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Emma Michelson thought she knew what to expect when she fell pregnant with her first child. But the 37-yearold didn’t think it would include suffering from morning sickness so severe that she was unable to get out of bed, or keep any food or liquid down. Or that she’d be hospitalised 20 times during two pregnancies!
“I had hyperemesis gravidarum, an extreme form of morning sickness I’d never even heard of,” says Emma, who lives in Matakana with her partner, digital designer