hyperemesis sufferers unite!

[amberdawn723]

Pixoletta- I'm so sorry you're suffering with this right now. I know how horrible it can be as I had it with my 1st pregnancy. This pregnancy I'm only on 5 weeks and 2 days and have had only slight passing nauseousness in the mornings mainly. I'm so scared I'm going to end up getting full-swing nausea and vomiting by the end of this week .
Unfortunately I don't know of any good tips to help with the nausea that actually work. For me sipping on ginger ale or sprite helps settle my tummy a bit but other than that it's really just a matter of avoiding foods/drinks/moving certain ways and car rides too...and having a bucket always handy with a trash bag inside (easier to clean up, just tie shut and throw in the trash).
FX'd that it gets better for you really soon.

 

[NIKKI16JAN]

Hi ladies, is anyone taking Ondansetron?? I am on metoclopramide which is helping with the vomiting but the constant hunger feeling and nausea is ruining things, is Ondansetron any better???? any advice much appreciated xxx

 

[NIfirsttimer]

hey ladies.
ondansetron is zofran, they would only give me that via IV while i was in hosp, not at home, i think its considered a little more risky that some of the other meds, but it was about the only thing that worked for me,
metoclopromide was my worst one, it works by emptying the tummy quickly, but for me, thats when i felt most ill, so it made me more nauseous, just meant that there was nothing there to actually throw up, if that makes sense.
have you tried cyclazine?

 

[NIKKI16JAN]

Hiya, cyclazine got given to me in hospital by via IV and meds and it made me really light headed and didnt really do much for me....hopefully my doc will let me try something else as I have a 3 year old so need to get out of sitting around in my PJs all day with my head in my hands xxxx

 

[NIKKI16JAN]

has anyone tried going down the private hospital route??? just wondered if anyone managed to find a specialist dealing with HG?

I need to get out of this, been housebound for 3 weeks and feel like a complete failure as cant leave the house....is anyone else housebound???

 

[NIfirsttimer]

i was completly housebound for weeks and weeks on end, so i can totally sympathise. I considered going private, but TBH i decided it wouldnt make difference anyway, things are either liscened for use in pregnancy, or not, so the dr wouldnt make much difference, although i was lucky enough to have a good GP who tried lots of things to help me (although not much worked!)
i know this thread is really long but there are lots of tried and tested things throughout the pages, so its worth having a read thru if you can find the energy.
I really feel for you girls, i havent forgotten how bad it was

 

[NIKKI16JAN]

your little girl is lovely!! i know its all worth it as have a 3yr old....which is making this HG really difficult, how long were you housebound for???xxxx

 

[NIfirsttimer]

lol shes changed so much since the pics in my siggy, need a new one really!
i was pretty much housebound from 4ish weeks, until about 24 weeks, after that i was still throwing up most of the day, but was able to function a bit more, and keep little bits of food down sometimes etc, I was sick for every single day of my pregnancy, apart from about 4 days around 30 ish weeks i think...
i cant imagine how hard it must be running after a 3yr old too....

 

[Pixoletta]

I'm on cyclazine...it doesn't help so much and they didn't prescribe me another name. I had an injection in my thigh which i don't remember the name of but that seemed to work..don't think it comes in tablet form though. i had cyclazine in an IV form which made me very breathless and scared me! Got discharged again today after having to go in Wednesday night because of Hyperemesis...grrr i guess it's just going back and forth until it gets better i hate car rides too.

I have Thiamine tablets but putting that on my tongue makes me throw up.

 

[NIKKI16JAN]

oh no, sorry to hear you have been in hospital, I hated being in as being sick in front of strangers was my idea of hell......look after yourself, are you currently housebound or able to get out???

 

[Pixoletta]

Yeah being sick when everyone is watching isn't nice...eh currently housebound..have been for several weeks.

 

[Pixoletta]

Are any of you experiencing pain where the baby is?? I had really bad pain this morning, like stomach pain..kinda worried.

 

[NIfirsttimer]

yeah hun, i had that the whole time, its mostl likely to be muscle ache from all the wretching and throwing up, horrible, but harmless xxxx
have any of you got to the bleeding throat bit yet? i hated that, wretching so much that i was bringing up just blood

 

[Pixoletta]

Plus i'm constipated just got a bit worried about the stomach pain but it seems to have settled down now. I feel a little better today, which is very good in my books! I hope i don't puke up blood that would make me extremely paranoid and scared :/ My one pregnant friend was puking up her stomach lining....

 

[Pixoletta]

I jinxed myself yesterday and felt awful.. feel awful again.. Just take this sickness away pleaaaaase it's making me feel so depressed and upset

 

[NIKKI16JAN]

That's one of the worst things, you think you are having a good few hours then bam its back again, I am going to the doctors tomorrow to see if he will let me have Ondansetron, am currently on Metroclopramide which is helping with vomitting but want the nausea to stop, heres to having a good monday xxxx

 

[Pixoletta]

Are all the anti sickness medicines safe for the baby? It's just when i went to Primary Care once, the doctor told me that only Cyclazine was the safest. I have the doctors today too, see what she suggests. Hate vommiting on an empty tummy, it hurts so bad!

 

[NIKKI16JAN]

I think it all depends what your GP is like as to what meds you get, when I was first admitted to hospital they discharged me with Metroclopramide, the second time I was admitted to the same hospital I saw someone different and they said this hospital didn't give Metroclopramide to pregnant women, so I explained well thats what I got given last time....so its all very confusing, i have done as much research as I can and by the looks of things there isn't a wonder drug out there but I would just love the nausea to stop, that way I can hopefully get a good nights sleep as HG plus no sleep is making me extremley fed-up.....heres hoping we both get a good outcome at the doctors today xxxx

 

[NIfirsttimer]

zofran (odenestron) is the best IMO, its just a bloody nightmare to get in the UK!
metclorpromide was pants for me, it empties the tummy really quickly to prevent vomitting, but just added to my nausea, so wasnt worth it. i used cyclazine for most of the time, and it gave me 30min - 1hr of light relief each time, but nothing actually 'cured' me at all... seems to be the case for most of the HG ladies unfortunately

 

[NIKKI16JAN]

just come back from docs and he has signed me off for 3 weeks and given me Buccastem tablets to take with my metoclopramide....fingers crossed