Bright Birthing

19/04/2025

📣 NEW RELEASE: Making every mother count: Why we focus on Black maternal health

Black mothers in the United States are 3.5X more likely to die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth than their white counterparts.

Our new issue brief examines racial disparities in maternal health outcomes, explains what Every Mother Counts is doing to address this crisis, and describes how you can help.

🔗 Read the brief now: https://bit.ly/3Et6vbT

13/04/2025

Reminder: Free Medication & Sharps Disposal Event! 💊

Spring cleaning isn’t just for your home—clean out your medicine cabinet and safely dispose of expired or unwanted medications and household sharps at our free drive-thru event on Saturday, April 26!

📅 Date: Saturday, April 26, 2025
⏰ Time: 10 AM – 2 PM

🚗 Locations:
🔹 Sentara Martha Jefferson Outpatient Care Center – 595 Martha Jefferson Drive, Charlottesville
🔹 Sentara Crozet Family Medicine – 1646 Park Ridge Drive, Crozet, VA

Proper disposal helps keep our community and environment safe. No appointment needed—just drive up and drop off!

13/04/2025

Come join us to celebrate the 8th annual and the movement to change the state of !

Founded and led by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance, is an exciting week of activism, awareness, and community-building.

Learn more at: https://blackmamasmatter.org/bmhw-2024/

13/04/2025

By Nancy Halseide Waterbirth is a collection of articles previously published in Midwifery Today magazine. The topic of waterbirth is discussed by natural childbirth experts, such as Michel Odent, Barbara Harper, Cornelia Enning, and Judy Edmunds.

13/04/2025

This beautiful image by Berlin based artist Laura Breiling is called 'Nursing'. In a 2015 interview, she said the piece is about "The strength and beauty of motherhood expressed through the act of breastfeeding." ❤️



[Image description: illustration of a mother sitting on a mauve armchair nursing her baby. She wears a grey dress and bright red shoes to match her nails, she looks at the viewer, arm wrapped around her unclothed sleeping baby. Tall house plants with bright red flowers are seen behind the chair.]

10/04/2025

Join Us for a Free Community Meditation & Sound Bath This Friday!

Take a break from your busy schedule and prioritize your well-being with an hour of relaxation and peace.

Let soothing sounds and gentle vibrations guide you as we come together to release stress and create a sense of connection and belonging.

📅 When: This Friday (2nd Friday of every month)
🕒 Time: 6:00 pm
📍 Where: Sentara Martha Jefferson Outpatient Care Center, Kessler Conference Room
595 Martha Jefferson Drive, Charlottesville
(If weather permits, the group will meet at the outdoor amphitheater across the street!)

No registration required! Just bring your yoga mat or blankets for extra comfort.

This FREE class is open to everyone thanks to the support of the Martha Jefferson Foundation. We hope to see you there!

https://www.facebook.com/events/997205342005647

10/04/2025

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You can do hard things...
You can ride the waves of labor, surrender to the intensity, and tap into a strength you didn’t know existed. You can trust your body, your instincts, and the love surrounding you. And when that moment comes—when your baby is finally in your arms—you will know with every fiber of your being that you did it.
This mama’s face says it all—pure joy, relief, power. A moment of triumph after bringing her baby earthside in the water, held in the glow of her own strength. This is what birth can be. Raw. Beautiful. Transformative. You were made for this.

01/04/2025

01/04/2025

A day late, but so important!