Hyperemesis Gravidarum Research
After experinencing hyperemesis gravidarum, a severe and debilitating pregnancy complication, three times I have dedicated my working life to improving care and treatment for others with the condition. I write extensively on the subject for the medical and lay press and my blog offers hope and inspiration to those going through it now. I am also the chair person for the UK charity Pregnancy Sickness Support (PSS) and established the nation wide support network. In this voluntary role I advise NHS trusts on service development and provide education to healthcare professionals as well as overseeing the day to day running of this life saving, yet tiny and underfunded charity. I do not claim expenses.
Having informaly conducted research surveys over the last few years which have made headlines around the world and raised a huge amount of awareness about the babies lost to hyperemesis gravidarum, I am now undertaking an MSc in Clinical Research and hope to start a PhD in September. This is formalising my research role and all of my research relates to Hyperemesis Gravidarum.
Currently I self fund all of my hyperemesis awareness activity. I do not earn money through my blog, my charity work or even really though the books I have written.
I need support from the families I am helping to carry on this work and fund my research.
PSS is a tiny charity and receives no formal funding yet so I can't claim expenses when I travel around the UK to give teaching sessions or present at conferences.
It would mean so much to me for the hyperemesis community I am supporting to support me too. I have ambitions to break down the stigma of HG and ensure every woman in the UK receives top notch, compassionate care by 2020. For this to happen a huge amount of research needs to be conducted and disseminated into mainstream healthcare in the next few years. I can do it but not alone. I need your help.
"Go Fund Me" wants me to write how thankfully I would be... the truth is words can not express how thankfully I would be. And it would just be me. An entire generation of sufferers, their daughters and granddaughters would thank you too.
Please, make this research happen!
Having informaly conducted research surveys over the last few years which have made headlines around the world and raised a huge amount of awareness about the babies lost to hyperemesis gravidarum, I am now undertaking an MSc in Clinical Research and hope to start a PhD in September. This is formalising my research role and all of my research relates to Hyperemesis Gravidarum.
Currently I self fund all of my hyperemesis awareness activity. I do not earn money through my blog, my charity work or even really though the books I have written.
I need support from the families I am helping to carry on this work and fund my research.
PSS is a tiny charity and receives no formal funding yet so I can't claim expenses when I travel around the UK to give teaching sessions or present at conferences.
It would mean so much to me for the hyperemesis community I am supporting to support me too. I have ambitions to break down the stigma of HG and ensure every woman in the UK receives top notch, compassionate care by 2020. For this to happen a huge amount of research needs to be conducted and disseminated into mainstream healthcare in the next few years. I can do it but not alone. I need your help.
"Go Fund Me" wants me to write how thankfully I would be... the truth is words can not express how thankfully I would be. And it would just be me. An entire generation of sufferers, their daughters and granddaughters would thank you too.
Please, make this research happen!
Organizer
Caitlin Dean
Organizer