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Save the date! Mothers’ Rally hosted by @SaveARose.Foundation to combat and dismantle the systemic flaws within the health care system, specifically surrounding maternal care. This Mothers’ Rally will be filled with educators, guest speakers, and testimonies of mothers, fathers, and family members whom have endured this trauma. #saveAroseFoundation #MothersMarch #BlackLivesMatter #BlackMammasMatter #BirthFromTheEarth #birthingplacebx
Safe motherhood is a universal human right. Share a bump photo (past or present, yours or one you love) to show your support for healthy pregnancies and safe births for all moms. #BumpDay @WhatToExpect @WTE_Project @InternationalMedicalCorps
Expecting More’s Yara and Sirajum interviewed Dr. Jennifer Vanderlaan, chair of the @lamazechildbirth Research Workgroup. They discuss the Lamaze International Six Healthy Birth Practices and the role of evidence-based childbirth education in shared decision making for pregnant and birthing people. Link in bio to read the interview!
New interview on Expecting More with Rose Horton -- a nurse leader working in maternal health at Emory Decatur Hospital. Link in bio for our conversation with Rose on racism in health care and empathy-based solutions to provide respectful and equitable maternal health care. #notonmywatch
At Expecting More, we believe that it is our shared responsibility to support growing families. In the US, Black women are 3 to 4X more likely to die in childbirth, and many are experiencing avoidable suffering from unreliable medical care, inadequate social support, and economic disempowerment. We are committed to amplifying the voices of BIPOC, through personal narratives and artistic expression, whose lived experience and wisdom can help ensure we do better. As Dr. Rhea Boyd, scholar, pediatrician, and public health advocate, said in her testimony in the US Congress hearing on health care inequality in COVID-19, "Racism is making America sick…We must move to abolish racism from every institution, every practice, every policy, and every social norm in which it operates and too often hides.” If you haven’t already, we encourage you to visit the link in our bio for Expecting More pieces on Black maternal health.
New piece on our website on promoting shared decision-making and transparency for birthing people during #COVID19 by labor and delivery nurse, @nursemichele11. Link in bio to read! . . Michele Kulhanek, a labor and delivery nurse, speaks on perinatal loss, trauma informed care, and human trafficking awareness to nurses across the nation.
“Now more than ever, we must come together to develop sensitive and innovative policies to address the needs of mothers and expecting mothers,”—@katiesheabarrett. Read our recap of the @marchformoms virtual town hall. → Link in bio! . . We partnered with March for Moms and artist @lisamariestudio to develop this piece of art representing the mission of the event. “I created this artwork for the 2020 March for Moms Community Town Hall to express the love and tenderness of mothers and to advocate for their safety and health. Hands hug a rainbow womb without judgement expressing equal care for the well-being of both mother and child,“—Lisa Marie Studio
New interview with Margaret Quinlan, co-author of 'You're Doing it Wrong! Mothering, Media, and Medical Expertise'; a book about the history of advice that pregnant people and parents receive up to today and the influence of social media. Link in bio to read!
Make your voice heard at the @marchformoms Community Town Hall on Monday, May 4 at 1 p.m. ET. The discussion will feature leading advocates, providers, and policymakers and have time for community discussion about the pressing needs of moms and birthing people today. Register today at the link in bio!