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Walk of Hope – Family Raising Awareness for Rare Pregnancy Disorder

By Amy Woolvett
The Coastguard

On Saturday May 5th, Gerry Moher walked alone for 5 and a half hours to raise research money and awareness for a condition called Hyperemesis Gravidarum. A condition, his daughter Janis Moher suffered three lost pregnancies through. The walk from the Shelburne Municipal Building that raised $375 is a warm up to prepare for the much longer walk his daughter has been organizing in Ontario to take place between June 23rd and June 29th.

Janis, her mother, and two of her closest friends will be walking a Journey of Hope from London Ontario to Toronto finishing up the 230 kms outside the Hospital for Sick Children where a group will meet their arrival.

Gerry will be walking with them for the last three days of their journey, estimated at 50 kms per day.

Hyperemesis Gravidarum is a debilitating, potentially life threatening pregnancy disease marked by rapid weight loss, malnutrition and dehydration due to unrelenting nausea and or vomiting with potential adverse consequences for the newborn(s).

“Pregnancy should be a time of joy, not a time of pain, agony and dread as it is for the women who suffer from HGâ€Â