#blackmaternalmortality

we have to start dealing strategically with these systems that keep allowing our sisters to perish during childbirth. -koya ・・・ Mia Stallings should be here. • Can you even truly advocate for #birthjustice without imagining a world where birth is de-medicalized for low risk pregnancies (over 95% of births in NYC are considered low-risk); where there is an abundance of clean, well-equipped, free-standing birth centers staffed with folks actively anti-racist; where the deliberate restrictions placed on certified professional and licensed midwives are lifted and health insurance is made available to all and offers full coverage to anyone planning to birth at home or elsewhere? At the core of activism and advocacy is actively striving toward that vision. • • Mia’s community at @homelandhearttn posted the following: Today our village received a new ancestor ✨ Our dear client and friend, Mia Stallings (25) passed away this morning after experiencing complications during labor after an induction at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Mia was so excited about being the mother of her baby boy, Leo and was looking forward to being a stay at home mom. She was gracious enough to allow our first class of trainees to work with her on comfort and coping skills during labor and birth. We will forever do this work #forMia 💔 • • • Nashville. Community. You’ve read the articles. You know the statistics. NOW IT’S RIGHT ON YOUR FRONT PORCH. Another black woman has died giving birth. Another black child will never know his mother. Click the link in our bio to help support #BabyLeo in any way you can using our Amazon registry. Mia was never able to have a baby shower due to COVID and we want to make sure her son has everything he will need. Monetary donations can be made in Leo’s name to our ca$hApp ($homelandhearttn) or Venmo (@homelandhearttn). #blackmamasmatter #blackmaternalmortality #blacklivesmatter #BlackBirthsMatter #ProtectBlackBirthingPeople #medicalindustrialcomplex #dismantlesystemsofoppression #holdinstitutionsaccountable #BeyondBirthWork #reparations #miastallings #saveourselves #saveoursisters https://www.instagram.com/p/CDfT5B6gvdn/?igshid=1jvucdsr0y5yr

Reposted from @madworksphoto This is 15. We are together in the motherland - the birthplace of humanity, the home of our ancestors, celebrating 15 years of sisterhood in #DeltaSigmaTheta. Today we elevate the national tragedy of #BlackMaternalMortality as we remember our linesister @im_teejay. We stand in the gap for the babies left behind, born to beautiful, worthy, resilient Black women, too often dismissed and undervalued. Women who have found themselves among the unfortunate group of new mothers six times more likely to die during and after childbirth. We fight for healthcare equity. #SheShouldBeHere With grace and resilience, power and passion... We’ve birthed our beloved children, and nurtured others. We’ve birthed businesses and companies, academic accomplishments, creative arts and scholarly research. We’ve protected and incubated the goals of the people we love. We’ve birthed policy and led the call of justice and equality. We’ve given birth to dreams. We stand at the apex of what was and what is to come: For the ancestors who birthed nations and manifested these realities with their incredible tenacity and sacrifice. For the descendants - generations who we have yet to welcome the world. This is 15. We are Eclatient 55 of an Eminent Echelon. #E55XV🇲🇦 #KnowUs™️ #BADST #FAMU #TodayTomaraForever #WeBirthNations #DeltaSigmaTheta #SororitySisters #QueensIntheMotherland👑 #Deltaversary #WomensHistoryMonth #March5 📸: @anass_walidi @bydre__ @madworksphoto💕💚#REPOSTED: #4evahaka2 #FAMUGrad1908💕💚#CreditToOwner - #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/B9wwDrZHe2q/?igshid=1kbhyh4c89b78

So many pregnancy news sites available and very few talk directly to Black parents and help with encouraging positive parenting. Black maternal health needs to be addressed as so many Black expecting parents are losing their lives due to negligence. . . . . . #blackmomskillingit #blackmaternalmortality #postpartumdoula #listentoblackwomen #positiveparenting #motherhoodthroughinstagram #blackmaternalhealthweek #blackmomsmatter #birthworker #blackmomsblogs #mindfulparenting #maternaljustice #blackmaternalhealth #blackwomenbloggers #blackbabies #blackmomsblog #letthembelittle #blackdoula #reproductivejustice #blackandpreggo #blackmothers #blackmoms #frobabies #dailyparenting #beautifulblackpregnancy #blackmomsdaily #normalizegentleparenting #consciousparenting #pregnancydiary #birthworkerofcolor (at Newark, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9jYLu4pGV9/?igshid=iyp5sznu30q4