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Health Wellness & Family 🤲🏾✨ Perinatal Education, Womb Bus (mobile wellness hub), Maryam (standing clinic)& The Birthing Place (future birth center)🐣

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This commission came into my life one week after I found out I was pregnant. The timing felt surreal and what started as a conversation about creating a painting for @welcometomaryam quickly became something much more personal.

I told @drcarlawilliams about my pregnancy and the coincidence. We later scheduled a zoom call that at the time, I thought was to discuss the painting. Instead, I found myself on a call with @drcarlawilliams , @birthingplacebx , @claribxmidwife , and @nur.midwifery , being offered resources and guidance for my pregnancy. I remember how emotional it made me to feel so seen during that call. I immediately knew this was where I wanted to receive my prenatal care. During my visits I was given options and care that helped me understand how my body was changing, I was able to ask questions without ever feeling rushed, and felt assured that my safety and my daughter’s safety were a priority. They unlocked a world for me that I didn’t know I had access to. It gave me a glimpse into the incredible work of birthworkers and introduced me to a new community that changed my perspective on pregnancy and birth.

I wanted so badly to finish this commission before my daughter arrived, but that didn’t happen. Instead, I finished it during postpartum and what initially felt like a delay ended up being a gift. Working on this piece became part of my own healing and helped me reconnect with myself.

It is an honor to have this painting hanging in a space that made such a positive impact on my pregnancy and on so many other families in the Bronx.

The beginning of October will always be a time I cherish, for my daughter and for the beautiful memories made with my birth team. Deep gratitude to:
@welcometomaryam
@birthingplacebx
@drcarlawilliams
@claribxmidwife
@nur.midwifery
@_miltalee
and Janis ✨

Prints of this piece are available with donations of $150 or more, supporting @birthingplacebx ’s mission. Check out the link in their bio.

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Last week, our cofounder Emilie spoke on a panel hosted by @worldconnectus at @anew_hq on reimagining maternal health and birth equity.

She was joined by Myla Flores from @birthingplacebx, Dr. Obosede Lewu, Dr. Heather Irobunda, and Dr. Janice Aubey for a wonderful interactive conversation by all present.

The Bridge Directory is a grant recipient of NYCConnect and is building accessible doula certification and standards.

#thebridgedirectory #worldconnect #doulaaccess #panel #anew

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National Midwifery Week deepens our appreciation for a recent conversation Reimagining Maternal Health Collaboration at @anew_hq in collaboration with @worldconnectus

We gathered doctors, midwives, doulas, researchers, community leaders, and advocates dreaming together about what better care looks like. Powerful timely conversations and convenings in other places show evidence of how so many of us —individuals and organizations — want to work together to create changes we'd like to see ✨🦋💜

Our last event at Anew, Meet the Midwives, we centered the wisdom of many midwives in our community. This time, we widened the circle to include physicians in leadership roles, alongside midwives and doulas — and the question became: "what becomes possible when we work together?"

We discussed needs that families have expressed: stronger connections between providers, support that doesn't end at hospital discharge, and care shaped by community! We also named what's in the way — chronic underfunding, racism, lack of childcare, time and access to providers.

We have far to go, yet many programs and practices inspire us, internationally and in NYC. What resounds is that ✨Midwives have always been the bridge✨ between clinical care and community care; evidence and intuition; hospital and home. Honoring midwives this week is also honoring collaboration with them. Recognizing our challenges that need attention, while seeing possibility in the power of what the midwifery model of care can offer our communities.

Thank you to our panelists Dr. Abosede Lewu, Emilie Rodriguez, Dayna Hernandez, Dr. Janice Aubey, Dr. Heather Irobunda and to everyone who shared so generously. Thanks to Anew and NYC Connect for your passion interest and support to make this gathering possible.

Reimagining maternal health starts with reimagining how we work together. Midwives show us how, with families at the center. Let's keep listening as we build relationships, grow possibilities, and re-design systems.

#NationalMidwiferyWeek #MaternalHealth #BirthEquity #Doulas #CommunityCare

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What a wonderful event at @anew_hq featuring three innovators in maternal health who have received investment from World Connect and NYC Connect. Their work is creating a safer world for families in NYC and Nigeria to thrive.

#poweinsidecommunities #locallyleddevelopment #nyc #nigeria #maternalandchildhealth

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There’s something so powerful about art that honors the journey of becoming a mother- not just birth, but the transformation, tenderness, strength, and identity that comes with Matrescence.

