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Black Maternal Health Week, Black Maternal Health Crisis, Black health and wellness, Black Maternal Health, theGrio.com
April 11, 2025
The 2025 Black Maternal Health Week arrives during an interesting time for maternal health in the country.
Jazmine Sullivan miscarriage, Jazmine Sullivan, Jazmine Sullivan grief, Jazmine Sullivan birthday theGrio.com
April 11, 2025
“Needless to say, I’ve been down bad,” Jazmine Sullivan wrote in birthday post sharing her experience with grief and a…
Meghan Markle postpartum, Meghan Markle postpertum preeclampsia, what is postpartum preeclampsia?, Postpartum preeclampsia black women, Black maternal health week theGrio.com
April 8, 2025
Meghan Markle opens up about navigating motherhood, entrepreneurship, and a rare postpartum health scare: postpartum preeclampsia.
NICU nurse, Dominique Hackey, Erin Elizabeth Ann Strotman, Virginia, Virginia nurse, Black babies, Black maternal healthcare, Black health and wellness, theGrio.com
January 8, 2025
Dominique Hackey's son sustained a broken leg while recovering at the Henrico Doctors' Hospital in Richmond, Virginia.
Elaine Welteroth, Jonathan Singletary, Elaine Welteroth has baby, Black famous mothers, Black mothers, Black maternal health, birthFUND, theGrio.com
November 19, 2024
Elaine Welteroth and her husband, Jonathan Singletary, welcomed their second son earlier this month.
Candiace Dillard Bassett, Candiace Dillard Bassett baby, Candiace Dillard Bassett postpartum, Did Candiace Dillard Bassett have a baby?, Did Candiace Dillard Bassett give birth?, Candiace Real Housewives of Potomac, Did Candiace from real housewives of potomac have a baby? theGrio.com
November 14, 2024
“Zero stars, would not recommend at all,” said Candiace Dillard Bassett reflecting on the complications she experienced after giving birth.
Kamala Harris, Kamala Harris and Black women, Kamala Harris and Black voters, Kamala Harris and Black maternal healthcare, Black maternal healthcare, health care and the election, Kamala Harris and health care, 2024 Election, theGrio.com
October 6, 2024
Presidential candidate Kamala Harris is seeing a surge of support from Black women voters, in large part due to her…
TheGrio Choosing Motherhood with Eboni K. Williams, Single Mother Concerns, theGrio.com
September 25, 2024
This is the final episode in a seven-part series on the journey of choosing motherhood as a single Black woman.
Trina McGee, Black maternal health, pregnancy over 50, Black celebrity moms, theGrio.com
September 24, 2024
Actress Trina McGee discusses having a miscarriage and what’s next for her and her family during a candid conversation with…
Amber Thurman, Roe v. Wade, theGrio.com
September 18, 2024
Amber Thurman could be alive today if not for Georiga’s strict anti-abortion laws.
Black maternal health, maternal mortality crisis, theGrio.com
September 5, 2024
Across the nation, programs have the same goals to reduce maternal mortality and erase the race gap, where Black women…
Eve, ectopic pregnancy, Black celebrity mothers, Black celebrity memoirs, Black motherhood, Black health and wellness, theGrio.com
September 4, 2024
Ahead of the release of her memoir “Who’s That Girl?” Eve discusses her journey to motherhood.
Is it safer for black women to have home birth?, Why are more black moms choosing home births?, Black maternal health home birth, Black women home births, home births Black women, Black maternal health, Black maternal mortality rate, Why are home births becoming popular? theGrio.com
August 20, 2024
The rise in home births amongst Black women represents a small step in reclaiming their power in maternal health care.
Is Naomi Osaka pregnant?, Naomi Osaka pregnancy, Naomi Osaka pregnancy rumors, Naomi Osaka postpartum, Does Naomi Osaka want more kids?, Naomi Osaka kids, Naomi Osaka baby, Naomi Osaka traumatic birth theGrio.com
August 19, 2024
Tennis star Naomi Osaka reveals she “wouldn’t want many more” kids, sharing how giving birth to her daughter Shai impacted…
Doulas, rural doulas, Georgia doulas, Morehouse School of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine doulas, Morehouse doulas, prenatal care, benefits of doulas, Black maternal health. Black doulas, reproductive rights, reproductive health, theGrio.com
July 29, 2024
Morehouse School of Medicine just graduated its first, all-Black class of rural doulas; doulas are associated with improved labor and…
Black maternal health, Black maternal mortality rate, hypertension during pregnancy, Black hypertension rates, theGrio.com
June 24, 2024
A new study discovered hypertension doubled in Black and Indigenous pregnant people, raising concerns around treatment.
Elaine Welteroth, birthFUND, Kelly Rowland, Black maternal health, midwives, doulas, theGrio.com
June 14, 2024
The founder of the birthFUND, Elaine Welteroth, announced she was expecting her second child during a birthFUND fundraising brunch.
Black maternal health, maternal health, Black birth, Black motherhood, Black maternal morbidity, postpartum depression, PPD, Black maternal mental health, Black mental health, maternal mental health, doulas, Black doulas, Black birthing centers, theGrio.com
May 11, 2024
Amid a bleak outlook, several birthing advocates believe the future of Black maternal health looks like generational and communal healing. 
Baby2Baby, Ciara, Kelly Rowland, Maternal mental health, Black maternal health, maternal mortality rate, Black maternal mortality rate, Black maternal mortality, Black mothers, Black celebrity mothers, Mother's Day, theGrio.com
May 9, 2024
Ahead of Mother’s Day, Baby2Baby ambassadors Ciara and Kelly Rowland open up about what the initiative means to them.  
Black maternal health, Black maternal mental health, Black mothers, Black mental health, Mental Health Awareness Month, theGrio.com
May 2, 2024
A new report found that maternal mental health is a leading cause of maternal mortality, especially for Black mothers.