Being pregnant is hard. Giving birth is hard. Parenting a newborn is hard. When all is said and done, there's nothing more rewarding than bringing a tiny human into this world. But it is hard. If you find yourself struggling with postpartum depression or postpartum anxiety, surrounding yourself with the ...

This week is Black Maternal Health Week, a campaign dedicated to bringing awareness to the values and traditions of the reproductive and birth justice movements, and deepening the conversation about Black maternal health. This week we are centering and amplifying the voices of Black mamas and experts in th...

If you’ve read the staggering statistics, you know there’s a Black maternal health crisis in our country.   These statistics barely scratch the surface of the disparities, but they’re more than enough to indicate there’s work to be done—and Rachel Nicks is getting to work. The New-York-based doula, lact...