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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Time Flies When you Have a Toddler!

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Like most working people I have always thought that weekends go by too fast.  Before, I had so many planned social engagements and telephone calls, but so little time.

I’m not sure what happened to all of those social engagements.  I think that I have fallen off of a lot of invite lists because I have declined too many times.  Apparently the rest of the world was still living and partying while I was pregnant, giving birth and learning to be a mom.  My blog follower Anthony Stemke (http://gritsandgroceries.blogspot.com)  says that I am a very good mom.  That’s one of the things I enjoy about blogging.  You make contacts with people who validate you.  Seeing how I haven’t had another performance appraisal for my mom job, I am going with Andrew’s assessment!

Back to the time thing.  Now, I no longer just lament how fast weekends fly.  I am also increasingly amazed at how fast entire weeks and months just zoom by in a blink of an eye.  I think it’s the breastfeeding, pumping, diaper changing, baby baths, cleaning sweet potatoes off of the floor after they have been flung by a toddler who has reached her limit.  There are also my daily appearances at work, board meetings, and my need to bathe and feed myself.  As my mom says, motherhood is more than a notion!

Anyway, in case the end of January has snuck up on you too, I thought I’d point out that there are less than 48 hours left in the first month of 2012.  Where did the time go?! 

If you are behind on your goals/resolutions/plans like I am.  You better hurry up! Then again, let’s make a pact and resolve not to beat ourselves up about coming in late on a few of our goals.  We may have been delayed because of something wonderful like watching our child walk for the first time, playing blocks or reading stories.  Time flies so you have to be sure to catch those special moments.

Here’s to February! 

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K. Elizabeth @ YUMMommy said…
It is hard to believe that this month is pretty much gone. If this is any indication of how fast this year is going to fly by then I'm trying to keep a camera handy to capture every moment.
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Diane - It's All Good Until You Burn Dinner said…
Bathe and feed yourself? Maybe some day. I think I finally took the first shower I'd had in 12 years when my son started middle school.

Okay...it's not that bad but YES. Raising children is such a busy time and it does indeed go so fast. Unbelievably fast...

Enjoy every minute.
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