Celebrating Black Maternal Health Week #BMHW25

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 ...

Returning to Work After the Holidays!

I returned to work after a nice holiday break. I enjoyed my time off and learned a lot. I also gained great respect for stay- at-home moms!
Stay tuned for my comments about my holiday break.
Until then, take care and happy new year!!!
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Being a WAHM is quite challenging. I love the chances that I have to get out and have adult company!
anthony stemke said…
I appreciate stay- at -home moms too. I often accompany my spouse (the Education Tipster) when she tutors children and enjoy meeting home schoolers. Many are not totally knowledgeable with math and employ my wife's services.
Did you know there are 250,000 african-american home schoolers?
The little cutie on the right side of my blog page is five years old, home schooled, and believe me, is ready to enter the third grade.

Take care Chaton.