by Erin Backus | Jan 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
By: Naiomi Catron, RNC, IBCLC It’s that time of year again … no, not pumpkin spice lattes … cold and flu season. Last year’s influenza season in Travis County was mild, but it was an active flu season nationally. If you have a baby and are breastfeeding, you may have...
by Erin Backus | Jan 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
By: Catherine Pearson It is extremely well-documented that pregnancy and childbirth are far more dangerous for Black women in the U.S. than for white women. Black moms are up to three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white moms. And they...
by Erin Backus | Dec 16, 2019 | News
Despite high-tech medical advances of the last century, women around the world are still dying in pregnancy and childbirth from age-old scourges such as hemorrhage and pre-eclampsia and, increasingly, from complications related to chronic diseases, obesity, and...
by Erin Backus | Dec 16, 2019 | News
Serena Williams knew her body well enough to listen when it told her something was wrong. Winner of 23 Grand Slam singles titles, she’d been playing tennis since age 3—as a professional since 14. Along the way, she’d survived a life-threatening blood clot in her...
by Erin Backus | Nov 1, 2019 | News
Jaymie assisted her second mother, Cornelia, with delivering a baby. Cornelia did an amazing job fighting for her natural birth for 36 straight hours until she had to have an emergency C-section the last 35 minutes. All went well and a beautiful baby was born! Thank...
by Erin Backus | Jul 26, 2019 | News
Taylor Allen | WHYY Listen 1:16 Black women in the United States are three times more likely to die from complications in childbirth than white women. It is estimated, however, that up to 60% of those complications — things like preeclampsia, fibroids, postpartum...
by Erin Backus | Jul 20, 2019 | News
Jazmine Ulloa | The Los Angeles Times California saw a decrease in the number of women who died giving birth in 2013, as the maternal mortality rate climbed across the country, according to state officials. But expectant black mothers across the state are still three...
by Erin Backus | Jul 14, 2019 | News
Aneri Pattani | The Philadelphia Inquirer This story is a collaboration between The Inquirer and WHYY Health + Science. Portia Smith’s most vivid memories of her daughter Nelly’s first year are of tears. Not the baby’s. Her own. “I would just hold her and cry all...
by Erin Backus | Jul 2, 2019 | News
Jessica Corbett | Common Dreams The bill, sponsored by Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Sen. Cory Booker, follows a CDC report revealing that black and Native American women are three times more likely to die of pregnancy-related causes. A group of congressional Democrats on...
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