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Nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, often referred to as "morning sickness", affects as many as 90 per cent of pregnant women.
It gets its name from the fact it tends to be at its worst early in the day — but it's a misnomer, since it can strike at any point during the day or night.
And while it's relatively mild for some people, and often resolves by around 12–14 weeks, for others it can be severe, and have a profound effect on their quality of life.
Extreme pregnancy nausea is known as hyperemesis gravidarum, or HG, and a survey of nearly 300 woman with the condition has found it drove more than half of them to consider termination.
It also found 90 per cent of respondents had considered having no more children, and only half found commonly used anti-nausea treatments effective.
"It is critical to improve awareness and understanding of the profound physical and emotional toll a condition like hyperemesis can have on individuals and their families," study author Luke Grzeskowiak said.
Catch the full story from my colleague Ellen Phiddian.
In other health news, a secret audit of a major fertility clinic has revealed that almost all of its donor sperm being provided to patients was at high risk of potential mix-ups.
The details have been uncovered as part of an ABC investigation into an IVF mix-up in which a Brisbane couple received the wrong sperm and were then silenced by Queensland Fertility Group.
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