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A common early-pregnancy nausea that can strike at any hour, not just morning.
means Nausea and vomiting common in early pregnancy, which despite the name can strike at any hour, not just morning.
from A straightforwardly descriptive English phrase, first used in medical writing in the 1800s. The 'morning' part has always been a bit of a mislabel — the queasiness was simply noticed to be worst after waking, on an empty stomach, so the name stuck even though symptoms often linger all day.
- misleading name
- strikes any time of day, morning has no monopoly
- actual cause
- hCG hormone spikes, nausea is basically collateral damage
- weird upside
- linked to lower miscarriage risk in several studies
- duration myth
- often outlasts the first trimester despite the brochures