10/31/2025
Roughly 1 in 4 pregnancies ends in loss. In 2023 the United States experienced 20,000 infants deaths before they turned 1yrs old. This leaves a ton of grieving parents and family members to try and cope with a life without those they lost. Death at any stage of life is hard to get through but to experience it at the beginning of a new life seems so unfair. The resources I shared earlier this week can help those who have gone through this already. We also need to look at what we can do to reduce this from happening as much as possible in the future. These conversations need to happen. Changes need to happen.
Improving the health of women is a great place to start since they carry these babies in their wombs and care for them once they are Earth side. What ways do you think we can help improve the health or pregnant and postpartum women? I have plenty of ideas so to start us off I will give you one. This one is standard care in other countries but not here. A much longer time off work after childbirth is extremely important. In home follow up and care from nurses, doulas, lactation consultants, meal services, house cleaning companies, etc would be a great place to start. What are your ideas?