hyperemesis sufferers unite!

[Dragonfly]

should try being me i have a fear of throwing up in public! so I used to take massive panic attacks when i had to go for scans and apps. It was horrible! i would have a vomit bag in my bag just in case and wouldnt go anywhere there wasnt a toilet right at hand. I didnt leave the house only for them scans, couldnt go for a walk witrh swollens ankles and throwing up, i dont think my neighbours wanted to see that. I wouldnt even go to friends houses or shopping with anyone in case I was sick in a shop, imagine being sick all over mothercare! how embarassing. i would die. I couldnt cope with the embarassment and i know poeple will say its only sick but i couldnt. The panic of it happening would freak me out and make it happen. Even when I was getting my hair cut at my house i remember having to ask the hair dresser to give me a min as i was chucking up my lunch. I hope if i do get preg again my body wont react like that.

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

I also have a fear of throwing up in public so I don't go out. Anything I need I order from the internet.

NIfirsttimer- when you have fluids and they give you potassium what is that for? I had that too when I was admitted but didn't know what it was for. I thought it might have been given my mistake but maybe not. Think that was the 3rd or 4th bag I had though (I lost count) xx

 

[NIfirsttimer]

yeah i got it a lot too.. sodium & potassium. i might be wrong but i think that those are both electrolytes (sp) so when you become very dehydrated, your sodium & potassium both get very low, which is dangerous, so when they pump u full of fluids they need to replace those too.....
have u had the gross yellow vitamin 'banana bag'? ugh gives you the worst taste!

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

Nope, don't think I've had that. Something to be glad about by the sounds of it xx

 

[craftymum]

yuk the yellow bag is horrible! I never left the house either for months but not cos I was scared of throwing up in public, I just never had the energy to even get out of my bed for so long. I used to hate ante natal appointments as I always fainted when I went out and the effort required to get ready was hell. I also got the comments about morning sickness which really used to hack me off, people just don't seem to get it at all, they think we're just making it all up or something.

 

[NIfirsttimer]

must be an ulster hospital thing that banana bag lou!!! eugh it was so gross, it gave you a taste in your mouth like the taste of vitamin tablets bleeeuuughghghghghhg

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

yuk the yellow bag is horrible! I never left the house either for months but not cos I was scared of throwing up in public, I just never had the energy to even get out of my bed for so long. I used to hate ante natal appointments as I always fainted when I went out and the effort required to get ready was hell. I also got the comments about morning sickness which really used to hack me off, people just don't seem to get it at all, they think we're just making it all up or something.

Yeah that's what gets me the most too.

I hate going to midwife appointments, they've moved them to the local childrens centre rather than the doctors so it takes me almost half an hour to walk there (very slowly) and I'm always sick and shaking and dizzy once I get there xx

 

[Stilletto_Sam]

Oh yes! The Ulster Hossy special - the banana bag - had it too!


GROSS

XXX

 

[Tulipa]

I remember the yellow bags too I always got a taste in my mouth as well but I never put the two of them together. always got it after I'd been given a couple of bags of ordinary fluids.

I didn't realise how common HG was untill I came across this thread. Noone that I know has gone through it (know a friend of a friend ... but noone I actually know iykwim) and most people don't seem to understand how debilitating it is. I was so sick for weeks that I could barely take care of myself let alone my daughter. For about 7 weeks I was only awake for about 3/4 hours in the entire day, the rest of it was spent dosing, sleeping or out of it.

The choice of drugs offered by docs really seems to depend on the country your in and the part of the country but at least more doctors seem to be willing to prescribe medication now. Taking something that works really does make a hugh difference to the quality of your life while your pregnant and your ability to enjoy your pregnancy. I only enjoyed the first week knowing I was pregnant and the last three weeks as they were the only full weeks where I wasn't sick. Was definitly worth it in the end but I think 2 little ones are my limit. Don't think I could ever go again and run the risk of being bedridden with two little ones

 

[Dragonfly]

I also have a fear of throwing up in public so I don't go out. Anything I need I order from the internet.

I am exactly the same and still am as now that I am not being sick I just cant get out. Internet shopping is actually better and so much less hassel,. how can you look at something if all your worrled about is throwing up over it. And I am a dramatic puker I cant help it.

