When it comes to your body and your health, always speak up. Take up space and request the time and respect from your providers that you deserve. Never feel shy about asking questions to fully take control of your health. No one will be as good an advocate as you can be for yourself.

Whenever you go in for your postpartum appointment, I have some questions to consider asking various postpartum care providers to make sure you don’t lose yourself in the dizzying fog that is life with a newborn.

Breastfeeding is one of the most natural and rewarding experiences a new mother can have, but it can also be one of the most challenging. That's why prenatal breastfeeding classes are so important.

Week two with my Community Partner Kellie of Green Living & Wellness. She’s got loads to share on the topic of what to do when breastfeeding doesn’t go as planned.

I think I could touch on the significance of this year’s Black Maternal Health Week (BMHW) theme, Our Bodies Belong to Us: Restoring Black Autonomy and Joy, for many posts to come.

Launched by BMMA in 2018, Black Maternal Health Week is a week-long initiative held from Tuesday, April 11th through Monday, April 17th that amplifies Black and Black women-led efforts across the U.S. and globally to improve and advance maternal health, rights, and justice for Black mothers and birthing people.

For the final blog post from this month’s Community Partner, Dr. Gabby, some tender thoughts on pregnancy loss from her perspective as a care provider. On a whim, I asked her if she’d given the topic much thought or if she’d ever written a piece on it in the past.