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10/08/2025

Happy birthday to the girl who truly taught me childbirth, parenting and true LOVE. I still love that first photo showing the true relief after so much work in my 36 hour labor and all the anticipation and so many months of pregnancy and so much unknown! Transition. It’s a word we use a lot when we educate about childbirth (8-10cm and the most intense but usually shortest part of labor btwn dilation and pushing!). But now that I’m transitioning from mom with kid at home to mom w kid in college…well that’s another whole experience!! How I went from having a baby to have an 18 year old is impossible to fathom!! There will be moments in parenting of love, rage, joy, pain, confusion, excitement and endless more emotions. Labor is often our first real true teacher that we can’t control much in this world, so if I can share one bit of advice, the thing you can control is who you choose to support you during labor, who will assist with delivering your baby, where you will give birth, who will be your doula… so grateful i chose my midwife (who teaches our birth classes) and was my doula, to the OB who partnered with my midwife and said to me, I hope never to meet you again…I’m a surgeon and you don’t need me UNLESS you need me (his mom and grandma were both midwives so he truly understood the collaborative care model)…to her dad who sat behind me while I used the squat bar to effectively push (even with an epidural I was able to do many positions for pushing…with an asynclitic head (where my daughters head was slightly tipped to the side, changing positions and trying everything under the sun was critical to help get her out and in so happy the nursing staff was so helpful to rotate me thru so many positions….im also so grateful for my birth education from my friend who invited me to her birth and changed my life by exposing me to what birth could be like to who taught me my first doula training and opened me up to even more….anyway, if you are still reading I appreciate you being here! Happy birthday to my girl and happy birth day to me. And happy birthing day to all the parents who are in labor right now and soon to be.

08/28/2025

Celebrating Black Breastfeeding Week! Repost from
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✨ Breastfeeding is more than nourishment.....it’s empowerment.
In honor of Black Breastfeeding Week, we’re highlighting 5 powerful benefits of breastfeeding that strengthen babies and mothers. 💪🏾💖
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07/14/2025

🩵Weekly recap!🩵
And……. we are back with another weekly recap! It was so nice to see everyone for last week’s classes at !! We love to see your smiles and share laughs during our classes🤗. We ran Childbirth Labor & Delivery, Pain Coping Techniques and Lactation/Newborn Care. Click the link in our bio to sign up today!!

06/03/2025

Thanks to my parents on my birthday but most especially to my mom who endured a long-ass labor to bring me here. To all of those who will do soon and to all who have before ❤️ and thanks to all the parents and parents-to-be who have supported and for over 20 years now through taking our childbirth classes, finding their doulas and lactation consultants, or attending doula trainings and building your birth and postpartum care businesses here. I appreciate you!! ❤️❤️❤️

06/02/2025

🩵Weekly recap!🩵
It was so nice to see everyone for last week’s classes at !! We ran Childbirth Labor & Delivery, Pain Coping Techniques and Lactation/Newborn Care. Click the link in our bio to sign up today!!

05/04/2025

Repost .move.change DOULA WISDOM  STARTS TODAY! So thrilled to see share doula wisdom here!

In celebration of the powerful and transformative postpartum experience, the Speak! Move! Change! Collective is excited to share the wisdom of our community to empower YOU to help postpartum families in your community to thrive.

Today’s tips come from Theresa Lasbrey Peters, birth and postpartum doula and Certified Lactation Counselor from the Bronx in NYC.

➡️ Swipe through the graphics for Theresa’s top tips! More details below.

📣 In her own words:
“How you birth is how you live. How you give birth will impact generations. Birth is more than just getting the baby out of your body. The process and choices you make before, during, and after childbirth affect you and your child for years to come. For instance, those choices can impact your ability and desire to feed from your body. Most people have an abstract sense of the benefit to baby to breastfeed but never grasp that doing so protects your child from ailments in adulthood like bladder cancer. They are never connected to how this biological act will protect the birthing person from diabetes, cancer, osteoporosis, and so much more. It is crucial to learn and make informed choices every step of the way. Your pregnancy isn’t a runaway train. No matter what happens, you always have a say in your care. You are the conductor. You may not always know the destination. You just have to trust that you and your body will get you there.”

