b.

Open heart, with backbone. #RPCV Ethiopia🇪🇹 #PublicHealthNurse 👩🏻‍⚕️ #MaternalInfantHealth #TraumaInformedCare🤰🏾👶🏼🤱🏽

[b. @brielleweber]

Not wearing masks as much and I knew my facial expressions would be a problem. I literally look like my dog anytime anyone says anything stupid and I don’t know how to make it stop.

[Diene Keita @unfpachief]

Midwives are heroes who make motherhood safer.

On the International Day of the Midwife, let's celebrate midwives for their commitment to saving lives and safeguarding the health of women and newborns: https://t.co/1q8t67l4WI

#IDM2023

[Lucinda Canty PhD, CNM, FAAN, FACNM, Nurse-Midwife @LucindaCantyPhD]

1/2 Lucinda's House is hosting a webinar to celebrate the International Day of the Midwife: Celebrating Pregnancy and Birth. On May 5th at 7 pm EST, Women of Color are going to share their experiences with the joys of pregnancy and childbirth.
https://t.co/i5lshJ7Xvk

[Maryland Department of Health @MDHealthDept]

Help for pregnant people on Medicaid with opioid use disorder is available. The MOM program can connect you with care services for your health, well-being, treatment, and recovery. Help is available during and up to one year after pregnancy. Apply at: https://t.co/RhsRHKeE9J

[All In Together @AllInTogether]

These are some organizations fighting back against the #BlackMaternalHealthCrisis. Follow their pages and support their work!

@BlkMamasMatter @TheFFBWW @shadesofblueprj
@BirthJusticeNow @black_midwives

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

A new exhibit in D.C. is elevating Ella Baker and her Black feminist counterparts to their rightful place in our collective psyches.

It traces their journeys through the seat of American power: the city of Washington. https://t.co/xXrIIodpLQ

[b. @brielleweber]

"METAMORPHOSIS IS NATURALLY DESTRUCTIVE" -Danielle Laporte 🦋

[Andrea Gibson @andreagibson]

Dear Overripe Avocado,

Thank you for reminding me
there is such a thing as
waiting too long to be ready.

[NPR @NPR]

Scientists have created the first detailed wiring diagram of an insect brain.

The brain, from a fruit fly larva, contained 3016 neurons connected by 548,000 synapses, the team reported Thursday in the journal Science.

https://t.co/JD0QQSzxzo

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

I am thrilled to see @TheRealDrKendi's new essay in The New England Journal of Medicine. It is about the #InjuryEquityFramework that Dr. Kendi created to understand and respond to the structural factors contributing to injury inequities. 1/
https://t.co/Ovp3s1xCMf

[Our Bodies Ourselves Today @ObosToday]

It's #BlackHistoryMonth! Today we recognize Henrietta Lack's impact on the medical field and its complicated context. #OBOSToday #OurBodiesOurselves #HenriettaLacks

[b. @brielleweber]

One of my absolute joys of living city adjacent is finding free parking in DC.

[Advances in Reproduction @AdvReproduction]

Reproductive Cycle

#TipsForNewDocs #MedEd #MedTwitter #medicine #medical #medicare #health #healthcare #FOAMed #ClinicalPearl #clinicaltips #MedStudents #reproductivehealth #ovariancycle

[Kortney James, PhD, RN @KJames_PhD]

Just a few points I made during my lecture today titled, The Importance of Black Midwifery: Then and Now.

The erasure of the Black Traditional Midwife was a calculated and strategic effort between White male obstetricians and White female public health nurses.

[b. @brielleweber]

Bought my first pelvis for teaching today. Definitely back to teaching yoga and not holding back with all the pelvic floor knowledge.

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

@iconawrites you need to keep your bees abreast of the news, folks 🐝🐝

[Rachel E. Gross @rachelegross]

"Geriatric" pregnancy. "Incompetent" cervix. "Hostile" uterus.

Why do some words evolve, while others go on haunting moms’ medical charts like the ghosts of medicine past? 👻

For @TheAtlantic, I investigate the strange realm of pregnancy language:

https://t.co/Ij2fG2jLy9

[Courtney Townsel, MD MSc @CourtneyTownsel]

On this #MaternalHealthAwarenessDay I gave a lecture to over 100 college students about #bias and #racism as drivers of #disparities in maternal morbidity & mortality. #HearHer

[ACOG @acog]

It’s #MaternalHealthAwarenessDay! Understanding, identifying, and raising awareness of the causes of maternal deaths and the associated racial health inequities can help end the worsening U.S. maternal mortality crisis. Today, ACOG asks you to Know Why. Read on for more. 🧵(1/5)

[b. @brielleweber]

Feels like it’s super fitting I do my first home visit with @Family_Connects on #MaternalHealthAwarenessDay 🤱🏽👶🏻💕

[Black Maternal Health Caucus @BMHCaucus]

Even before COVID-19, the United States had the highest maternal mortality rate of any high-income country. The pandemic has worsened our maternal health crisis.

https://t.co/aJppyEqumZ