x

I hope it is a short stay for you xx

 

[HGsurvivor05]

Awww Amy hugs to you. xxx

Mellisa I thought my care was bad!!! you poor thing, I am sad that we left it so long to go back (8 years!) but I feel I have now just got my head round it all I think emotionally HG stays in you forever and I think we should be offered some kind of counselling during and after HG. I remember times of just sobbing to myself in hospital bed then after baby is born you are so physically worn out you go into melt down (or I did) I think I suffered slight PND looking back now. I really suffered emotionally and physically, I was trying to do everything by the book and breastfeed then became really ill with BF and lost my vision briefly due mastitis. The midwife put me on antibiotics but kept telling me 'breast was best' yet had really unsettled baby who suffered badly from constipation and screamed till her throat bled and still nobody would help, luckily things improved by 3-4 months but I started doing things 'our' way and I threw the book away LOL

This time I have a more of a plan and hopefully going to be more assertive when it comes to my care xxx

Good luck ladies xxx

 

[Mapleroo]

Hi ladies, fellow sufferers!

Ugh I can't believe I am doing this again! This is my 4th pregnancy. Had HG with first 3. I fear I am repeating history and going down that same old familiar , yet awful road. My plan was to start on my meds early before it got to HG, but so far my plan, as most I seem to make, is not going the way I would like it to! I am only 6 weeks along and enduring another 15 or so weeks of this seems so daunting. I just wish I could go to sleep and wake up in the 3rd trimester. So sorry for the rant, feeling like this is so isolating. My OH tries to be helpful, but he doesn't get it and I can't explain it. Just feeling sick, lonely and sad. My own private pity party. Thanks for giving me a place to get this out. Looking forward to meeting you all!

 

[iluvmyfamily]

Hi ladies, fellow sufferers!

Ugh I can't believe I am doing this again! This is my 4th pregnancy. Had HG with first 3. I fear I am repeating history and going down that same old familiar , yet awful road. My plan was to start on my meds early before it got to HG, but so far my plan, as most I seem to make, is not going the way I would like it to! I am only 6 weeks along and enduring another 15 or so weeks of this seems so daunting. I just wish I could go to sleep and wake up in the 3rd trimester. So sorry for the rant, feeling like this is so isolating. My OH tries to be helpful, but he doesn't get it and I can't explain it. Just feeling sick, lonely and sad. My own private pity party. Thanks for giving me a place to get this out. Looking forward to meeting you all!

.... Just coming in here reminds me of how bad my HG was in my other pregnancies. I feel for you so much. This is my 6th pregnancy, 5th baby (had a mc) and in my other pregnancies I had HG so bad to the point I was hospitalized all the time, been on the zofran pump, docs came in told me that my baby wouldn't have a chance and I may need an "A" which I'm against. A priest was sent to my room to pray for me because he thought I was dying. It was a nightmare. In this pregnancy I didn't have HG, just normal nausea and NO vomiting which shocked the crap out of me. Just keep in mind sometimes you can feel so sick but maybe you won't actually GET sick. Lets hope for the best sweety. I never thought in a million years I'd experience a somewhat normal pregnancy but I finally did. Good luck to you and God bless.

 

[Mapleroo]

Hi ladies, fellow sufferers!

Ugh I can't believe I am doing this again! This is my 4th pregnancy. Had HG with first 3. I fear I am repeating history and going down that same old familiar , yet awful road. My plan was to start on my meds early before it got to HG, but so far my plan, as most I seem to make, is not going the way I would like it to! I am only 6 weeks along and enduring another 15 or so weeks of this seems so daunting. I just wish I could go to sleep and wake up in the 3rd trimester. So sorry for the rant, feeling like this is so isolating. My OH tries to be helpful, but he doesn't get it and I can't explain it. Just feeling sick, lonely and sad. My own private pity party. Thanks for giving me a place to get this out. Looking forward to meeting you all!

.... Just coming in here reminds me of how bad my HG was in my other pregnancies. I feel for you so much. This is my 6th pregnancy, 5th baby (had a mc) and in my other pregnancies I had HG so bad to the point I was hospitalized all the time, been on the zofran pump, docs came in told me that my baby wouldn't have a chance and I may need an "A" which I'm against. A priest was sent to my room to pray for me because he thought I was dying. It was a nightmare. In this pregnancy I didn't have HG, just normal nausea and NO vomiting which shocked the crap out of me. Just keep in mind sometimes you can feel so sick but maybe you won't actually GET sick. Lets hope for the best sweety. I never thought in a million years I'd experience a somewhat normal pregnancy but I finally did. Good luck to you and God bless.

Thanks so much for your kind words!
So happy for you that you were able to finally have that 'holy grail' of normal pregnancy! I have to admit that I was hoping that now being in my 30's (previous pregnancies in my 20's) that would somehow make a difference and I wouldn't get sick. I also have had super sore boobs this time (never with my others) and I must admit having an irrational hope that all my suffering would just stay in my boobs! Oh the things we hope for!

 

[HGsurvivor05]

Hi ladies, fellow sufferers!

Ugh I can't believe I am doing this again! This is my 4th pregnancy. Had HG with first 3. I fear I am repeating history and going down that same old familiar , yet awful road. My plan was to start on my meds early before it got to HG, but so far my plan, as most I seem to make, is not going the way I would like it to! I am only 6 weeks along and enduring another 15 or so weeks of this seems so daunting. I just wish I could go to sleep and wake up in the 3rd trimester. So sorry for the rant, feeling like this is so isolating. My OH tries to be helpful, but he doesn't get it and I can't explain it. Just feeling sick, lonely and sad. My own private pity party. Thanks for giving me a place to get this out. Looking forward to meeting you all!

.... Just coming in here reminds me of how bad my HG was in my other pregnancies. I feel for you so much. This is my 6th pregnancy, 5th baby (had a mc) and in my other pregnancies I had HG so bad to the point I was hospitalized all the time, been on the zofran pump, docs came in told me that my baby wouldn't have a chance and I may need an "A" which I'm against. A priest was sent to my room to pray for me because he thought I was dying. It was a nightmare. In this pregnancy I didn't have HG, just normal nausea and NO vomiting which shocked the crap out of me. Just keep in mind sometimes you can feel so sick but maybe you won't actually GET sick. Lets hope for the best sweety. I never thought in a million years I'd experience a somewhat normal pregnancy but I finally did. Good luck to you and God bless.

Thanks so much for your kind words!
So happy for you that you were able to finally have that 'holy grail' of normal pregnancy! I have to admit that I was hoping that now being in my 30's (previous pregnancies in my 20's) that would somehow make a difference and I wouldn't get sick. I also have had super sore boobs this time (never with my others) and I must admit having an irrational hope that all my suffering would just stay in my boobs! Oh the things we hope for!

Awww mapleroo,
I am thinking about you, have you been to your Doctor?? My plan is similar to yours as soon as I get a positive I want medication at the ready but if I am being honest to myself that wont happen us UK helth service (NHS) is awful unless you are a royal!!!
Its taken us 8 years to come back and secretly hoping like you now I am 31 it might not happen as my body is maturer LOL sadly will probably be opposite with being older

This is only our 2nd month trying but getting quite scared as also getting closer to christmas and with DD I was in and out of hospital from wk 5 right through to 38 so would hate to be really ill for christmas

I hope your sickness settles and shout for medication or treatment from your DR!!!.

Hugs from me