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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Wordless Wednesday: I was Represented at #BlogHer15

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I have grown to value the relationships that I have made through blogging a lot. The women have been gracious, generous and incredibly nice. Not only are we sharing this parenting journey together, we are also sharing the blogging journey, which has its own complexities!

As you know I was disappointed about missing the recent BlogHer conference. Well, look what I found on Twitter!  


Shout Out from #BlogHer15
Being missed is the next best thing to being there…


Thanks Maria Wen Adcock!


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