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

This raw, first-person account dives into the brutal reality of hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), a severe form of pregnancy nausea far worse than typical "morning sickness." The writer describes being utterly debilitated—bedridden, vomiting constantly, and even turning to Tolstoy’s War and Peace as a desperate distraction. The piece hints at a potential medical breakthrough, but the focus is on the visceral suffering and the shocking lack of understanding around HG.