Black women are shying away from traditional hospital births and are opting for home water births as an alternative because it’s not only a less expensive option but it makes childbirth more of an experience and not just a process. With infant and maternity mortality rates soaring for Black women, they are choosing natural childbirth […]

January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month and one of the fastest rising birth defects among young black mothers is Gastroschisis (pronounced GAS-tro-SKEE-sis). Source: CDC (modified) Gastroschisis is a defect where the infant’s intestines protrude outside of the body usually through an opening on the right side of the baby’s abdominal wall. The intestines being […]

It’s October and it’s SIDS Awareness Month. Sudden Instant Death Syndrome also known as SIDS is the sudden and unexplained death of a healthy infant who is younger than one-year-old. It’s a very terrifying phenomenon because unlike other diseases and illnesses it does not have any warning symptoms. SIDS usually occurs between the ages of […]