https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 07:21:38 +0000 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:21:39 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=6496 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6496&PID=128684&title=hyperemesis-gravidarum#128684 Author: Jay_R
Subject: 6496
Posted: 11 April 2007 at 9:21am

I've made the decision not to have another baby. Everyone keeps telling me not to be so stupid, but seriously - I could not put myself through another 9 months of HG - vomiting everyday, unable to eat more than a few mouthfuls, unable to go out without carrying sick bags with me, burning my aesophogus from vomiting, having pee the colour of fanta.... I LOVE my son, and I would not change him for anything, but there is no way I could be pregnant again in case it happened again......]]> Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:21:39 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6496&PID=128684&title=hyperemesis-gravidarum#128684 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6496&PID=128437&title=hyperemesis-gravidarum#128437 Author: Maya
Subject: 6496
Posted: 10 April 2007 at 7:36pm

I remember posting on here when I was pregnant that I was NEVER having another baby. It does pass tho once bubs is born!]]> Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:36:00 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6496&PID=128437&title=hyperemesis-gravidarum#128437 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6496&PID=128372&title=hyperemesis-gravidarum#128372 Author: MyBelly
Subject: 6496
Posted: 10 April 2007 at 6:01pm

Yeah, this HG has put me off ever having another child, everyone i tell that to however states "oh you just wait until your holding that baby in your arms" but i truly dont think itl make any difference, i am truly fine with my decision that this will be my one and only baby!
on the other side of things, im sick again today, i gues i spoke too soon! im thinking maybe i have a good day bad day syndrome, or something like that!!]]> Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:01:29 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6496&PID=128372&title=hyperemesis-gravidarum#128372 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6496&PID=128232&title=hyperemesis-gravidarum#128232 Author: Maya
Subject: 6496
Posted: 10 April 2007 at 1:21pm

Glad you found something that worked MyBelly and MonicaMouse.

To be honest, the HG is the #1 thing that puts me off having another baby (even more than the three horrors I already have ) ]]> Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:21:11 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6496&PID=128232&title=hyperemesis-gravidarum#128232 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6496&PID=128194&title=hyperemesis-gravidarum#128194 Author: MonicaMouse
Subject: 6496
Posted: 10 April 2007 at 12:15pm

Hi MyBelly

Sorry I didn't see your post at first - I was hooked up to an IV in hospital at the time. I too am a first time Mum-to-be, who kept telling herself I'm not sick, just pregnant and had major trouble keeping food and liquid down. Like you I tried a multitude of food and drinks and stuuck to whatever I could as long as I could. I potentially lost 7 kg in 2.5 weeks, and am still not back to the weight I was when I visited my MW 4 weeks ago! I guess I am lucky that a combo of things are working for me and I think (fingers crossed) that I'm over the worst of it. *Big Hugs* to you cos I know how 'pleasant' this can be.]]> Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:15:14 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6496&PID=128194&title=hyperemesis-gravidarum#128194 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6496&PID=128102&title=hyperemesis-gravidarum#128102 Author: Jay_R
Subject: 6496
Posted: 10 April 2007 at 10:00am

That is fantastic I'm so pleased you are feeling better!!! I also found those milky drinks called "up and go" to be quite good at settling my tummy.]]> Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:00:25 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6496&PID=128102&title=hyperemesis-gravidarum#128102 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6496&PID=127981&title=hyperemesis-gravidarum#127981 Author: MyBelly
Subject: 6496
Posted: 09 April 2007 at 9:36pm

Hey guys, have found if i constantly snack throughout the day, that im fine!! i havent thrown up at all today!! its the first day in 3weeks that i havent thrown up once! still feel v queasy if i dont eat but once i feel nauseas i just eat and it goes away. i have also found fruity yogurt 1st thing in the morning is great and sipping water through day and night is great, so im hoping that because i have had hell through the last 6weeks that im now going to have the loveliest pregnancy from here on in.
thanks for all your advice guys, some has really really worked!]]> Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:36:17 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6496&PID=127981&title=hyperemesis-gravidarum#127981 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6496&PID=127069&title=hyperemesis-gravidarum#127069 Author: Maya
Subject: 6496
Posted: 06 April 2007 at 2:53pm

Best of luck MyBelly! Another drug you can try for nausea if the maxalon is no good is Stematil (sp) - I had shots of it at the doc's when I was pregnant with the gremlins, and I also had suppositories of it ]]> Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:53:52 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6496&PID=127069&title=hyperemesis-gravidarum#127069 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6496&PID=126994&title=hyperemesis-gravidarum#126994 Author: MyBelly
Subject: 6496
Posted: 06 April 2007 at 10:50am

hey guys, sorry havent replied, i got put in hopsital (again!!) this week, so far i have lost only 7kgs and i hope thats all i loose! I asked for maxalon because the vomiting was getting so violent and i had no energy to cope with it, well anyway i had an "adverse reaction" to it, it made me incredibly irratated anxious and twitchy! so they have given me another drug (at first i refused all drugs, but once they physically showed me reports to say it wouldnt harm baby i had to have it) its called "Ondansetron" and works like a dream, for 12 hours i get very little nausea and no vomiting, the only problem is im only allowed 12 tablets a month! but hopefully it will subside by then and i wont need the pills everyday.
Maya, thanks for the offer of the motion sickness bands, i already have them and they dont work for me either!! I also find i cant have anything sweet, like jelly, chocolate, etc, which i suppose i dont really need anyway!
anyway thanks for all your help guys, hopefully i wont be going back to hospital until baby is due!
will keep you posted]]> Fri, 06 Apr 2007 10:50:09 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6496&PID=126994&title=hyperemesis-gravidarum#126994 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6496&PID=125541&title=hyperemesis-gravidarum#125541 Author: Maya
Subject: 6496
Posted: 02 April 2007 at 1:59pm

