A WOMAN who suffered severe morning sickness has told how she lost her baby after hospital failings. Katie Fraser, 35, had the medical condition hyperemesis gravidarum during her pregnancy - excessive sickness that goes beyond the first few weeks and can need hospital treatment. Katie was told by medics that she was suffering a ‘panic attack’ at 33 weeks, but her body was actually shutting down due to starvation .

Tragically, following an emergency C-section, her newborn son, Alexander, was born without a heartbeat and despite being resuscitated, survived a day, before passing away. Now Katie, a PA, is advocating for HG sufferers and wants hospitals across Britain to update their guidelines on treatment and care. She says: “If medics had listened to me when I said I couldn’t breathe that day, and delivered Alexander earlier, he may still be here today.

“I want all maternity hospitals and units to provide access to supportive care, counselling and proper treatment to help manage this debilitating condition so that tragic losses can be avoided in the future.” Katie, and husband, Zander, 36, from Glasgow , Scotland, discovered they were expecting in December 2021. At first, like many expectant mothers, Katie felt nauseous.

Only, by January of the following year, she started vomiting and whenever she ate, brought her food back up. She says: “It got so bad that I visited my GP who prescribed me with anti-sickness tablets.” They helped for a few days but things wors.