hyperemesis sufferers unite!

[Kitty23]

went back to the docs today and she has made me stay off work, I feel better that she was so adamant about it, I feel less guilty you know. So the chest pain is getting worse and she thinks its a really bad chest infection and wants me back next week to decide to take antiboitics or not, she's worried its turning into pnuemonia. so blah.

And my boss called me and made a little shitty comment about how I cant be off work long term. Errrm yes I can! I can be off as long as the doctor wants me off work!!!

I've said no more to babies after this pregnancy but I bet I will be coming back on here a month after I give birth all broody and wanting more lol!

I've managed 3 hash browns with a bit of butter on today really chuffed with myself!

Well done Teal on the water xxx

 

[teal]

Katy - I'm sending you hugs I really hate feeling so hungry but not able to keep anything down

Kitty - glad your doctor is keeping you off work. I feel guilty at times for being off work and it doesn't help when our bosses are making comments about it. My manager made a comment about how the sickness should really be clearing up by now xx

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

My manager is also getting crappy about it. I don't care to be honest. I would rather be sat in the office than stuck in the house vomiting all the time so she can sod off really. If she can't understand that's her problem not mine.

Kitty- Glad your doc has told you to stay off, it's nice when you have their support.

Teal- Well done on being able to drink your water I can't bear the thought of eating or drinking anything today xx

 

[Kitty23]

Katy- Beautiful picture of your bump!! Hope you can eat or drink a wee something soon

Teal- ugh why are boss's so unsympathetic! Surely if the doctor is giving you a sick note then your bloody sick!

My boss called me today trying to hassle me into going in for training! I said I'm really sorry but I cant! I'm as meek as a mouse lol so it took alot for me to say no! But god I literally cant walk from my living room to my kitchen without having a wheezing attack or gagging, so no a training course isnt advisable!

rah lol. xxx

 

[teal]

I think hassle from work just makes it even harder. My line isn't up for 2 weeks and my manager has said to me if I feel better then I've to go in on Monday. Apparently I've to send him a text if I'm going in and if I'm not there when he comes in he'll be phoning me for an update. Not too sure what he thinks is going to change in less than a week

How is everyone feeling today? xx

 

[sun]

Hi Ladies - just wanted to offer you all lots of
I don't have HG, but it was a big fear of mine after seeing a friend go through it with both her pregnancies from start to end. Luckily she found some meds that allowed her to function a little and stay out of the hospital, but by no means did she feel normal. I know I can't really understand without having gone through it myself, but I wanted to offer some support. There does definitely need to be more awareness about the fact that HG is not "morning sickness" - even among some of the medical field!

Hope all you ladies have much better days ahead
xx

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

Thanks Sun, it's nice to have someone who understands!

I've been rough the last few days, had visitors so had to try and go out for a meal, was so violently sick afterwards. Blergh. Today I've managed to keep down a glass of squash and half a packet of chicken supernoodles. Pretty good not really a whole days worth of food though Have puked the bit of mash and chicken I tried at dinner time, and the biscuit I tried this morning.

Back to the docs on tues. My boss is gonna go mad I think xx

 

[teal]

I hope you get on ok at the doctors tomorrow katy. Try not to worry about your boss but I know that's easier said than done. My boss said he was phoning me for an update today if I wasn't in - even though my sick line is until next wednesday

 

[Kitty23]

eugh I hate bosses lol I really feel like sending mine my sick from a whole day in a bag maybe they would leave me alone then!

Hope the doc is ok tomorrow Katy Teal thats terrible about your boss keeping phoning you!

I called Acas ( employment advice) last week to check my position with regards to being off sick maybe until maternity leave starts and the advice guy was great, he said they cannot sack anyone for pregnancy related sickness hoorah! You can go for unfair dismissal otherwise.

Had the most yellow bile this morning if it wasnt so gross it would be interesting lol.

I'm hopefully off to the doc on tues to, I think its asthma not a chest infection, had what my mum ( a nurse) thinks was a bad asthma attack at the weekend so we shall see!

fun old pregnany eh lol xxx

 

[teal]

Kitty I hope you get on ok at the doctors aswell tomorrow.

My boss did phone me but I just told him I'm still being sick. I do feel guilty being off but I would be useless if I was in.

Sending you girls hugs xx

 

[teal]

Kitty I hope you get on ok at the doctors aswell tomorrow.

