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Overview

The HER foundation is dedicated to those suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) or those who have survived it. Only those who experience HG can truly know how difficult it is! The HER Foundation is here to be a voice of support and education to all who are faced with managing HG.

The HER Foundation currently includes three directors, dozens of volunteers, and several consulting health professionals on our advisory board that are experts on hyperemesis gravidarum (HG). It is a non-profit foundation with visits to their website annually numbering the hundreds of thousands. In addition, the HER Foundation consults with hundreds of women, health professionals, insurance agencies, researchers, and other related organizations each year. Those numbers grow exponentially each year. By far, HER Foundation is the leading site for HG information on the Internet. It is the only site dedicated to HG and directed by health professionals. New resources, research and treatment options are added as they become available, providing visitors with a site that is always up-to-date.

History

The HER Foundation was founded in 2000 by a registered nurse, Kimber Wakefield MacGibbon, after suffering from nine months of severe hyperemesis gravidarum. The health professionals caring for her were largely unfamiliar with the possible causes and available treatments. It was only after being treated in the emergency room by a physician who's wife had HG, that she finally began to get the medication she needed to survive. She then began researching the topic in depth all the way back to the 18th century and created www.hyperemesis.org to help women and health professionals understand how to manage HG more effectively. She has a healthy son and daughter after two term pregnancies with severe HG.

In 2002, Jeremy and Ann Marie King joined the board of directors and assisted in the expansion of the foundation to an official non-profit charity, as well as a redesigned website. The King's also faced severe HG in 2002 and now have a healthy son.

Today, the directors and volunteers at the HER Foundation continue to be driven by a strong desire to minimize the suffering of women with HG and to eliminate the need for aborting much-wanted babies due to misery and desperation. The Foundation hopes that health care professionals will find the information they need to provide consistent, proactive, and effective care for women with HG; and that women and their families will find ways to better cope with this debilitating condition.

Updated on: May. 06, 2008