hyperemesis sufferers unite!

[NIfirsttimer]

awhhh just looked at your facebook pics.. its so weird... they are exactly like mine, the rooms are the exact same, its so weird looking at them!
you look so well hun! i cant beleive you managed make up this soon! took me at least a week!!! and i see you got some of those gorgeous hospital pure orange drinks! i stole some to bring home they were so good!
he is really really beautiful, so happy & healthy looking, isnt it amazing how well they do despite us starving for months on end!
your pics have made me so jealous all over again!!! are you still on a complete high?
cheesy beans......mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[craftymum]

lol I'm not wearing make up, my lips are so red at minute cos they're all dry and chapped - I look like a witch in some of those pics as I'd just got out of pool lol! amazing how before I had him I'd big black eyes and after the colour just seemed to return to me instantly. Had soup tonight - all simple stuff but oh so good!! Still can't believe he's mine!! Shattered today as have had non stop visitors as well as midwife since 11am, then Stephen buggered off for a sleep - I still haven't had a sleep but Stephen's going to keep him downstairs for couple of hours and let me get a wee bit of sleep now. Going to see how we feel tomorrow might go to reg birth, he's strating to feed better now which is good so hopefully he will sleep better tonight - he loves his cuddles but then so do we!! The rooms are great kat and the staff were fantastic too, I'd def recommend the water to anyone.

 

[Stilletto_Sam]

I'm next in that water and don't hold me back!

Thanks for the pics Louise. Jacob is an absolute darling and so much hair! I can't believe that little monster was curled up inside little you and making you so wretched, but he's so worth it now, isn't he?

Has the sickness left you totally? I'm still feeling so relieved for you!


XXX

 

[claire99991]

yea has the sickness totally gone now?

he is gorgeous i looked thru your facebook pics you look fab as well your hair looked perfect actually i dont think i will look so good after i give birth! hope you manage to get sum sleep i bet you get more sleep now he is here cos you wont be in so much pain and feeling so sick x

 

[craftymum]

Yep the sickness left me by lunchtime, I haven't been able to eat a large amount of food but I'm eating lots of different things again and it's great - I downed a large glass of water in 2 seconds last night and believe me that was so good!! Claire it's the pics of me just out of the water that I look like a witch, in the other ones I'd a quick run over with the straighteners before visiting time lol!!
I haven't had a chance to get on here and catch up with everything or post my birth story yet, I will try to in the next few days but it's just hectic here at the minute as Jacob hasn't been sleeping or feeding well for us so we've been up all night since we got home from hosp, my normal midwife was on a training course and stand ins came out yest and told us off for nursing him too much and to let him cry and feed him every hour or 2!! Midwife came out today and told us to try different bottles, nuk ones as they have softer teats (same ones hospital use) whereas the avent ones we have are too hard and big which makes it very hard work for babies to feed as it just exhausts them, she said that even a very preterm baby wouldn't be feeding every hour or 2 after a few days so I sent Stephen out to get a couple to try and Jenna is just giving him a bottle now so fingers crossed it means we can get more into him which will mean longer between feeds and maybe the chance of some sleep for us tonight.
He weighed in today at 6lb 11oz so he's lost 7 and a half oz but midwife said they can lose up to a pound, he's so long and skinny - can't believe he was 56 cms! He gets his little heel prick test on Thursday so not looking forward to that!
Hope everyone is doing well and hope the sickness isn't too bad at the minute Claire - but believe me when you have your little baby in your arms it will all have been so worth it, I'm having pasta and garlic bread tonight for tea - can't wait yum yum - and heading hopefully for that pizza next week!
Take care everyone, will be on and off here as much as I can xxx

 

[Stilletto_Sam]

Lovely to hear from you Lou and thanks for the update. You sound like a completely different woman to the one who was posting on here this time last week!

It's still very early days with Jacob, hopefully you'll get the bottle feeding right and begin to get some well earned rest. Good luck with that. What does Jenna make of her new baby brother?

Jacob is indeed a long baby. Where on EARTH did you hide him? It's unbelieveable when I look at your last bump pic to imagine a long 7lb baby hiding in there!!!!

