Don’t call it morning sickness: ‘At times in my pregnancy I wondered if this was death coming for me’
05 September 2025

Don’t call it morning sickness: ‘At times in my pregnancy I wondered if this was death coming for me’

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The Victorians called it ‘pernicious vomiting of pregnancy’, but modern medicine has offered no end to the torture of hyperemesis gravidarum – until now. By Abi Stephenson. Read by Nicolette Chin. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod