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

EPISODE · Sep 5, 2025 · 30 MIN

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

from The Audio Long Read · host The Guardian

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

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 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/longreadpod">theguardian.com/longreadpod</a>

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