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

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

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

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......

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

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

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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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

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.
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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"