I find a lot dont understand this, especially people like my mum who thinks I was imaging it all and that I wasnt always sick because SHE wasnt when she was pregnant. I think she expected a carbon copy of her carefree pregnanies with me. Apparently I popped out on my due date not a bother. i know she would make a some poeple sick with how easy she makes it out to be.

 

[Kitty23]

Yeh thanks for your really great posts NIfirsttimer

Sickness has been really bad today, I am walking round the house with my febreeze because I can smell food everywhere.

I woke up at 2am last night literally screaming in pain again I;ve had lower rib/chest pain for the last 2 weeks that gets unbearable at night, so bad I can't lie on either side of my body. The dcotor seems to think its my organs pushing up to make room for my uterus, but surely at 10 weeks even with triplets its still to early for that?! And then out of no where I had shoulder and all my arm on my right side in agony like someone had literally broken all my bones. I took paracetomol which didnt help and my Dh was so worried about me. I was literally crying and whimpering like a puppy for 3 hours before I exhausted myself and fell asleep.

I'm going to have to go back to the gp if it happens again tonight this isnt fun.

How's everyone else doing? xxx

 

[BumpyCake]

Hey Kittty,

I pulled a muscle from all of my throwing up. I mean, my back and shoulders hurt so bad that I couldn't lie down to sleep. Also, it restricted my breathing - I couldn't inhale fully. My ob was able to give me a muscle relaxer. It's taking a long time to work but it's better than it was...maybe you could inquire about that.

tbh, she said she would ordinarily give me a high-strength anti-inflammatory but since we're preggers, she gave me the next best thing.

 

[Kitty23]

Hey Kittty,

I pulled a muscle from all of my throwing up. I mean, my back and shoulders hurt so bad that I couldn't lie down to sleep. Also, it restricted my breathing - I couldn't inhale fully. My ob was able to give me a muscle relaxer. It's taking a long time to work but it's better than it was...maybe you could inquire about that.

tbh, she said she would ordinarily give me a high-strength anti-inflammatory but since we're preggers, she gave me the next best thing.

I'll ask about that at my next appointment next week thanks. I am just dreading going to bed now the pain is unbearable

This pregnancy isnt what I thought it would be lol xxx

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

Does anyone else have burst blood vessels all over their chest, neck and face from puking so much? I hate them, I get them around my eyes the worst they look like loads of little blood spots xx

 

[Kitty23]

Yup I've got the burst blood vessels they look oh so attractive dont they. I use lancome foundation and it covers the majority of them quite well xxx

 

[NIfirsttimer]

yep i had loads.. got one huge one on my chest thats still there but the little ones are all gone now...

this pregnancy isnt what i thought it would be

i think that is one of the hardest bits about hg, u imagine being pregnant, people loving ur bump when ur out and about, and all the excitement of the pregnancy in general.. in reality its the exct opposite, and you start to resent being pregnant, hate it, just wish it over as fast as poss.. and its not fair!

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

That's pretty much how I feel. I love feeling him kick, but I'm wishing the weeks away so he's here and I stop being ill. And no one can admire my bump when out and about because I don't leave the house xx

 

[Kitty23]

this pregnancy isnt what i thought it would be

i think that is one of the hardest bits about hg, u imagine being pregnant, people loving ur bump when ur out and about, and all the excitement of the pregnancy in general.. in reality its the exct opposite, and you start to resent being pregnant, hate it, just wish it over as fast as poss.. and its not fair!

Completely and we tried for so long for this pregnancy and I feel like a moany cow lol, but I really am not enjoying it. I know it will be worth it but to be honest I just feel like I'd rather be dead some days with the unbearable pain etc I'm trying to keep positive with looking at baby stuff and buying bits and bobs but its hard. blah sorry for being so negative lol xxx

 

[teal]

Does anyone else have burst blood vessels all over their chest, neck and face from puking so much? I hate them, I get them around my eyes the worst they look like loads of little blood spots xx

I have these too Katy - really bad on cheeks and up around my eyes

 

[NIfirsttimer]

dont feel guilty.. its normal to feel like that when you are so ill! im not ashamed to admit that i HATED being pregnant. i loved the fact that my little girl was in there, and i couldnt wait to meet her and be her mummy, but i HATED being pregnant!