Dr. Housholder is the world’s leading physician focusing on nausea and vomiting in pregnancy or Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG).
Dr. Andrew Housholder and Kelly Housholder opened the nation’s first clinic dedicated solely to Hyperemesis Gravidarum in 2022. What began in a small Birmingham office quickly grew into a 2,500-sq-ft treatment center, and now serves patients across the U.S. through telehealth. Together with our nurse practitioner, Grayson Glidewell, our team has helped more than 1,500 patients find relief from HG.
Dr. Housholder follows the most current ACOG and HER Foundation protocols and collaborates with leading HG researcher Dr. Marlena Fejzo to advance studies in HG treatment and prevention. He will present on care pathways for treatment-resistant HG at SMFM in February 2026.
In 2024, Kelly founded The HG Relief Project, a nonprofit ensuring patients have access to the support and resources they need to receive care.
(Left) Founders: Dr. Andrew Housholder and Kelly Housholder
(top right) Dr. Housholder speaking at ICHG
(bottom right) Kelly Housholder and Grayson Glidewell, nurse pracitioner
How the HG & Morning Sickness started:
While working in the ER, Dr. Housholder saw firsthand how limited and costly treatment options were for nausea and vomiting in pregnancy. Patients bounced between emergency rooms, hospitalizations, and home health, often with no relief.
Unable to shake the idea that care could be better, he began shaping an outpatient model that was more effective, more accessible, and truly patient-centered. As his plans—and spreadsheets—grew, he and Kelly realized he was building something groundbreaking.
In 2022, they founded The HG & Morning Sickness Clinic on the belief that pregnant patients deserve safe, physician-guided treatment with closely monitored at-home nausea medications and IV care . Local OB-GYNs and midwives quickly embraced the model, referring patients daily.
Untreated HG often worsens over time, leading to isolation, missed work, and increased anxiety and depression. “Patients with hyperemesis gravidarum are some of the most distraught I see,” Dr. Housholder explains. “They do everything possible to avoid the ER, yet they’re still vomiting, exhausted, and worried for their baby.”