Those of you who have followed my blog
from day one, or those who have looked back through the archive to my
first post will see that the first link I made in this blog was to
the HER Foundation website, www.helpher.org
That's because before the relaunch of the PSS website our UK charity
had very little web presence and I had suffered through two HG
pregnancies without knowledge of any support in the UK at all,
despite the fact that both organisations were launched around the
same time, 10 years ago!
During my first two pregnancies the
help, support and information I got from the HER website was crucial,
it got me through them, and ultimately it was via a link on their
website that I eventually got in touch with Dr Gadsby at Pregnancy
Sickness Support and was able to have my third pregnancy.
Over the last few months I have been in
touch with the HER Foundation regarding international collaboration
and a burgeoning friendship is developing between myself and Ann
Marie, one of the co-founders of the HER Foundation. I am in awe of
the work they have done over the last 10 years and am so thankful for
their presence during my pregnancies... they have been my inspiration
for the work I have done with PSS. Back at the early meetings with
the web designers and developers it was the HelpHer website which I
kept referring back to as a model of what we wanted to achieve.
That is why I am so MAJORLY excited
that I'm about to jet over to Washington to meet Ann Marie King and
her husband (also a co-founder) Jeremy!!!
On Thursday I'll be heading to Heathrow
for a flight on Friday morning; it's a whirlwind visit of just 3 days
before my flight back on Monday evening. I'll be tweeting and
facebooking en route and will blog after about the trip. Sad as I
am... one of the things I'm really excited about is having a total of
8 hours on a train and 16 hours on a plane in which to
work... I'm putting together training and presentations for our
supporters conference on 6th July as well as working on
various policies and guidelines which will strengthen and develop our
incredible supporters network and I can start the analysis of our recent survey data too!
If you want to follow my trip on
facebook you can like our PSS page:
https://www.facebook.com/PregnancySicknessSupport
the HER Foundation page is:
or follow PSS on twitter: @HGSupportUK
or the HER Foundation: @HGmoms
