Buccastem? Useless! How many times are you being sick a day? For how long? It sounds like you need to be admitted. Stick your tongue out....does it look grey and dry? Did they take your blood pressure or a urine test? If you have ketones with those symptoms you really need to go to hospital. I believe you can buy Ketostix over the counter to check or your GP should do that anyway. I hope they did! You poor thing. I really feel for you and don't feel you are getting the right care (((((((((((((hug))))))))))))))
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Buccastem? Useless! How many times are you being sick a day? For how long? It sounds like you need to be admitted. Stick your tongue out....does it look grey and dry? Did they take your blood pressure or a urine test? If you have ketones with those symptoms you really need to go to hospital. I believe you can buy Ketostix over the counter to check or your GP should do that anyway. I hope they did! You poor thing. I really feel for you and don't feel you are getting the right care (((((((((((((hug))))))))))))))
Aasarie, I hope that drug helps you. Everyone is different.
My tablets are working great. Still feeling sick all day long and not able to eat but they are stopping me being sick which is good. I just want to be able to eat again. I am drinking ok now too. I have had such great care this time though so I am very lucky which is why it makes me sad to hear some of you struggling. I was struggling until I went to hospital but then I had great support and now i feel much better. Still ill but no where near as bad as I was.
My tablets are working great. Still feeling sick all day long and not able to eat but they are stopping me being sick which is good. I just want to be able to eat again. I am drinking ok now too. I have had such great care this time though so I am very lucky which is why it makes me sad to hear some of you struggling. I was struggling until I went to hospital but then I had great support and now i feel much better. Still ill but no where near as bad as I was.
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You can buy ketostix over the counter to monitor your ketones. They're about £5 from boots. I used to do this xx
Thanks Dream A Dream for confirming. I thought you could.
Please go and get some Ketostix. This is really important. I hope they checked you for that but if not you can do it yourself. If you have lots of ketones you really need to be admitted. It was that and dehydration that sent me in x
Please go and get some Ketostix. This is really important. I hope they checked you for that but if not you can do it yourself. If you have lots of ketones you really need to be admitted. It was that and dehydration that sent me in x
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Hi ladies, I'm so sorry to hear how much you're all suffering. Big hugs to all of you and I hope it ends soon.
I am trying to figure out if I have HG or just really bad morning sickness. Can you help? I have booked an appt at the GP but they dont have anything for 2 weeks.
My symptoms are as follows:
- constant nausea - the only way i can get rid of this is by sleeping.
- throwing up a couple of times a day (at its worst at around 9 weeks it was 5x per day but this has subsided a little).
- i can sip water and liquid but i can't drink a whole glass
- i don't feel like eating ANYTHING. have managed to get by on plain potato and popcorn, and am able to eat fruit.
- i'm in my 13th week now and seem to be throwing up less.
- I have lost a stone (14 lbs) in weight - pre-conception i weighed 9 stone and now i weigh 8 stone.
- I gag at anything. e.g. I gag if i bend down to pick something up.
- I dont feel like doing anything and am very weak with little energy. I haven't been to work and am struggling to use my brain.
Does this sound worrying to you? I mentioned it to my GP at my 6 week appointment and to my midwife at around 9 weeks, but both of them seemed to brush it off because I said I could drink liquid. But every time I throw up a load of liquid comes out and i worry about that.
I would be really grateful for any advice you may have! I really don't want to end up in hospital on a drip, but if it sounds like my health is at risk then I will do it.
Thanks so much,
mummySS
I am trying to figure out if I have HG or just really bad morning sickness. Can you help? I have booked an appt at the GP but they dont have anything for 2 weeks.
My symptoms are as follows:
- constant nausea - the only way i can get rid of this is by sleeping.
- throwing up a couple of times a day (at its worst at around 9 weeks it was 5x per day but this has subsided a little).
- i can sip water and liquid but i can't drink a whole glass
- i don't feel like eating ANYTHING. have managed to get by on plain potato and popcorn, and am able to eat fruit.
- i'm in my 13th week now and seem to be throwing up less.
- I have lost a stone (14 lbs) in weight - pre-conception i weighed 9 stone and now i weigh 8 stone.
- I gag at anything. e.g. I gag if i bend down to pick something up.
- I dont feel like doing anything and am very weak with little energy. I haven't been to work and am struggling to use my brain.
Does this sound worrying to you? I mentioned it to my GP at my 6 week appointment and to my midwife at around 9 weeks, but both of them seemed to brush it off because I said I could drink liquid. But every time I throw up a load of liquid comes out and i worry about that.