You take care, d'ya hear? Looking forward to the next update and things hopefully will be a bit more settled for you then.


XXX

 

[claire99991]

awww louise its so good to here the sickness has gone im so pleased carnt wait till mine has gone!, hope you get into a bit of a routine and get sum sleep hun xxxxx

 

[claire99991]

oh i feel so this morning like a zombie and now i have to get my arse out the door and walk hollie to nursery! heaving all the way

 

[Stilletto_Sam]

oh i feel so this morning like a zombie and now i have to get my arse out the door and walk hollie to nursery! heaving all the way

Oh poor you! Maybe the fresh air will help the sickness?




XXX

 

[claire99991]

fresh air didnt help i threw up in front of the lollipop lady nicccceeeeeeee!

 

[NIfirsttimer]

awhh hun... i hated the public throwing up.. i did it everywhere & its horrible.. people just stand and gawp at you like you could avoid doing it!!
think ive got a bit of a bug.. my god kids are both sick with it and ive thrown up a few times... it really brings back memories of what its like to be sick.. and has succeeded in making me most unbroody again lol!!!

Ruby had her second jabs yesterday and her 12 weeks check.. the HV measured her twice becasue she thought she had made a mistake the first time, shes got so long! she started on the 6th centile, and is now on the 91st! weight and height perfectly in proportion im so proud of my wee chunky monkey!!!

hope you feel better soon claire, and lou.. i dont need to say it to you anymore!!! amazing! cant wait until you are up and about so we can all meet up

 

[claire99991]

awww i love that pic kat its super cute she is gorgeous but i know you already no that

oh hollie is being so naughty today im sure she just plays up when im having a bad day on purpose little madam springs to mind!!! GRRRRR is it bedtime yet lol

debating on weather to go swimming tonight i want to just to get sum me time but the water makes me feel sick and i dont know if i can be botherd maybe i should just lie on the couch and have a early night

 

[NIfirsttimer]

im going swimming tonight! pity we are so far apart or we could have gone together! much as i adore Roo ive started craving some 'me' time.. ive tried doing it at home in the evenings while Oh has roo but its not happening so ive come to the conclusion that if i want it, then i literally have to go off on my own.. so i am!! im really looking forward to it! Rubys swimming classes are held in a lovely fancy upmarket gym (im not a member lol) and they gave me a one day vip pass last week, so im heading there, lovely fancy pool and jacuzzi & sauna etc.... bliss!!

 

[anothersquish]

Sticking my head in for some ideas.
My sickness is slightly better than it was, I was on antisickness tablets for five weeks as I couldnt keep down any fluids which ended in hospital trips and me loosing five stone in weight (opps). Since coming off the tablets partly because they werent working as well and partly due to Drs worrying they were in part causing early contractions I have been being sick 4/5 times a day on average but managing to keep enough fluids down and eating sort of enough.
However last night I was up for more than four hours back to the constant wretching and my throat has been acid burnt and the capillaries under my eyes that burst last time have gone again as has one in my eye (pretty...not). Its not been unusual for me to wake up being sick or wake up and be sick straight after but this four hour run is pretty much back where I started and its getting me down a bit thinking that it will continue regularly.
Anyone had something similar that settled down again or perhaps any ideas as to what I can do to try and avoid it? I did go to bed very early last night (before 8pm) but I was exhausted...of course today Im even more tired but Im going to have my supper and be sure I wait a LOT longer before lieing down incase thats why my body didnt like...BUT it had been at least 6 hours after I ate I started being sick. I had also been sick four times during the day, hadnt eaten or drank anything unusual (seeing as my diet consists of about 6 things I can normally eat and not immediately throw up)

 

[claire99991]

