HG (Hyperemesis gravidarum)

With friends of mine yet highly likely you'll get it again.

What I do know is that as soon as you start feeling ill, get onto the drugs cause then the all the nausea receptors don't get turned on or something like that. My friend is about 32 weeks and still feeling sick. I feel so sorry for her.

I had HG pretty bad with my first - lost 10kg in first trimester, was hospitalised for dehydration twice and was on cyclizine until 34 weeks. I was told I was more likely to get it again with further pregnancies but by no means certain.
Am currently pregnant with no 2 and unfortunately have HG again. However, it doesn't seem quite as bad - I think that's because I knew straight away when it progressed from "normal" morning sickness (throwing up a few times a day, able to keep some food/drink down) to HG (throwing up every ten mins even if I haven't had anything to eat/drink), so I asked my GP for help and got on the drugs a lot quicker than last time. Also because I knew the chances were that I would get it again, I kind of feel like I am partly responsible - but in a positive way, ie I knew what I was signing up for when we decided to try for No 2, so because it was partially my "choice" it doesn't seem so horrid/unfair. Weird how our brains work!!

Good luck - you never know, you might be fine. If no, at least you know it's treatable and survivable - and of course, totally worth it in the end.

P :)

Had it with my first from about 4 weeks until 11 (pregnancy ended, long story) also lost 11+kgs in that time too, but not with my second. Just normal ms from 3 weeks until about 14.

My friend had this really bad with her first baby. With her second she ended up in hospital on a drip with the anti nausea meds in the drip and she said after that she was barely ill. She was convinced what helped was getting hydrated and on the drugs straight away with number 2.

Yikes MT!

I have to agree... that was a completely unnecessary and frightening tale to tell people!

I am positive that the above mentioned horror story is incredibly rare and not something women should be worrying about when they are dealing HG!

Sometimes I think the old saying "think before you speak" should be used more when people sit down at a keyboard!

I had this from 8 weeks till about 30 weeks with my first son. 18 months later with second had almost no MS. This time felt seedy at times but not spewing.

With my first i visited the doc at 8 weeks and was told I had a urinary infection. Started on antibiotics straight away. I believe this is what started it for me. Within 3 days I was spewing up every 30 minutes and had to leave my job. At 15 weeks I was able to work 6 hours one day a week. Any more was too much.

I eat alot of very small meals but every 2 hours to controll MS.

WTF???? Holy bejesus Mucky Tiger what is wrong with you??? Agree with PP about the TOTAL inappropriateness and also the fact that you aren't even TTC so what the hell are you doing in the pregnancy threads spreading horror stories that aren't even yours to tell?!!

G.O A.W.A.Y!!!


To the OP - I had terrible HG with #1 and was in and out of hospital and on meds. My pharmacist thought I must have had cancer because the drug cocktail I was on was normally for chemo patients I did find that being hydrated by IV made a big difference. Second time round though I had a touch of HG over a 6 week period but thankfully we got on top of it so I found the pregnancy alot easier!! Warm water with a splash of lemon juice, apple juice and soda water, and gaviscon are pretty great at keeping the stomach settled.

GL!!! And congrats

I had it all through both pregnancies but had a much better experience second time round. First pregnancy my midwife didn't even let me know there were drugs I could take so I really suffered. Second time round I was referred to the hospital to manage it with medication and ondansetron was what got me through.

Second time round I knew I was pregnant before I'd done the HPT because of nausea so I get it pretty early.

Hang in there...you already have knowledge up your sleeve and I think that's a big factor second time round. You can get on top of things early - whereas first time round I think it hits you before you really know what's happening and you are completely reliant on other people giving you information.

Holey crap that's a scare story MT!!! I always worried all the chucking might affect something in there hell knows my ribs were sore as hell and my throat burned but detatching uterus freaking hell!!!

This is a major reason I don't want #2 till #1 can look after herself more coz if i get it again I can barely lookater me mem let alone her!!

Glad to hear of some better stories tho