Catherine “Kate” Middleton was hospitalized with hyperemesis
gravidarum, a potentially dangerous type of morning sickness
where vomiting is so severe no food or liquid can be kept down
in the body. “Actually one sign of a healthy pregnancy is nausea
and vomiting,” said Dr. Shannon Clark, a maternal-fetal medicine
expert and assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics
and Gynecology at UTMB. Clark recently published a paper on the
condition in Obstetrics and Gynecology International. “Most
women worry about taking medications during the first trimester,
but the risk of not being treated outweighs the risk of taking
medications. Leaving severe nausea and vomiting unchecked puts
not only the mother at risk, but the pregnancy as well,” she
stated.