hyperemesis sufferers unite!

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My mums loo is awful. Splashback all the time...it got me in the eye once :lol: xx
 
Hi Ladies this is my first post here, was ranting in 2nd tri yesterday and was pointed in this direction!

I had no sickness up until the 13th week of my pregnancy, NYE in fact was when I started to feel very unwell. At first I thought I'd just developed an aversion to some foods, but since it's got progressively worse and I struggle now to keep any food down, sometimes I also struggle with fluids. I've lost all interest in food, I feel sick at the thought of eating some days (I know this is all in my mind!). I'm a bigger size, 18 with an above avg BMI which is why I was referred to a consultant. I have no problems with my BP etc and up till now had a healthy appetite!

So I was at the hopsital for my consultant apt yesterday and health care asst found ketones in my urine sample, and I was told I need to eat more etc. Explained that I haven't been able to keep anything down properly for 2 weeks now etc I then went to see the consultant and he basically accused me of purposely avioding food in an effort to lose weight and that I was 'silly' to be doing this and that I must eat and put on 12 kilos during my pregnancy. (He then went on to contradict himself and say due to my BMI I will be at risk from GD and high BP etc, so whats it to be, I have to put on weight or be carefull so I'm not at risk???) Anyway he seems to have completely ignored the fact that I can't keep food down and he seemed convinced it was deliberate. I feel so sad, I'm exhausted and getting terrible headaches which I assume is because I'm not drinking and I'm really concerned about these ketones. I wish I could sit down and eat a lovely dinner, but when I force myself to do this I always end up being sick and feel shocking, it's so hard to force the food in, just bringing it to my mouth is a torment.

I assumed I just had a bug or MS, but I'm starting to think I might actually have a problem. I don't really like to bother my GP or MW too much, but after yesterday I'm just in a state.

Any advice, your own stories etc would be great to hear from you. Are you taking any medication, and what type?? Do those anti sickness bands work?

Sam x
 
Dont feel you will be "bothering" your gp or midwife with it. If you are getting headaches etc you may be bordering on dehydrated and any GP will take that VERY seriously. I would book an appointment with your doctor asap and get some advise. Sickness bands didnt work for me at all but I know they helped some people at least be able to keep water down, I was on antisickness tablets (differing types as they start to become less effective after a few weeks) from 18 weeks to 24 weeks then had to come off them as Drs were concerned they were contributing to pre term labour threats but went back on them again a few weeks later. Even on medication I can keep down water, orange cordial drink (most days) and orange isotonic drink and I can eat 'some' dry toast and my vitamins and minerals...I occasionally manage some chicken or small amounts of cubed cheese and the odd plain biscuit but not on a daily basis. I stopped trying to "make" myself eat because it was making it worse and causing me to get really upset, at which point id end up being sick MORE because I was upset...useful!
My advise would be to only eat what you can face, dont overdo it and make yourself feel worse. Take pregnancy vitamins and minerals religiously, consult your doctor, I take pregnacare, iron and calcium tablets and despite my very limited diet I feel pretty good.
Drink wise, always keep water/isotonic drink with you, sip at something regularly, try ice lollies or ice chips instead of liquid, I LIVED off ice lollys for about 6 weeks.

It really annoys me when I hear of consultants being such pigs about sickness, basically...ignore him...what a tit. Dont panic about weight, I was really worried when I suddenly started to drop 2lb a DAY as I knew it was water weight as well as fat and muscle but that extreme weightloss did stop and stablised around 29/30 weeks I think it was and since then I put back on a few lbs.
 
ttcbambino- I agree with what anothersquish said. First of all, :hugs: I'm sorry your consultant isn't sympathetic. I had a similar experience the other day with a consultant who accused me of doing it on purpose too, idiot he was. My advice would be not to try and force full meals on yourself. I know that whenever I eat a meal i'm sick within minutes.

You might find some foods that you can just about manage, if you do then stick with these. I only really eat toast/bread and sometimes some plain noodles. Boring but it's keeping me going. Also, try really really hard to make sure you take your vitamins at a time they will stay down. I take mine literally just before I fall asleep and I would say about 5 nights out of 7 they do stay down.

I also can only drink water or very weak squash and I'm on medication 3 times a day which supposedly stops the sickness. I'm still sick on average about 7 or so times a day. The tablets I've had are Buccastem (stemitil) and Cyclizine. They both have really strong side effects for me and make me feel so so tired it's a struggle to stay awake.