Sticking my head in for some ideas.
My sickness is slightly better than it was, I was on antisickness tablets for five weeks as I couldnt keep down any fluids which ended in hospital trips and me loosing five stone in weight (opps). Since coming off the tablets partly because they werent working as well and partly due to Drs worrying they were in part causing early contractions I have been being sick 4/5 times a day on average but managing to keep enough fluids down and eating sort of enough.
However last night I was up for more than four hours back to the constant wretching and my throat has been acid burnt and the capillaries under my eyes that burst last time have gone again as has one in my eye (pretty...not). Its not been unusual for me to wake up being sick or wake up and be sick straight after but this four hour run is pretty much back where I started and its getting me down a bit thinking that it will continue regularly.
Anyone had something similar that settled down again or perhaps any ideas as to what I can do to try and avoid it? I did go to bed very early last night (before 8pm) but I was exhausted...of course today Im even more tired but Im going to have my supper and be sure I wait a LOT longer before lieing down incase thats why my body didnt like...BUT it had been at least 6 hours after I ate I started being sick. I had also been sick four times during the day, hadnt eaten or drank anything unusual (seeing as my diet consists of about 6 things I can normally eat and not immediately throw up)

hiya hun, well if you kept sum food down for 6 hours at least your body is getting sum of the nurishments so thats good, i think just little and often is the way to go even just a cheese sandwhich or beans on toast anything bland and quite easy to get back up, i think people with hypermemsis can have good days and bad days right thru there pregancy so hopefully it might just be a little blip and it might pass in a few days, it could just be your body needs to get used to not having the antisickness tablets anymore. Try little and often dont lie down after you eat and try not to overdo things after you eat let it settle concentrate on the fluids again little and often and if you dont get any better or get worse maybe go back and see your doctor hope it doesnt last to long xxxxx

 

[claire99991]

im going swimming tonight! pity we are so far apart or we could have gone together! much as i adore Roo ive started craving some 'me' time.. ive tried doing it at home in the evenings while Oh has roo but its not happening so ive come to the conclusion that if i want it, then i literally have to go off on my own.. so i am!! im really looking forward to it! Rubys swimming classes are held in a lovely fancy upmarket gym (im not a member lol) and they gave me a one day vip pass last week, so im heading there, lovely fancy pool and jacuzzi & sauna etc.... bliss!!

ohhhhhhhhh soooooooooooooooooooooo jelous! lol have fun xxx

 

[claire99991]

oh didnt go swimming in the end my tummy feels heavy and full like my dinner hasnt digested so i think swimming would have made me sick, so staying in not gonna have anything to eat tonight got my pj's on and its only 6.30pm i just want my bed 1 hour till hollie bed time

 

[NIfirsttimer]

hey squish.. welcome to the thread! im sorry you are suffering.. its really miserable

i think if you are able to find even a few things that stay down then eat them! it doesnt really matter what they are or how 'good' or 'bad' they are.. if they stay down then they are all good! i lived on mashed potato, salt & vinegar crisps and dry white toast for months!
i really dont know why they dont come up with something to help with hyperemesis.. any of the meds they will give dont seem to help anyone! most of us have tried them all and given up with them too! Different things seem to help different people, but here are the things that did / didnt work for me

things that worked
.........................
*minute bits of dry cracker.. (i too was always sick the second i woke, so i used to set my alarm for about 5.30am, eat a tiny bit of cracker & take a cyclazine, and TRY to go back to sleep.. when i managed too, i usually felt slightly better on waking again
*lying completly still for most of the day, i literally lay without moving for hours on end as the smallest movement would set me off again!
*totally forbidding OH to eat anything with a smell in the house at all.. NO food smells!
*tiny little sips of water.. not even enough to swallow, just enough to wet your mouth a bit.. if you do that often enough you get a good amount of fluid in but its being absorbed in your mouth rather than going into your tummy to throw up again!
* giving up on housework / going to work / travelling in a car / trying to maintain friendships / relationships... i just didnt have the energy for anything other than staying hydrated and getting a wee bit of nourishment
* eating little and often.. a bite of a cracker every 30 mins or so.. tends to be worse on an empty tummy which is why you are suffering in the mornings.. some girls benefit from setting their alarm every few hours overnight, to avoid this!

