hyperemesis sufferers unite!

[mrsraggle]

awhhh mrsraggle
the retching is the worst.....
i usually just ate things so that there was something there to bring up again, as its just downright painful otherwise.. esp as your bump gets bigger.....
whts your GP like? i know you mentioned you had never had a diagnosis, but to me it sounds like you're pretty ill..... do they test your urine for ketones when you go?

katy.. are you any better today?

They do yeah - not had a problem so far. To be honest it was really bad in the first tri but I just assumed everyone was the same, and now I'm sneaking into third tri it's getting just as bad. I realise now second tri, although very sicky, was much better than this!!

I've got the midwife again next week so I'm going to mention it again. On the home straight now though

 

[NIfirsttimer]

its a nasty balance some times... when you have good days. or even good hours where you can eat & drink a bit, it keeps the ketones down... so even tho you still u feel like total crap, and are very sick the rest of the time, while theres no ketones, they wont do anything, and assume you are 'fine'.............
you could always ask for some cyclazine to try, they might be willing to give it to you for a short while even.....?

 

[craftymum]

Katy, good luck for your scan tomorrow, try not to worry as they got it so wrong with me and they do with a lot of ladies, just be prepared for a long wait - I ended up stuck in the maternity unit waiting for 5 very long hours.
I found the only way I could get fluids into me (once my fizzy lime stopped working) was through eating small cubes of melon, even though it still came up again I retained enough fluid to stop me become dehydrated again.
I hate the Docs that tell you to eat more, my Doc was the same, telling me to eat boiled rice!! Imagine that on the way back up again! My doc also never took me serious, she just always laughed it off even when I complained of pain as I hadn't stretched enough so Jacob was very cramped in there. Even when I fainted 7 times in 10 days and twice in one day on a hospital visit and once at an antenatal clinic they never really did much for me, even though it's quite unusual to faint in third tri, all they told me was to drink fruit smoothies and isotonic drinks and to carry a little fold up chair everywhere I went!!! Medical opinions on HG are really crap, there are not very many Doctors that treat it as seriously as it actually is.
Big hugs to everyone that is suffering, I really hope you get a break from it soon xxx

 

[ttcbambino#1]

Hope your apt goes ok tomorrow Katy. I'm only just realising how good my dr and hospital are, they've been so helpful, I'd like to come to yours and knock their heads together!!!

The stemitil is making me very woosy, went to the Sainsbury's today and thought I was going to pass out, someone did ask me if I was ok as I'd gone all clammy, just put the basket down and left, got home and was really ill, felt like taking 2 steps forward and 3 steps back as the last day or 2 haven't been too bad, oh well!!!

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

I'm exhausted and on top of everything else I've caught a really bad cold off a friend who came to see me on Sunday so I'm going to have a quick shower and then get an early night because I've got to be at the hospital for 9 tomorrow. Gonna be really difficult because morning is my worst time for puking xx

 

[anothersquish]

Wishing you luck for tomorrow Katy.
Ive had a few ok days though been sick more often because I have a cold which has set off my chest problem which always makes me be sick when I cough. I am so thankful for orange flavour isotonic drinks and Tesco Orange lemon and Pineapple cordial, its all I can drink some days! I noted with this cold I was starting to edge towards dehydration as Im sweating a lot when I sleep and I cant drink during the night anymore as I just throw it back up....ugh.
*sigh* sorry to whinge, 11 days overdue, thought Id be back to eating and drinking like a normal person by now...ah well baby says hes not ready!

 

[mrsraggle]

Hope your little boy arrives soon anothersquish x

 

[NIfirsttimer]

squish i dont know how you are doing it!!! when my due date came & went i was like a woman posessed!.. really hope he makes an appearance very soon!
katy.. good luck for tomorrow.. text me. ill be thinking about you xx

 

[LucindaE]

Having a day today. Went to bed late because I wasn't tired but even so, I spent a lot of last night getting up, retching over the loo, bringing up bile, lying down, getting up... I don't understand why my body doesn't realise there's nothing there to BRING UP!

3 more months of this.

Mrs Raggle -Had to post to sympathize - a bit belatedly - particularly about that because that situation is so unbelievably horrible, and it brings back grim memories of my own Retching in the Night Jollies.

Sending you some if you don't mind them from a stranger? I do hope that this doesn't happen too often.