If you think you're dehydrated get yourself to the doctors or A&E as you may need a drip to rehydrate you. I've had to have this a couple of times and it does make you feel a lot better. Both times I've been admitted on the drip I've had 3+ ketones. I had 1+ the other day but the midwife wasn't too concerned about that and just said to keep an eye out for if I felt dehydrated.

xx
 
Thanks for the support ladies. I got terribly sick friday midday and spoke with midwife who suggested I pop up to the ANC ward. When I got there urine showed 3+ ketones so went on drip and have had stemitil, they gave it to me as an injection in my bum! I tried ice lolly before the stemitil and was such a relief for a bit but did bring some back up, unfortunately all over the floor as I couldn't get to the sick bowl in time :blush:

Anyway I've been home now for a little bit, they kept me over night, I found the stemitil did make me very drowsy too and I'm exhausted still now! However it seems to be working and I did have a small bite to eat when we got home but the best bit is having a nice cold drink! I think I'll do the lollies again tho as it was so nice!

I suppose it's a matter of taking each day as it comes now, I'm still annoyed with the consultant, maybe if he could have been a bit more helpful I might not have ended up in hospital :shrug:

Sam xx
 
Yeah, unfortunately some consultants are just like that :(

Glad you're feeling a bit better :hugs: If I have to have stemitil injection again I might ask for it in my bum because they usually give me it in my arm and it really hurts, bruises really badly too. I'd recommend to try and eat a bit while you can, I had rehydration last Friday and by Monday was back to being sick all the time again. :hugs: xx
 
It wasn't too bad in my bum to be honest! I'm going to try really hard to keep well this weekend, but I am worried about the rest of the pregnancy, don't really want to be going in once a week for more fluids :nope:

Have you had your sickness from day one?
 
Yep, for me the sickness started before I even found out but obviously I didn't know what it was then. I found out at 3+5, and I was sick after my dinner 3 times the week before I found out but just put it down to being tired and stressed.

Did they give you any tablets to take at home? For me they don't really help with the food but they make it possible to drink enough that I can mostly stay out of hospital xx
 
No, it's on my medication chart/notes that they sent me home with, I should have asked, but they asked me when I was next seeing the mw etc and I see her next week, so don't know if they thought I'd just sort it out my end. Got the feeling that they needed my bed, yesterday it took one gorl 5 hrs to finally get discharged, shed' been asking since I got there, but to be honest I wanted to leave, I hate the hopsital!
 
awh sorry you ended up in hosp, its miserable, but the rehydration really does give you a day or two of relief.. it just shows that the reason we feel so ill is the dehydration, its a vicious circle...

i used to get zofran in hosp.. it was fab.. hospital food never tasted so good... but like katy says, within a day or two its back to feeling like death :-(

i think you should defo have a chat with your gp about medications.. it is scary taking drugs while pregnant, but all of us have tried them.. most of them! andwe have all been fine.. at the end of the day, medication thats as safe as it can be to take while pregnant, that allows you to get some nutrition for yourself, and baby, has got to beat no medication & starvation! i settled on cyclazine for most of my pregnancy, it never took it away, but it did give me an hr or so of relief after taking each pill... by the end i got down to only one a day, as in the last few weeks, i was only really ill in the mornings and could manage some light food in the evenings.. ('normal' morning sickness! lol)

like i say to all the girls here.. dont think about how long there is left and how you might or might not be ill the whole time.. i can promise you it only makes it worse.. just take one day at a time, and do the best you can that day!

(i think it was around 32 weeks that i had a miracle week! i was only sick in the mornings, and i had LOADS of energy, which just came out of nowhere, i could barely walk to the shop accross the road the week before.. and i cleaned my whole house... i mean i was up ladders scrubbing the walls etc... i spent a whole day on each room, like a crazy woman (it really wasnt bad to start with!) the day i finished the house, it returned again & i was back to nasty sickness / energy levels.. i swear it was to allow me to nest for rubys arrival... maybe you guys will get that too ;-) )
 
ooh and ttc.. i notice you are 15 weeks.. that was the start of my worst period.. it lasted about 6 weeks, during which i was in & out & literally bed bound.. but after that things got better.. slowly... but that was defo the worst bit, so chances are, whatever happens, it wont be this bad the whole way thru.. u might be like sam & have it leave early... i think she started to feel loads better in 2nd tri....

your pregnancy is the same time of year as mine!!!
i was SO bad this time last year.. if youve seen 'the' photo of me in hosp i posted in this thread, it was taken in january... i see ur dd is 4th july! mine was 7th, and she was born on the 9th,...

oh... and that means this time next year you will have a ruby!!!! (or a rupert?) whos 6months & 1 week old.. sitting up, blabbering & throwing food around!!!!
jeeeez... i actually cant believe that was only a year ago... it feels like years and years..
 
