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Hyperemesis Gravidarum and Ondansetron: a critical response to media coverage

Hyperemesis Gravidarum and Ondansetron: a critical response to media coverage

theleakyboob7 min read

Did you hear that taking Zofran for extreme nausea and vomiting (or HG, hyperemesis gravidarum) in pregnancy could cause birth defects? That’s what one widely circulated report says from the Toronto Star. But how well researched was the journalism? An academic librarian takes a critical look at the Toronto Star’s piece on the dangers of Zofran/ondansetron in pregnancy and the risk of birth defects.

I don’t know how to tell you about Hyperemesis Gravidarum

I don’t know how to tell you about Hyperemesis Gravidarum

theleakyboob5 min read

Today is Hyperemesis Gravidarum Awareness Day and I don’t know what to say. I don’t know how to tell you why this matters to me or what HG is like. Though I’m used to being able to express myself fairly well in written word, for some reason I just can’t find the words. The truth is, I just don’t know how. There’s too much and it is still so hard to talk about.

Why find out?

Why find out?

theleakyboob4 min read

So if we don’t care about the sex of this baby, why do we want to find out?

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