Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images | Jemal Countess/Getty Images for MomsRising In February, Brittany Petterson, a United States Congresswoman representing Colorado and new mom, flew from her home in Colorado to Washington D.C. with her 4-week-old son in tow to vote on a major budget bill while on maternity leave. She was just the thirteenth congressperson to...
TikTok Here in America, we often describe the immediate postpartum period as “being in the trenches” and it’s easy to understand why. Hospital stays are brief — between 24 and 48 hours for a vaginal birth and about two to three days for a c-section — and paid maternity leave is, famously, non-existent if your...
TikTok There’s a (generally good-natured) joke in healthcare that nurses make the worst patients. I don’t know how true that is, but I can also imagine it’s hard to switch over from caregiver to the person receiving care. But it can give you valuable insight that, in the end, can make you an even better...
Johner Images/Johner Images Royalty-Free/Getty Images As a new parent living in an apartment building, I was always terrified that one day I would get The Knock. IYKYK. If you don’t know, it’s the fear that a neighbor is going to come over and complain that your baby is too loud. It’s a risk of living...