I'm pregnant and I just can't stop vomiting

Furtch began throwing up when she was five weeks pregnant in 2020, and the symptoms persisted. Here she is (left) before she had her son in 2021 and (right) after her son was born. She lost 21.7kg during that pregnancy. — Photos: TNS

Mineka Furtch wasn’t bothered by the idea of morning sickness after going through a miscarriage and the roller coaster of fertility medication before she finally became pregnant with her son.

But when the 29-year-old from suburban Atlanta, United States, was five weeks pregnant in 2020, she started throwing up and couldn’t stop.