Celebrating Black Maternal Health Week #BMHW25

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Mom and three kids Greetings from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania! Things have been busy. I am still a working mom of three, working full time who is trying to make a difference. I do a lot of things and try to be present so that I can learn from them. I share them on this blog so that we can learn together. Below are some thoughts, hacks, and/or lessons that I have learned from navigating my world. Black Maternal Health Week April 11-17, 2025 I am a Black mom to three wonderful children. I was blessed to have three successful births. While I am an attorney, my third delivery highlighted the potential risks that occur when a physician fails to listen to the birthing person. Initially, I chalked it up to the physician involved and limited it to my personal birthing experience. Then, I learned that I was not special. Overwhelmingly, Black women experience higher rates of birth trauma, birthing complications and negative birth outcomes.  These statistics are what lead to the creation of ...
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It's hard out here for a blogger... Lately, I have caught a little flack because of information contained in this blog from a variety of sources. I have been accused of revealing too much, revealing too little, revealing the “wrong types of things”. I have even been asked, “what exactly did happen in San Francisco?!”

I am sure that the messengers thought their comments would dissuade me. However, the biggest compliment that you can pay a writer is to read her work. All I could think was, "Geez, are people really interested enough in what I write to get upset about it?!" I got energized. I got giddy. And, as you can see, I've kept writing.

So, thanks to all of you who come to Chaton's World and enjoy it. Thanks to you who keep coming back, but don't know why. And thanks to you who have given me such "constructive" criticism.

Y'all come back now, ya here! There’s so much more in store!


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