Maternal Anxiety Affects The Fetal Brain: New Study
Anxiety in gestating mothers appears to affect the course of brain development in their fetuses, changing neural connectivity in the womb, a new study by…
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Seven Million American Women of Childbearing Age Live in Counties with…
Nearly half of women who face maternity care access challenges live in urban areasOrganizations nationwide support #BlanketChange by demanding equity, access…
Breastfeeding’s Importance—What Science Tells Us, Part 2 of 2
Happy World Breastfeeding Week and National Breastfeeding Month!
August 1-7 is World Breastfeeding Week and the entire month of August is breastfeeding month…
Breastfeeding Moms Face Illegal Discrimination at Work
A new report shows widespread discrimination.
A recent report summarizes the many kinds of discrimination breastfeeding mothers face at work in the United…
Prenatal Exposure To Toxins: An Educational Video For New Parents
How and where we live, work, play and socialize influence our physical and mental health every day throughout our lives. Healthy natural and built…
Midwife Jennie Joseph: Undermining A Deadly Maternal Health System
Deeply horrified by the American medical model's treatment of pregnant women and babies when she arrived in the United States in the 80s, British-trained…
March for Moms, #MeToo, Birth Trauma, And Ending Medical Model Patriarchy
Dawn Thompson of Improving Birth and Lisa Reagan, Kindred's editor, connect the dots between America's failed maternal health, the patriarchal medical…
Battling Over Birth: Black Women And The Maternal Health Care Crisis…
This is part three of a three part series and excerpt from the new book, Battling Over Birth: Black Women and the Maternal Health Care Crisis.
Part One:…
Battling Over Birth: Black Women And The Maternal Health Care Crisis…
This is part two of a three part series and excerpt from the new book, Battling Over Birth: Black Women and the Maternal Health Care Crisis.
Part One: Prenatal…
Breastfeeding: Reclaiming An African American Tradition
The video above is an overview of the 2012 Breastfeeding Summit: Reclaiming An African American Tradition! Visit www.BreastfeedingRose.org to find out about…