I have had hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) five times and have two beautiful little boys. The first HG pregnancy was the hardest, most confusing time of my life. A week after…
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The HER Foundation began after my first pregnancy. I started having increasing nausea and vomiting a few weeks after our honeymoon that I thought was due to a stomach ulcer…
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I was sitting on the floor at the foot of my bed. I kind of knew how I got there, but it was a bit fuzzy. Each time I tried…
Read MoreWhat is the HG breakthrough we co-published in Nature Communications? This study provides scientific evidence linking 2 genes, GDF15 and IGFBP7, to HG. These genes provide the instructions to build…
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Did you see our “Messages from Moms” campaign in May? We attended the premier OB conference and took your messages along with educational materials and research highlights to reach and…
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Read about our 5K Purple Bucket Run in Chicago, IL on May 20, 2017 to benefit HG research and awareness. You can still get your 5K tee to support this…
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It was January 1999, and I was 13 weeks pregnant hooked to an IV in the Emergency Room. Since violently vomiting Thanksgiving dinner, I had barely kept anything down. The ER…
Read MoreA study published by UCLA and supported, in part, by the Hyperemesis Education and Research Foundation found no evidence linking Zofran to birth defects. “What was really significant to me was…
Read MoreA study published by UCLA and supported, in part, by the Hyperemesis Education and Research Foundation found no evidence linking Zofran to birth defects. “What was really significant to me was…
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