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  • HER Live with Jen Jean-Pierre

    Raise Your Voice for mothers and babies around the world! Join us weekly during HG Awareness Month for a conversation with Kimber and Marlena. This week, they talk with Jen Jean-Pierre.

  • HER Live with Cindy Montoto

    Raise Your Voice for mothers and babies around the world! Join us weekly during HG Awareness Month for a conversation with Kimber and Marlena. This week, they talk with Cindy Montoto of Your Little Dove.

  • HER Live with Liz Lombard

    Raise Your Voice for mothers and babies around the world! On March 21, Kimber MacGibbon and Marlena Fejzo with be LIVE with Liz Lombard.

  • HER Live with Andrea Saliba

    Raise Your Voice for mothers and babies around the world! On March 28, Kimber MacGibbon and Marlena Fejzo with be LIVE with Andrea Saliba.

  • World Breastfeeding Week 2020

    At the HER Foundation, we're celebrating World Breastfeeding Week 2020 is August 1-7. The week is a worldwide event intended to inform, educate, and engage individuals and promote the benefits of breastfeeding, benefits for the baby, mother, and planet. All women/parents have the right to be supported by society to breastfeed optimally. Support can come from families, communities, health systems and workplaces.

  • 2020 HER Virtual Walk, Run, or Roll

    September 25 – October 5, we will be moving for our #tougHGirls and #tougHGuys. We know that it takes a village to get through an HG pregnancy, and while we can’t be together in person, we can still come together for some fun, fitness, and charity.

  • 2020 Champions for Change Summit

    For the first time ever, you can join us from wherever you are for Champions for Change Summit! Registration for this virtual event gives you access to our live event keynotes and workshops, an opportunity to network with patient engagement opportunities and more!

  • Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day

    1 in 3 HG pregnancies ends in loss. Whether the loss is miscarriage, termination, stillbirth, or neonatal loss, we remember the babies we hold in our hearts. Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day honors our lost little ones. We invite you to add your HG baby to our memorial page.

  • Prematurity Awareness Month

    November is Prematurity Awareness Month. Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) is one of the leading causes of prematurity. Women with HG are up to 4-fold increased risk are premature birth and are more likely to deliver babies that are small for gestational age and growth restricted likely due to malnutrition and stress.  Support HER Foundation’s efforts to…

  • About HG for Indonesian Moms

    Kimber MacGibbon, RN, Co-founder and Executive Director of HER Foundation is presenting for Indonesian moms about hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), treatment options, HG care, and ways to support women with HG.

  • Raise Your Voice to Honor Maria

    Join us in honoring Maria and her twins on Wednesday, November 25th. Maria’s voice was silenced due to preventable complications of HG, and we all must be a voice for her. No mother should be silenced by HG!

  • HG Chat!

    Join us for HG Chat on Friday, November 27th, hosted by T and Suzanne. HG Chat is a chance to get together with other HG moms and socialize.

  • Giving Tuesday: Give HOPE

    This year there is HOPE. Don't you feel it...the feeling of CHANGE. We have suffered through so many uncertainties and challenges in 2020, and now we can look forward to the end of the year and to a new beginning. Here at HER Foundation, we are ready for a very BIG day in the nonprofit world:…

  • Black Breastfeeding Week 2021

    The 2021 theme for #BBW21 is The Big Pause: Collective Rest for Collective Power. The 9th BBW honors the need for rest. Read why Black Breastfeeding Week is important.

  • Sepsis Awareness Month

    September is Sepsis Awareness Month. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), sepsis is a leading cause of maternal mortality. Hyperemesis Gravidarum significantly increases risk of sepsis because of reduced…

  • HER Foundation is 21

    21 years of Help & Hope! From 2000 to 2021, we have been building a healthier future for the next generation! We have offered research, support, advocacy, and education resources…

  • Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month

    Whether the loss is miscarriage, termination, stillbirth, or neonatal, we remember the babies we hold in our hearts. Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month honors our lost little ones. We…

  • Celebrating HER Foundation: 21 Year of Help and Hope

    HER is turning 21 in October! In honor of that anniversary, we will be hosting special events, launching new resources, and celebrating our growth over two decades. Join us! Some…

  • Champions for Change Summit

    The Champions for Change Summit is dedicated to empowering our community with the education, training, and resources needed to make necessary changes in maternal health, hosted by MoMMA’s Voices. This…

  • Malnutrition Awareness Week

    The HER Foundation is an official ambassador of ASPEN Malnutrition Awareness Week TM! Malnutrition Awareness Week TM is a mark of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN).…

  • World Mental Health Day

    The overall objective of World Mental Health Day is to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and to mobilize efforts in support of mental health. The day…

  • Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day

    Whether the loss is miscarriage, termination, stillbirth, or neonatal loss, we remember the babies we hold in our hearts. Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day honors our lost little ones.…

  • Meet HER Ambassador Kathryn Romine

    Meet Kathryn Romine at 5 PM/PST on Sunday, October 24th, where she will share her HG journey with Kimber and explain why she is part of the HER Ambassador Council.…

  • Prematurity Awareness Month

    November is Prematurity Awareness Month. Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) is one of the leading causes of prematurity. 15% of HG pregnancies result in premature birth (a 4-fold increased risk) are more…

  • Prematurity Awareness Day

    November 17th is Prematurity Awareness Day. Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) is one of the leading causes of prematurity. 15% of HG pregnancies result in premature birth (a 4-fold increased risk) and…

  • Honor Maria: I am 1 MOM

    Honor Maria by participating in November 25th's I am 1 MOM event. Maria’s voice was silenced due to preventable complications of HG, and we all must be a voice for…

  • Giving Tuesday 2021

    21 Years of Impact was made possible by the support of our community. And there is such hope for change. Don't you feel it! Here at HER, we are ready…

  • Blood Clot Awareness Month

    The risk of clotting or embolism increases due to pregnancy and is exacerbated by dehydration, malnutrition, and immobility due to Hyperemesis Gravidarum. HER research finds that HG patients have an 8-fold increased risk of blood clots after an HG pregnancy compared to controls. 

  • Black Maternal Health Week 2022

    April 11-17, 2022, is Black Maternal Health Week. At the HER Foundation, we are dedicated to providing research, resources, and support for people affected by HG. We join the celebration…

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