Keep Calm and March For Moms
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This Mother’s Day, the Green Docs host Laneceya Russ and Yuliya Labko of the national nonprofit March For Moms, featured recently in a 60 Minutes expose on improving maternal health.
Nate and Bruce lead off with some recent headlines: toxic chemicals in children’s clothes, elephants who can induce their own labor, and a couple of million-dollar babies – Oscar winner Hilliary Swank welcomes twins.
The guys next welcome a surprise guest- Nate’s mom, Mary- who shares her decades of experience caring for pregnant women as a doctor of nursing and lactation consultant. Of course, she has some embarrassing childhood stories about Nate and even some scary tales of Bruce dancing in New Orleans at Nate’s wedding.
Laneceya and Yuliya the interview guests highlight their amazing work helping protect moms and babies across the US, and once you’re ready to pitch in, don’t worry – we’ve got all the info for you to keep calm and march for moms.
LinksToxic “fast-fashion” clothing: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/marketplace-fast-fashion-chemicals-1.6193385
Elephants might be able to induce their own labor: https://gizmodo.com/elephants-might-be-able-to-self-medicate-to-induce-labo-1611904103
Hillary Swank and her twins: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-04-10/hilary-swank-twins-birth-babies
60 Minutes: In Louisiana, pregnant women struggle to get maternal health care and the situation is getting worse: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/women-in-louisiana-fight-to-get-maternal-health-care-60-minutes-transcript-2023-04-30/
“Better” by Atul Gwande: https://atulgawande.com/book/better/
Momnibus suite of bills in the U.S. Congress: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/959
Protecting Moms and Babies from Climate Change Act: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/423
U.S. House of Representatives Black Maternal Health Caucus Roundtable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y40xdxszciM
March For Moms: https://marchformoms.org
Chocolate Milk Mommies: http://www.chocolatemilkmommies.org
Nurturely: Wombs & Wildfires: https://nurturely.org/wildfires/
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