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Emmecat 
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Posted: 22 April 2010 at 1:33pm |
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Maya
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Posted: 22 April 2010 at 2:02pm |
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When I was preg with the gremlins, all I could stomach was lemonade iceblocks and Ribena. I drank litres and litres of Ribena, made up quite weakly as it's got a lot of sugar in it.
Iceblocks are great coz they infuse fluid slowly so it's more likely to stay down.
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Posted: 22 April 2010 at 2:13pm |
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i would try some mizone and see if you can keep that down.
or else get hold of your midwife and get checked out to make sure your not dehydrated, they also have pills they can give you to try and stop the nausea.
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Posted: 22 April 2010 at 2:26pm |
I lived on lemonade iceblocks and pineapple frujus.
I hope you find something that you can keep down soon chick! 
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Posted: 22 April 2010 at 2:29pm |
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I did a thread on this a few weeks ago cause I was in the same position so if you have a look back through posts on here you should find it. i dont remember what it was called though.
Ice cubes were great. Just did that all day long with gaps in between them so it was little and often. And have you tried choc milk. I'm living on that now, even though I couldn't stomach it in the beginning.
Also try accupuncture. I've been having it for weeks. The earlier you start it the more likely it is to work. I can drink a lot more now than I could. The nausea isn't gone but its gone enough to function.
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Posted: 22 April 2010 at 3:26pm |
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Try Lucozade, I found it to be a life saver!!
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Posted: 22 April 2010 at 5:31pm |
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I had hyperemesis too but most fluids i could keep down luckily.
coz i wasnt drinking alot though MW suggested any sort of electrolyte drinks like mizone, powerade ANYTHING like that
I loved the lemon pumped water as that citrus made me feel better, so did drinking straight from a lemon, sniffing them helps too lol GL HUN
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Posted: 22 April 2010 at 6:18pm |
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yeah i was going to suggest powerade, or plainish iceblocks like lemonade or something would be nice and refreshing. otherwise id go to the MW hun and get something so you can keep fluids down at least, its so important to stay hydrated!
HUGS i hope you feel better soon hunny x x x
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Posted: 22 April 2010 at 6:23pm |
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I lived on lemonade popsicles and frujus. Also ice cold water. And the occasional fruit/herbal tea.
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Posted: 22 April 2010 at 8:16pm |
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Another one to suggest ice blocks.. be it store bought or home made frozen juice.... worked a treat for me. Ice cold water with slices of lemon also was ok to sip.. still iffy on water any other way now...
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Posted: 22 April 2010 at 8:26pm |
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I used iceblocks and powerade, they stayed down the best for me.
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Posted: 22 April 2010 at 9:46pm |
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Callipo iceblocks, watermelon and sparkling water helped me. Well it's not that it helped but it was something I could keep down and kept up my fluid intake.
Hope it gets better soon!
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Posted: 23 April 2010 at 7:36am |
There's some good ideas there thanks ladies 
Will try the watermelon and iceblocks first I think. Have got some Lucozade which is ok-ish and stays down. I am hoping like heck this passes in a week or so! 
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Posted: 23 April 2010 at 10:00am |
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Sorry to hear you are feeling so yuckky. I also found pineapple frujus and lemonade popsicles were my friends. But it was summer then. Lime cordial I also found good (like the Barkers ones).
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Posted: 23 April 2010 at 1:14pm |
Ice blocks worked for me too and schweppes lemonade. Kinda tastes like ice blocks kind of...
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Posted: 23 April 2010 at 9:22pm |
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oh the metal taste...it suuuuucks!!! Some days that was worse than the hyperemesis and would make me cry! So, I feel your pain!!!
I don't have anything much to add to the above suggestions except to reinforce what you said, that it does make it worse if you don't drink. Dehydration really does make you more sick (I'm sure that there is a physiological explanation with regards to ketones and electrolytes), so if you can at least force yourself to sip away at something (rather than thinking that you have to take big gulps) then that's better than not having anything at all.
Oh - actually - another suggestion - have you tried frozen coke? I found that tolerable...
GOOD LUCK!!!
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Posted: 24 April 2010 at 1:22am |
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Oh hun, I so feel your pain.
I bought STACKS of iceblock moulds when I was pg with Callum and they are all in use again now! Pineapple Just Juice, apple juice (the real stuff, not the just juice kind) and grapefruit juice are winners here. I can't drink a lot of juice but eating an iceblock really helps.
(I really wish I could just pop out to a dairy for a pineapple fruju though!!!)
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Posted: 24 April 2010 at 1:42pm |
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Posted: 24 April 2010 at 1:54pm |
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I had ribena in the little tetra packs. Took me all day to finish one when I was at my worst but having it trough the straw helped as I could have the smalles amounts.
What about things like citrus fruit? I am only just now able to eat the odd grapefruit or mandarine.
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Posted: 25 April 2010 at 6:04pm |
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Other things that you could try are jelly, custard, fejoas, soup, and anything else that has a high water/fluid content.
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Can’t drink..what to do for fluids? :(
i can stomach a small selection of foods...mainly plain and/or high fat tasting types....but when it comes to drinking, I can't seem to stomach anything. 
