To My Hyperemesis | A Mother’s Letter About Severe Pregnancy Sickness

The Letterbox Podcast · May 29, 2026 · 11m

Hyperemesis Gravidarum is so much more than “morning sickness.”

In this deeply personal letter, a mother opens up about the reality of surviving pregnancy while feeling completely consumed by it — the isolation, the fear, the guilt, the grief, and the quiet trauma so many women carry in silence.

This is a conversation for the women who loved their baby deeply, but hated what pregnancy was doing to their body.

For the women who felt invisible inside their suffering.

For the women who were told to try crackers and ginger biscuits while barely surviving the day.

Because two things can exist at…