Oh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!

@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”

Dr Janell Green Smith, CNM a respected midwife, scholar, and advocate has died from complications related to childbirth. She leaves a husband and newborn that need the support of her village. If you are able, please consider joing me in donating. www.gofundme.com/f/dr-janell-...

We cover where parents can find trustworthy information on vaccines, and why your personal story is so important to defeating disinformation. w/ @momsrising.org / @mamasconpoder.org. momsrising.org/bt15dec25

🙋‍♀️ this is me. Yes, we bought our forever home at a decent rate. Then was able to refinance at a low rate. We are grateful.

“”They’re going to bring back suffering and death,” said Dr. Sean O’Leary, chair of the infectious disease committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics. “I don’t say that with any hyperbole, that’s exactly what’s going to happen.” This is exactly what RFK Jr wants 😢

We don't talk enough about the mental health struggles moms often face after giving birth. But our stories matter! Please share your experience at this link. https://action.momsrising.org/survey/MMHStory2025/?source=bs.mr

They are not on our side. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

I didn’t realize how much school was offsetting the weight of the news until I paused for the holidays. So I’m picking it back up… just slowing it waaay down. #BumpEquity #StudentMidwife #LearningInRealTime

Yet, the same companies make unsupported marketing claims just as they engage in these unsafe practices - exactly as we've seen during the 2022 formula crisis. Many examples we covered in the Lancet Breastfeeding Series. Same old playbook. www.thelancet.com/series-do/br...

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Families deserve a process we can trust. Our babies deserve protection, clarity, and care — not politics, confusion, and misinformation.

Looking for resources for your family or to help support immigrant friends and neighbors? www.momsrising.org/blog/resourc...

There is reliable information that CBP & ICE may be in Wake County today. I want to share trusted resources so we can stay informed and look out for one another. Please check on your people and pass this along to anyone who may need it. #NorthCarolina #ImmigrantRights #CommunityCare

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Introductory Modules complete! This is just the start. I have many (MANY) more to complete but it’s still a milestone! Holding this moment….then onward! #BumpEquity #StudentMidwife #BirthJustice bumpequity.org/introductory...

We're thrilled MomsRising's Tina Sherman will be speaking at the upcoming Latch On to Success Summit: Business & Marketing Mastery for Birth Pros. Join us: https://www.thebusinessofbreastfeeding.com/affiliate?utm_source=tina-sherman&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=affiliate-2025 #LatchOnToSuccess

Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."

F* yes!

Moms shouldn't have to hold the nation together on empty. Yet we are in the middle of a government shutdown that has thrown families into chaos. Share these resources so families can find the care they deserve! https://www.momsrising.org/blog/community-care-starts-with-us/?source=bsky.mr #MomSky

One of the first questions I get when I share I’m in midwifery school is what pathway I chose and why. Since my day job is fighting against systemic barriers, I knew I needed my training centered in community midwifery. #studentmidwife bumpequity.org/the-many-pat...

All of this!

So many hot takes about who will win/lose the shutdown, but so little discussion about what's at stake. The stakes here are whether Congress makes the law or the president can rule by diktat. Everything else is commentary.

This unfortunately feels spot on.

In news that the HHS should be shouting from the rooftops: Availability of the RSV vaccine for pregnant people and RSV shots for infants lead to a 50% reduction in RSV-associated hospitalization of newborns during the last year! 🥳 Spread the good word, folks! #Episky

The unfounded link of Tylenol use during pregnancy to autism is a creative way to blame mothers and further stigmatize an autism diagnosis.

This is similar to my rhythm. I absolutely block time and for the most part it’s working. It’s the time in which it directly impacts my work and someone in the office will alert me that throw me off.

Working families are already struggling in this economy, they should not have to choose between financial wellbeing and the welfare of their loved ones. Join me in taking action now! action.momsrising.org/sign/FAMILYA... via @momsrising.org #PaidFamilyLeave #MomSky

Every year, 21,000 babies are stillborn in the U.S.—58 a day, more than deaths from prematurity, SIDS, car accidents, drowning, guns & flu combined. I’m on Capitol Hill with families + advocates urging Congress to pass the SHINE for Autumn Act. #momsky 👉 action.momsrising.org/sign/SHINE20...

Please read. Don’t turn a blind eye to what’s happening.

Thread 🧵 This is horrific and reminiscent of atrocities the U.S. has previously committed.

We can prevent stillbirths. Urge Congress to pass the Stillbirth Health Improvement and Education (SHINE) for Autumn Act! #SHINE #SHINEforAutumn #stillbirth #maternaljustice action.momsrising.org/sign/SHINE20...

The cruelty in the point.

No. No it was not.

#Trumpflation in action.

Before the textbooks took over, I grounded myself in the voices of Black midwives + truth-tellers + teachers. 📚 #StudentMidwife #BirthJustice bumpequity.org/unofficial-o...

So this feels like a slippery slope with no good outcome.

This!

Thank you for this @vermontgmg.bsky.social. This conversation captured everything that’s been unsettling over the last month as I’ve been certain we’ve tipped and uneasy about our path forward. #MomSky

“…I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.” My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...

When everybody stops pretending and starts getting real — there is an organized play afoot

I think this is a yes/and. While many have benefited from NAFTA, there are also many who got short changed and left behind. This is not often talked about along with the policies that were not adopted to help workers transition all of which were limited by Republicans.

1 in 4 women in the U.S. returns to work less than two weeks after giving birth! That's before they've had time to recover, bond, or establish breastfeeding. Not because they are ready, but because they simply can't afford unpaid time off. #NBM25

Y’all! Just opened a new toothpaste tube. Look at the shrink compared to one just a few months ago. #Trumpflation

Aug 12: Save the date & save NC child care! Sign up now to join us. action.momsrising.org/survey/aug12...

Kicked off our summer themed prehistoric week at the @thefossilpark where we got to dig up 66 million year old fossils!

Spiers called it.

Entering my student midwife era.

Noooo!!!! I loved it!!!

The American Academy of Pediatricians bluntly telling us the current CDC can't be trusted, and of course they are absolutely correct publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...