NIfirsttimer said:
ooh and ttc.. i notice you are 15 weeks.. that was the start of my worst period.. it lasted about 6 weeks, during which i was in & out & literally bed bound.. but after that things got better.. slowly... but that was defo the worst bit, so chances are, whatever happens, it wont be this bad the whole way thru.. u might be like sam & have it leave early... i think she started to feel loads better in 2nd tri....

your pregnancy is the same time of year as mine!!!
i was SO bad this time last year.. if youve seen 'the' photo of me in hosp i posted in this thread, it was taken in january... i see ur dd is 4th july! mine was 7th, and she was born on the 9th,...

oh... and that means this time next year you will have a ruby!!!! (or a rupert?) whos 6months & 1 week old.. sitting up, blabbering & throwing food around!!!!
jeeeez... i actually cant believe that was only a year ago... it feels like years and years..
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Thats really cool! The time must fly in when you've got a little one! I hope I'm lucky and it leaves me be after awhile, but I'm preparing myself for the worst! It only really started around week 13, I'd been really lucky during 1st tri, it's like payback time now! I'll have a look for the picture, I suspect it resembles what I look like right now, which is a comfort!!!
 
I'm the same so I know exactly what you mean :hugs:

I recommend going to your GP to try and get some medication prescribed, it might help xx
 
I just want to go out for a couple of hours and have a bit of fun but I can hardly walk downstairs in my own house without getting really tired and dizzy. Looking forward to hearing from other sufferers too.
 
I haven't got any pictures of me with the drips in, I look too awful :lol:

It's mine and OHs anniversary tomorrow. No idea if we're doing anything though, seems pretty pointless to go for a meal :(

minhthanh- I'm the same, I feel exhausted all the time.

I think I might be dehydrated again. It's half an hour to the hospital though so don't want to ask my mum to drive me all the way there for them to say I'm fine. Think I might make a docs appointment tomorrow instead. Does anyone know if it's possible for the doctor to prescribe those sticks they use to test your wee so I can keep an eye on my ketones myself? xx
 
yep you can get them on prescription, the dr just gave me a handful of them tho with an empty pot to measure them against..
 
I'm gonna make an appointment for tomorrow then. It's a bit of a trek to the hospital if they just end up sending me home. xx
 
Hello lovely ladies :hugs:

NIfirsttime – thanks so much for popping in with all your support. It really is lovely to read how well you’re doing now and it will be interesting to know if you go on to have more. I had sickness throughout both pregnancies, and I knew by having a third I’d be risking it again, but it’s ended up to be a million times worse with Hyperemesis, but when I look at my two children and boy is it worth it, although fighting the depths of depression is probably the hardest thing I have had to cope with. Its just amazing how low you can actually feel.

LucindaE – your message was so very touching, thoughtful and incredibly kind. Your words of support really mean the world to us. Thank you.

Katy – you really are going through a horrific time hun. It’s so very hard for you. Just to say I’m thinking of you very much.

Mrsraggle – I too was the same as you with my first two. Hang out here and rant all the like. I worked full time and was sick up to getting to work, several times during the day and at night (but not through the night), often having to jump out of meetings, run down corridors and throw myself down the loo. It’s not pleasant, it’s just dreadful, so don’t feel alone ok.

I’m different to many of you who haven’t got very big. I lost weight in the beginning, at typing I’m nearly 23 weeks and I’ve put on 10 pounds and it’s all bump. Legs and arms are skinny, it makes me look much further on than I am, but I also tend to have big babas (lucky me lol) so not surprised by my ever increasing tummy!

Ttcbambino – don’t worry about the professionals – that’s what they are paid for. . Mine started with dehydrations and headaches, it’s a vicious circle and it you must get yourself looked after.
Minhthanh – don’t try to push yourself too much, I know its frustrating but you must listen to your body. Its working hard looking after baby and you, so rest ok. Remember little and often, dry food like crackers and plain toast, water or squash nothing too heavy. Keep us posted how you’re doing.

Well I'm half way through my second week back at work. I'm doing OK, by last wednesday I got really ill, so when I went back to work I said I felt I had done too much and could I take on lighter duties ie not running up and down to the 2nd floor up several times an hour lol! And ensuring they give me a break so I can have a bite to eat and take my tablet.

Life it going OK, much much much better than I was two months ago, but not at all near where I'd like to be, but I have to think myself lucky that I'm not being as sick as I was, but I do put that down to the meds that thankfully they have put on repeat and I don't intend to give up until I deliver.

I tend to look at the loo and feel sick now - very strange, but it must be something in my mind connecting loo to up chuck time. Not nice at all. I also find I can eat, but very small portions and plain food and I'm very tentative when eating. I can see my partner and children watching my face to see whether I'm ok or not. Just incredibly how it's affected everyone. :cry:

Anyway girls, big hugs to you all, wishing you all to feel better and speak very soon x x x
 
Glad you're feeling slightly better but sorry you're still suffering with not being able to eat.

My bump has shrunk again, I thought he'd grown but I think it was all just water retention from the drip because it's definitely smaller again. Argh, I want him to grow! xx

ETA: It was mine and OH's anniversary yesterday, we went for lunch because that's generally my best time of day. I purposely chose one of those help yourself buffet places so I could just get tiny bits of plain stuff, I barely ate anything, just half a spoon of rice and a bit of naan bread and was still sick as soon as I finished eating :dohh: So what a waste of £10 that was! xx
 
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