things that didnt help
********************
*trying to keep busy to 'take my mind off it' as people who dont get it suggest
any movement made me way worse, so keeping 'busy' made me worse
* ginger.... burns like a bitch on the way back up again!
* chammomile tea.. it was like throwing up shampoo
* gaviscon... like throwing up shaving foam lol
* cyclazine, metclorpromide, zantac, and any other antiemetic other than zofran, which they only give as an inpatient ;-(
* eating more than a few mouthfuls at a time.. with hyperemesis food tends to lie about in your belly longer than usual, so eating too much will usually result in it coming back up!

its just trial and error really to find out what works for you... im so sorry you are going thru this
i got the burst capillaries too.. i used to be throwing up and wretching so hard that i would pee myself, and have a nose bleed.. it was miserable

 

[NIfirsttimer]

hey squish.. welcome to the thread! im sorry you are suffering.. its really miserable

i think if you are able to find even a few things that stay down then eat them! it doesnt really matter what they are or how 'good' or 'bad' they are.. if they stay down then they are all good! i lived on mashed potato, salt & vinegar crisps and dry white toast for months!
i really dont know why they dont come up with something to help with hyperemesis.. any of the meds they will give dont seem to help anyone! most of us have tried them all and given up with them too! Different things seem to help different people, but here are the things that did / didnt work for me

things that worked
.........................
*minute bits of dry cracker.. (i too was always sick the second i woke, so i used to set my alarm for about 5.30am, eat a tiny bit of cracker & take a cyclazine, and TRY to go back to sleep.. when i managed too, i usually felt slightly better on waking again
*lying completly still for most of the day, i literally lay without moving for hours on end as the smallest movement would set me off again!
*totally forbidding OH to eat anything with a smell in the house at all.. NO food smells!
*tiny little sips of water.. not even enough to swallow, just enough to wet your mouth a bit.. if you do that often enough you get a good amount of fluid in but its being absorbed in your mouth rather than going into your tummy to throw up again!
* giving up on housework / going to work / travelling in a car / trying to maintain friendships / relationships... i just didnt have the energy for anything other than staying hydrated and getting a wee bit of nourishment
* eating little and often.. a bite of a cracker every 30 mins or so.. tends to be worse on an empty tummy which is why you are suffering in the mornings.. some girls benefit from setting their alarm every few hours overnight, to avoid this!

things that didnt help
********************
*trying to keep busy to 'take my mind off it' as people who dont get it suggest
any movement made me way worse, so keeping 'busy' made me worse
* ginger.... burns like a bitch on the way back up again!
* chammomile tea.. it was like throwing up shampoo
* gaviscon... like throwing up shaving foam lol
* cyclazine, metclorpromide, zantac, and any other antiemetic other than zofran, which they only give as an inpatient ;-(
* eating more than a few mouthfuls at a time.. with hyperemesis food tends to lie about in your belly longer than usual, so eating too much will usually result in it coming back up!

its just trial and error really to find out what works for you... im so sorry you are going thru this
i got the burst capillaries too.. i used to be throwing up and wretching so hard that i would pee myself, and have a nose bleed.. it was miserable

 

[craftymum]

aw Claire I'm sorry you're still feeling so ill, I really don't know how you manage with hollie to look after too you're a star and I know it really doesn't feel like it now but it will all be worth it in the end. Kat, loving Roo's picture - she'll prob hate you for it when you're showing it to the 1st boyfriend lol!!
Jacob had his new bottles last night and he managed to eat a bit more and actually slept from around 3am to 6:30 this morning which was great, we even managed to get out for lunch today and he slept the whole way through that so we had a lovely lunch, I had goats cheese fritters with tomato chutney and they were absolutely to die for - I only ate half of it but it felt so good to eat something like that and to have a glass of diet coke too! I never thought I'd see the day!
I will stick my head in to keep up on here as much as I can, it's just hard at the minute as I rarely get a minute but hopefully we will get Jacob settled into some sort of a routine soon, I've barely lifted my laptop since I got home, it's so weird as before I'd nothing else to do but sit on computer all day. Now I just need to get used to the mega planning that is needed to go out for even the shortest trip. Hope everyone else is well and hope you have a better day tomorrow Claire xxx