Support Thread for Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) Sufferers

[Calluna]

Hiya, guess I belong here now. Im 15weeks and still vomiting daily if not more. Im so over it I just want to cry.
Plus this constant headache. I took 2 panadol and a maxalon befor cooking diner and threw them and the rest of my stomach contents, up 3 minutes later.
I dont wanna do this anymore.

[Joeve]

I could not take my vitamins from around week 10. I tried to stomach one every few days but gave up completely by week 14. I know that it's important in the months leading up to falling pregnant and then while the neural tube is forming and closing.
I still feel guilty about the vitamins and the fact my girl was little which I think is because of my HG. If you are sick it's so hard... My DD is perfect so (well I think so lol) you just do what you can.

[willow5]

That's it Joeve you do what you can you can't do any more than that.

Actually I didn't take any vitamins at all with my first two pgs,(not HG) it just wasn't a routine thing back then, and they were both perfect too Well I do wonder about the 19 year old sometimes but that's just lazy/feral teen stuff

[damprye]

Including day of birth with DS2. Got so badly dehydrated with him that I was peeing bile among other stuff and was kept in for a week. Still going and on Zofran although I only take it when working/at tafe as I only have a few left and they are so expensive through a normal GP. Going to go to KEMH when I run out and talk to both the doc and social worker so I can get them cheap again

[willow5]

That sounds horrible damprye Glad you found a way to get the Zofran cheap though, how do you manage that? I never had any luck myself. You're doing well to be at TAFE and working. I hope you can avoid hospital this time.

[Joeve]

tt8 hugs. I remember that feeling so well. It's hard and I know everyone has suggestions for what you should try.
I tried every so called remedy and I felt like you
In the beginning I could tolerate barley sugars and that was it. Then milk then chewing gum. Sometimes salt and vinegar chips... These stopped me vomiting sometimes.
It definitely does take away from some of the excitement of pregnancy that's for sure.
I also ended up having bags of fluid put through for dehydration which is also not fun.
Wish I had a cure for you the only thing I can say is oh how worth it that it is in the end. It's so hard to believe when your so sick but it's honestly true x

[Joeve]

I think I'm here again
I'm still so sick I'm starting to feel really down actually more frustrated like I want to scream.

[Lily Dust]

Oh Joeve, I'm so sorry I remember getting to that stage (after 1st trimester) with DS and thinking 'this is kicking my ass' I really believed deep down I was going to miss out with that pregnancy. It was such a kick in the guts when I admitted it.

It is so unfair that you have to suffer. I hope that this time it is slightly (massively) less awful and that is does go away looooong before your cherub is due

[Joeve]

Thanks ;(
Epic vomiting this morning boo
My brain has been trying to say it will go away but then it's not. I remember it getting worse around this time last time and I think a similar pattern is happening. I had put on 2 kilos according to my hospy appointment last week but I think I'm starting to lose it all again.

[Em_325]

Unfortunately I'm here with you Joeve. I didn't have hg with DS so it came as a huge shock this time around. I've already had one hospital trip for fluids which did break the cycle for a couple of days but back to vomiting everything up again now

Are you taking any meds? I'm on Zofran which helps but doesn't take it away. I really feel for you going through this a second time and I hope it does go away for you before Bubs is born. The thought of being like this till birth terrifies me

[Joeve]

Sorry you are sick Em. I was on drip last time
I'm not taking anything yet.... I'm just hoping it goes away

[Joeve]

Me again. Still horrendously sick. I've hit rock bottom today in feeling sorry for myself. Drugs aren't helping I want to go to sleep and wake up in August.
I'm sick of hearing myself complain

[Em_325]

Joeve. I'm sorry you are still feeling so sick it sucks. I'm always thinking about hibernating till this pregnancy is over so I totally get it.

Overall I am better than what I was in the first Tri but I still feel so sick. I'm having a really bad day today so feeling sorry for myself as well. Everytime I think it might be starting to go away it comes back so strong. I get through each day by reminding myself this is my last pregnancy and I never have to experience this again.

[Joeve]

Oh Em me too! Exactly the same thoughts

[Em_325]

I just need to whinge- I'm so sick of feeling sick! I just want it to go away now I've kept myself sane to date by believing it will go away by 20 weeks and as that gets closer and it's still here I'm getting scared it's not going to go away till birth and I don't know if I can handle that

[Joeve]

Em hugs. My thoughts exactly. I'm just short of 24 weeks and no end on sight
Someone told me they were due in November and I said thank goodness I won't be sick in November
Trying to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
I'm really sick of being sick too
It's just unrelenting

[Sagres]

I wish I could give you girls a sympathetic hug because I know exactly how you feel. At around 22-24 weeks in all 3 pregnancies I've really hit a down period where I guess I run out of steam for living with HG, and it's then I realise that I'm in for a marathon not a sprint.

I suspect that hope we feel for it going away at 12/14/16/20 etc. weeks is kind of a self preservation mechanism to keep sane. So we do get royally disappointed when we pass that time and still feel like hell, but if that hope helped us get there it has served a purpose.