Kimber, Aimee and Marlena
HG Fact Sheet
Press Releases
- HER Foundation HG Awareness Day - Raise Your Voice - May 2020
- HG Awareness Day 2019 – May 2019
- HER Foundation Helps UCLA and 23 & Me with Genetic Studies – March 2018
- HER Foundation Responds to Duchess’ Third HG Pregnancy – September 2017
- HER Foundation donates $46,000 to UCLA geneticist for research into Hyperemesis Gravidarum – September 2012
- UCLA: Extreme morning sickness could lead to lifelong emotional, behavioral disorders in kids – August 2011
- Moms and Experts Meet On Capitol Hill, Give Voice To Overlooked Pregnancy Disease – September 2005
- HER Foundation Releases Survey Results On Hyperemesis Gravidarum – May 2005
- Untreated Hyperemesis Predisposes Babies to Diseases – December 2003
- Devastating illness for moms’-to-be in need of research to save lives – June 2003
HG women in your area
To find women around the world willing to share their stories to help raise awareness of HG, please email annmarie@hyperemesis.org.
Speak with our HG Experts
To contact the HER Foundation for interviews, please email media@hyperemesis.org.
Media Relations Contacts
Please direct media inquiries to Ann Marie King at media@hyperemesis.org.
Our HG Experts
Dr. Marlena Fejzo, a Harvard-trained geneticist and researcher at University of Southern California, is the world's leading research scientist on HG and a HER Foundation Board member. Dr. Fejzo endured HG during her pregnancies.
Dr. Aimee Brecht-Doscher is an OBGYN in the Los Angeles area who has personally been affected by HG and is on the Board of the HER Foundation.
Kimber MacGibbon is a registered nurse (RN) and has helped many thousands of women since 2000 get through their HG pregnancies. She has an extensive understanding of HG from a medical and personal perspective. Kimber is also co-founder of the HER Foundation. She and Dr. Fejzo have co-authored over two dozen studies on HG in collaboration with universities, including USC and UCLA. Kimber had HG in both of her pregnancies. Email her at kimber @hyperemesis.org.
Jeremy King and Ann Marie King are co-founders of the HER Foundation and can offer a husband/wife perspective of what the HG couple is enduring together. Plus Mr. King provides a male perspective of the illness. He is quoted by saying years ago when wife was pregnant with child in 2002, "Calling HG morning sickness is like calling a hurricane a little bit of rain." You can email them directly at annmarie @hyperemesis.org or jeremy @hyperemesis.org.
Statistics and Fact Sheets
- HER Foundation Fact Sheet
- Research Presentation Poster: SMFM 2019 Genetics Poster
- Research Presentation Poster:
Symptomatology and Outcomes of Women with HG as Reported in a Large Registry - Research Presentation Poster:
Familial Aggregation of HG - Research Presentation Poster:
Voluntary Termination in a Large Cohort of Women with Hyperemesis Gravidarum - Research Presentation Poster:
Secular Trends in the Treatment of Hyperemesis Gravidarum - Research Presentation Poster:
Extreme Weight Loss and Extended Duration of Symptoms Common in Hyperemesis Gravidarum
News
HER Foundation Guest Blog for Mommy Labor Nurse
HER Foundation’s Kimber MacGibbon, wrote a guest post for Liesel Teen’s blog, Mommy Labor Nurse. Teen is a prominent blogger and labor and delivery nurse.
Racial disparity in maternal healthcare
Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) affects over a million women across the globe every year meaning at least 2% of pregnant women suffer from the debilitating condition. These statistics are drawn mostly from cases of HG which are diagnosed, treated, or reported – mostly from westernized countries by those with health care. Consistent tracking criteria for HG…