It was chicken, pasta and rice that turned me green here. Just the thought of any of those things ]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:59:27 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6496&PID=125541&title=hyperemesis-gravidarum#125541 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6496&PID=125411&title=hyperemesis-gravidarum#125411 Author: Jay_R
Subject: 6496
Posted: 02 April 2007 at 10:11am

Hey there, let me say first up that I totally totally comisserate with you, and hope you are feeling better really soon. HG is absolutely hideous and if you are one of the unlucky ones like me and Emma who suffer with it daily for your entire pregnancy it can get to the point where you wonder if you will ever feel good again. Big hugs!!! I have to be honest here and say that really the only thing that helped me at all was a presciption drug called Maxolon. I started taking it at 12 weeks after losing I think it was 14kgs and being put on a drip twice. There were certain things that I could keep down, frozen, watered down apple juice being one, and plain white rice with the sauce from a chicken casserole (none of the meat or veges though). You will find things that you can tolerate - and probably end up sticking with them through your whole pregnancy (I've not had apple juice since Joshua was born!!) The thing I found the worst was the fact that the nausea was constant - it NEVER went away. I used to lay in bed wishing that I could have just one day where I could feel ok, and be able to eat normally. I banned all things that were perfumed from my house - no smelly deodorants, perfumes, soaps, sprays, flowers - and the smell of meat cooking sent me right over the edge so my poor DP went without meat for weeks on end! Hence, I will not be having any more babies - I could not go through a whole other pregnancy like that.

So I guess my advice would be - get the maxolon - the benefits, in my honest opinion, totally outweigh the risks. Find a nice drink that you like, nibble on plain food, sleep as much as you can, spend a lot of time in the bath - and pray that it will pass soon!!

Take care, I look forward to hearing how things go for you ]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2007 10:11:52 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6496&PID=125411&title=hyperemesis-gravidarum#125411 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6496&PID=125385&title=hyperemesis-gravidarum#125385 Author: Maya
Subject: 6496
Posted: 02 April 2007 at 9:48am

Have bumped a couple of threads for you.

One other thing - I tried Seabands, they didn't work for me but I still have them here if you want to try them. Just PM me.]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:48:53 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6496&PID=125385&title=hyperemesis-gravidarum#125385 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6496&PID=125366&title=hyperemesis-gravidarum#125366 Author: Maya
Subject: 6496
Posted: 02 April 2007 at 9:32am

Oooh oooh pick me! I vaguely recall posting a thread last year that was titled something like "I take back any advice I ever gave anyone on coping with morning sickness" coz nothing helped at all! I had HG with Maya and had to be hospitalised for IV fluids, hat it again with the gremlins but avoided hospital by the very skin of my teeth - instead I spent a few hours at the GP's rooms hooked up to IV fluids every few days coz I didn't want to go to hospital and leave Maya.

Things I found helped a little were Mizone sports water in small amounts (altho after a couple of weeks I couldn't tolerate it anymore ) and lemonade iceblocks stayed down OK - apparently by sucking on an iceblock the fluid is being taken in slowly so more likely to stay down. I guess you could make them out of fruit juice as well? I also drank a lot of ribena, don't know why but it too seemed to stay down.

I found it was worst during the first 12 weeks, altho with the gremlins I threw up at least once a day until they were born, but after about 12 weeks I would get up, get sick and then feel ok (a little nauseous but nothing compared to early on) for the rest of the day aslong as I ate fairly reglarly. If I missed a snack/meal I would get sick again. I was given Maxalon shots and Stematil (sp) suppositories coz nothing oral would stay down.

I also had something called ptyelism which is part of HG, constant saliva production, so everywhere I went I had to take a box of tissues. Was going thru a box a day. Smells really set me off too. I still can't use Sunlight dishwashing detergent or Persil Sensitive washing liquid coz the smell triggers nauseous memories, and greasy take away smells were the worst.

The only other advice I can give is to stay in bed as much as you can. I found the time passed more quickly when I could sleep. And hang on in there - even if it lasts for the whole 9 mths (and unfortnately HG often does ) as soon as bubs is out you will feel 100% again. It's apparently the hCG that causes HG so once your levels drop post birth you get to feel normal again. I say that coz at about 7 mths with Maya I remember thinking I'd never ever feel normal again.

Big hugs - it totally sucks! I still get jealous of people who sail thru their pregnancies!

I know Clare went thru something similar so I'm sure she will have more advice, and I will try to find my old post and bump it coz there might be some more ideas there.

Hope this helps - even if just to let you know that you're not alone, and it does pass!]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:32:34 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6496&PID=125366&title=hyperemesis-gravidarum#125366 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6496&PID=125349&title=hyperemesis-gravidarum#125349 Author: MyBelly
Subject: 6496
Posted: 02 April 2007 at 9:04am

Hi everyone,
Im just 7weeks into my 1st pregnancy and have had the worst morning sickness ever! i cant hold anything down and have just been diagnosed as having hyperemesis gravidarum, basically uncontrolable vomiting, nausea and dehydration as a result.
im just really wanting to know if anyone else has had it and if they found anything that worked or at least any foods that stayed down for more that 10minutes!!
I've tried ginger beer and eating small amounts and before i get up in the morning and nothing seems to be working and the sicker i get the more depressed and frustrated i get!
Any help would be much appreciated, i feel really alone right now]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:04:47 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6496&PID=125349&title=hyperemesis-gravidarum#125349