tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11665505.post1961686692032512604..comments2023-10-16T14:15:59.573+00:00Comments on Claire Allan - Author: You just don't do it again....Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15798870215657618475noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11665505.post-42642104042443248422011-04-21T18:28:04.401+00:002011-04-21T18:28:04.401+00:00Good point - I forgot to say that HG does not mean...Good point - I forgot to say that HG does not mean the baby is in distress. Hard to believe but after eating nothing but ice-cold pale-red strawberries (literally all I could stomach) and sugary tea, my Alice was a whopping 9 pounds, healthy as a trout, and had the longest legs on record at the RVH. I was honestly at death's door but Alice was fine. If it wasn't for my husband waiting on Sharon Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13848510683391488115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11665505.post-64831527237470003222011-04-21T16:57:47.100+00:002011-04-21T16:57:47.100+00:00Well done for highlighting Hyperemesis Claire. I r...Well done for highlighting Hyperemesis Claire. I remember training as a nurse and I did my last placement on Gynae and I used to see mums coming in with it and how awful they felt and hoping that I would never, ever be in their shoes. Sister Doherty used to shout at us to starve them until they were really hungry and then give them dry toast, god love her. When I found out I was pregnant with my laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11793559193873324307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11665505.post-49874714613800740552011-04-21T16:09:15.664+00:002011-04-21T16:09:15.664+00:00Great article Claire, I am a gynaecology nurse and...Great article Claire, I am a gynaecology nurse and OFTEN looked after ladies with 'proper' hyperemesis who were admitted time and time again. It is so not a nice thing to have (i was very lucky and didn't suffer with my 2 boys) It is mostly seen with ladies who are carrying girls and is, strangely, seen as a good sign that all is ok! It is also seen in multiple pregnancies (all to do Áine xnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11665505.post-31406040699617524502011-04-21T14:52:19.467+00:002011-04-21T14:52:19.467+00:00Thanks all..
Ah, it's the pits. I'd give b...Thanks all..<br />Ah, it's the pits. I'd give birth twenty times over with no pain relief than experience it again.<br /><br />Yes, cyclizine eventually helped me - it made it bearable.<br /><br />As for unfortunate boking incidents - the publishers dinner was my finest example. Or indeed the airplane incident.Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15798870215657618475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11665505.post-88257490446420371222011-04-21T14:37:41.795+00:002011-04-21T14:37:41.795+00:00Thank you Claire for highlighting this. I will ret...Thank you Claire for highlighting this. I will retch and vomit up to 20 times a day. Mine has completely floored me and most days I am unable to sit up. If anyone mentions ginger biscuits I will start dry retching. A few weeks ago I injured my back vomiting and couldn't walk for a week. This is NOT MORNING SICKNESS. This is NOT 'a wee bit of nausea!' I find fizzy drinks help a lot as Gillian McDadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02758782108258244355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11665505.post-82163035455281527832011-04-21T14:26:56.015+00:002011-04-21T14:26:56.015+00:00One more point - I wonder is it anything to do wit...One more point - I wonder is it anything to do with girls? All the women who posted here about having HG gave birth to girls!Fionnualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12275984316414726884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11665505.post-61248875141850241502011-04-21T14:25:39.096+00:002011-04-21T14:25:39.096+00:00I had HG with my second pregnancy - needless to sa...I had HG with my second pregnancy - needless to say it was my last.<br />I remember a real low when I snuck onto the first class bit of the train going to work one morning - only way I could get a seat - and promptly barfed onto the man's lap opposite me. Awful, just dreadful. I used to carry sick bags with me but often didn't have time to rummage for them. <br />Strangely, people DO Fionnualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12275984316414726884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11665505.post-44139190750183181042011-04-21T12:27:28.504+00:002011-04-21T12:27:28.504+00:00Hi Claire,
I had this with Alice 18 years ago and...Hi Claire,<br /><br />I had this with Alice 18 years ago and I nearly died of malnutrition. I began vomiting on day 3 of the pregnancy and didn't stop until they did an emergency C-section two weeks short of my due date, after a 6-hour transverse labour which left me unconscious with pain and fatigue. I lost 42 lbs and was anaemic for 3 years after - I could hardly stay awake, let alone work,Sharon Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13848510683391488115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11665505.post-6466472990108935032011-04-21T11:46:42.460+00:002011-04-21T11:46:42.460+00:00Excellent post, Claire.
I had never heard of this...Excellent post, Claire.<br /><br />I had never heard of this conditiion until a good friend of mine had it. She was very sick, spent a large part of her pregnancy in hospital, and booked a termination at one stage. She didn't go through with the abortion, which, of course, she is very glad about now as she has a son whom she adores. But equally she would never risk having another.<br /><brClodaghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11030171632393814322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11665505.post-89541138379650831002011-04-21T11:20:18.291+00:002011-04-21T11:20:18.291+00:00Excellent post. I am almost exactly the same boat ...Excellent post. I am almost exactly the same boat - after HG with both of my children I've decided not to have any more although I originally wanted at least 3. I just can't put myself and more importantly my family through it. I remember my little boy (then 2) screaming every time mummy went to hospital again. <br /><br />It is SO important that doctors are taught about HG. Its effects Rebecca Brownhttp://www.rebeccaebrown.comnoreply@blogger.com