I would be really grateful for any advice you may have! I really don't want to end up in hospital on a drip, but if it sounds like my health is at risk then I will do it.
Thanks so much,
mummySS
i coulnt make it to the doctors i had to tell him over the phone as i was too sick. i had the buccastem today and was ok while it was running its course and then bang the acid sickness started. since then ive chucked up half a sandwich (thats all id managed to stomach) and my food i just ate. my toungue still looks the same but i suffer with the watery mouth you get - pytalism (sp?). im nauseaus constantly but did manage ot drink a glass of water this morning.
when i was at hospital they were great but since then im crappy again. might have to get the ketostix but wait until the weekend as no one can get it for me and im house bound at the moment havent been out in days. my throat feels quite sore and possible swollen but im sleeping alot too now.
with the Ordanestron the doctor basically said they dont offer it at my clinic as not sure if safe??? i reckon thats because they are expensive! they only give cyclizine prochlorperazine or buccasstem thats it.
when i was at hospital they were great but since then im crappy again. might have to get the ketostix but wait until the weekend as no one can get it for me and im house bound at the moment havent been out in days. my throat feels quite sore and possible swollen but im sleeping alot too now.
with the Ordanestron the doctor basically said they dont offer it at my clinic as not sure if safe??? i reckon thats because they are expensive! they only give cyclizine prochlorperazine or buccasstem thats it.
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hey girlies!!!
as you might have noticed, im responsible for starting this wee post... which is now a biiigg thread!
if you have read from the start you will know that i started it around 32 weeks pg, when i was at my best, im sure the details are all in here, but i had it pretty tough for the vast majority of my pregnancy. i felt so bloody awful that there were times when i didnt want to be pregnant anymore. Im not ashamed to admit that!
i look at ruby now, running rings around me at 18months, and i wonder how i could ever have felt that way, and then i get a tummy bug for 24 hrs, and BAM, im back there and i remember how awful it was! Im terrified about the thought of TTC again, i just dont know how i would cope with being so ill again, with Roo to look after, but i know ill do it again because, for you first timers out there, it IS worth it, every bit of it!
anyway, i just wanted to check in with you guys and let you know that you arent alone! If there is ANYTHING i can do please let me know, im no dr, but ive been there!
keep your chins up girls, you are doing great xxxxxxxxx
as you might have noticed, im responsible for starting this wee post... which is now a biiigg thread!
if you have read from the start you will know that i started it around 32 weeks pg, when i was at my best, im sure the details are all in here, but i had it pretty tough for the vast majority of my pregnancy. i felt so bloody awful that there were times when i didnt want to be pregnant anymore. Im not ashamed to admit that!
i look at ruby now, running rings around me at 18months, and i wonder how i could ever have felt that way, and then i get a tummy bug for 24 hrs, and BAM, im back there and i remember how awful it was! Im terrified about the thought of TTC again, i just dont know how i would cope with being so ill again, with Roo to look after, but i know ill do it again because, for you first timers out there, it IS worth it, every bit of it!
anyway, i just wanted to check in with you guys and let you know that you arent alone! If there is ANYTHING i can do please let me know, im no dr, but ive been there!
keep your chins up girls, you are doing great xxxxxxxxx
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Kat you know I'm gonna be there for you, if you could just wait until I've popped Noodle out and am human again [or when, yes when because I'm feeling positive!, HG leaves me!] I'm there to buy you bread... not that you'll want bread!!!
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Copying this from my journal!
I was at the Dr this morning to see the community MW as I'm not due to see my own MW until 17th. So I go down there, skidding on the icy roads, with my bowl for company. Heaved my way through the waiting room. She comes to get me and is like "Why're you here, we should be visiting you at home if you're this sick blah blah" so I told her the Dr told me to come down, I don't know why but the meds she gave me obviously aren't working and is there anything she can do. So at this point I get really brave and ask for Zofran [apparent miracle drug for HG but rarely prescribed except by hospital because it's expensive and so new that effects on baby aren't known yet it is safe for use in children?] so she checks it in her book and says it's not meant for pregnancy unless risks to mum outweigh risks to baby so she goes to check with the Dr there and he said no that I could only get it if the hospital prescribed it. So he asked what I had been on already and I had explained to her what the other meds [cyclizine, metrochlorpramide & promethazine] did etc and that the cyclizine made me really dizzy. So then he suggested Prochlorperazine I have no idea what the name is but I tell the MW I would down smarties from a tube if she told me it would work. I'm at the end of my tether, I'm worried that because of my history of mental health that I'm gonna end up with depression because I'm more prone to it that most people etc etc. So she gave me a prescription of these, told me I can take them up to 3 times a day but only use them if I need them.
