Breastfeeding during a pandemic
I’m breastfeeding my 4th baby while it’s become something I can do in my sleep I still face challenges everyday. There are times where I want to just give up …
Black Fatigue: Racism And Its Impacts On Mental Health
Racism erodes the mind, body and spirit having lasting impacts on the health, productivity and overall success for those on the receiving end and resulting in Black intergenerational fatigue. Read …
After Miscarriage and Stillbirth, I’m Still Determined To Be a Dad
Our first pregnancy loss blindsided me. I’d known miscarriages happened but was firmly in the “bad things happen to other people” frame of mind. I didn’t know then that first-trimester miscarriages are fairly common — though …
A simple blood test could save new mothers. Why aren’t more doctors using it?
Brianna Henderson remembers staring at a doctor in shock as he told her that she was in heart failure. Her condition was called peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM), he explained, a unique …
Adolescents Can Finally Get Vaccinated against COVID
In a long-awaited announcement on Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA vaccine in adolescents aged 12 to 15. The Centers for Disease Control …
Caring for a Premature Baby: What Parents Need to Know
It is important to recognize that preterm deliveries, even if late preterm, should never be done for the convenience of the mother or obstetrician. Research has shown that late preterm …
Research project designed to empower pregnant women, study maternal health disparities
WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Right now, another look at maternal health disparities and ways to eliminate the gap. There’s a crowdsourcing research project to help empower pregnant women and also study maternal …
Coordinated Systems Are Key to Addressing Rising Preterm Birth Rates
Preterm birth is a leading cause of infant mortality and morbidity in the U.S. And troubling, recent data show that U.S. preterm birth rates have risen for the fourth consecutive year. …
Celebrate Day 366, Kansas Birth Equity Network Target Kansas’ High Black Infant Mortality Rate
Many take it for granted that babies are conceived, carried and born without a problem, that in America and Kansas a child readily survives to their first birthday without illness, …