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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Celebrating National Daughters Day on my Daughter's Birthday

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My daughter and her birthday bounty
"On the day that you were born the angels got together, and decided to create a dream come true!" --The Carpenters

Today is National Daughters Day, which is perfect because it is also the anniversary of when I became a mom to my oldest child, my daughter. So, this is literally her day! Like most women, becoming a mom was a transformative event. However, in my case, it was truly magical.

I got pregnant about nine months after I had a septic infection. I had been training for a marathon and unbeknownst to me, I had a raging infection raging through my bloodstream. I ran seventeen miles on a Monday and was in the ICU on a Thursday. I stayed in the hospital for a week and after I was discharged, I could barely walk up a flight of stairs. I later learned that I could have died.






Playing at Scene 75 on her birthday! #Scene75

The physicians discontinued my birth control as a result of the entire ordeal and that got me pregnant--well that and Andre. And with that pregnancy, I became reborn. So, if it weren't for the infection, I wouldn't have my precious daughter.

How is that for irony???

Let me tell you, I have never been more grateful for anything in my life. Before I got pregnant, I was on a hamster wheel--running fast, but going nowhere in particular. I had my career, but I lacked a clear focus. When I got pregnant, shit got real and my primary purpose in life to care for her and to protect her.


For the past nine years, I have been doing just that. Life has never been the same. There is no pointless running (figuratively). Each day since I gave birth, I wake up with profound clarity.

One day, I plan to tell my daughter the many ways that she has blessed me and saved me. However, until then, I shall simply say--with my whole heart--"I love you baby. Happy birthday!!!"

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Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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6 Kids 1 Tank said…
Happy Bday Princess! Looking forward to a review of the M=MC2 gift she recieved!
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