Sooo I get home and nom down one of the pills [fortunately they're really small because I'm hell for taking pills!] and within 30 mins I've gone from 20% life to 50%... omg I can WALK AROUND WITHOUT HANGING ONTO STUFF!! I think hmmmm I think I can manage food... I eat a little. No vomiting, nausea doesn't increase. This is a new sensation. I can sit up... I even managed to tidy the living room!!! OMFG IT'S A MIRACLE!
Girls I know I've ranted a massive post here but my life has literally changed today. I wish it wasn't the weekend because I want to phone this MW and tell her how happy I am!! I have just nommed some bread with balsamic vinegar... omg food with flavour! I'm still sick but the improvement from literally barely being able to stand to this is unreal. I can cope with the nausea and slight illness. The Prochlorperazine also helps with dizziness too which is fantastic for me as I'm prone to fainting. I basically feel like I'm experiencing "normal" MS now!
I was at the Dr this morning to see the community MW as I'm not due to see my own MW until 17th. So I go down there, skidding on the icy roads, with my bowl for company. Heaved my way through the waiting room. She comes to get me and is like "Why're you here, we should be visiting you at home if you're this sick blah blah" so I told her the Dr told me to come down, I don't know why but the meds she gave me obviously aren't working and is there anything she can do. So at this point I get really brave and ask for Zofran [apparent miracle drug for HG but rarely prescribed except by hospital because it's expensive and so new that effects on baby aren't known yet it is safe for use in children?] so she checks it in her book and says it's not meant for pregnancy unless risks to mum outweigh risks to baby so she goes to check with the Dr there and he said no that I could only get it if the hospital prescribed it. So he asked what I had been on already and I had explained to her what the other meds [cyclizine, metrochlorpramide & promethazine] did etc and that the cyclizine made me really dizzy. So then he suggested Prochlorperazine I have no idea what the name is but I tell the MW I would down smarties from a tube if she told me it would work. I'm at the end of my tether, I'm worried that because of my history of mental health that I'm gonna end up with depression because I'm more prone to it that most people etc etc. So she gave me a prescription of these, told me I can take them up to 3 times a day but only use them if I need them.
Sooo I get home and nom down one of the pills [fortunately they're really small because I'm hell for taking pills!] and within 30 mins I've gone from 20% life to 50%... omg I can WALK AROUND WITHOUT HANGING ONTO STUFF!! I think hmmmm I think I can manage food... I eat a little. No vomiting, nausea doesn't increase. This is a new sensation. I can sit up... I even managed to tidy the living room!!! OMFG IT'S A MIRACLE!
Girls I know I've ranted a massive post here but my life has literally changed today. I wish it wasn't the weekend because I want to phone this MW and tell her how happy I am!! I have just nommed some bread with balsamic vinegar... omg food with flavour! I'm still sick but the improvement from literally barely being able to stand to this is unreal. I can cope with the nausea and slight illness. The Prochlorperazine also helps with dizziness too which is fantastic for me as I'm prone to fainting. I basically feel like I'm experiencing "normal" MS now!
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lol... i know.. i thought that as i sent that message... bread? as if! ill hold your sick bucket, hows that...
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YAYAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
you are SO lucky to get those at home, that even tho im not pregnant or sick , im JEALOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
im so glad tho, it will hopefully make things easier for you with Saraya too!
xx
you are SO lucky to get those at home, that even tho im not pregnant or sick , im JEALOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
im so glad tho, it will hopefully make things easier for you with Saraya too!
xx
Thank you for starting this thread and i love you for it!! lol
i suffered with it with my first baby and then have had it again this time and like you i had days when i sat there crying not wanting to go on and at my worst said i didnt want this baby.
im glad this thread was here because when i felt alone and scared and fed up because like i said before most people look at it as 'oh its morning sickness get over it' i felt relieved talking on here to you girls who were also having first hand experience at what i was feeling.
medically now my doctors advise having any more children and to be frank i dont intend to after this one arrives.
ill be glad when it passes completely and i feel like me bacuase i still cant look in the mirror for how much weight i lost (there was hardly anything to me before and i was managing an ideal steady weight) and that my face is unrecognisable form my used ot be clear radiant skin to the complexion i have now. im taking each day as it comes and this thread has helped me do that.
