it seems that there are loads of hyperemesis sufferers on board at the minute, spread accross the tri sections, so i thought we could all have a common thread to keep in touch & support each other - even text buddies if anyone wants to - for the days when you cant get out of bed

for those of you who dont know, im kat, 30 from belfast.. mine started in week 4 and although im still sick almost every day at 32 weeks, im a LOT better than i was, something i am eternally grateful for! i had a rough ride, as all us HG sufferers do, and was in & out of hospital for rehydration etc.. im pretty sure im past all of that now, although i still have my moments!

looking forward to meeting the rest of you!
kat

Hi Kat, well you already know my story but for those that don't, here goes. I've had hyperemesis since week 6 and I'm now 17+4 and since week 15 it seems to have got worse. At the minute I'm finding it really hard to keep anything down and I'm absolutely knackered and so weak, I've been in hospital twice for IV fluids and taking cyclizine now though they don't seem to work. I'm into my 10th week off work and I can't wait til this pregnancy is over as I'm so fed up with this. I just want to go out for a couple of hours and have a bit of fun but I can hardly walk downstairs in my own house without getting really tired and dizzy. Looking forward to hearing from other sufferers too.

know ive said this already, but mine peaked about where you are now.. that was the last time i was in hosp...hoping its the same for you hun xxx

Last time I was in hospital was about 11 weeks I don't know how I've managed to stay out, must be all that fizzy lime as I'm drinking gallons of it, hurts like hell coming up again but it's the only drink I can actually stomach taste of right now, though can't be too good for me but it's better than dehydration and a few nights in Neely again.

yep.. when i last got discharged from neely ward, i swore to myself id do everything in my power to stay out of there!!! if the fizzy lime works.. keep drinking it!!!!

i was really sick this morning.. made my nose bleed feeling a lot better now tho thankfully!

poor you, hate it when nose bleeds mine does quite a lot of that lately too, worst thing is when sick comes down your nose and something gets stuck it's so painful trying to get rid of it. On the bright side though you're nearly there, not too long for you to go now until you meet Ruby

looks like it's just us for now, there must be more of us somewhere?

Hi Girls. Bout ye!

Glad to have found you in the one place! My forum buddy, Lazy Leo directed me here, so kudos to her wee cotton socks.

I spent two nights last week in Neely and I too am trying everything in my power to stay out of there. It was so unbelievably noisy I didn't sleep a wink and actually came home feeling worse than when I went in. The only good thing to have come out of it was getting an early internal scan at 6 weeks + 5.

I'm currently on Metoclopramide, which only takes the edge off the nausea, but am still vomiting from time to time. Craftymum, you mentioned Zobran in a post on my thread. Why would they not give you a prescription home with you? I believe it is very expensive, but that's just cruel. Did it work at all? Had you considered buying it over the internet?

I am hating everything at the moment. I can only just about handle water-at a push and that's with fear of ending up in the Ulster again! My eldest turned 14 yesterday and I spent the entire day in bed I felt so crap. Not a nice birthday for him My total meal consumption for the day was a pastie bap (ask ye not!) from the local chippy. Disgusting, but I managed to keep it down by a miraculous feat.

I am nowhere as advanced as you two at being only 8 weeks. This is Hell, and the thought of going another few weeks like this is getting me down. I suffered Hyperemesis with my last pregnancy 11 years ago and was admitted twice to the gynae ward in the City hospital.

I'm 40 years old and happily married for the second time. My boys are 14 and 11 and I also have a 14 yr old step son at home too. I need my head opened doing this again and I warned Hubs when we were TTC that I might be ill. I don't think he was prepared for all this...


CHicken is cooking in the oven for tonight's dinner and I want to throw right now.

Lovely to meet local girls and I'm sorry that you're suffering too.





Sam xxx

hey sam.. good to see you found us!!

seems like we all have similar experiences of our times on neely ward! i agree, the only good thing about my times there was the sneaky scans at the DOU on admission!!!

i remember that feeling of being 8 weeks, and thinking that i would never last the whole 9 months, but im almost there now, and i survived it! you guys will too! it will get better...

the zofran they only gave me in my drip while i was there, they had me on cyclizine at first but it wasnt working, and i think they were fed up with emptying my sick bowls every 10 mins, so they gave me that.. it really works, but i think (correct me if im wrong) that its not considered to be as safe as metoclopromide or cyclizine, so thats why they wont let you take it long term

I almost had a fight with one of the house doctors when he insted on giving me Cyclazine again. (My GP had just prescribed it the morning before I was admitted) and I hated it-I was having all the nausea but having out of body experiences! When the consultant (Dr Mawhinney) was doing her rounds the following morning, he was there wittering on about giving Cyclazine again. I threw a wobbly and told the consultant that I had had other meds when pregnant with my youngest and he was born with all his faculties and fingers and toes, so I was going to take the risk of trying another drug and to draft up a disclaimer. She looked at the house doctor and said "Give her Metoclopramide" and walked off.

I think the issue with Zofran is the price. I think it is more commonly prescribed for MS in the States than here.


Bah!

Today is the longest that I have been out of bed for 3 days, but I'm feeling the need to go back for another nap. I am so tired that my head is spinning.


Has anyone tried Vitamin B6 for the nausea? I'm grasping at straws here.


XXX