🔗 Theresa is the founder of Nnenna Birth, a full spectrum birth service for your needs from conception to birth to postpartum and beyond. Reaching back to her place of birth, Nigeria, Theresa chose “Nnenna” from her mother tongue, Igbo. “Nne” means  “mother” and “nna” means “father”. Nnenna Birth serves the mother, the father, and every expression of parent in between.
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REGISTER NOW to learn more at National Postpartum Awareness Week for Black Indigenous People of Color 2025 beginning TODAY!

May 4th — May 10th, 2025
7:00 PM – 9:30 PM EST Zoom & YouTube
Free & Virtual

💻 RSVP: bit.ly/PAWmovement2025

03/26/2025

Live today at the capital in Albany with Mobilize Maternal Health Coalition (MMHC) Please join us on March 26th as we raise our voices for maternal health! 📢 We’re taking action in Albany to support critical legislation that will save lives, improve care, and support birthing people across New York State. Together, we can create meaningful change. Be part of the movement - your presence matters! 🤱🏾✊🏽www.bit.ly/mar26action Hi!

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MMHC is a collaborative, grassroots effort bringing together reproductive justice organizations, public figures, and birth justice advocates to address New York’s urgent maternal healthcare needs. MMHC is comprised of organizations such as the New York State Birth Center Association, New York Certified Professional Midwives, PUSH, and Haven Midwifery, and is growing every day! MMHC aims to advance reproductive healthcare, increase access to midwifery care, reduce maternal mortality rates, and promote equitable healthcare solutions for underserved communities. Through education, awareness, and advocacy, MMHC engages state and local officials, the press, and the public on these critical issues, aligning with the NYF’s focus on racial and gender justice.

The deets for March 26th in Albany:

03/11/2025

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Share, tag the news & join us in Far Rockaway this Sunday to demand

03/11/2025

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CW: Maternal death

Say their name every time. Tenisha Evans.

Tenisha’s grieving mother openly shares that she believes her healthy 25 year old daughter was wronged by St. John’s Hospital in Queens and is calling for others to come forward to share their experiences there as an act of support.

Tenisha leaves behind twin infants now in the care of her mom. **I’m hoping to update this post with info on how to send monetary support to this family. Please stay tuned.***

This impacts us all, at every level of community. These are humans. Loved ones. Contributors to our communities.

08/26/2024

So many amazing events this week! Please support www.blackbreastfeedingweek.org with your donations as they continue celebrating Black lactating families, educating and reducing disparities in infant feeding and infant mortality. Repost with permission from
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Happy Black Breastfeeding Week! 🥳 This week (August 25th-31st), we celebrate the power of our stories & community. Join us as we Listen Up! and amplify the voices of Black lactating families by sharing your stories 👂🏾

Swipe through ➡️ to see how we’re reclaiming our narrative and centering our stories for breastfeeding justice with events this week:

📣 Signature Events:
Oakland Open Mic Night for Black Mamas
📆August 25th
⏰6pm
🎙️hosted by rapper/actress .nomore

New York Open Mic Night for Black Mamas
📆August 28th
⏰6pm
🎙️hosted by comedienne

Virtual Open Mic Night for Black Mamas
📆August 30th
⏰ 8pm est
🎙️hosted by comedian and global maternal health activist

📣 Webinar Series:
Listen Up: Storytelling as Critical Support for Breastfeeding Justice
📆August 29th at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT

📣 Irth Birth Worker Pool Party:
📆August 31st
⏰3pm
📍Long Island, NY

Register online at linktr.ee/bbw24

06/23/2024