The HerCanberra story, as told to 666ABC’s Alex Sloan

Posted on 9 September, 2014

I often get asked what led me to start HerCanberra, and it’s hard to distil the answer into a 25-second soundbite, because the reality is that it wasn’t just me as a savvy businesswoman thinking, ‘hey, I’ve got an idea’…it was the result of a very traumatic personal journey.

In June 2008, 25 weeks pregnant with my second child, I walked out of my office door one Monday afternoon and I never went back . Due to pregnancy complications, I was admitted to hospital, where I spent the next six weeks on bedrest, before our beautiful Sophia Rose was born at 30 weeks, weighing just 1.43 kg or 3 pound 3 by the old scale.

Her premature birth changed everything….and, eventually, it led to the creation of my ‘third’ child – HerCanberra.

Sophia’s battle came at the end of a pretty rough few years, in which we’d experienced miscarriage, surgery to remove a tumour, infertility and more. They always say, ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.’

But that’s just part of the story, and recently I was lucky enough to share a snapshot of my life with 666ABC’s Alex Sloan in her ‘Canberra Close Up‘ segment. If you’ve ever been curious about my story – my early years as a country kid, my parents, career, challenges, etc. – this has pretty much all the details.

So, click over here and ignore the no-makeup photo of me (IT WAS RADIO! I THOUGHT I COULD GET AWAY WITH IT!) and select ‘Audio’ – you’ll be able to listen to the 45 minute conversation. Alex is so lovely, and we had a fantastic conversation. I hope you enjoy…