not morning sickness

Support our pledge campaign to ditch the term “morning sickness” and call it pregnancy sickness. Founded by Nicola Cutcher and Charlotte Howden.

[not morning sickness @notmorningsick]

We remember what it’s like to spend months curled up in the foetal position.

Solidarity with Sam Frost.

Good to see headline call this “severe pregnancy sickness”, because it’s not ‘morning sickness’.

https://t.co/cmbbRyeuoc

[Sarah Fisher @SarahFisherPPIE]

👇 My creation from an #extremepregnancysickness workshop @WEISS_UCL with artist Sarah Dixon. At times diet coke was all I could stomach when suffering from dry #HyperemesisGravidarum #HG @notmorningsick 🧵1/3

[not morning sickness @notmorningsick]

Indeed!

Time to change the language and call it ‘pregnancy sickness’ instead.

Please check out our campaign @LiveScience and help us ditch this inaccurate & demeaning name for good.

[Live Science @LiveScience]

Why is it called 'morning sickness' if it can happen any time of day? https://t.co/BB3coIAYdk

[not morning sickness @notmorningsick]

Preach! Great to see this piece in @ConversationUK arguing that we need to retire the term ‘morning sickness’ because it’s inaccurate & downplays the condition.

Welcome to the campaign @LukeGrzeskowiak and Hannah Jackson.

https://t.co/lyeMpi1Ugj

[not morning sickness @notmorningsick]

Thank you Dr Euan Lawson for your brilliant letter in the Guardian calling time on ‘morning sickness’.

He’s right. The term has diminished this illness for generations. Pregnancy sickness strikes morning, noon and night. Change the language!

https://t.co/h6fHVlCFFg

[not morning sickness @notmorningsick]

Major news: This is a very exciting breakthrough!

But PLEASE stop calling it ‘morning sickness’.

It’s pregnancy sickness which can happen at any time of day or night and around the clock!

Will we really find a cure before we cure our language?

https://t.co/8mGhMYLYcL

[not morning sickness @notmorningsick]

Hey @thebump 👋

If you want to support expectant parents through pregnancy, could you stop using the term ‘morning sickness’ and use ‘pregnancy sickness’ instead?

Pregnancy sickness doesn’t only happen in the morning (and you can’t always ward it off)

https://t.co/p0Kew4l3mA

[not morning sickness @notmorningsick]

@NicolaCutcher @lucyjones 🙌🙌🙌 welcome to the cause!

[not morning sickness @notmorningsick]

“Why is morning sickness still called that by the NHS, when studies have proved it’s an all-day rush to the sick bucket for the many who get it?”

PREACH @lucyjones & @juderogers

Time to call it pregnancy sickness.

https://t.co/QfiHFjSRHz

[Nicola Cutcher @NicolaCutcher]

I was already excited about reading 'Matrescence' by @lucyjones but now desperate to get a copy.

Lucy sees 'morning sickness' as an unfit term to describe an all-day illness. Hurray. Perhaps another ambassador for our @notmorningsick campaign?

https://t.co/cNnsEDvLhW

[not morning sickness @notmorningsick]

This sounds like good news, but come on @newscientist - this isn’t an illness confined to the morning!

Stop calling it ‘morning sickness’ and call it ‘pregnancy sickness’ instead. The former is inaccurate, misleading and minimises the suffering of women.

https://t.co/Bj2TyzbfZd

[not morning sickness @notmorningsick]

@itvnews It gets stranger and stranger

[not morning sickness @notmorningsick]

@DrSdeG @TamaraPillay What about fever and bright red cheeks?

[not morning sickness @notmorningsick]

@nicolala2017 @kiityc @drmoleary Ah you answered my question I thought they were covered.

[not morning sickness @notmorningsick]

@drmoleary What’s the cost of Cyclizine and Ondansetron to a hyperemesis sufferer in Ireland?

[not morning sickness @notmorningsick]

@ashleyljames Martin Lewis

[not morning sickness @notmorningsick]

Leona, preach!! All-the-time sickness.

Sorry to hear you’re suffering from pregnancy sickness.

We’re campaigning to change the language around ‘morning sickness’ because it can strike at any time of day. We’d love your support!

https://t.co/gkcr8gBhep

[Leona Lewis @leonalewis]

Busy day recording something to share with you soon💚💗this is me feeling the summer weekend vibessss (while also feeling nauseous!!!Yes still getting morning sickness,which should be called all the time sickness whaaa) regardless still trying to enjoy & appreciate the journey💋

[not morning sickness @notmorningsick]

Hey @OK_Magazine @Kirsty_Hatcher 👋

Could you please change your headline and copy to describe Catherine’s illness as ‘pregnancy sickness’?

We’re campaigning to change the language because ‘morning’ sickness is misleading, inaccurate and trivialises a serious illness.

[OK! Magazine @OK_Magazine]

Former #Corrie actress Catherine Tyldesley was struggling with morning sickness on set of season 3 of #McDonaldAndDodds

https://t.co/QU4YzuSbNq

[not morning sickness @notmorningsick]

Check out this advert from the 1950s for a ‘morning sickness’ remedy.

Whilst we may laugh at this blatant example of #EverydaySexism, we still haven’t shaken the label!

It’s time to consign ‘morning sickness’ to history because it doesn’t only happen in the morning.

[not morning sickness @notmorningsick]

@hollydurlacher Yep!! This is why we’re campaigning to change the language. Read more:

https://t.co/gkcr8gBhep