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. 2020 Jun 30;70(697):e534–e539. doi: 10.3399/bjgp20X710885

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Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy (NVP) is often termed ‘morning sickness’ but sufferers feel the term ‘morning sickness’ trivialises the condition. Though it has been previously reported that NVP symptoms can occur both before and after noon, the daily symptom pattern has not been well described. This study used statistical modelling to describe the weekly symptom pattern in a representative cohort of 256 females. Morning sickness does not adequately describe the symptom pattern and the term should no longer be used.