craftymum

Neely ward was crap, Nurses were lovely but it was so noisy, I took ear plugs in on my 2nd stay to try to block some of it out, and hate how they never collected your pee samples, I'd one nurse asking me for a sample and I told her I couldn't go but when I eventually did I told her twice and when I went the next morning my sample from the night before was still there so I told her again and she just laughed, when they changed shifts I went a bit later on and my 2 samples were still there, one of the other Nurses was raging as she said that's how samples get mixed up so I had to start putting my name on them from then on. Think with zofran it's cos it's a relatively new drug and they told me there wasn't enough research the doc said it was like the pregnant womans morphine, they said they only used it in emergency setting - it def worked great though but they can't take risk of giving it to us incase we try to sue if something goes wrong, medical staff in the states are much more clued up on hypoeremesis than they are here but I guess that's cos they have to pay for it all over there. I too am fed up as I remember being 8 weeks and thinking is this ever gonna end but I never thought I'd still be as bad at this stage, I seem to have got worse since I hit 15 weeks. All I eat is white bread and fruit and still can't have water near me, I feel really weak and I look a mess, greasy unkempt hair and unshaven legs the heap. I've already been sick loads today, basically if it goes in it'll come back up again, used to be I could've ate toast and it would've stayed down but now nothing seems to stay down, I don't coo,k I don't clean, I don't do anything anymore apart from sleep and throw up, didn't sleep last night at all as had such a bad night and felt so sick all night, then started throwing up at 9am this morning, worried about my poor teeth as well. Just can't wait til the day I can actually get up and go out to the shops even just for an hour but right now I would collapse if I even tried. So glad my daughter is 16 would hate to have a little toddler running around while going through this.

Vici

Yay for you girls I've not been as bad as some however, I did have about 5 weeks off work with it (after struggling for a few) and then proceeded to be signed off for high BP, PE etc etc!!

Thankfully mine is easing off now (have had 2 days with no sickness but 3 times today!) but anything is better than when it was as its worst - 50/60 times a day!!

craftymum

Hi Vici, glad yours is easing off. I've been off work for about 10 weeks now and can't see me being able to go back for a while yet. It really is horrible as you just can't enjoy the pregnancy at all when you are so ill. So many people think it's just morning sickness and then there's the old wee it's not like you're ill or anything!! I'd love to see these people coping with a severe bout of food poisoning for 9 months.

Vici

I know, people who say you're pregnant not ill, have got the harsh end of my tongue, lol!! My mum corrects them, and says, actually she is very ill, bless her

craftymum

My Mum still can't come to terms with fact I'm being sick so much, every day when she hears I've been throwing up yet again, she says MY GOODNESS in a shocked tone!

Stilletto_Sam

Girls, here's a for you, but I'll not squeeze too tight.

Crafty, my Mum is a star and knows that it's not just MS as she saw how I suffered the last time. I don't know what I'd do without her. She came all the way from Carrickfergus last week to stand in my kitchen for 3 hours and do my ironing whilst I sat at the kitchen table with my head in my hands groaning.

I too am a durty scut-haven't had a shower for three days, my hair is tangled and wild and I haven't bothered to wash my face today. Now, that coming from a girl who usually takes pride in her appearance is baaaaaaaaaaaaad.

Hubs said today that if he had known how ill I'd be, he wouldn't have bothered trying for a baby of our own...

NIfirsttimer

lol yep its only now at 32 weeks that im able to do those little things for myself.. the simple things like having straightened hair, and shaved legs! it feels SO good! im almost feeling a wee bit guilty that im thru the worst of it now, and you girls are still living the full nightmare... but on the other hand.. im living proof that there is an end in sight.. just in the distance, but its there!ive not been too bad today, i was sick a few times this morning, but was ok in the afternoon. my main problem is liquids, im SO thirsty all the time, and conscious of keeping the dreaded ketones away, but more than a mouthful at a time still makes me feel really sick, and if i dare have a big drink, it will more than likely come back up again... i have to just keep sipping all day, but im dying for a big glass of ice cold water!

cant beleive some of u girls have done this twice! i really, honestly cant see us going thru it again!

craftymum

OOhh Kat, Just looked at your ticker 54 days to go, I'm sure you can't wait to meet her after the long hard battle you've had to get her here. When I look at my own and see that I'm almost halfway it's hard to believe but I just wish I could feel normal again, I'm really fed up, I eat my toast at about 8ish and by 9 I'm throwing up and it's the same pattern all day long, every time I eat, I throw up within an hour. I just sat and cried this afternoon as I can hardly remember what normal food tastes like and I really really wanted to have some chocolate but I've tried that once and it was such a bad idea. My tummy is so sore that I have to practically stand upright when I'm sick as it hurts to bend forward and I get so bloated it's really uncomfortable. I knelt down to pick something up yesterday and I didn't even have the strength in my thighs to push myself back up again, I had to grab the wall and use my arms to try to get up. It's weird cos I feel like such a fat blob even though I weigh less than before I was pregnant, must be just from being laid up so long. I just wish I could feel baby move as I know that would make me feel a bit better but as I haven't felt a thing yet I worry so much that something bad has happened. I've 3 weeks left until my scan and I'm dreading it, I'm just so paranoid about it all. I'm just so fed up with all of this, I feel so lonely and I just want to feel normal again. Feel like all I ever do these days is moan moan moan!

NIfirsttimer

moan all you like hun.. sometimes thats all you can do!!
Ive been having a rough day too.. was really sick at 5am, complete with nosebleed ughh
then went back to bed, ate a dry cracker and took a cyclizine... im sure you know what im talking about when i talk about throwing up after taking one.. its FOUL.. the taste and the acid... ugh. makes me want to never take another one again, so i was really sick about 15 mins after taking that, that, combined with the dry cracker made for a terrible throwing up experience lol... has left me with horrible reflux all day that no amount of gaviscon will shift
have to take bailey to the vets tonight too.. that will be an experience as its always bunged and they are always running late, and restraining a bouncy boxer in a packed vets reception is enough to push me over the edge! just hope OH gets home in time to come with me!

yep..54 days to go.. cant believe it!
heres a cot pic to cheer you all up!!

and me a few days ago!

Stilletto_Sam

Kat, You look great and the wee cot is adorable! Does looking at it make the suffering any more worthwhile? Had you thought of taking Zantac along with your tablet? They gave me that and a prescription home with me and it has helped with the acid no end. Doc said Zantac ok to take in pregnancy. Sorry you were so crap this morning.

Sam xxx