Motherhood

The U.S. has high rates of infant mortality for a wealthy nation, and those rates are even higher for Black infants. Latham Thomas, founder of Mama Glow, explains the problem and potential policy fixes during Black Maternal Health Week.

The decision to start a family is always very personal and multi-faceted, but it becomes even more complex for those who have a history of mental health illness.

Dr. Erica Wymore of Children’s Hospital Colorado authored a study that found THC, the chemical that gets cannabis users high, can linger in breast milk for 6 weeks or more after a mother stops using the drug. The impact on newborns is still hard to study.

Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code and the Marshall Plan for Moms, says the Biden Administration needs to end the economic devaluing of a mother’s work.

“If we’re going to build America back better, we’ve got to build motherhood back better.”

Since the pandemic began, more than 2 million women have left the workforce —at more than four times the rate of men — as they have been forced to shoulder the burden of child care and home schooling. Girls Who Code CEO Reshma Saujani spearheaded a public letter in The New York Times signed by 50 prominent women including Gabrielle...

District Motherhued aims to create a tight community of millennial mothers of color — and is now banding together to try and help struggling single moms purchase gifts this holiday season. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.