My boss did phone me but I just told him I'm still being sick. I do feel guilty being off but I would be useless if I was in.

Sending you girls hugs xx

 

[Kitty23]

eugh I hate feeling guilty, I've stopped now, the doctor has told me I cant work and my babies come first. Bugger my bloody boss lol. You need to think that way too teal xxx

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

I agree, it took me a while to get into that mindset, but at the end of the day your work will cope without you. You might find after a while that they back off Teal, I used to get a phonecall almost every other day. I haven't had one for almost 3 weeks now though, so I think they have given up on me.

It's crap, but there really is nothing I can do about it.

Hope your appointment goes well tomorrow Kitty. I'm going to ask my doc if they can prescribe me the one that speeds up digestion (can't remember the name, argh!) rather than anti-sickness. Anti-sickness doesn't work at all, so I'd rather have something that means I might get something from my food in the half hour or so it stays down. xx

 

[Henrica80]

I'm sending to all of you, hope you all feel better today. i have been off work myself since April 20th till now, i was back at work shortly in august but i couldn't manage then i decided to just forget about it. My mat leave started on 16th , if you aint feeling strong then there is no point of going back to work cause it makes it worst at the end, and no guilt, it isnt something you are pretending......

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

Just got back from the docs. She said there isn't really anymore tablets they can try, or anything else really. Signed me off for a month, said that she would give me a sick note for longer but she wants me to keep going back so she can keep an eye on me as she can see it's getting me down xx

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

Also, sorry to rant again (i'm feeling pretty shit today, just wanted to cry at the doctors, managed not to though).

Is there a stage where lack of food gets dangerous? Yesterday all I had was a slice of bread with a bit of butter on. Everything else I sicked back up. The day before that I had half a packet of supernoodles, and a digestive, again everything else came back up. The day before that I didn't keep down anything.

But the doctors etc keep saying as long as I can drink enough there isn't anything I can do I literally haven't eaten a meal for about 2 weeks. It can't be good for baby. xx

 

[Stilletto_Sam]

Hope your appointment goes well tomorrow Kitty. I'm going to ask my doc if they can prescribe me the one that speeds up digestion (can't remember the name, argh!) rather than anti-sickness. Anti-sickness doesn't work at all, so I'd rather have something that means I might get something from my food in the half hour or so it stays down. xx

Katy, the drug you are looking for is generic Metoclopromide or marketed sometimes as Maxolon. It was the only thing that helped me. It speeds up digestion as you quite rightly say, so there's less to sick up and more chance of some nutrients being absorbed from your food. Ask your GP to prescribe it for you.

Good luck! I know how miserable you are all feeling and I still have bad days too, but now on the home stretch.

And you will all do it again...I'm on my third!



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[NIfirsttimer]

i didnt eat more than a few bites of toast / cracker for weeks and weeks on end, pretty much as long as you are getting SOME fluids in then the food can wait.. you feel like crap for it, but it wont harm bubs.. i was stressing over not being able to eat anything and my dr's advice was to forget about the foods and concentrate on the liquids, aand just eat little mouthfulls throught the day to try to get some food in xx

 

[teal]

My doctor has always been more concerned about keeping water down than food. It's hard not to worry about the baby. I'm still sick with most things I eat but I'm managing a good amount of water (as long as it's ice cold and I'm sipping it throughout the day).

Doctor also said baby gets everything he needs from me so even though I feel awful the baby is fine.
xx

 

[Rebaby]

Hugs katy i know it seems mind baffling how we can keep going on hardly anything at all, and even crazier how we can grow a baby at the same time but i was told the same thing...just concentrate on trying to get some fluids in you.

I had one very bad week where all i had was fizzy pop and when that got too much and was coming back up i just sucked on ice cubes. Then i'd have these random days when i could actually eat the weirdest of things, like mexican food for e.g. and i'd think "am i cured?!" but the next day i'd barely be able to manage toast again... It was so frustrating and i really feel for you.

It's good that your doctor has signed you off for a month though, in the beginning before we moved house, our old GP would only sign me off for one week at a time, so i had to renew my sick note and call work every single week and i would feel so guilty every time i rang even though i knew there was no way i could go in, people don't seem to understand hyperemesis at all, and basically though i was off for 10 weeks with "morning sickness"