August, 2012

Laura Bibelheimer
August 31, 2012
Summer of Sisterhood Roundup
The weather is still warm, but the end of Summer is right around the corner. We’re busy getting the kids ready to go back to school, kicking off new projects at work, and getting back to our normal school-year routine…. As we approach Labor Day, let’s look back at what a great Summer it’s been and find ways to stretch it out just a little bit longer. Here at Every Mother Counts, we encouraged you to create a "Summer Bucket List" and share it with the women in your life who support you as part of your sisterhood. That need to help each other is an important part of the sisterhood we hope you’ll carry with you as life speeds up this Fall. We want to take a moment to thank all of you who took the time to give back, by learning more about other mothers and maternal health around the world and by doing a little something to make a difference. We’re so glad to have you as part of our Sisterhood!
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Jeanne Faulkner
August 31, 2012
Just the Facts, Ma’am: Defining terms about rape and pregnancy
We’ve all heard the sound bites too many times by now. A high-ranking politician said, “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” By “that whole thing”, he implied women can’t get pregnant if they’re raped. Another high-ranking politician referred to rape as a “method of conception.” Oops. Both gentlemen were attempting to support their perspectives that abortion is wrong every time, even in cases of incest and rape. Instead of clarifying their positions, however, they added confusion and acrimony to a subject already shrouded in controversy, emotion, ignorance and tragedy.
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Jeanne Faulkner
August 31, 2012
Just saying, “Hi.”
Oh hey, I just wanted to say “hi,” and introduce myself. I’m Jeanne Faulkner, the new kid here at Every Mother Counts. I’m delighted to be working with the team as their new writer and on-staff registered nurse and labor and delivery expert. Some of you might know me from around the Web. I write Fit Pregnancy Magazine’s online blog, Ask The Labor Nurse and contribute to the magazine regularly. I also write for lots of other magazines, newspapers and websites, usually about health, wellness, parenting, pregnancy and my favorite subject – global women’s health and poverty eradication.
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Every Mother Counts Staff
August 30, 2012
A Q&A with Terry Tempest Williams, author of "When Women Were Birds"
Terry Tempest Williams, author of “When Women Were Birds,” uses personal narrative to grapple with the questions of what it means to have a “voice,” and the various ways that people express their voices. Terry’s mother, a member of a large Mormon clan in Utah, developed cancer as a result of exposure to a nearby nuclear testing site. After her mother’s death, Terry discovers that she kept a total of 54 personal journals throughout her sickness, but to Terry’s surprise, they are entirely devoid of writing. Terry shared some of her insights on the writing of this memoir in her Q&A with EMC here.
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Alice Proujansky
August 24, 2012
Reflecting on birth photography after giving birth
I met Christina when she was in early labor at my hometown hospital’s birthing center. She agreed to let me photograph her, and I was surprised that she seemed so relaxed and conversational. Her labor progressed, and she moved into a birthing tub where she began to moan through her contractions. Conversation stopped as she focused deeply and I receded into the background. She was riding the labor, contractions rolled through her, it was intensely hard but she was working through it. But at one point she looked at her midwife and said, “Liza, I can’t do this.” Liza’s response stayed with me: “You are doing it.”
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Every Mother Counts Staff
August 22, 2012
Summer of Sisterhood: a Q&A with Sheryl WuDunn, co-author of "Half the Sky"
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof and his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, a former Times reporter, make a brilliantly argued case for investing in the health and autonomy of women worldwide. More girls have been killed in the last fifty years, precisely because they were girls, than men were killed in all the wars of the twentieth century, they write, detailing the rampant gendercide in the developing world, particularly in India and Pakistan. Far from merely making moral appeals, the authors posit that it is impossible for countries to climb out of poverty if only a fraction of women (9% in Pakistan, for example) participate in the labor force. The authors reveal local women to be the most effective agents for change. Check out our Q&A with Sheryl WuDunn for a glimpse into this inspiring book.
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Every Mother Counts Staff
August 23, 2012
Christy is one of Condé Nast Traveler's Visionaries 2012: 12 Remarkable Citizens
Condé Nast Traveler has always believed that the art of travel cannot be separated from the state of the world. Over the years we have featured trailblazers such as Kofi Annan, for his work at the United Nations on human rights; former president Jimmy Carter, for his efforts to foster world peace; and Nelson Mandela, for his fight for freedom—among many others. This year, a Cambodian activist and an Oscar-winning actress, a water engineer, a crusading journalist, an entrepreneur turned social activist, a supermodel— and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, globe-trotting diplomat extraordinaire—complete our 2012 list of visionaries who are making the world a better place.
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Every Mother Counts Staff
August 21, 2012
genconnect: Christy Turlington Burns Fights for Maternal Health (VIDEO)
Christy Turlington Burns founded Every Mother Counts after delivering her first child in 2003. Shortly after her baby was born, Turlington Burns developed a childbirth-related complication that she later learned is the leading cause of maternal death in the world. Watch Turlington Burns discuss the inspiration behind Every Mother Counts and why she hopes her organization can serve to help mothers all over the world:
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Every Mother Counts Staff
August 17, 2012
World Humanitarian Day: 25 Ways you can help, volunteer and be a humanitarian every day
World Humanitarian Day (August 19, 2012) celebrates those brave individuals who risk their lives to help others. Designated by the United Nations General Assembly to honor UN staff members killed in 2003 in the UN headquarters bombing in Baghdad, World Humanitarian Day has evolved to include all humanitarians who help millions of people around the world live safer, happier, healthier and more prosperous lives.
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Every Mother Counts Staff
August 16, 2012
Summer of Sisterhood: a Q&A with Matt Logelin, author of "Two Kisses for Maddy"
Matt and Liz Logelin were high school sweethearts. After years of long-distance dating, the pair finally settled together in Los Angeles, and they had it all: a perfect marriage, a gorgeous new home, and a baby girl on the way. Liz's pregnancy was rocky, but they welcomed Madeline, beautiful and healthy, into the world on March 24, 2008. Just twenty-seven hours later, Liz suffered a pulmonary embolism and died instantly, without ever holding the daughter whose arrival she had so eagerly awaited. Though confronted with devastating grief and the responsibilities of a new and single father, Matt did not surrender to devastation; he chose to keep moving forward-- to make a life for Maddy. In this memoir, "Two Kisses for Maddy," Matt shares bittersweet and often humorous anecdotes of his courtship and marriage to Liz; of relying on his newborn daughter for the support that she unknowingly provided; and of the extraordinary online community of strangers who have become his friends. In honoring Liz's legacy, heartache has become solace. We asked Matt to share some of his insights with us regarding his writing of the novel.
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