HER Foundation

Giving Tuesday: Give HOPE
2020-12-01
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: this year’s #GivingTuesday on December 1st. We want to make this year’s global movement for giving our best yet!! AND YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.

Please help us launch #GivingTuesday with a bang. Feel good in knowing that you are part of a world-wide movement, working to raise awareness for philanthropy, especially as we gear up for our exciting work in 2021.

HG Chat!
2020-11-27 19:00 (America/New_York)
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.
Friday, Novmber 27, from 7-8 PM/EST.

HER Foundation Facilitator is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: HG Chat
Time: Nov 27, 2020 07:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 841 1844 2700
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Raise Your Voice to Honor Maria
2020-11-25
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!

Raise YOUR Voice for Maria!
Share a selfie with your right index finger in the air to indicate 1 MOM is 2 Many to die (or use this graphic).

Copy/paste one of these captions:

I’m raising my voice to honor Maria.
#1MOMis2Many to die.
#Iam1MOM who will speak for Maria.
#Iam1MOM who was not believed.
#Iam1MOM with a preventable complication from HG (state complication).
Maria’s voice was silenced due to preventable complications of HG, so we all must be a voice for her.

Be sure to tag @1MOMis2Many and HER Foundation (@HGmoms). Use these tags: #MariasVoice #Isupport1MOM #Iam1Mom #1MOMis2Many #HGaware
YOU can help by being a voice for Maria, buying a cool new 1 MOM tee/hoodie, and donating to the HER Foundation’s 1 MOM is 2 Many campaign.

About HG for Indonesian Moms
2020-11-14 11:00 - 13:00 (Asia/Jakarta)
Kimber MacGibbon, RN, Co-founder and Executive Director of HER Foundation, is presenting for Indonesian mothers about hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), treatment options, HG care, and ways to support women with HG.
Cohosted by HG Indonesia and Orami Parenting.

Prematurity Awareness Month
2020-11-01 - 2020-11-30
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 improve the care of HG mothers and prevent prematurity through research and education.

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day
2020-10-15
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.

2020 Champions for Change Summit
2020-10-02 - 2020-10-03
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!
Connect with survivors, volunteers, leaders and other like-minded champions for change in maternal health.
Learn to adapt how you share your story to influence health care practices.​
Celebrate the successes that have been made thus far, and honor the affected families we work so hard for.​
Use the tools from Summit to ignite a fire of change in your community​
Register Here

2020 HER Virtual Walk, Run, or Roll
2020-09-25 - 2020-10-05
Let’s Lace Up and #Move4Moms!
September 25 – October 5, we will be moving for our #tougHGirls and #tougHGuys. While we can’t be together in person, we can still come together for some fun, fitness, and charity.
Get your tickets, tees, and awesome swag! Ticket prices include a virtual swag bag and digital race bib.
100% of the proceeds of this virtual event will be used to grow the seed money for our Light Easing Darkness (LED) Crisis Fund that will aid women in receiving the help and treatment they and their unborn child need. With this Fund, HER will help HG women in crisis by covering critical co-pays or medical costs up to $500. The LED Crisis Fund launches in October 2021, and 100% of your donations to the 5K will go directly to this important program.
Thank you in advance for helping a mom get critical treatment and avoid the choice of suffering (and possible complications from untreated HG) or therapeutic termination of her pregnancy.

World Breastfeeding Week 2020
2020-08-01 - 2020-08-07
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.

WHO Breastfeeding 2020 Message
Join the Twitter Storm and other Social Media activities
#WBW2020 Press Release

The logo for #WBW2020 represents the focus this year to support breastfeeding for a healthier planet. Since 2016, WABA have aligned our WBW campaign to United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

HER Live with Andrea Saliba
2020-05-28 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
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 Andrea Saliba.
When: May 28 at 11 AM PST.
Where: Andrea Saliba Nutrition on Instagram.

HER Live with Liz Lombard
2020-05-21 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
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 Liz Lombard.
When: May 21 at 12:30 PST
Where: Mrs.Liz Lombard on Instagram.

HG Awareness Day 2020
2020-05-15
Join in the exciting month-long HG awareness campaign. Raise Your Voice for HG Progress!
Get INVOLVED

SHARE your HG story.
MEET other HG survivors on Zoom: detaild below.
FUNDRAISE for HG education & research.
CHOOSE a Facebook frame for your profile. Search frames: hyperemesis HER Foundation.
USE the hashtags on your social: #HGAD2020 #2020HGvision.
INVITE others to follow the HER Foundation and learn more about HG.

HG Awareness Day Activities

We will be LIVE on our Instagram, @HGmoms, Friday, May 15th!
🔸12 PM/PT: Walkthrough of new site with Kimber.

🔸12:30 PM/PT: HER research with Kimber & Marlena.
🔸1 PM/PT: Special announcement to be made!
🔸5 PM/PT: Update on HER HG documentary with the Directors, Rachael & Bevin.

Zoom Meetup Schedule
Join other HG survivors for informal conversation in our Zoom Meetups across the globe:
🔸New Zealand 7 PM (GMT+12): https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83758124228.

🔸Indonesia 10 PM Jakarta Time (GMT+7): https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83376579429.

🔸Kenya 7 PM/EAT (GMT+3): https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87332207140

🔸The Netherlands 7:30 PM (GMT+12): https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84273794485.

🔸Canada 2:30 PM/EDT (GMT-4): https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86598858275.

🔸United States 7 PM PT (GMT-7) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83264507499.

What is HG?
At least 1 million women are estimated to suffer from a serious pregnancy disease each year that takes the lives of thousands of babies (and some mothers) due to chronic malnutrition and dehydration from debilitating nausea and vomiting. The disease known as HG (hyperemesis gravidarum) is often misunderstood, unrecognized or assumed to be psychological, and thus is inadequately treated. This means women suffer to the point of being traumatized, choosing therapeutic termination, or having serious short and long-term health issues. The children too often are affected as well. With proper treatment, most issues can be minimized or prevented, and the 1 in 3 loss rate is reduced. Be HG aware and educate others, donate to support education and research (HG research rarely gets grant funding!!), and show love to an HG mother today!
* HG: hyperemesis gravidarum (hyper = excessive, emesis = vomiting, gravidarum = in pregnancy)
** Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) is a debilitating and 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 mom-to-be and the newborn(s).
HER Foundation is the Global Voice of HG!

HER Live with Cindy Montoto
2020-05-14 20:00 - 21:00 (America/Boise)
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.
When: HGAD Eve at 7 PM MT
Where: https://www.instagram.com/yourlittledove_/

HER Live with Jen Jean-Pierre
2020-05-07 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
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.
When: May 7 at 8 PM EST
Where: Jen Jean-Pierre on Instagram.

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine 40th Annual Pregnancy Meeting
2020-02-06 - 2020-02-09
HER Foundation leaders educated doctors from across the globe at #SMFM20 in Grapevine, Texas. Our booth tours can be found on this playlist, and you can watch Dr. Fejzo present our research in this video.
