hyperemesis

Zofran is the only thing that even slightly took the edgeoff for me, and that was as part of a cocktail with cyclazine and maxalon.

As for getting thru it, I must be pretty much an expert after 3 hyperemetic pregnancies, but I found different things helped each time.

Lemonade ice blocks got me thru first tri every time - coz you have to suck them, they go down slower than if you were drinking lemonade.

With the gremlins I couldn't drink water coz it made me feel bloated and vomit so I drank gallons of weak Ribena and those Mizone sports waters (I can't even look at them now ).

I found the first 16 weeks the worst, I had hospital admissions/IV fluids with all 3 pregnancies.

From about 16 weeks I found if I threw up first thing in the morning on an empty stomach then ate some dry toast the nausea was less severe for the rest of the day. If I didn't throw up first thing, I would pretty much vomit everything I ate.

Other than that, just rest as much as you can (not easy with a baby as well!) I found I was much more nauseous when I was tired and when I was asleep was the only time of the day that I didn't feel crap.

I hope this helps, I really feel for you coz hyperemesis is evil. Did you have it with Ollie? I can't remember.

Thanks Emma, I knew you would have some ideas! I had pretty bad morning sickness with Ollie but this seems worse. I'm throwing up every meal and quite often anything I eat or drink in between.

I think you are amazing for doing this three times. I would love to have three children but this will be it for me - I can't handle being this sick!

I think I'll ring the GP again tomorrow and talk to him about Zofran - and mixing meds. So far I've tried each on their own but everyone else I've spoken to has had a mixture of things in order for it to work. I guess he'll refer me on if needs be - I just hope I don't have to wait too long if that's the case.

Thanks for the other ideas too. Lemonade iceblocks sound divine right now!

I agree with everything Emma has said. I have gone through this three times with this pregnancy (3rd) being the worst I have hospital admissions with all three pregnancies and this one every week from week 6 to 15. I have lost a total of 12 kilos with some slowly going back on now things are improving.

Hyperemesis is truly evil and I sympathise with anyone going through it - I have to say it is the toughest thing I have had to go through in my life so far.

I still vomit in the mornings but at least I can now get out of bed and dressed for the day so things to get a *little* easier as the weeks go by. I never found anything to really help - I was on a mix of drugs with zofran being the main one then mixed with maxolon and cyclizine. They didn't work 100% of the time as I found as my hormones kept increasing in the early weeks the drugs would loose their effectivness.

Hang in there...........I KNOW it seems that you can't do it and you want it to stop but it will get more manageable (even though that is so hard to believe early on).

Rest up as much as you can

Thanks guys. I have another GP appointment tomorrow and I've asked about the referral criteria for a specialist. I think I've lost weight (although I rarely weigh myself) - my smallest jeans are now too big. And the only reason I've kept throwing up to a minimum today is because I did absolutely nothing at work today.

I totally agree Tweedle - this is easily the hardest thing I've ever been through even though I know there is an end point.

It's so nice knowing there are other people out there who know what it's like too. That's almost the hardest thing - the lovely people who keep telling me to eat crackers in bed even when I've explained that I'm a bit beyond that point!!!

And thanks Sheena - I couldn't let you be the only June mummy to be having their second!! It'll be a hige milestone to have reached one!

I just wanted to offer hugs - you poor thing!

I'm not as sick as you, but I have also wanted to tell people to shove their cracker theories where the sun doesn't shine.

Thank you so much guys. The worst thing is that occassionally I have a good day and keep some food down so then I wonder whether I'm just making a bigger deal out of it that I ought and being a drama queen! I'm sure my mother thinks I am - she denies any nausea with the three of us at all. My lovely grandmother thinks that we must be the weak generation of women if we are so silly to get this sick!!!   

Emma - I have felt the same - I had forgotten that feeling with Ollie but I have said to DH with both pregnancies that if I miscarried it would be really hard to want to get pregnant again because it's so awful.

Hmmmm...I wonder what the GP will say when I start suggesting drugs for myself!!! I think Zofran and Domperidone are next on my list - or a combo. I'll let you know how I get on.

i am going through the same thing as you atm. just wanted to say and that its really good to know that there are other people who have gotten (lived) through this.

Poor Angel! Did you have it with Henry too?

I'm back at the start again - the combo of drugs doesn't work either. The trouble is, the only thing that does semi work is doing nothing but lying in bed / on the couch. Not something I can do unless we manage to get that winning lotto ticket!!

Oh well, knowing there are other women out there who are going through it and have been through it does make me feel like I'm not on my own. I'm starting to think that you do just have to grin and bear it.

How are the meds working for you now Kate? I hope they are helping?

Sorry to hear you are suffering again too Italiah

I think definitely try the GP. Have you checked out the site hyperemesis.org? They have lots of advice and tips that are slightly more useful than the usual dry crackers and toast.