You must have been dehydrated at that time - it is so frustrating when medical people see you when you are not, and assume that you must be exaggarating.

I follow this thread becuse I suffered myself years ago (Kat knows my tale of woe of undiagnosed Hyperemesis). Coming upon this thread revived memories and made me swear to raise awareness. I am currently working on it.

As I said in a previous post, I am always impressed by the lovely supportive attitude you all have here and how brave everyone is. I have to admit I whinged a bit myself and my symptoms lifted after fourteen weeks, unlike a lot of the ladies here.

Acupuncture did help me, but I'm not going to be one of those annoying people advocating some form of treatment they have a thing about. I know it doesn't work for everyone.

It's amazing the differences in sympathy/treatment depending on GP's, hospitals, etc. Some of Katy's seem to have done their worst.

Hope everyone is feeling as well as can be expected. Wish you all better as soon as may be!

Kat, on a cheerful note - when I visited your site I saw that lovely photo and I do so want to know what you and O/H are having such a laugh at?

Remember to let me know if I can help you in raising awareness.

LucindaE
XXX

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

Back from scan.

Scan showed that baby has grown, he's still below the 10th centile but is following his own growth pattern. Also showed that fluid levels are low, so I need that monitoring now too. Consultant was a really nice guy, told me that if I have ketones at home again and labour ward say to see GP then just tell them he said I have to go in for fluids and turn up. He said that without the sickness he would just say to keep scanning weekly and see how baby and fluid go. However with my constant puking he thinks it's about time we started thinking about getting baby out.

He didn't think I was favourable for sweep or induction today, so I have a follow up appointment on sat to scan and check fluid levels again, and to monitor baby's HB for a while. Then on Tues I've to go back to his clinic, possibly have another scan and he will do an internal and see if I'm able to be given a sweep, if not he'll consider inducing then. He said that with me having low energy levels with being so sick he doesn't want to induce me too early if my body isn't ready because he doesn't want it to end in an emergency C-section.

So feeling pretty pleased that I've actually been listened to, and now I'm off for a sleep because I'm exhausted! xx

 

[ttcbambino#1]

Aww Katy so glad the consultant wasn't a wally!!! Get some rest, he really seems to know what he's talking about and glad their looking after you properly. So your little man could be here next week if your ready?!

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

Aww Katy so glad the consultant wasn't a wally!!! Get some rest, he really seems to know what he's talking about and glad their looking after you properly. So your little man could be here next week if your ready?!

Yeps Or I think even if I'm not favourable if I ask him to induce I think he will. Exciting xx

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

Feeling really fed up and confused this afternoon. I've done really well with food today. I've had a piece of toast and 2 biscuits and not been sick, I've also drank about 1.5 litres including a bottle of lucozade...yet my ketones are still showing ++ I think my body is just broken completely now.

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

Just had a text from Kitty23...she's been admitted to hospital, she has really high blood pressure and +3 ketones. Hope you're home soon xx

 

[ttcbambino#1]

Bless you, hope your ketones improve soon, and yay for keeping down your food today! I had a bowl of shreddies and kept them down, but still have a cracking headache and dizzy feeling that started yesterday, suppose it's the meds kicking in??

Poor Kitty, send her my love, hope she's better soon

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

It could be the tablets, or it could just be general unwellness from lack of food xx

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

Kitty text me again before to say she's being kept in for another night because her heartrate is really high so she needs to have an ECG tomorrow. Hope all is okay xx

 

[mrsraggle]

Kitty text me again before to say she's being kept in for another night because her heartrate is really high so she needs to have an ECG tomorrow. Hope all is okay xx

Lots of love to Kitty x

 

[ttcbambino#1]

Crikey hope she's ok, thanks for the updates Katy x

 

[justmarried24]

Hey ladies
Lots of love to Kitty
I am feeling so so much better....had a really good two days since being in hospital! Managing to keep stuff down....just small amounts, but its all good! Now have a craving for lucozade and it is def giving me energy! I am planning to go back to work on Monday, just 8.50 til 3, work have agreed no meetings for the next two weeks until I feel 100% again!
YOu ladies have been such a fab source of support - thank you!
Doc diagnosed hyperemesis and I just have to phone antenatal ward if I get those awful headaches or if I dont keep anything down for a couple of days.....fingers crossed the cyclizine are working!
Even going to the local pub with a few friends tonight....which I am so excited about!!
xxxxxx