I was so grateful to join @welcometomaryam @birthingplacebx for the unveiling of this beautiful work of art by @steph_vidal celebrating birth and Matrescence, surrounded by community and the shared stories that connect us.

And perhaps the sweetest part was bringing a print home. River was completely in awe- standing there taking it all in, already connecting with a piece of art that honors the very journey that brought us together.

A beautiful reminder that motherhood is both deeply personal and beautifully communal. That our stories become part of our families, our communities, and the generations that come after us. 🙏🏼🤍

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Wonderful night in NYC screening “Allowed to birth” and having an incredibly meaningful conversation.

Big thanks to @abbyepsteinxoxo and @rickilake for joining us, as the women who paved the way for so many birth documentaries with their timeless “The business of being born”.

Thanks to Myla Flores @birthingplacebx for all her hard work to bring more midwives and birth centers to the communities.

Hoping to see you again, New York. 🗽

📷 by Emily Johnson

#allowedtobirth #globalmidwife #kristinelauria #thebusinessofbeingborn #birthdocumentary

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Thank you NYC!
What a beautiful night. We not only had our first screening in. New York, but we also had the opportunity to share a meaningful conversation with the team behind “The business of being born”.
Thanks to our partners from @birthingplacebx for supporting us and bringing the community together for this very special event.
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#allowedtobirth #globalmidwife #birthdocumentary #thebusinessofbeingborn

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Today we hosted an event for NY’s Birth Center Week!! We had some great guests come speak about how to open a birth center! We need more birth centers, birth workers, and legislation that supports us all. 💜🫶🏼

#birthcenter #midwifery #birthworker #womensupportingwomen #womenshealth

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Don’t be left out of the room. Together we can save lives. Reserve your seat today and join us 9.24 at 9:00am. Hear from hospital partners, community partners, parents. Get screened and free Blood pressure cuff kit, infant supplies and lots of give aways. Let’s make every Bronx pregnancy a healthy one for moms and babies. #preeclampsia #healthybirth #pregnancy #newborns

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NYC's screening of "Allowed to Birth" by Jacinta Lagos is SOLD OUT this Thursday, Sept 24 at 6:00 at Quad Cinema with special guests Ricki Lake & Abby Epstein!   The Birthing Place Foundation is sponsoring local Birthworkers to attend as well as helping to elevate "Beloved Birth 50 by 50"—a nationwide initiative working toward the goal that by 2050, 50% of babies in the U.S. will be born with the care of midwives.  We’re grateful to offer tickets to Conscious Birth Community mentees and alumni — and TBPF's network of midwives, student midwives, doulas and birth workers. We’re grateful to have all of us join this experience! > 25% of the audience are NYC birth workers which makes great conversation to follow.

We look forward to sharing an evening of film, connection, and conversation!

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Join a visionary conversation on the changing field of birth equity. Three innovators who have received investment from World Connect and NYC Connect are transforming traditional and community healthcare to improve maternal health outcomes.

Register at the link in bio.

Tues, Sept 29, 5-7 PM ET, 56 Hudson St, NYC

This program is presented by @anew_hq and World Connect.

#powerinsidecommunities #locallyleddevelopment #maternalhealth

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What I love most about this program is the way it holds space for all of us—birth workers, parents, and families—meeting us where we are and helping us grow. 🤎
As a facilitator, I’ve witnessed firsthand how powerful it is to create bilingual, culturally relevant spaces where our families feel truly seen, supported, and held.
And as a mother, I’ve also been able to lean on this community during my own postpartum journey. Being able to receive support while also supporting others has been such a beautiful blessing.

Familia Flourish: Breastfeeding and Beyond is a partnership between The Birthing Place and Doulas en Español, providing postpartum and lactation support, mental health resources and tools, referrals, and follow-up care for new mothers and families. Through a network of trained Spanish- and English-speaking doulas, we’re creating spaces where families can receive support for both their physical and emotional needs.

✨ Come experience this community for yourself!
I’ll be facilitating this Wednesday, September 23 from 10:30 AM–12:30 PM at:
📍 Maryam Clinic 3307 Rochambeau Ave Bronx, NY 10467
Come connect, learn, share, and be held in community. 🤎
Sign up here: bit.ly/MaryamGather 
I hope to see you there!

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