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More than 50% of respondents reported \u201cmajor impacts\u201d of the condition on areas such as social life, ability to undertake daily chores, ability to eat or drink, effects on work, taking care of pre-existing children and sleep. This resulted in 62% of respondents reporting \u2018often\u2019 or \u2018always\u2019 experiencing feelings of depression or anxiety as a result of their HG symptoms, with 54% reporting considering terminating their pregnancy, and 90% having considered having no more children. The most commonly used anti-emetic was ondansetron (91%), followed by pyridoxine (62%), doxylamine (62%), and metoclopramide (61%). Nearly all (95%) women who reported using ondansetron commenced it within the first trimester, with 55% reporting use as a first-line therapy. Most women reported one or more side effects to anti-emetics such as headache, constipation, sedation or impaired cognition, with 31% stopping metoclopramide because of side effects, compared with 14% for ondansetron and 10% for doxylamine. Ondansetron, doxylamine and corticosteroids had the greatest perceived effectiveness, with more than 50% rating them as \u201ceffective\u201d or \u201cvery effective\u201d. 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