THANK YOU
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You mean the prochlorperazine? I thought they were pretty standard. I think the MW would have given me zofran but the Dr was having none of it!
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oops... i misread.. i thought they gave you zofran!!!
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Wow, that was a weird blast from the past. Scrolling down the homepage and see "Hyperemesis sufferers unite" last poster NIfirsttimer. I would love to say I've missed it but I haven't 
xx
xxAsarie, I am so happy to read your post!!!!!!!!!!! That's how i feel. I am on 2 lots of meds but i now feel like I am suffering normal ms....unless I am late taking one that is! Your post has made me really happy! Well done on getting somewhere 
Nikkip my doctors advised against more kids for me too (i also have spd and blood pressure issues) so I have all that to look forward to once hyperemesis has left me (assuming it does again!). This one was a little accident. I don't think I could ever have chosen to put myself through this....but I am sure once he/she is here I will say...I would do that again for him/her lol. NO MORE FOR ME THOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am only on Ordanestron (Zofran name in UK) because the consultant prescribed it in hospital. The midwife and GP were shocked I had it. I know it's hard to get it! it does work though!
Welcome back to the girls who know how we all feel. It's weird going back and remembering isn't it? I should have been reading this before i got caught as it would have reminded me why!!!!!!!! But then this was a shock so i had no idea it was coming so i guess that's useless. I will read it forever more though! Just in case!
Nikkip my doctors advised against more kids for me too (i also have spd and blood pressure issues) so I have all that to look forward to once hyperemesis has left me (assuming it does again!). This one was a little accident. I don't think I could ever have chosen to put myself through this....but I am sure once he/she is here I will say...I would do that again for him/her lol. NO MORE FOR ME THOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am only on Ordanestron (Zofran name in UK) because the consultant prescribed it in hospital. The midwife and GP were shocked I had it. I know it's hard to get it! it does work though!
Welcome back to the girls who know how we all feel. It's weird going back and remembering isn't it? I should have been reading this before i got caught as it would have reminded me why!!!!!!!! But then this was a shock so i had no idea it was coming so i guess that's useless. I will read it forever more though! Just in case!
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I'm so happy to have found something that works. I felt sick this morning and was heaving but quickly got my tablet down me so it's kicking in now. I can't believe people complain about "normal" MS because that's what I'm having now and it's easy peasy!! LOL
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Hello ladies 
I've just found out I'm pregnant following 2 ectopic pregnancies and a tube removal, so I'm ecstatic to be pregnant again. However I did also have a miscarriage at 10 weeks following 4 weeks of hell from HG. I'm a midwife but I was completely unprepared for it, it hit me like a sledgehammer. I literally went from being fine at 5+5 weeks to being a complete mess the next day. If I'd been a dog they would have shot me and put me out my misery!
I'm still waiting for my scan to confirm it's not ectopic but once that stress is over I've then got the stress of waiting for the HG to return which I'm convinced it will. Last time I had 3 admissions ranging from a few days to a week and a half, was vomiting every half hour, lost well over a stone and pretty much wanted to die! I do have a great plan from my wonderful consultant to proceed straight to ondansetron if the vomiting becomes uncontrollable, no messing about trying cyclizine or anything else first, and steroids earlier than later if needed.
I'm taking B6 and trying to rest as much as I can in preparation but would be grateful for any other tips as to things I can do to help myself?
Gentle hugs to you all. You can't truly understand the hell of HG unless you've experienced it yourself!
I've just found out I'm pregnant following 2 ectopic pregnancies and a tube removal, so I'm ecstatic to be pregnant again. However I did also have a miscarriage at 10 weeks following 4 weeks of hell from HG. I'm a midwife but I was completely unprepared for it, it hit me like a sledgehammer. I literally went from being fine at 5+5 weeks to being a complete mess the next day. If I'd been a dog they would have shot me and put me out my misery!
I'm still waiting for my scan to confirm it's not ectopic but once that stress is over I've then got the stress of waiting for the HG to return which I'm convinced it will. Last time I had 3 admissions ranging from a few days to a week and a half, was vomiting every half hour, lost well over a stone and pretty much wanted to die! I do have a great plan from my wonderful consultant to proceed straight to ondansetron if the vomiting becomes uncontrollable, no messing about trying cyclizine or anything else first, and steroids earlier than later if needed.
I'm taking B6 and trying to rest as much as I can in preparation but would be grateful for any other tips as to things I can do to help myself?
Gentle hugs to you all. You can't truly understand the hell of HG unless you've experienced it yourself!
